punk/post-punk news
See: Young Marble Giants live video ahead of Colossal Youth 40th anniversary edition
Out on November 27th via the ever brilliant Domino Recordings Is the 40th anniversary edition of Young Marble Giant’s one and only album Colossal Youth. The Cardiff trio, guitarist-songwriter Stuart Moxham, brother and bassist Philip, and singer Alison Statton, have curated a package that includes the album, as well as songs from Salad Days, Is The War …
News: METZ Announce ‘No Ceiling’ Video, LP Launch Shows, European Tour
Following hot on the heels of the critical acclaim that greeted the release of their fourth album ‘Atlas Vending’ on Friday, Toronto noise punk stalwarts METZ have dropped another new video from the album and announced a European tour in autumn 2021, as well as album launch shows at Toronto’s legendary Opera House this week. …
Track: Crass reveal the unreleased ‘Sheep Farming In The Falklands 3’ as part of reissue series
As part of One Little Independents Crass reissue series – the Crassical Collection, the band have shared a never-before-heard track, ‘Sheep Farming in The Falklands 3’, about which the bands Penny Rimbaud comments “A previously unreleased version of ‘Sheep Farming in the Falklands’ written and produced sometime after hostilities had ceased. The first listener to …
News: The Stranglers reschedule final full UK tour to spring 2021
As is the way these COVID days, another tour has bitten the dust this year, with legendary punks The Stranglers moving their UK Tour, dubbed The Final Full UK Tour to spring next year. The band have dedicated the tour to late keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who sadly died in March due to complications from …
See: Stiff Little Fingers announce “Wish We Had 20/20 Vision” tour for 2021
Perennial Punk Rockers STIFF LITTLE FINGERS are unfortunately not able to go ahead with their postponed March 2020 dates that were rescheduled for September this year. Due to the continued current ban on live events, all dates are put back to March 2021, back on track with the bands annual UK trek. Jake Burns says it like it is: “Don’t …
Track: Self Defense Family – Make Me a Pallet Fire on Your Floor
Following ‘Leeds’, which dropped last month, and ‘Long Island’, which they released earlier this month, prolific Cohoes, New York-based post-punk collective Self Defense Family have unveiled ‘Australia’, the latest in a series of 7″ singles the band have named after their recording locations. The single’s A-side is titled ‘Make Me a Pallet Fire on Your …
Track: Protomartyr – Worm in Heaven
Detroit post-punks Protomartyr have released ‘Worm in Heaven’, the second teaser track from their fifth full-length album, ‘Ultimate Success Today’. The song is more of a slow-burner than the band’s outstanding previous teaser track, ‘Processed by the Boys’. It features Nick Cave-esque vocals from frontman Joe Casey and Johnny Marr-ish guitars from his bandmate Greg …
News: The Undertones Release Best Of.
This week sees the release of The Undertones ‘West Bank Songs 1978-1983 – A Best Of’, featuring 30 tracks from their original recording period, 1978-1983. Compiled by the band. Available as a double LP with 2x140g coloured vinyl discs with gatefold sleeve, the release features 7 top 40 hits (including 4 top 20s): ‘Teenage Kicks’, …
News: Mute to reissue Suicide’s self-titled debut as part of the Art of the Album series
Suicide, the highly influential art-noise project of Alan Vega and Marty Rev, is having Mute’s Art of the Album treatment in a reisue of their 1977 debut album, due out on July 12th. As with the other releases in the series, there are no extra tracks, it is just the album as it was, remastered …
Track: Idles – Mercedes Marxist, plus US tour dates
Idles have released a new song taken from the sessions from their latest LP ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’, out physically on 7″ vinyl with another song ‘I Dream Guilloutine’ as it’s b-side, on August 2nd via Partisan Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. Built over this troubled punk vibe centred around this single repeated note, it …