punk/post-punk tracks
Track: At the drive in – Incurable Innocent
As if the excitement wasn’t enough with the news that At the Drive in are to release their first new album in 17 years, in • ter a • li • a, out on Rise Records on May 5th, or from the first track to be unveiled ‘Governed By Contagions’, the band have released a …
Track: Barry Adamson – Sweet Misery, plus UK tour dates
After a lifetime in music, Barry Adamson has announced details of a new six tracks EP Love Sick Dick, which drops on 14th April. From it, he’s released a new track, Sweet Misery, which Mark Radcliffe premiered on his 6Music Show. The whole EP Adamson sees as a blues – one lovelorn guy in all …
Track: Technicians – Mistakes
What do you do if you record your debut album, and are unhappy with the results. Well, if you’re Washington DC hardcore punk outfit Technicians, you throw it away and start again, this time doing it yourselves. Although the band had fully recorded their record Now That We’re Home in 2015, the new ‘version’ is …
Track: H. Grimace share Land/Body and announce debut album
H. Grimace give us plenty to smile about with their brooding and swirling new single ‘Land/Body’. The London-based four-piece – of Hannah Gledhill (vocals/guitar), Marcus Browne (guitar), Corin Johnson (bass) and Diago Gomes (drums) – have just announced the release of their debut album, ‘Self Architect’ (out on 7 April via Opposite Number), following on …
Track: Wire – Short Elevated Period
Nothing if not forward thinking, legendary post-punks Wire celebrate their 40th year in existance with a new album – their 15th, titled Silver/Lead, out on March 31st via the bands own pinkflag label. The first glimpse of what we can expect comes in the shape of a track – Short Elevated Period. The band show …
Track: Pissed Jeans – Ignorecam
Ignorecam is the new track from Allentown, Pa. post-hardcore quartet Pissed Jeans, and is taken from their forthcoming fifth album Why Love Now, out on February 24th via Sub Pop. According to frontman Matt Korvette, the track is a twist on the idea of fetish cam shows ”where the woman just ignores you and watches …
News: Buzzcocks to reissue Spiral Scratch EP & Times Up
On 27 January will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Buzzcocks’ legendary ‘Spiral Scratch’ EP by reissuing it. Then on 10 March they’ll be releasing Time’s Up, the 1976 demos recorded with founding member Howard Devoto and originally released as a bootleg, alongside the Buzzcocks (mk.1) Box, which will contain both vinyl …
Track: Lumer – Futile
Well if you’re from Hull, now’s the time to push yourself. Lumer’s particular knoll on the cultural landscape is an abrasive and energetic slice of hardcore punk whose slithering guitars wouldn’t sound out of place on a late 80s compilation LP. And in case you’re wondering, that’s a good thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYa4yxetDBA
Track: Hello Casanova – I’ll be waiting
Formerly known as Foreign Affairs, Northern Irish pop punk three piece Hello Casanova yesterday released their new single I’ll be waiting. The band, Matt Irwin (rhythm guitar and vocals), Ethan Williamson (lead guitar and vocals), and Martin Miller (drums and percussion), recorded I’ll be waiting with acclaimed producer Rocky O’Reilly (And So I Watch You …
New Music: Kevin shields remixes The Undertones: Get over You, plus reissue news
Dublin punks The Undertones were there right at the start of things, so it’s perhaps fitting that as this year marks the 40th anniversary of both the band and punk rock itself, Union Square music has announced that they are to remaster and reissue on vinyl the bands first two albums – 1979’s self titled …