punk/post-punk tracks
Listen : Pretty Vicious “It’s Always There”
Do you like your sweet with plenty of sour as well? Guitars to 11, vocals to shred, and drums to bombast? Then look no further than the new single from Wales own young-ish Pretty Vicious. These young lads are taking angst to the next level and giving the likes of the Arctic Monkeys a run …
Track: Wire – Split Your Ends, plus tour dates
Hot on the heels of announcing their new album, the self-titled ‘Wire’, out via their own pinkflag label on April 13th, the legendary post punk group, now approaching their fortieth year, have shared a new track ‘Split your Ends’. It’s indicative of the lyrical content on the new record that it passes through love, crypic …
Track: Wire – ‘Joust and Jostle’ + Album & Tour news
‘Pink Flag’ by Wire has to be one of the most influential albums of all time. Released in 1977 it came in on the forefront of the new wave of music that followed the punk explosion of ‘76. Along with the likes of Gang of Four, and The Pop Group they took punk to a …
Track: Sleaford Mods reveal two brilliant tracks, with Little Ditty / I’m shit at it
There’s not a band around at the moment like Sleaford Mods. The Nottingham two piece deliver minimalist beats punk beats courtesy of Andrew Fearn, and the people’s poetry of Jason Williamson, at once commenting on the social issues that affect us all, at another full of enthusiasm and humour, has this startlingly abrupt brilliance about …
New Music: Austin punks Krum Bums release new track,Smoke
Sometimes you need Krum Bums. Ever been out, had a few drinks and suddenly this idea pops into your head and says ‘Right, I’m tired now and I must proceed immediately to bed, stopping only at the Kebab shop (extra chilli sauce / no salad always seems to be part of the suggestion as well), …
New Music: Garage Punks Bad Breeding release new single, Chains
Following on from their explosive debut single, Burn This Flag, garage punks Bad Breeding return with a new single, Chains, out on November 24th as a limited edition 7″ single and free download. Better still, the flip side is a version of the Wire track, Two People in a Room. They’ve decided to buck the …
Track: Fat White Family reveal brilliant new single, I Am Mark E Smith
Hot on the heels of their sold out show at London’s Electric Ballroom, Fat White Family have announced a new single, I Am Mark E Smith, the first release on their own Without Consent label, is released on Monday 27th October, available on 10″ vinyl and download. Additionally Trashmouth Records has just re-released the bands …
New Music: Pord – Staring Into Space, plus Album News
Ahead of their forthcoming album “Wild”, recorded with Serge Morattel at Rec Studio in Geneva, French trio Pord have released a new track, “Staring Into Space”. Starting out in 2002 in the darkest depths of Lozère / France, the band quickly alligned themselves with the kind of noise rock perpetrated by the likes of Dazzling …
Track: Fur Cough – ‘Bye My Myopia’, from self titled debut EP
Two brothers. Both of whom like to sing. Both of whom like to play guitar. And both of whom wanted to form a band. It could have lead to another gory chapter in the tales sibling rivalry. But not in Hayd and Aaron Brown’s case. They’ve formed a band, both play lead guitar, both of …
Track: Table Scraps – ‘Bug’
Fancy getting down and dirty? Well here’s a slab of unadulterated backstreet punk. Meet Table Scraps. Scott Vincent Abbott and Poppy Twist from Birmingham might be only just around 12 months old, but they look and sound like a whole bunch of trouble, and are building a rep as one hell of a garage punk …