punk/post-punk tracks
New Music: One Eyed Wayne ‘After The Break’
I don’t watch much TV myself anymore. Not quite sure when it happened, but I know why. Most of what’s on is shit and I got sick of adverts telling me what to do, what to wear, what to eat. I’m don’t think I’m alone in this disdain for modern TV and the advertisement break, …
Track: Menace Beach – Tennis Court
It took what on the face of it seemed like a rash move to Leeds made by Ryan Needham and Liza Violet, that kicked things off for Menace Beach. They teamed up with MJ from Hookworms (doesn’t everyone in Leeds these days) a cast of friends including Nestor Matthews (drums) and Natt Spalding on Bass. …
Track: Cork indie quartet The Hertz Complex release new single, Bassy
Originally hailing from Cork, The Hertz Complex, the chief songwriters of The Hertz Complex are siblings Neil O’Keeffe (lead vocals, guitar) and Paul Keane (guitar). On moving to the current artistic hub of Deptford in London, they were joined by Canadians Benjamin Balan (drums) and Chris Keenan (bass). After a period where they questioned, it …
Track: Band of Holy Joy – When a gift is a curse
Out digitally on June 16th digitally is the new single from The Band of Holy Joy. For nigh on thirty years the band have been releasing records – including for legendary Rough Trade label, and the band continues to trade in the sort of outsider folk-punk that made it popular all those years ago. On …
Listen: Cruising ‘You Made Me Do That’ Debut single release 28-04-14
We told you cassettes were making a comeback. Have you been out and bought a cassette player yet? No? Well here’s another reason to do so…. Dublin/Belfast party band Cruising are set to release, what they describe as, a ‘grimy, brooding depraved slice of fucked up distorted subterranean punk’. Or in other words, their debut …
Listen: Elvis Dracula – I May Be Dead (But I Still Can Love)
It’s not often that I’m lost for words. But I’m a bit stumped at the moment. In a nutshell we have one third of the horror punk trio, Drunken Draculas, Elvis Dracula adding his own lyrics and singing along to old 78rpm recordings of Fats Waller. No further comment from me. Have a listen and …
Track: Brody Dalle – ‘Meet The Foetus/Oh The Joy, plus album news.
She’s been absent for a while, having a couple of kids, marrying Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme, stuff like that. But now she’s back. Punk rock icon Brody Dalle has just unleashed her latest single, ’Meet The Foetus/Oh The Joy’ as a taster for her eagerly anticipated new album. Having previously …
Track: Housewives debut new track Medicine Bottle, taken from debut EP
Oh my. When I heard this I didn’t know whether to roll around on the floor or pull my hair out. Born out of the influence of composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass, dosed up with no/new wave, and dragged through Cecil Taylor backwards, Medicine Bottle, taken from South London’s Housewives debut self …
Track: Burning Condors – Love on the Rocks
Brace yourselves. This music is going to smash you up. Furious rhythms ? Check. Links with Johnny Cash ? Check (ex-Cash bassist catches them performing in Nashville, Tennessee and promptly joins them on their album) Clanging, roaring guitars ? Check. Drums that just won’t let you quit ? Check. Tom Verlaine’s spirit stolen from his …
Discover: Lola Colt and their debut single I get high if you get high
One of the endearing memories I have of my Grandmother was that she liked Cowboys and Indians. It seemed sort of bizarre that this old lady, who had spent her life as a farmers wife before moving to an unremarkable estate just outside Leicester (obvious wild west joke avoided here) well into her 80’s would …