punk/post-punk
News: Millie Manders And The Shutup Announce Toot Sweet Tour And GoFundMe Campaign
Having previously announced they will support Less Than Jake on their forthcoming UK and Ireland tour in March and April alongside Skinny Lister and The Toasters, Millie Manders And The Shutup have now announced their Toot Sweet Tour for June this year as follows: June Wed 01 Newport Le PubThu 02 Weston-Super-Mare Brit BarFri 03 Derbyshire Under The CastleSat 04 Morecambe Nice N …
Live Review: Millie Manders And The Shutup – Islington Academy, London 02.02.2022
Millie Manders And The Shutup played their first full headline UK tour last autumn in celebration ofthe release of their debut album, Telling Truths, Breaking Ties. They returned to treat a London crowd to make of the songs that make up that album for a nights entertainment at Islington Academy. Their brand of broad punk …
Album Review: Silverbacks – Archive Material
Every so often a country, city or a scene throws up a couple of acts, that has the A&R men scrambling for their company credit cards, an A-Z (usually a motoring atlas that features places outside of London) and a glint in their eye. In the past it’s been Wales, Seattle, New York, Glasgow, Bristol, …
Live Review: The Stranglers / Ruts DC – O2 Academy, Glasgow 29.01.2022
The Stranglers have played a venue in Glasgow every time they toured the UK. That means, for the past 45 years, it has been a main stay for the band and there’s a reason for that, if you can make it in Glasgow, you can make it anywhere! It’s a tough nut to crack but …
See: Mute to release SUICIDE career retrospective; see new short film including previously unreleased version of Frankie Teardrop
SUICIDE, the celebrated and increasingly thought of as seminal duo of Alan Vega and Martin Rev, is to have their first collection – Surrender, released via the ever brilliant Mute / BMG label on March 25th. From it is a new short film directed by Douglas Hart (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, The Jesus & …
Track: NOBRO release the glorious garage punk of Bye Bye Baby
This is EXACTLY what is need to blast away any January blues. Canada’s NOBRO have released new single ‘Bye Bye Baby‘ which is taken from their forthcoming EP Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar scheduled for release on 23 February 2022 via Big Scary Monsters. Goodness this is glorious garage rock with a twist of punk. Full throttle …
See: Lady Bird release video for single Bludsuckers
Kent punks Lady Bird have released a video for their latest single ‘Bludsuckers’, the final preview before the release of their debut album WE set for release 25 February via Alcopop! Records. Lady Bird is Don Bird (vocals/guitar/organ), Alex Deadman (guitar), Joe Walker (drums) and discussing the video, the band explained: “You know how it is… Creativity works in mysterious ways. right? Mother in law inspires song, Bludsuckers becomes its …
Track: The Rumjacks – Bounding Main
Celtic punks The Rumjacks have shared a new single titled ‘Bounding Main’ taken from their forthcoming ‘Brass For Gold’ EP due Feb. 11. The band have a well established sound and ‘Bounding Main’ comes from deep within their infectious songwriting closet. How these guys keep finding these huge singalong choruses is beyond me. Safe to say this is another …
Live Review: The Rockaway Beach Festival – 07.01.2022 – 09.01.2022
Welcome to the end of the fear show! After everyone was grounded in 2021 Bognor braced itself for the return of the Rockaway Beach Festival. In the middle of a continuing pandemic? Really? As an idea it seemed crazier than the competitors in the notorious Bognor Birdman contest – a true leap of faith! During …
Track: Sprints release new single ‘Little Fix’
Sprints have released new track ‘Little Fix’ taken from their upcoming EP A Modern Job, which is out 11th March 2022 on Nice Swan Records. The Dublin band who have been quoted on a number of Ones To Watch lists for 2022 open their account for the year with this banger. Explosive and instantly attention grabbing Sprints continue to create energising music blending the …