punk/post-punk
Track: The Membranes – Breathe In/Breathe Out
One of the many highlights from the punk greats’ astounding 2019 album, Breathe In/Breathe Out is the Membranes‘ latest single. The established grandiosity of the track is elevated further still by an appropriately breath-taking 26-piece choir, a ravishing riposte between the poetic words from frontman John Robb. The accompanying video is as striking as the …
Album Review: Eight Rounds Rapid – Love Your Work
We’re late to the party (literally, this album has been out a couple of weeks already) but we’re happy to commit their third album ‘Love Your Work’ to review because, well, it’s so damn good. It’s the sound of new British music, cutting edge style – referencing Sleafords, Fontaine’s, Cabbage and Idles even, but wrapping …
Meet: The Damned’s Captain Sensible talks new EP, plants, bees, and a world beyond lockdown
Raymond Ian Burns, known more commonly as Captain Sensible from the seminal punk band The Damned has, like the most of us, had a lot of time on his hands lately. Luckily, he happened to spare some of that free time to have a little chat with us about their new The Rockfield Files EP, …
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 …
Live Review: IDLES – Lock-In Sessions, 29/30.08.2020
This live stream performance from Abbey Road studios consisted of three sets; two on Saturday night at 9pm and 11:45pm (BST) and a third on Sunday at 12pm. There’s a palpable sense of anticipation as the minutes count down, amplified by the excited comments in the live chat column. At just after nine, the screen …
News: The Dirty Nil announce new album and share video for Doom Boy
The Dirty Nil are back. The amp-blowing, Juno Award-winning trio who for years have embraced, torn down, and then reinvented the quintessential “rock n roll star” archetype have announced the title of their hotly anticipated new album, Fuck Art (out via Dine Alone Records), out later this year. The Dirty Nil’s new record is an unabashed concoction of …
Track: Warpark share new single and video for ‘Slug’
Warpark are a NYC trio who play loud, groovy rock music using the classic drums/bass/guitar setup with a heavy dose of far out sonic textures and punk attitude. Check out “Slug“ The song is an emotional response to the weekend of August 2nd, 2019, when the United States experienced two mass shootings within 17 hours …
See: Idles reveal new video for Model Village
Idles have released “Model Village”, the latest single from their 3rd LP Ultra Mondo, a commentary on life in a small town. The video, made of cardboard cutouts like something from South Park, features pig-like humans doing what we humans do, bashing each other, drinking, running around headless living the lives we’re supposed to live. …
Track: Leeds art rockers Mush release new single Dead Beat
After creating a stir with their debut album ‘3D Routine’, Leeds art rockers Mush have returned with a new single ‘Dead Beat’, taken from their upcoming 5 track 7” EP ‘Great Artisanal Formats’, out on 29th August (Record Store Day) on Memphis Industries. The bands Dan Hyndman describes the track “Dead beat is one of …
See: The Damned reveal new video for ‘Keep ‘Em Alive’
Legendary punk band The Damned have announced a new EP The Rockfield EP, and from it they’ve released a video for new single ‘Keep ‘Em Alive’. The band originally recorded a number of sessions at Rockfield studios in 1980 / 1981, which eventually became The Black Album, The Friday 13th EP and Strawberries. They went …