punk/post-punk
News: Fontaines D.C. announce further 2021 UK tour dates
The Dublin-based band, after receiving well-deserved praise for recently released A Hero’s Death, have announced another set of tour dates in Edinburgh, Nottingham, Bath and Liverpool. This follows the quintet’s immensely popular return to live gigs, albeit virtual ones, with an audience peaking at 4000. Their newly announced dates come after several previously announced sold …
EP: Squid – Natural Resources
Squid, the Brighton based, noisome post-punk band who recently released their Sludge/Broadcaster single, have today shared an EP of covers entitled Natural Resources. The EP includes Squid‘s take on the brilliantly bizarre Pigs (In There) by Robert Wyatt, which they initially premiered at End of the Road Festival 2019. It also sees them cover Steve …
Track: Punk supergroup Hard Times hit the studio, share demo ‘Little Satan’
Pure Punk Rock n Roll! at its wonderful best, back and hitting your ear drums like a juggernaut of sound. Exciting times ahead! Hard Times is a new, raw, super band of the hardest kind of fun, desperate times, rock n roll! Featuring, Sebastian Melmoth (Suicide Generation) put together with Paolo and Davide (Desperate Fün) Fabio (Lysergics) and Geoffrey (who was also previously in Suicide Generation). Taking …
News: The Stranglers reschedule final full UK tour to spring 2021
As is the way these COVID days, another tour has bitten the dust this year, with legendary punks The Stranglers moving their UK Tour, dubbed The Final Full UK Tour to spring next year. The band have dedicated the tour to late keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who sadly died in March due to complications from …
See: Bloody Your Hands! share ‘Checked Out’ from upcoming album ‘Sunday Scaries’
New York pop punk outfit Bloody Your Hands are set release their latest album on 28th August and have now shared the latest song from this upcoming release, ‘Checked Out’ is a fest of all that is great about this genre, it doesn’t pretend to anything other than a bounce along song with verses to …
Track: Australian Punks Black Heart Breakers issue new single, ‘Pressure Drop’
With all the feel good sounds that echo such bands as Green Day, Rancid and The Interrupters, Black Heart Breakers are back with the latest in a long line of foot tapping hand clapping songs. Aussie punk seems to be at a point of bursting at the moment, with all sub genres being covered by …
See: Dream Nails release single and video for ‘Vagina Police’
Dream Nails are back with another much needed fight back at a world of injustices against humanity that need to be challenged. Playing fast and furious Punk Rock that slams the message as hard and cleverly as it deserves, like their partners in truth The Menstrual Cramps, they are never gonna be gagged and will …
Track: METZ – A Boat to Drown In
Toronto noise punk trio METZ have shared an epic new single, ‘A Boat to Drown In’, ahead of their forthcoming fourth album, ‘Atlas Vending’. At 7 minutes and 37 seconds in length, it’s the band’s longest song to date. Whilst this might seem counter-intuitive as a single release, the song also features some of METZ’s …
See: Spanish post-punks Belako reveal new video for Truth
Taken from their forthcoming Plastic Drama album, out via BMG on 28th August, Spanish post-punks Belako have released a new single, ‘Truth’. It’s their fourth album, but first since signing to an international label. Of the album, the band say “It’s about the harsh reality our generation is facing and the only good use of …
Premiere: Percy reveal new video for ‘Rubbernecking in the UK’
We’ve been fond of York punks Percy for a while now, especially their recent brilliant single ‘Will of the People’, and album Seaside Donkeys, and album title that Tom Robinson recently called prophetic given all that has happened since its release in April and the notable beach crowding incidents. We’re delighted to bring you an …