punk/post-punk
Track: Roxy Girls – Dirtier
with the release of their EP ‘A wealth of evolution’ due to drop on June 5th via Moshi Moshi Records, Sunderland post-punks Roxy Girls have released ‘Dirtier’, taken from that release. After this drum led opening that sets Dirtier as something a bit left of the field, it bursts into action, not so much hanging …
Track: Public Body – Naughty on my bike
Brighton post-punks Public Body have been garnering fans and gaining a reputation for themselves over the last 12 months, and after hearing their new single ‘Naughty on my Bike’, it’s easy to understand why. Echoey, buzzing guitar riffs and angular melodies are the order of the day, as it drives ferociously along, edges and Sven …
Meet: Leeds post-punks Household Dogs
Intrigued as we were by the beguiling and atmopspheric ‘Ain’t no Heaven’, We decided to investigate Leed’s Household Dogs. Forming in 2018, they’ve been mixing up elements of alt-rock, alternative rock, post punk and a nod towards Americana, all delivered with a darkness of touch and keen sense of drama with their lyrics. We spoke …
See: Billy Talent Release New Single and Lyric Video for “I Beg To Differ”
Following the release of Reckless In Paradise in January, Billy Talent have unveiled another new track, I Beg To Differ (This Will Get Better). The song is the second to be taken from the Canadian punk legends’ as-yet-untitled new record, which very little is known about as yet, although if the two that so far have been streamed are anything …
EP: Body Farm Release Split with Slut Bomb – So This Is Progress
Noise punk is a variation of hardcore that is what it is for a reason, the message is of such, that screaming it out is a release as much as a getting the word out. Hence all releases tend to come with lyric sheets. Central Ohio based punk-leaning, political power violence quartet Body Farm have …
See: The Venomous Pinks release new video for ‘I want you’
Tempe, AZ all-female punk rock trio The Venomous Pinks have released a another new single and video in advance of the band’s upcoming new album, “I Want You” (Die Laughing/Golden Robot Records). Guitarist/vocalist Drea Doll says: “People are fleeing from other countries to escape violence and poverty, hoping for asylum in the United States. I’ve never …
Track: Lazaris Pit – You don’t tag me in memes anymore
Raleigh, North Carolina indie rockers Lazaris Pit have announced a new album Coniphers is out on May 22nd, and ahead of it the band have released the lead single from it, You Don’t Tag Me in Memes Anymore. Essentially a modern break up song (couldn’t be anything else really, could it) it’s described by the …
News: The Undertones Release Best Of.
This week sees the release of The Undertones ‘West Bank Songs 1978-1983 – A Best Of’, featuring 30 tracks from their original recording period, 1978-1983. Compiled by the band. Available as a double LP with 2x140g coloured vinyl discs with gatefold sleeve, the release features 7 top 40 hits (including 4 top 20s): ‘Teenage Kicks’, …
Classic Compilation: John Cooper Clarke – The Very Best Of
Lydon, Shelley & Diggle, Strummer and Jones. They were the great punk poets weren’t they? The less cliched among us would cast the net further and point to the genius of Ian Dury, a superior lyricist in every way to his punk peers. And then there was John Cooper Clarke, not a lyricist, but a …
See: Cassels reveal new video for ‘The Perfect Ending’
London duo Cassels are gearing up to the releae of their second album, The Perfect Ending, which drops of 6th September via Big Scary Monsters Recordings. From it the band have released a new video for the title track. Much of the album is based on environmental issues, with The Perfect Ending being one of …