punk/post-punk
Track: The Lovely Eggs – Big Sea, plus UK tour dates
DIY punk rockers The Lovely Eggs have announced the latest single to be taken from their celebrated ‘This is Eggland’ album (not least by us – read our review here), Big Sea, which will drop on surf blue 7″ vinyl on May 18th. It explores the mysteries of the universe and is a call to …
Album Review: Zeke – Hellbender
It’s hard to fault a band like Zeke, as they do exactly what they set out to do. If it’s relentless hardcore punk you’re after then that’s what you are going to get. Not a single song on this album gets past the 2 minute mark. It’s superb and thrashy all the way through with …
Track: Liines – Find Something
In the rush of the Easter break we nearly missed thie new single from Manchester Post-Punks Liines. Taken from their upcoming album ‘Stop – Start’, Find Something is abrupt and urgent, reminiscent of PINS, even Savages, with taught, angular chords, churning riffs and direct, slightly ominous sounding vocals. Check it out, here Tomorrow is out …
Album Review: A place to Bury Strangers – Pinned
A Place To Bury Strangers have announced their new album, Pinned. Coming April 13th on Dead Oceans, this will be their fifth full length album finds and explores some of their most urgent work to date. A couple of years ago, A Place To Bury Strangers made a big decision. They were in search of …
Track: The Cavemen – Janey
Ahead of their first US dates next month, and the release of their new album Nuke Earth, out on April 6th via Slovenly Records, New Zealand punks The Cavemen have released a new single, Janey. Its this breathless, adrenalin fuelled rocket of a punk track, with these pulsating, roar of a guitar line that can …
See: Astari Nite reveals new video for Sunday Queen
Taken from their forthcoming album Midnight Conversations, out in July on Cleopatra Records, South Florida post-punks Astari Nite have released the visuals to the track ‘Sunday Queen’. Talking about the track, Mychael from the band says “IN Sunday Queen, a tragic obsession occurs between magick and love. I feel as the days continue to go …
See: The Tracys reveal new video for Your Team Sucks
The Tracys have released their new punk-rock anthem ‘Your Team Sucks’. The band describes the single as a “stadium anthem for our time”, simultaneously poking fun at sports culture and the rabid, brawling fandom reveling in its idiotic and savage glory. It’s a blistering reflection of our culture, society and the state of today’s world. …
Track: Zeke – On the Road, plus European tour dates
Seattle punk legends ZEKE return with their first new album in over fourteen years, Hellbender, set for release late this month through Relapse Records. They’re also sharing new track ‘On The Road’ right now. “Short, fast, loud, and to the fuckin’ point”, Hellbender contains fifteen tracks laced with ZEKE’s signature mix of hyperspeed thrash-punk and …
News: Wire to release Record Store Day 7″ singles box set, plus first three albums reissued
On Record Store Day this year, influential post-punks Wire are releasing ‘Nine Sevens’, a 7″ box set. Housed in a sturdy box with a beautiful cover concept by Bruce Gilbert, Nine Sevens is a unique set of nine 7-inch records that were recorded between 1977 and 1980. This strictly limited edition is a Record Store …
See: Josh T. Pearson releases new video for Straight to the Top, plus European Tour Dates
JOSH T. PEARSON has shared the video for ‘Straight To The Top!’, a fast paced animation created by Pedro Carvalho, João Santos Ponciano, Laura Athayde and Marcos Vinícius. Pedro Carvalho, a 21-year-old Brazilian graphic designer, who graduated from design school last year, was spotted by Pearson on Instagram and approached to make a video. He …