punk/post-punk
News: Shooting Daggers share video for ‘Not My Rival’; Split single with Death Pill out now
New Heavy Sounds recently announced a very very special team up between their favourite punk sisters, Shooting Daggers and Death Pill. Both bands have recorded a brand new song, and what better way is there to present them (or any kind of punk) than a good old split single. Released on 17th November, queercore punk …
Track: Bob Vylan – He’s A Man
The unique and ever-evolving London 2 piece Bob Vylan, have announced their new album, ‘Humble As The Sun’ due out on the 5th of April 2024. Alongside this, they have shared the powerful single ‘He’s A Man’ ‘Humble as the Sun follows on from the duos MOBO award-winning album, ‘Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life’, and sees them once again defiant and unapologetic in their critique …
Gallery: Dream Wife / Problem Patterns – The Grand Social, Dublin 3.10.2023
Dream Wife returned to Dublin as part of their “Social Lubrication” Tour. Here is a photo gallery from that night, taken from the triumphant show at Dublin´s Grand Social a couple of weeks ago. The set featured Belfasts own Problem Patterns supporting the ever fantastic Dream Wife in what proved to be a brilliant gig. …
News: Shelf Lives have unveiled their blistering new EP ‘You Okay?’ Listen To New Single ‘Kids’
London’s most electrifying duo deliver a project packed with fizzing tracks of riotous electro-punk, sounding as extroverted as ever and finding a way to portray a world on the brink with a uniquely entertaining touch. The pounding new single ‘KIDS‘ immediately locks listeners into a trance, after an attention-grabbing EP opener ‘All Grown Up‘, which flows into frenzied single and BBC Radio …
Live Review: Cherym / Period Drama – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield 15.10.2023
First up, apologies to local band Skint Knees – also on the bill on an October Sunday at Sheffields Sidney and Matilda, who I missed due to a combination of middle age problems, yknow children and work and those sort of things. Next time. Luckily I didn’t miss the other two bands on show tonight, …
News: Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music 1977-1985 – 14 Track Compilation Featuring Slits, The Raincoats, Chris & Cosey, Ludus, X-Ray Spex And More
Women in Revolt! (Underground Rebellion in British Music – 1977-1985) is a brand new 14-track compilation, set for release on Music For Nations on 3 November 2023 on neon yellow vinyl and digitally. The album, which compiles tracks from some of the most trailblazing – and often unsung – women working in UK music between 1977-1985, channels a passion and …
News: The Professionals announce extensive UK tour, and double vinyl repress of ’What in the World’ and ‘SNAFU’
The Professionals, the outfit formed by Paul Cook and Steve Jones out of the ashes of the Sex Pistols, have announced a bunch of UK dates as part of their Back and Better Tour 2023. Still led from his drum chair by Cook, he’s joined by Jones’ long term replacement Tom Spencer, alongside Dean Croney …
News: Fucked Up To Release ‘The Chemistry of Life’ 15th Anniversary Vinyl Edition, Watch New Video For ‘Black Albino Bones’
Originally released October 7th, 2008, ‘The Chemistry of Common Life’ is the second album by Toronto punk band Fucked Up. Today, we celebrate the record’s 15th anniversary with the promise of a fresh-looking orange vinyl reissue due out February 23rd. Pre-order it HERE. The band has also completed a new video for the song “Black …
Album Review: JOHN – A Life Diagrammatic sees London punks hone their craft into one of the albums of 2023
Out right now on the Brace Yourself imprint is the fourth album from South London punks JOHN, called A Life Diagrammatic. It’s a follow up to 2021s Nocturnal Manoeuvres, a record which saw the band move from perennial cult touring band to, well if not the mainstream then pretty close to it. A Life Diagrammatic …
Live Review: Delilah Bon / Valerie Rose – The Academy 2, Dublin 23.09.2023, plus gallery and set list
At a packed Academy 2 in Dublin this week, Delilah Bon worked the crowd into a frenzy from the get-go with her brand of bratty riot grrrl punk. All three members of the band seemed to give it everything, not once letting up the pace. Well, almost. For a brief moment in the set Lauren …