punk/post-punk
Track: Middleman – Morning All The Time
Middleman have shared their new single ‘Morning All The Time’ the final teaser from their forthcoming EP ‘John Dillinger Died For You’ out this Friday on Evil Speaker Records. Singer Noah Alves comments: “Morning All The Time is unlike any of the songs we’ve written before. It’s our attempt at writing a Big Star song.” There’s beauty …
Meet: BCOS RSNS – London purveyors of post-punk
London DIY scenesters BCOS RSNS commemorate lost live music venue The Buffalo Bar in their latest single taken from their forthcoming eponymous album. The much-missed Highbury venue gets name-checked in their hymn to the grassroots scene. Backseat Mafia caught up with Abi and Carl from the band to hear all about their random Norwegian fan …
Track: Left Circles – Bleed It Out
Left Circles is the solo project from Brooklyn-based musician Brian Pluta of the band Space Cadet. The projects debut album ‘Nothing Is One Thing’ is due out on the 26th of April. The hook-heavy album flies through several modes of rock, from ‘90s lo-fi to Brit pop to ‘50s folk. It was mixed by Travis Harrison (Guided …
Live Review: Stiff Little Fingers / Glen Matlock – O2 Academy, Leeds 21.03.2024
By Phil Wright Thursday 21st March took me to Leeds for a total ‘Punk Fest’ at the O2. Opening the night was a true Punk legend, Glen Matlock, the original bass player and songwriter for the ‘Sex Pistols’. He was joined on stage by Neal Whitmore from ‘Sigue Sigue Sputnick’. The combination of Matlock and …
Track: Missiles – Living In A Nuclear Town
Sweden’s Missiles have released a new single, ‘Living In A Nuclear Town’, from their upcoming album ‘Weaponize Tomorrow’ due out on the 10th of May via Svart Records Missiles explains the backgrounds of the track: “Living in a Nuclear Town was one of the last – if not the last – song to be finished before we started …
News: Rebellion Festival 2024 Returns 1st-4th August At The Winter Gardens In Blackpool
Returning this summer over four days from the 1st to the 4th of August at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Rebellion Festival has once again pulled together a line-up that runs the full length and breadth of worldwide alternative and punk rock culture. From the four iconic, genre-defining headline artists of The Stranglers, Sham 69, …
Track: Ferocious Dog – Sus Laws
Backseat Mafia’s Celtic punks, Ferocious Dog, have shared their brand single ‘Sus Laws’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Kleptocracy’ due on the 17th of May via Graphite Records. the track was chosen as it encapsulates the unyielding spirit of resistance against oppression, the theme of the album. Plus, the chorus is a banger to sing along …
Track: Middleman – Falls Apart
London punk band, Middleman have announced their new EP, ‘John Dillinger Died For You’, is set to be released on the 19th of April via Evil Speaker Records. In preparation the band have shared the lead single, ‘Falls Apart’. The single is about “things not turning out how you expect – although that could be for the best”, explains songwriter and …
News: Post Punk Pioneers Xmal Deutschland Release Album ‘Early Singles (1981-1982)’ And Front Woman Anja Huwe Releases Debut Solo Album ‘Codes’ Both Out 8th March Via Sacred Bones
“Gothics”—a time before the word goth had even taken shape—believed in the do-it-yourself punk ethos that anyone could pick up an instrument. This, alongside the bric-a-brac fashion of Adam Ant and the long-winded atmospheric malaise of Bauhaus’ 1979 single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” gray clouds were starting to form. And in the unlikely city of Hamburg, a brazen …
Live Review: Lambrini Girls – The Moth Club, London 03.02.2024
The rage remains real. It’s shameful that a band like Lambrini Girls could have featured in the cultural zeitgeist any time from 1965 to now. How is it that a couple of women still need to kick back against prejudice and the patriarchy? Why has so little changed in society? Over at Tate Britain, there’s …