Post Punk
Premiere: Italy’s God in a Black Suit exclusively unveil the luscious and enigmatic video for their thrilling track ‘To Forget’
We are very proud to premiere the new video for the track ‘To Forget’ from the über cool Italian band God in a Black Suit (GIABS). GIABS are an essential element of that massive wave of psych, new wave and shoegaze bands that flourish in Italy and that have been enthusiastically and proudly covered by …
News: Aotearoa/New Zealand band Soft Bait offer ‘Life Advice’ – news of their new album being released through Flying Nun Records, with a taste through the visceral single ‘Long Line’.
The new single ‘Long Line’ from Tāmaki Makaurau band Soft Bait is an angular juggernaut of attitude and swagger that is enticing with its shattering guitars and distant observant delivery. With a genetic code containing elements of The Fall, it’s an über cool slice of post punk that canters along with a throbbing bass and …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne’s HighSchool make a welcome return with the louche ‘149’ and news of debut album on the way.
Following up their magnificent EP ‘Accelerator’ last year (see my 9/10 review here), the mighty HighSchool return for 2025 with the vibrant single ‘149’ through [PIAS] Australia. With their trademark insouciance and laid back delivery, HighSchool continue to represent some of the best indie music coming out of Australia at the moment. ‘149’ captures an element of the …
Track: TEENS are interred in a ‘Shallow Grave’ and the earth is moving ahead of new album.
Careering along like a fully loaded semi-trailer that’s lost its brakes, the new single ‘Shallow Grave’ from Tasmanian sensations TEENS is a visceral cavalcade of guitars and melody ringing out like a chemically enhanced ghoul in chains. Guitars crash with a sound like fenders in a motorway pile up in a delivery that reaches a …
LIVE REVIEW: Stockton Calling Festival. 19.04.2025.
They say you can have too much of a good thing. But when it comes to one day music festivals in Teesside and surrounding areas I, for one, say you can’t. This Is Middlesbrough, Twisterella, Gathering Sounds, Last Train Home and others all bring well established acts to the area as well as provide a …
Track: They’re no ‘Quiet Australians’ – Lutruwita’s Meres unveil hyperactive new single ahead of album release.
Post punk rock boppers from down under, Meres, have been relatively quiet – understandable given front person Mary Shannon has also been active in the shoegaze giants Dvrkworld – but in a surprise return, they are back with the somewhat ironically titled single ‘Quiet Australians’. Meres have always been an exuberant entity featuring a punky …
Live Gallery: Second Idol Celebrate New Single With a Set That Sizzled 29.03.2025
Second Idol’s Single Launch Is a Love Letter to Loud Guitars and Big Feelings
Album Review: Brisbane’s Tape/Off unveil a magnum opus in the epic new album ‘Fort Sensible’ ahead of national tour.
Listening to the new album by Tape/Off is like journeying across the wide open landscapes of Australia where the scenery dramatically changes and yet remains breathtaking and stunning throughout. And threaded through every note is a larrikin sense of humour (the album title itself is an obscure Homer Simpson reference). The result veers from unhinged …
Track: Sydney’s Daily Toll deliver an über cool spoken word track ‘Killincs’ ahead of debut album.
Sydney trio Daily Toll have announced the release of their debut album ‘A Profound Non-Event’ through Tough Love Records, and to give us a taste of what to expect, unveiled the track ‘Killincs’. It’s a gentle ramble through the meadows with a haunting introduction with a melodica before the instruments enter with a spoken word …
Track: TILE’s ‘Cloud’ Brings a Post-Punk Storm of Defiance
Alt-Rock Rebels TILE Unleash ‘Cloud’—And It’s a Gut Punch of a Track