Post Punk
Track: Awabakal/Newcastle’s dust settles with the evocative thrill of ‘Joy (Guilt)’ on news of new EP and tour.
Hailing from Awabakal / Newcastle, dust have announced their debut EP ‘et cetera, etc’ on 29 March and provided a very enticing taste of what to expect with their new single ‘Joy (Guilt)’. Travelling a very similar path to bands such as Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and Idles, but with a distinctly antipodean blush, …
Premiere: Fleeting Persuasion ease into the stratosphere with the atmospheric ‘Slipped’.
Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Slipped’ before its release into the wild on Monday. Fleeting Persuasion have been on our …
Premiere: The hyperkinetic Radio Free Alice provide us with an exclusive look at their new video for the heady joys of single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
Last month we brought you news of the delightfully snotty young band Radio Free Alice‘s signing to the tremendous Double Drummer label and cast an ear over their frenetic and heart-racing single ‘I Gotta Fall (In Love)’. I described the single as being a breath of fresh air in the current climes – full throttle …
Album Review: the black watch unveil the anthemic indie pop epic ‘Future Strangers’: a glorious album filled with a dream pop psychedelic glow.
Los Angeles indie pop icons the black watch are about to release their 21st album ‘Future Strangers’ and it is a testimony as to why this band has become such a veritable institution. Fronted by constant member John Andrew Frederick (who also is the author of four works of comic fiction and one book of …
News: Gina Birch of The Raincoats Releases Debut Solo Album
Legendary post-punk musician, artist, and filmmaker Gina Birch, has released her debut solo album
News: RVG announces new album ‘Brain Worms’ and release the prowling, simmering single ‘Nothing Really Changes’ ahead of UK/Australian tour news and signing to Ivy League Records.
One of Australia’s most exciting post punk outfits RVG have just announced the impending release of their new album ‘Brain Worms’ due out on 2 June through Fire Records as well as their signing to Ivy League Records in Australia (home to Hatchie and Rolling Blackouts C.F.) It’s been nearly three long years since the …
News/Tracks: Yalla Miku preview debut album, a cranked up connection of gnawa rhythms, East African spirit and post punk dynamism.
Now here’s something to shout about, a new gutsy global beats collective Yalla Miku coming out of the house of Bongo Joe Records with a debut self-titled album hitting the shelves from 31st March. Formed by Bongo Joe founder, musician Cyril Yeterian and his band mate from the requisitely named Cyril Cyril, percussionist Cyril Bondi, …
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its genes a panoply of very commendable bands. Think of an amalgam of The Jam, Wreckless Eric, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and the Undertones, and …
News: Moody Beaches Drop New Single and Announce Release of Upcoming Album
Moody Beaches new single is a thunderous paean to their post-punk heritage.
Live Review: Grauzone Festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 10-12 February 2023
Grauzone Festival’s 10th anniversary took place last weekend in the heart of The Hague, Netherlands. Grauzone aims to present a diverse and cutting-edge programme where music, film and art complement each other. It features young talent as well as established names rooted in or influenced by the underground music scene from new wave, electronic to …