Post Punk
Premiere: Kill Your Boyfriend & Neu Oscuro share new singles and announce split EP
Sister9 Recordings is pleased to announce the split EP from Kill Your Boyfriend and Neu Oscuro, scheduled for release 9 May. The split is the first the label have offered and it really is something special. BSM is delighted to bring you the premiere of two tracks from the EP, one from each band. You …
Live Review & Gallery: Shame Revel In Punk Devotion, Giving Australia Stage Dive Sermons – Metro Theatre, Eora Land/Sydney, 04.03.25
I’d heard along the grapevine that Shame’s set at Yours and Owls Festival was the one to catch, best of the weekend, unfiltered punk energy carrying the day forward ahead of headliners Fontaines D.C. Naturally, expectations were sky-high as I navigated the winding corridors of Metro Theatre and slipped into the cavern that is Metro …
Live Review: Chalk & Makeshift Art Bar @ Band on the Wall, Manchester 28.02.2025
It’s got to be said, February has been pretty dreary. But tonight in Manchester, the line up at Band on the Wall is worth dragging yourself out for. We have an Irish double header, one well known, one not so. The sold out show put on through local promoters Now Wave has all the makings …
Track: Call the ‘Deviant Hotline’ – it’s Low Monroe with a deliciously dark and visceral track, with launch date announced.
Low Monroe – the nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Sergi – has just released a deliciously dark slice of gothic fuzz in the form of ‘Deviant Hotline’. With reverb-soaked, scything guitars and a rhythm section that prowls like a ravenous wolf, the track has a late night/early morning sleazy nightclub vibe filled …
News: New Model Army Bring Their Poetic Power to Australia and New Zealand
Post-Punk Pioneers New Model Army to Make Long-Awaited AU & NZ Debut
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Bloodjoy Remixes (Part I)
Manchester’s “one man noise machine/psych assassin” Rhys Bloodjoy, has just unleashed an EP called ‘Bloodjoy Remixes (Part One)’, starring four artists who have previously released albums on his record label, Sister 9 Recordings. The EP features remixed versions of songs by psych-dream-gazers, Frankie Teardrop Dead, Italian darkwave/post-punks, Kill Your Boyfriend, psychedelic masters, JuJu and Bloodjoy’s …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Neu Oscuro – Desolation Suits Me
Born out of friendship forged in the dank Manchester underground music scene, Neu Oscuro have been cloaked in mystery since the release of their much-praised 2022 debut single, ‘Ragazza’. With a range of continental influences, psych styles and dark post-punk vibes evident, the band’s sound is largely built upon the murkier side of frontman Rhys …
Say Psych: ICYMI: Norway’s Mayflower Madame release ‘Insight’, Third hotly anticipated LP
Norwegian band Mayflower Madame released their third LP Insighton 1st November 2024. The lead singles, ‘A Foretold Ecstasy’, ‘Paint It All in Blue’ and ‘Never Sever’ have garnered widespread acclaim and extensive radio support, including airtime on BBC 6 Music. These tracks offer just a glimpse of what the album delivers — an expansive canvas …
Album Review: Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – ‘Ventre Unique’: the mercurial post-punk/global beats collective score once more.
Formed in 2007 by bassist and composer Vincent Bertholet, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a band with the beat of the infamous but sadly crushed Genevan punk squat movement at their core. Democratic by nature, collective in approach and creatively free, the revolving ensemble are five albums into their escapade with no signs of …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announces first bands for 2025 Festival in Eindhoven
UK-based independent label Fuzz Club are today announcing the first wave of bands set to perform at Fuzz Club Festival 2025. Returning after a four-year hiatus this year, the two-day celebration of fuzz, reverb and drone will take place once again at the historic Effenaar venue in Eindhoven, Netherlands over 9 & 10 May 2025. …