punk-post-punk tracks
Track: Casual Drag – Bleach Head
Backseat Mafia are glad to be able to connect with the hard playing and upcoming band Casual Drag, it’s always a pleasure to get involved with up and coming bands. Firstly lets take the name Casual Drag. These guys are a fresh out of Edinburgh and thrash out a Garage Punk sound that belies the name. …
Track: Jade Hairpins – J Terrapin
Jade Hairpins is the new power pop band from Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco and lead guitarist Mike Haliechuk. Falco switches to rhythm guitar and lead vocals for the project and Haliechuk to bass, and they’ve enlisted Jack Goldstein and Tamsin M Leach, two London musicians, on lead guitar and drums respectively. They’ve just released …
Track: Hot Snakes – Checkmate
00s San Diego post-hardcore legends Hot Snakes have released a rip-roaring new single, ‘Checkmate’, their first new material since their triumphant comeback album ‘Jericho Sirens’ (2018). The pacy track, which delivers in spades the rock ‘n’ roll-echoing post-hardcore the band’s fans have come to know and love, is accompanied by a visually arresting video which …
Track: Minimal Compact – Statik Dancing
Influential Dutch post-punks Minimal Compact have announced a new album – ‘Creation is Perfect’, is being released via October 25gh via the bands own Minimal Compact label. It contains new versions of tracks from the bands back catalogue, which dates back to their formation in 1980. From it the band have released their new version …
News: Working Men’s Club Release Second Single, Announce Tour
Following their support slots with The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Fat White Family, Yorkshire teenage new wave revivalists Working Men’s Club have released their second single and announced extensive touring plans. The band, who claim Suicide as an influence, have signed to Heavenly and followed up debut 7″ ‘Bad Blood’ with ‘Teeth’ as their …
EP: The Cosmics – The Cosmics
Out right now is the new self-titled debut EP from Birmingham scuzz pop band The Comics, collecting six of the tracks the band have been playing live and recording them with Test Icicles’ Rory Attwell whose production credits include the likes of Palma Violets, The Vaccines, Yuck, Mazes and Male Bonding among many other up-and-coming …
EP: Egyptian Blue – Collateral Damage
I had the pleasure of seeing Egyptian Blue for the first time at Portsmouth Psych Fest 2019 back in May, and they really made a great impression on me; tight as anything, passionate, and with a real sense of abrasive post punk urgency. This eagerly awaited EP continues to favour those first impressions, and with …
Meet: Yur Mum interview, plus their new single Sweatshop
Yur Mum are back with their new single SWEATSHOP, so we caught up with them to have a chat and see what’s going down. So what’s going on with Yur Mum?My mum’s fine. How’s yours? (Laughs) – Well, not much… We’ve been gigging nonstop for quite a while, as well as writing and recording new …
Track: Egyptian Blue – Contain It
Post-punks Egyptian Blue are preparing for the launch of their debut EP ‘Collateral Damage’ which drops on June 21st via Yala Records, and ahead of it they’ve released one of the tracks from the EP, Contain It.# It’s stuttering, edgy post punk, that loosens itself up from its opening 7-time gambit that gives it this …
Track: The Cosmics – Drained
Ahead of the released of their debut Vinyl EP, riotous Birmingham girl fronted punks The Cosmics have released another track, Drained. The thing about The Cosmics is they’ve mastered sounding like they’re from the 60s girl band sound, strained through a messy, edgy garage punk filter. That’s because they have the melodies at heart that …