punk
SEE: Dope Body’s ‘Jer Bang’: Baltimore noiseniks are back atcha; be glad
BALTIMORE’S knife-sharp noise outfit Dope Body, who released a trio of salvos at yr head for Drag City in the first part of the decade in the shape of Natural History, Lifer and Kunk, were a sad loss to our need for noise when they decided to call it quits in 2016. Less punchy guitar …
SEE: the rage of Stone’s ‘Stay Silent’, live from Liverpool
STONE: solid, unyielding, hard. It’s pretty much the perfect name for the Liverpudlian band that have picked up a dazzled DJ fan in the shape of Radio One’s Jack Saunders, who’s championed them all through the crawl-those-walls caging of the Covid lockdown. But they’re back or rather, they’re unleashed; they’re full-on and they’re ready to …
Track: Rat Scabies remixes Robert Claverts track ‘Lord Of The Hornets’
Punk musician/raconteur Rat Scabies has remixed Robert Calvert track ‘Lord Of The Hornets’, Lyricist and vocalist for the legendary Hawkwind, Robert Calvert had multiple solo albums and collaborations with the likes of Brian Eno, Arthur Brown, and Motörhead’s Lemmy, before sadly leaving us in 1988. The track originally appeared on Calvert’s 1981 solo album Hype, …
TRACK: Rats On Acid – ‘Like It Like That’
UK PUNK quartet Rats On Acid showcase the raw and emotional mental state of a victim of a real-life traumatic experience through “Like It Like That” – the band’s latest, enraged classic punk single. And it was inspired by a real-life experience. Rats On Acid’s vocalist Konnie says: “This track explores the tragedy of an underage rape victim and the emotions …
Track: Healthy Junkies share ‘Last Day In LA’ from upcoming album
HEALTHY JUNKIES’ new album Forever On The Road is out on September 25th. It’s a set of tunes that’s set to propel the band forward to the top of the pile: smashing down boundaries of genre in a way that only this group of anarchic artisans can, with a blend of horror movie soundscape, punk, grunge, reggae …
SEE: Drama Dolls release new track, ‘Yes’: watch the video
SOMEWHERE in between the Misfits and The Bangles, or a love child of the Ramones and the Go-Go’s, Drama Dolls fill a void in our musical souls we didn’t know we had. Now, following the widely praised single “Favorite Girl,” Drama Dolls give us a chance to sink into nostalgia and rock out with their newest track. …
News: Fontaines D.C. announce further 2021 UK tour dates
The Dublin-based band, after receiving well-deserved praise for recently released A Hero’s Death, have announced another set of tour dates in Edinburgh, Nottingham, Bath and Liverpool. This follows the quintet’s immensely popular return to live gigs, albeit virtual ones, with an audience peaking at 4000. Their newly announced dates come after several previously announced sold …
ALBUM REVIEW: NOFX vs Frank Turner – ‘West Coast Vs Wessex’: a transatlantic punk song trade
IT’S a split album, but it’s not a split in the standard form. In one corner you have NOFX, probably the best and most forthright pop punk band ever to grace your ears, who have teamed up with Frank Turner, the Wessex purveyor of punk attitude filled slabs of rock/folk. They’re not satisfied with doing …
TRACK: MUCK SPREADER SHARE NEW SINGLE CARNAL TONGUES & ANNOUNCE NEW EP RODEO MISTAKES
The improvisational collection that go under the name Muck Spreader, are about to unleash onto the world their EP Rodeo Mistakes due September 4th via Brace Yourself Records. To go with this news the band have shared the brilliant single ‘Carnal Tongues’ On ‘Carnal Tongues’, Muck Spreader offer the following, “Hop into the passenger side, …
EP: Eades Release Debut EP – ‘Microcosmic Things’
Leeds quintet Eades release debut EP debut ‘Microcosmic Things’ via their own label Bam Bam records. The band comments, “Making the EP was a massive learning curve for us. Deciding to do a small collection of songs as opposed to a run of singles meant that we had to do something somewhat coherent. This made …