punk/post-punk tracks
Track: Madonnatron – Mermaids / Ich Liebe Dich, plus UK tour news
Following their rather brilliant eponymously-titled debut album, Madonnatron have kept themselves busy, recording a new single ‘Mermaids’, backed by ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ out on Trashmouth Records on 11th May. Not that they’ve had much time on their hands – they’ve squeezed touring with The Moonlandingz, PINS & supporting The Black Lips; featuring on the line …
Track: Hot Snakes – Death Camp Fantasy
Swami John Reis and Rick Froberg have made music together since high school, under the guise of many band names. In 1999 it was the lean, mean swagger of Hot Snakes that caught the ears of the people of San Diego. Consequently, Reis and Froberg are responsible for some of the most turbulent rock and …
Track: Ash – Buzzkill
Out on May 10th is the new album, Islands, from the mighty Ash via Infectious Music (a return to the label which released their 1977 and Free all Angels albums) From it, they’ve released a new track – Buzzkill, which features The Undertones’ Damien O’Neill and Mickey Bradley on backing vocals. Speaking about the track, …
Track: Big Bliss – Contact / Override
Out today is the new 7″ from Brooklyn post-punks Big Bliss, Contact / Override, on Exit Stencil Recordings. Recorded last Autumn with Jeff Berner at Studio G in Brooklyn while writing their upcoming album, the tracks felt to the band like standalone singles rather than something that fitted in to their vision of the album. …
Track: Frank Turner – 1933, plus UK headline tour dates
First track from Frank Turner’s new album released Incensed by articles suggesting that punk rock is somehow alludes to the alt right spurred Frank Turner to write the track 1933 which is the first track to be released from his new album ‘Be more Kind’ out on May 4th, 2018 during his UK tour. “The …
EP: At the Drive-In stream Diamanté EP
Previously only available on 10″ vinyl, El Paso five piece At the Drive-In have made their Diamanté EP available digitally ahead of their UK headline tour dates this March. Thus new tracks Anid Ethics, Despondent at High Noon and Point of Demarkation – recorded at Clouds Hill Studio in Hamburg, Germany in the summer of …
EP: Cakes – Prescription Bugs
From the salubrious, white bread and somewhat anodyne Gold Coast of Queensland Australia comes the very antithesis in the form of Cakes, an indie post punk duo who are about to release an EP, “Prescription Bugs”. This EP is an anarchic thrash of guitars and drums leavened by epic choruses and flashes of unexpected subtlety. …
Track: Cabbage – Arms of Pleonexia, plus debut album news
Mossley quintet Cabbage have just announced their debut album, called Nihilistic Glamour Shots, will drop on March 30th via Infectious Music, produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey at Parr Street Studios. It’ll mark the culmination of a frenetic 24 month period which has seen Cabbage release five EPs, 36 singles and play well over …
Track: The Damned – Standing on the edge of tomorrow, plus new album news
“It’s supposed to be very optimistic, even though it’s about a dark subject,” states legendary punk overlords The Damned frontman Dave Vanian, talking about the bands new single, Standing on the edge of tomorrow. “As an artist, you can’t help but reflect the times, because that’s what art does. I think we always do it, …
Track: Hot Snakes – Six Wave Hold-Down, plus first new album in 14 years news
It’s been a LONG time, but finally Hot Snakes, aka Swami John Reis and Rick Froberg have reconvened, and for good reason too, by the sound of it…“I considered stopping playing guitar on a social media poll after I completely mastered the instrument,” Reis says. “But so many people kept sending me letters and voicemail …