punk/post-punk
Track: B Boys – I want
Taken from their forthcoming album Dudu, out on July 26th via Captured Tracks, I want is the new single from New York post-punks B Boys. featuring Veronica Torres from Pill, I want, according to the band at least, is “…inspired by the frustration of having to demand for the things you innately deserve. It’s about …
Track: Treeboy & Arc – Concept
Seminal label Speedy Wunderground is preparing for the release of the 29th single in their series and it’s from Leeds post-punk five piece Treeboy & Arc, who certainly announced their arrival with a minor prang involving a parked BMW next to the studio before even meeting label boss Dan Carey. Luckily, things took a turn …
Track: The Needs – Summerbore
It’s raining outside. I could happily lay my face on the table in front of me and go to sleep. And the reason I’m not is that is that playing in the background, pretty much on repeat, is Summerbore – the debut single from Norwegian power-pop punks The Needs. Formed by Kvelertak’s guitarist Maciek Ofstad and …
News: Mute to reissue Suicide’s self-titled debut as part of the Art of the Album series
Suicide, the highly influential art-noise project of Alan Vega and Marty Rev, is having Mute’s Art of the Album treatment in a reisue of their 1977 debut album, due out on July 12th. As with the other releases in the series, there are no extra tracks, it is just the album as it was, remastered …
Album Review: Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes – End Of Suffering
Frank Carter has dipped his toe in many musical genres, beginning his career in Gallows, moving onto Pure Love and now onto The Rattlesnakes. He’s never been one to shy away from his emotions, spilling stories from his life, his undying love for his daughter and his own mental health. He’s first and foremost an …
Track: Idles – Mercedes Marxist, plus US tour dates
Idles have released a new song taken from the sessions from their latest LP ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’, out physically on 7″ vinyl with another song ‘I Dream Guilloutine’ as it’s b-side, on August 2nd via Partisan Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. Built over this troubled punk vibe centred around this single repeated note, it …
Track: The Paranoyds – Hungry Sam/Trade Our Sins.
I’ll admit that in my old age I am still a sucker for a synth or an organ in music. Luckily for me, I’ve been introduced to The Paranoyds, a California based four piece who by their own volition have kept a low profile on social media. Their press reads that they “eschew societal norms” – …
See: Mannequin Pussy reveal visuals for Drunk II, Announce New Album ‘Patience’
Philadelphia indie punk band Mannequin Pussy have announced their new album Patience, due June 21st on Epitaph. The third full-length from Mannequin Pussy, Patience is an album fascinated with the physical experience of the body, its songs tracking the movements of mouths and hands and racing hearts, skin and spit and teeth and blood. Deeply attuned to the power of their own …
Track: Drahla – Pyramid Estate, plus album and tour news.
Leeds three-piece Drahla have released a new single from their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Useless Coordinates’. “Drahla’s abstract punk songs are ecstatic about the everyday. The squalls of noise in songs like “Pyramid Estate” show a band willing to dig beneath the surface.” ‘Pyramid Estate’ is the third track taken from ‘Useless Coordinates’ following the release of ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’ last …
News: Buzzcocks announce details of the reissue of ‘A Different Kind Of Tension’ & ‘Singles Going Steady’.
Domino Records have announced the latest batch of Buzzcocks reissues, A different kind of tension and Singles going’s steady, are coming out on Friday 14th June. It follows the recent untimely death of founder member and songwriter Pete Shelley. They follow the 40th anniversary re-issues of Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites …