punk/post-punk
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, …
News: Stiff Little Fingers Announce 12-date Spring/Summer UK tour
Stiff Little Fingers are set to embark on a 12-date headline tour in March of 2018 with special guests Ruts DC. The band will also be playing 3 large outdoor summer shows with a rotating bill including The Selecter, The Beat and Buzzcocks. Stiff Little Fingers live shows are always special events. None is more …
Track: Check Out The Soft Moon’s New Single “Choke”, plus album news
On February 2nd, Luis Vasquez, AKA The Soft Moon, will be releasing his debut record for Sacred Bones titled Criminal, which follows 2015s excellent Deeper. With just a little less than two weeks before the album’s release, Vasquez has released new single “Choke”. Check it out below: According to Vasquez, I created ‘Choke’ as a …
News: Pop Punk Pile Up Festival (Selby) reveals 2018 line up incl. Room 94
2018 welcomes a brand new festival, POP PUNK PILE UP FESTIVAL that will take place at The Venue in Selby from the 27th – 29th April 2018. Riff Media has been running successful events all over the country for a decade and 2018 sees them branching out into the festival circuit. 2017 was a huge …
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 …
Track: Sextile – Current affair
It’s been a while but Sextile have released the first new music since July last years Albeit Living, in the shape of a new single, Current Affair. It comes from ahead of ther bands first ever UK tour which starts this week. It features guest vocals from actress and friend of the and Sienna Scarritt, …
See: Moaning release new video for Artificial
Taken from the forthcoming self-titled debut album from Los Angeles post-punk three piece Moaning, due out on March 2nd via the legendary Sub Pop label, Artificial is a staccato, angular song, driven by the drums and given this sense of anxiety by the sourness of the guitar chords at the beginning, before the chorus -soaked …
Track: Meat Wave – Shame / Dogs At Night, plus European Tour Dates
On the back of their new album, the Incessant, Chicago indie punks Meat Wave have released a single Shame / Dogs at Night, both new non-album tracks which were recorded during the album sessions with legendary Chicago Engineer Steve Albini. Dogs at night previously appeared as part of last years Our First 100 Days Project, …
See: Shopping release video for new single Wild Child
Out on January 19th via FatCat Records is the new album from Shopping, titled The Official Body. Recorded and produced by Edwyn Collins, it’s the follow up to 2015’s Why Choose. From it, the band have released a second single, Wild Child. It’s angular, driven by this bass riff and a vocal line overflowing with …
See: Vowws release video for ‘Forget your finery’ ahead of March Album Release
LA-via-Australia based duo Vowws have announced a new album Under the World is to be released on March 2nd via their own Anti-Language Records. They’ve returned to work with friend, mentor and engineer Kevin S. McMahon at his New Paltz, NY studio – building upon a symbiotic relationship formed while piecing together their debut, 2015’s …