punk/post-punk
Listen: Cruising ‘You Made Me Do That’ Debut single release 28-04-14
We told you cassettes were making a comeback. Have you been out and bought a cassette player yet? No? Well here’s another reason to do so…. Dublin/Belfast party band Cruising are set to release, what they describe as, a ‘grimy, brooding depraved slice of fucked up distorted subterranean punk’. Or in other words, their debut …
Listen: Stillwave ‘Modes of Transport’
You can get bogged down with trying label stuff. But it can also go the other way. Post-punk, new wave, whatever you want to call it, has been a term applied to an ever increasing number of bands, effectively broadening the genre to a point that it becomes almost meaningless (just check out the list …
Listen: Elvis Dracula – I May Be Dead (But I Still Can Love)
It’s not often that I’m lost for words. But I’m a bit stumped at the moment. In a nutshell we have one third of the horror punk trio, Drunken Draculas, Elvis Dracula adding his own lyrics and singing along to old 78rpm recordings of Fats Waller. No further comment from me. Have a listen and …
News: US punks Tweens to release self-titled debut LP
For a young band on the first steps of their career, there can be nothing better than receiving accolades and support from those that have ‘made it’. Take The Tweens for instance. On the recommendation of Cincinnati record shop owner, Jim Blaze (Shake It Records), none other than Kim Deal booked them for a gig …
Gallery: The Stranglers, Ruby Tour, Leeds. 21.03.2014 – view from the pit.
Riots. Hard drugs. Strippers. The Stranglers have been there worn the t-shirt ripped it off their backs and thrown it back for another go many many times. 40 years. 40 years of producing and performing songs that both mark and stand, the test of time. We covered their Ruby Tour show in Sheffield last week. …
Psych Insight: New Music – Ragged Barracudas 7” EP (Cardinal Fuzz/ Who Can You Trust)
There was a time, back in my distant memory, when as a young teenager I used to disappear on my bike telling my parents “I’m just off out for a ride”, chain it to the railings of the local railway station and get the train into Birmingham. It was 1977 and I was 13. …
Track: Brody Dalle – ‘Meet The Foetus/Oh The Joy, plus album news.
She’s been absent for a while, having a couple of kids, marrying Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme, stuff like that. But now she’s back. Punk rock icon Brody Dalle has just unleashed her latest single, ’Meet The Foetus/Oh The Joy’ as a taster for her eagerly anticipated new album. Having previously …
See: Beacons Festival 7-10 August 2014
I guess it’s time to start thinking which summer festival to attend and I’m really excited about the first acts announced by Beacons Festival. This independent festival is only in its third year (after the 2011 event was forced to close due to flooding) and it seems to be giving the bigger festivals a definate …
Meet: Angelspit
With a new album imminent Zoog from Electro-punk riot squad Angelspit took some time out to answer a few questions about crowd funding, the new album and having such a talented fanbase. Regular partner in crime and disorder Destroy X might be focussing on other projects for the time being but this hasn’t stopped him …
News: Punk/New Wave Legends The Rezillos announce eight date UK tour; all the info, here.
Punk/New Wave legends The Rezillos, who came to fame with the 1978 top 20 hit, ‘Top of the Pops‘ have announced an eight gig tour of the UK. The Sex Pistols had just about hung up their boots, most punk bands were fronted by angry young youths spitting and snarling angst and vitriol against, well …