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When the chips are down …
Song of the Day: ‘I like to participate in life’s edge. From time to time I take a little ride over that edge’. Heart-racing, breathless spoken word packed with images of hedonism, pubs and fast, frantic living in this debut single by the quintessentially British MC who is a mixture of Sleaford Mods, Slowthai and the Streets
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Loose Fit’s new single, Exhale
Song of the Day: Tight, crisp, catchy, rolling rhythm postpunk by the band from Sydney, Australia, featuring Anna Langdon on vocals, Max Edgar on guitar, Kaylene Milner on drums, Richard Martin on bass, and Jonathan Boulet on congas
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Bambara
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Love on My Mind, a scorching new single about a passionate encounter by the Brooklyn post-punk band formed by twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh with Nick Cave among their influences
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From the visualiser animation by Alex Evans of Comes With Fries for The Lounge Society’s Last Breath
Song of the Day: “I will spend my last breath singing.” Despite the walls of the world caving in, a fabulously defiant new number by the band from Hebden Bridge mixing elements of post-punk and psychedelia and produced by Dan Carey
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Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Doers by New York-band Bodega, another caustic and clever post-punk song about being awash with information by the London-based band fronted by vocalist Zac Woolley
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Pointed: from the Doers video by Bodega
Song of the Day: Excellent, punchy new single by the New York post-punk five-piece band from the forthcoming album Broken Equipment, here all about the crazed activity and pressure of living in the big city as well non-stop online culture
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Song of the Day: Dark, powerful post-punk with echoes of Siouxsie & the Banshees and the ‘77-’82 era by the Melbourne band fronted by singer Krystal Maynard in a song about anxiety, rumination and a character paralysed by fear and intrusive thoughts
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M(h)aol
Song of the Day: Dark, jagged post-punk rock with jagged guitars and tough, powerful, spoken, feminist edge by the Dublin band and the title track from their latest EP
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Beige Banquet in action
Song of the Day: Taut, wirey, spiky, punchy post-punk with an existential theme by the London band who like to use deadened guitar strings for rhythm, the first track from their latest EP, S/T, out on Just Step Sideways Records
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Field Music’s new EP - another shot follows their most recent album, Flat White Moon
Song of the Day: Taken from the Brewis brothers’ latest EP, Another Shot, a genre-spanning of clever rhythms and vivid lyrics with about change of circumstances and fear of change through the prisms of seemingly ordinary domestic details in a small town
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Song of the Day: Wonderfully cascading guitar riffs and soaring vocals mark out this catchy post-punk number by the four-piece band from Oakland, California capturing life’s absurdities, from their self-titled album
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The Smirk EP
Song of the Day: Timeless fast, direct, no-nonsense fuzzy post-punk from the project of California’s Nic Vicario from Crisis Man, Public Eye, and Cemento, in a style that will also please fans of Flat Worms. From the newest EP and out out on the Portland, Oregon-based label Total Punk!
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Out of the darkness come … Deep Tan
Song of the Day: Dirty, droll and furry, hairy and hedonistic, this beautifully offbeat, oddball, Slits-cum-Bette Davis, sharp, stark, post-punk number by the London trio is inspired by the act of sex in animal costumes, and was recorded and produced by Dan Carey for his Speedy Wunderground label
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Italia 90
Song of the Day: Released earlier this year, witty, caustic socio-political commentary by the London post-punk band out on Brace Yourself Records, and who are are about to begin a live tour
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Cheap Teeth
Song of the Day: Reminiscent of The Birthday Party, The Cramps, and The Clash, with a thumping bass riff and powerful vocal delivery by Joe Laycock, this rollicking gothic post-punk number by the Edinburgh band evokes a seedy, but infectious underworld
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The forthcoming album Projector, by Geese.
Song of the Day: Slick guitar harmonies, powerful stomping bass and forceful, vivid vocal delivery by the young post-punk Brooklyn band from their forthcoming album, Projector, out on 29 October on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam
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From the visualizer for Joyeria’s Here Comes Trouble
Song of the Day: Addressing personal vices and perhaps larger issues, this debut single by the Canadian multi-instrumentalist comes two parts - witty, catchy indie, moving into a frenzied instrumental of electro-krautrock
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The Clockworks
Song of the Day: ‘Half a mind to sign on. the line, and half a mind to throw it all away’. Passionate, post-punk indie by the Irish four-piece band, formed in Galway, now based in London and spotted and instantly signed by legendary mogul Alan McGee on his It’s Creation Baby label.
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Seven up: Keg
Song of the Day: Wonderfully upbeat, sharp, postpunk indie by the 7-piece Brighton band infused with jagged guitars, vibrant brass and wonky synths, in a song that traverses the globe inspired by the lead singer Albert Haddenham’s mum moving around to work in different RAF bases
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Opus Kink
Song of the Day: Sharp, angry, fast-moving indie post-punk with a dash of The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, Pigbag and a vibrant brass section make up this latest single by the dynamic Brighton band and produced by Tim Burgess
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