Song of the Day: Punchy post-punk and electronica with a skittering clubland bassy beat by the Scottish London-based singer-songwriter with a song about obsessive vanity and smartphones
Read moreSong of the Day: Kaeto - No Body
Kaeto
Song of the Day: Hungry - On Sight
See no evil: Hungry
Song of the Day: Blisteringly energetic, new-wave guitar pop and post-punk with socio-political songwriting by the Manchester-based quartet in new single about turning against moral standards for profit
Read moreSong of the Day: Talk Show - Closer
Talk Show - Closer
Song of the Day: Brilliantly energised, dynamic, feverishly catchy, tightly riffing post-punk dance music boils to the surface in this latest single by the south London Goldsmiths-formed quartet with the talky, menacing voice of frontman Harrison Swann
Read moreSong of the Day: The Murder Capital - Heart In The Hole
The Murder Capital
Song of the Day: With captivating, intelligent lyrics, an unrelenting intensity and powerful build, this new new single by the Dublin post-punk band follows their second album, Gigi’s Recovery, released earlier this year
Read moreSong of the Day: Mock Media - Modern Visions
Mock Media - Modern Visions (Artwork - Jake Monroe)
Song of the Day: Cleverly inventive, stop-start rhythmic, intricate guitar post-punk from this supergroup of Garnet Aronyk (Crack Cloud), Austin Boylan (Pottery), Bennett Smith (N0V3L) and Evan Aesen (Painted Fruits)
Read moreSong of the Day: Big Special - Desperate Breakfast
Voracious sound: Big Special
Song of the Day: Punchy, witty, searing post-punk abounds in this brilliant new single by the mischievously named duo comprising singer and Joe Hicklin and drummer Callum Moloney from Walsall in the Midlands. Out on SO Recordings
Read moreSong of the Day: Upchuck - Freaky
Upchuck’s upcoming second album, Bite The Hand That Feeds
Song of the Day: Energetic, fun, fuzz-guitar punk-pop, voracious life-loving and an affirmation of being different by the band from Atlanta, Georgia, the opening track from their upcoming second album, Bite The Hand That Feeds, out on 13 October via Famous Class Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Fat Dog - King of the Slugs
Fat Dog’s debut single - King of the Slugs
Song of the Day: Using that garden scourge invertebrate as humorous metaphor, a wonderfully energetic, flamboyant fusion of post-punk, psych-rock and electronica by the south London band led by frontman Joe Love with their debut single, out on Domino Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Sweeping Promises - Ideal No (Good Living Is Coming For You LP)
Sweeping Promises’ new album, Good Living Is Coming For You
Song of the Day: Taken from their recently released album Good Living Is Coming For You, fantastically punchy, catchy, witty early-80s-style post-punk by the band comprising Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug from Lawrence, Kansas
Read moreSong of the Day: English Teacher - The World’s Biggest Paving Slab
English Teacher
Song of the Day: After last year’s Polyawkward EP and other excellent releases, the Leeds-based post-punk indie band return with a clever, sharp song with lyrics by frontwoman Lily Fontaine about the contradictions of growing up in Pendle, Lancashire
Read moreSong of the Day: Folly Group - Strange Neighbour
Mysterious neighbour … Folly Group’s new single
Song of the Day: Sharp, witty, energised new post-punk single by the south London band with particularly strong drumming, and a curtain-twitching theme in a long tradition of neighbour-themed songs such as Space’s Neighbourhood or Tom Waits’ What’s He Building?
Read moreSong of the Day: CHAI - NEO KAWAII, K?
CHAI channel their philosophy of Neo Kawaii
Song of the Day: Wonderfully fresh, quirky, feminist post-punk-pop celebrating self-love, oddness and individuality by the Japanese quartet from Nagoya of twin sisters Mana and Kana, with rhythm section of Yuna and Yuuki
Read moreSong of the Day: Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee with James Murphy - Los Angeles
Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee
Song of the Day: “LA eats its children.” Superbly punchy, rhythmic title track with caustic, striking lyrics about the US city from the forthcoming album a supergroup trio of the ex-Cure drummer, Siouxsie drummer, producer joined by the LCD Soundsystem frontman
Read moreSong of the Day: Borough Council - Prescribed
Borough Council - Prescribed
Song of the Day: With a mesmeric, rhythmic, riffing krautrock momentum and some echoes of the Cure, a dark but fresh, eclectic debut the Hastings trio of Haydn Ackerley, Joe Ackerley and Tom Healey
Read moreSong of the Day: Yard Act - The Trench Coat Museum
Yard Act
Song of the Day: The Leeds post-punk quartet return with a blistering new single about constant social shifts in perception, ownership and recognition through the metaphor of a classic piece of clothing, with frontman James Smith’s biting lyrics alongside a driving dance-punk energy
Read moreSong of the Day: Problem Patterns - Letter of Resignation
Problem Patterns
Song of the Day: “You can’t fire me, I’m leaving.” Sharp, defiant, witty fuzz-guitar punk by Belfast quartet of Beverley Boal, Bethany Crooks, Ciara King and Alanah Smith with shades of Amyl & The Sniffers. Out on Alcopop!
Read moreSong of the Day: YOWL - Idiot Daughters, Idiot Sons
YOWL’s forthcoming album, Milksick
Song of the Day: After previous single Virile Crocodile Sweat, further wonderfully droll, restless, self-deprecating, articulate indie post-punk rich in animal metaphor by the south London band, taken from their forthcoming album Milksick
Read moreSong of the Day: Deeper - Build A Bridge
Deeper
Song of the Day: Punchy, powerful postpunk indie about self and songwriting from the Chicago quartet of Nic Gohl, Shiraz Bhatti, Drew McBride, and Kevin Fairbairn from their forthcoming album, Careful!, out on Sub Pop Records in September.
Read moreSong of the Day: Hallan - The Colline Gate (The Noise of a Firing Gun EP)
Hallan’s new EP The Noise of a Firing Gun
Song of the Day: The second of four excellent, punchy, intelligent post-punk tracks by the Portsmouth-based band from their new EP, The Noise of a Firing Gun, on the theme of violent conflict in past and present, and this one referring to a key battle during Sulla’s civil war in Rome in 82 BC
Read moreSong of the Day: CLT DRP - New Boy
CLT DRP
Song of the Day: Striking, powerful, turbulent punk/electronica single by the Brighton trio with searingly candid lyrics about a stormy post-breakup state of mind, shouty vocals and electrifying stop-start rhythms
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