Song of the Day: Caustically sharp lyrics, darkly thrumming and brilliantly shard-like shimmering sounds come in this new single by the London goth-postpunk band fronted by Jojo Orme, another cutting-edge single produced by Dan Carey via his label Speedy Wunderground
Read moreSong of the Day: The Umlauts - Mad Blue Love (Slags LP)
Song of the Day: With an alluring pitch bend riff and drily witty vocals, the trans-European German-French-Italian-London experimental post-punk-pop outfit return with new material, and an album including the best of their first two EPs – Ü (2021) and Another Fact (2022)
Read moreSong of the Day: Fulu Miziki – Pasi na bisengo
Song of the Day: The collective from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, return with a vibrant, upbeat, infectious, rhythmic punk-Afro-futuristic track with a title that translates as “pain and pleasure”
Read moreSong of the Day: Maruja - One Hand Behind The Devil
Song of the Day: Stormy, scything, dynamic post-punk with blasts of jazz by the Manchester quartet of singer-guitarist Harry Wilkinson, drummer Jacob Hayes, bassist Matt Buonaccorsi and saxophonist Joe Carroll
Read moreSong of the Day: Enola Gay: Terra Firma
Song of the Day: A powerful, valedictory-style number, the final from their latest EP, Casement, the explosive Dublin punk/hip-hop quartet with an evolved, more tender sound mixing elements electronica with Belfast music producer Mount Palomar
Read moreSong of the Day: IDLES - Dancer (with LCD Soundsystem)
Song of the Day: The Bristol punks return with a strutting, punchy new number with the unmistakable delivery of frontman Joe Talbot, a thrumming bassline, and are also joined by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy as well as Nancy Whang
Read moreSong of the Day: Kaeto - No Body
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: Hungry - On Sight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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