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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
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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!
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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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Lawn Chair’s new EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s new Blur track, more indie, here with with a theme of exhuberent restlessness and a witty, punchy postpunk edge in this excellent second single by the band from Cologne, German, from their EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
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The Raincoat’s Gina Birch’s solo album, I Play My Bass Loud
Song of the Day: A rip-roaring, passionate, powerful Breeders-style single from legendary The Raincoat’s co-founder and bass player, and perhaps the pick from her debut solo album I Play My Bass Loud
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Drahla: Lip Sync
Song of the Day: Dark, alluring, smart art post-punk with angular guitar, a thrumming bass line and semi-spoken vocals by the band from Leeds inspired by the idea of syncing to social norms, social deflection without being fully present
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Double trouble: Dream Wife
Song of the Day: Caustically humorous, tight, playful and dynamic, the new single by the punk/pop London trio of Rakel Mjöll, Alice Go, and Bella Podpadecabout is arrestingly entertaining on the wrong kind of partner
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Nuha Ruby Ra
Song of the Day: Strangely alluring, eclectic, polyrhythmic electro-art-punk by the London artist imagines herself as a painting and being prodded and stared at by others – “Don’t touch me/ feel me”
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Gemma, Samuel and Jason of The Cosmic Something
Song of the Day: Blistering, witty, searingly, angry, fast and ironic indie-glam-punk with pacy guitars and vocals in this new single aimed at annoying, judgemental, opinionated neighbours, by London trio of Jemma Freeman, Samuel Nicholson and Jason Ribeiro
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Sniffany & The Nits
Song of the Day: From their recently released album The Unscratchable Itch, searingly witty punk by the London band with a number from the point of view of a wife whose husband is into swinging, with all the visceral, fetid detail that may entail
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Big Joanie
Song of the Day: Crackingly catchy, touching love song lo-fi indie post-punk by the London feminist trio of Stephanie Phillips, bassist Estella Adeyeri, and drummer Chardine Taylor-Stone from their forthcoming album Back Home
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Viagra Boys’ upcoming new album Cave World
Song of the Day: After Black Midi and Straw Man Army, more powerful new post-punk with rippling guitar work and a moral outrage against violence, here by the Swedish band from their forthcoming album Cave World
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Bob Vylan
Song of the Day: Sharp, articulate, witty and candidly bang-on point new single by the London rapper about junk food, poverty, education and health from his forthcoming album Bob Vylan Presents The Price of Life, out on 22 April
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Melt Yourself Down’s latest single
Song of the Day: A single o blistering pace and riff released a couple of months ago by the London band that fuses jazz, punk, jazz, funk and North African influences, led by tenor saxophonist Pete Wareham and joined by vocalist Kushal Gaya
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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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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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Witch Fever
Song of the Day: A number to blow away any cobwebs on a Monday, the Manchester all-female heavy rock/punk band’s latest is a fiercely defiant cri de coeur moving from self-harm to self-emancipation
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Girls with goals: Loose Articles
Song of the Day: A bonus SOTD to kick off the European Cup final in the form of a caustically humorous, heavily ironic number by the all-female indie punk band from Manchester
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Sprints: fast garage postpunk out of Dublin
Song of the Day: With driving guitar riffs and screaming vocal delivery, a fantastically spiky and fierce garage postpunk by the four-piece band from Dublin about the cost of living and seeking to escape it
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Buy this song and help reclaim safety on streets
Song of the Day: In the wake of the deaths of Blessing Olusegun in Bexhill and Sarah Everard in London, a powerful fundraising postpunk special number for Women’s Aid by a who’s who of indie musicians including Brix Smith
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