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
Read moreSong of the Day: Italia 90 - Borderline
Italia 90
Song of the Day: Cheap Teeth - I Am The Mud
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Joyeria - Here Comes Trouble
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
Read moreSong of the Day: The Clockworks - Throw It All Away
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Opus Kink - This Train
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
Read moreSong of the Day: workfriends - Stunt Doubles
False member? From the new video by Workfriends
Song of the Day: Inspired by the idea of a Hollywood unsung hero in the shadows who then takes over as doppelganger, this fresh, sharp witty post-punk number comes from the Sheffield-based five-piece indie band
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Baraka Ongeri aka binki
Song of the Day: A genre-traversing number by the Brooklyn artist Baraka Ongeri from his highly original EP Motor Function mixes electronica, postpunk and synth New Wave punchy sound and a dark bassline with echoes of Young Fathers
Read moreSong of the Day: James Leonard Hewitson - Commercial Vibe
Song of the Day: A new single of sharp, caustic 80s-style postpunk by the singer-songwriter and guitarist from Hartlepool in County Durham, this one pointing the finger at the cold-hearted resilience capitalism and government even during the Covid-19 epidemic
Read moreSong of the Day: A Certain Ratio - Emperor Machine
Manchester’s legends ACR
Song of the Day: Dedicated to the late great Andrew Weatherall, this new single is perfect fusion of dance, postpunk and electronica, by the Manchester band and Andrew Meecham comes from the forthcoming new EP A Certain Ratio vs The Emperor Machine
Read moreSong of the Day: Museum of Love - Marching Orders
Museum of Love
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Life of Mammals, inspired by the Women’s March and a Don Cherry sound, a brilliantly percussive number by the New York duo of drummer and founding LCD Soundsystem member Pat Mahoney and musician Dennis McNany, aka Jee Day
Read moreSongs of the Day: Deep Tan - Hollow Scene / Camelot
Deep Tan
Songs of the Day: Two fabulously strange, caustic, musically minimal postpunk / new wave tracks by the London band from their new EP Creeping Speedwells, one a play on the epochal word holocene, the other about an extreme drinking session
Read moreSong of the Day: Regressive Left - Take The Hit
Regressive Left
Song of the Day: Sharp, angry quirky post-punk with keyboards and semi-spoken delivery by the London trio, their second single, which “is about how neoliberalism acts as a shield for irresponsible politicians and greedy profiteers”
Read moreSong of the Day: Moderate Rebels: These Are The Good Times
Moderate Rebels
Song of the Day: This track from the first part of the London collective’s new 30-track trilogy album If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right is a heavily deadpan ironic list song about political, social and cultural trends of a slow-creep malaise
Read moreSong of the Day: LOUD WOMEN Collective - Reclaim These Streets
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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
Read moreSong of the Day: Desperate Journalist - Fault
Desperate Journalist
Song of the Day: ‘If it’s no one’s fault, then it’s everyone’s fault’. Collective responsibility. Powerful, dark, profound, visceral postpunk by the London band, from their forthcoming fourth album Maximum Sorrow!, out on 2 July 2021 on Fierce Panda Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Folly Group - Sand Fight
Folly Group
Song of the Day: An uplifting new postpunk number about rediscovering the carefree side of childhood joy by the south London quartet from Brixton’s Windmill scene, taken from the forthcoming debut EP Awake and Hungry
Read moreSong of the Day: Courting - Grand National
Grand National by Courting
Song of the Day: On a day when one of the most famous horse races returns, a better bet is this fiercely caustic, fast and furious, post-punk critical perspective about the Aintree event by a nearby band, the Liverpool-based indie four-piece
Read moreSong of the Day: FYI Chris - Scum of the Earth (featuring Thick Richard)
On the button: Earth Scum by FYI Chris
Song of the Day: The final track on the album Earth Scum by the Yorkshire and Macclesfield duo of Chris Coupe and Chris Watson features viscerally acerbic, self-deprecating gallows humorous delivery by Mancunian poet and performer Thick Richard
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