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Honeyglaze
Song of the Day: Dark, defiant, angry talky, experimental indie post-punk with a visceral riposte to a bad relationship by the London trio featuring the emotional voice of Anouska Sokolow, heralding their forthcoming sophomore album, Real Deal, out on September on Fat Possum
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Down in the dirt: Amyl and The Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That
Song of the Day: A very welcome return by the irrepressible Amy Taylor and Melbourne punk band with their first new music for three years, mixing anger and humour and poking fun at naysaying fans with this fabulous Detroit garage grit-style number, which, while indisputably Sniffers, also has some strutting echoes of The Rolling Stones
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J.R.C.G’s forthcoming debut LP Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra), on Sub Pop
Song of the Day: With a fantastically meaty, dark thrum, groove and infectious abstraction, a new post-punk single by the Tacoma, Washington-based artist Justin R. Cruz Gallego, from from his forthcoming debut album Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) out on 2 August via Sub Pop Records
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Still from the video for Deadletter’s Mere Mortal
Song of the Day: A dark, powerful, punchy new postpunk single by the London-based Yorkshire band fronted by Zac Lawrence about powerlessness over mortality, and the brutal, gruelling hunt for acceptance and closure in the wake of a grievance
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Peter Bibby in two of his guises
Song of the Day: … but not anymore!” The latest single by the witty Australian artist is a driving drum-machine, thrumming bass and blistering guitar punk banger, a humorous perspective on changing your ways, with vocal style influences such as Suicide and Throbbing Gristle
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Big Special: Joe Hicklin, Callum Moloney and friend
Song of the Day: A change of pace to a gentler style by the usually punchier post-punk Walsall duo of singer and Joe Hicklin and drummer Callum Moloney, and number with a beautiful, tender, reflective melody and lyrics
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The mini debut album by couchgagzzz - GOSPORTS!!!
Song of the Day: Short, punchy, catchy and fast, the infectiously energetic title track from the recent debut mini album by the band from Bari, Italy, with inspiration from the Australian punk scene, style they herald budget rock and synth punk, but also with echoes of the Ramones
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Formal Sppeedwear
Song of the Day: A brilliantly wonky and original mixture of clever, oddball riff, arrhythmic post-punk/new wave by the Stoke on Trent trio from their upcoming self-titled EP, with echoes of XTC and Talking Heads and Scary Monsters-era Bowie
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BODEGA’s forthcoming next album, Our Brand Could Be YR Life
Song of the Day: Smart, punchy, social satire in this new post-punk single by the New York band fronted by Ben Hozie, from the upcoming album Our Brand Could Be YR Life, out on Chrysalis Records
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M(h)aol - Pursuit
Song of the Day: Following last year’s excellent debut album Attachment Styles, a visceral, intense single by the feminist postpunk Dublin band, about the traumatic experience of being followed home
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The Mysterines - Stray
Song of the Day: A darkly gothic, smouldering, then explosive new rock single by the Merseyside band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Lia Metcalfe, taken from their forthcoming second album, Afraid of Tomorrows, out in June on Fiction Records
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Lip Critic - The Heart
Song of the Day: Frenetic, explosive experimental post-punk electronica by the New York band featuring double drummers, anarchic sampling and frontman Bret Kaser’s lyrical attack on the state of the spiritual marketplace and the isolating results of consumption
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Dog Race featuring singer Katie Healy
Song of the Day: Distinctive, punchy indie by the London five-piece with a distinctive witty, staccato vocal style by Katie Healy, alluring melodies and a menacing, dark bass line on this single described as “a cold-sweat invocation of modern anxieties and personal suffocation”
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Blue Whale’s forthcoming sophomore album, Last Immediate Images
Song of the Day: Excellently angular, guitar post-punk spiralling with a crazed but controlled momentum by the Belfast band in this opening instrumental track of their forthcoming sophomore album, Last Immediate Images
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Kim Gordon
Song of the Day: A dark, menacing but very strikingly original new number by the legendary former Sonic Youth frontwoman, fusing noise rock, electronica, and a farewell shopping-and-packing list, which heralds her next solo album, The Collection, out on 8 March
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A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This
Song of the Day: With an ever-evolving sound, a belter of a new single by the veteran Manchester post-punk trio brings electronic twists, sharp lyrics and the production magic of Speedy Wunderground label’s Dan Carey with the title track of their forthcoming new LP
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Yard Act … they make hits
Song of the Day: The Leeds band fronted by James Smith return with another catchy, clever, talky, ironic post-punk single, here parodying the very nature of what they do, and heralding the new album, Where’s My Utopia
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C Turtle’s Shake It Down comes from the new album Expensive Thrills
Song of the Day: Heralding the forthcoming album Expensive Thrills, out in March on Blitzcat Records a snappy, clever, catchy, caustic rasping buzz-guitar post-punk single by the London lo-fi indie quartet
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Sam Akpro
Song of the Day: With a fabulously meaty bass thrum, a textured guitars, drums and synths, a forthright, engaging track about living in excess, released late last year by the singer, songwriter & producer from Peckham in south-east London
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Ratbag’s EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing?
Song of the Day: Sharp, catchy, renegade-themed indie post-punk from New Zealand by the band of Auckland artist Sophie Brown with the opening track from her debut EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing, alongside a panache for Gorillaz-style visuals
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