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Manchester’s Maruja
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
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Enola Gay’s latest EP, Casement
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
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IDLES return in strutting style
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
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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
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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
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Bouncing back … Soft Play’s Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent
Song of the Day: A brilliant banger of a Friday song to blow your socks off with sackfuls of searingly humorous satire about from anti-PC culture and other current divisions in this punk number by the duo of Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent, formerly known as Slaves
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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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