Category: Punk

Alternative, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Punk, Rock

CEREMONY – Turn Away The Bad Thing

After four years, Californian punks CEREMONY are back with a new album, In The Spirit World Now. The album explores some pretty amorphous lyrical territory about arrested development, botched relationships, and the never-ending hamster wheel of self-destruction so many creative people succumb to – it’s out on the 23rd August,  but for now content yourself with a pretty fine lead single, Turn Away The Bad Thing. … Continue reading CEREMONY – Turn Away The Bad Thing

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

Black Adidas – Be Cool

We posted about LA band Black Adidas way back at the start of 2018, and we’re becoming rather fond of raucous new single Be Cool. The band deliver some pretty rugged punk rock that nods slyly to its origins without beating their listeners over the head with replica or reproduction. Sure, you might hear some Rancid in there and even (rather nostalgically for us) some Sham … Continue reading Black Adidas – Be Cool

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Introducing >>> The Goa Express

The Goa Express will release their urgent new single The Day on Friday the 5th of July. It combines an unstoppable new wave rhythm and abrasive guitars with sneering vocals that brim over with the spirit of seizing the day while everything is falling apart around you. Sure, their sound may rustle with the ghosts of acts like The Stooges, Psychedelic Furs and contemporaries like … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Goa Express

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

LIFE – Hollow Thing

Following the release of brilliant recent single Moral Fibre, Hull outfit LIFE have now announced details of their much anticipated second album A Picture Of Good Health. Alongside the announcement the band have also shared a new single taken from the record called Hollow Thing. Whereas the band’s excellent debut album Popular Music was broadly political, the new album takes a more personal approach with … Continue reading LIFE – Hollow Thing

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Punk, Rock

Neutrals – Kebab Disco

With tales of artistic jealousy, petty theft, late night psychedelic excursions, burgeoning romance, and a betrayal, Kebab Disco is the debut LP from SF Bay Area trio Neutrals. It follows the release of two well-received promotional cassette demos and is out via the Emotional Response label on the 7th June. The group channels a wide range of 70s and 80s punk, post-punk, and C86 influences … Continue reading Neutrals – Kebab Disco

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

B Boys – New Album & New Single: I Want

The sprightly sarcasm and acerbic commentary that we liked so much on NY natives B Boys 2017 debut long player Dada continues on the band’s upcoming sophomore LP, Dudu. Influenced by such notables as The Clash, Devo, Wire, and Talking Heads, the new record finds B Boys picking up where they left off, pondering quotidien grievances while examining the bigger picture. Lead single I Want featuring Pill’s Veronica … Continue reading B Boys – New Album & New Single: I Want

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Punk

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Scary Hours

Scary Hours create unsettling and raw anti-folk, rich with socio-political humor and the confrontational spirit of punk and hardcore. ​ Band spearhead Ryan Struck is officially from Jersey, but his songwriting is chock full of references to work life in NYC. The term “Scary Hours” is actually pulled from the Wu Tang Clan track from their 97’ album Forever.  Scary Hours was conceptualized with the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Scary Hours

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Alternative, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

ShitKid – Detention Album

Åsa Söderqvist and new bandmate Lina Molarin Ericsson, aka ShitKid are winding the clock back to their school days to mine material for their excellent second album [DETENTION]. It is a scintillating eight-track pop-punk blast of teen angst that pays tribute to the bands Söderqvist loved in her formative years. It perfectly evokes a rebellious, youthful spirit that everybody can relate to; young love, alienation and … Continue reading ShitKid – Detention Album

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

IDLES – Mercedes Marxist

The marvellous IDLES have shared a new song anthem – Mercedes Marxist – taken from the sessions for their latest LP Joy as an Act of Resistance. It will be released physically on 2nd August as a 7″, which will include another new song on its b-side, entitled I Dream Gullioutine. Pre-orders are available HERE. It is a brilliantly menacing slab of quivering, barely constrained … Continue reading IDLES – Mercedes Marxist

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