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Lawn – “Sports Gun”
“Sports Gun” is an immediate heavy-hitter. It sounds like “protest music” designed to stand up against the man and channel the restless energy of ambition, frustration, and discontent.
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Taxidermy – “You Are Here Now”
Taxidermy are a noisy post-punk project from Copenhagen, and “You Are Here Now” is their newest single, an enticing lead up to their upcoming EP out next month. What truly…
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The Fictionals – “Match”
The Fictionals recently formed in the post-covid creativity bloom in New York City (Brooklyn, to be exact), playing a variation of smooth, personality-fronted indie rock. In their latest single, the…
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Man/Woman/Chainsaw – “Adam & Steve”
Man/Woman/Chainsaw continue to throw curveballs in their new single, “Adam & Steve.” The London-based six-piece band are as chaotic as their name suggests, yet they manage to balance several genres…
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Courting – Lust For Life
The album is a conceptual journey through love’s complexities, exploring the highs and lows of a fleeting romance and capturing the pitfalls of idealization.
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Black Country, New Road – “Happy Birthday”
Through the foundation of a quirky pop sound, BCNR leads us into a psyche disillusioned by the complexities of privilege, the hollowness of material pursuits, and navigating a chaotic world.
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Billy Nomates – “The Test”
“The Test” is the lead single from Billy Nomates’ upcoming album, Metalhorse. Tor Maries of Billy Nomates shares that this track, the first one written for the new album, is…
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Sunny Daze & The Weathermen – “Action Required”
“Action Required” is a fresh earworm for those egg-punks craving a new call-and-response anthem.
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Anika – “Hearsay”
Anika has released lead single “Hearsay” ahead of her upcoming album, Abyss. The track is dark and driving, there’s a bit of mystery and anger, a level of newfound energy.
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Eel Men – “Exeter Exit”
London based Eel Men formed back in tumultuous 2021, and they just dropped a new track titled “Exeter Exit”. The song delivers a sonnet of radicalized lyrics and catchy guitar…
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Show Review: Sports Team (HOB Voodoo Room, 12/9/2024)
Sports Team are out now on their first U.S. promotional tour for their upcoming third album, Boys These Days. The forthcoming album will be released next year via Bright Antenna…
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Squid – “Crispy Skin”
Squid’s new single “Crispy Skin” is not only a song, but a grand concept. A grand concept that demands you pay attention – but you see, that’s the problem in…
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Puggy Beales – The Joy Commodity
Puggy Beales’ latest release The Joy Commodity is where avant-garde dance punk meets nostalgic new wave, in concise album-form. The Joy Commodity marks the Montreal-based artist’s sophomore release, though Puggy…
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Safe Mind – “6′ Pole”
Safe Mind is the new, collaborative project between Boy Harsher’s Augustus Muller and LUCY (aka Cooper B. Handy). “6′ Pole” is their debut single released last month, just ahead of the duo’s first…
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Q&A: Big Bill
Big Bill are an Austin-based punk/art-rock band with a taste for the eclectic. The project was founded by brothers Eric and Cody Braden, and over the last decade has transformed…
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Q&A: Poor Effort – “HMRC”
Poor Effort is the brainchild of Salford-based Matty Dagger. The project can be coined as “punk poetry” as it contains plenty of spoken word and witty musings derived from real-life…
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Re:flectors – Re:love EP
New EP Re:love by The Re:flectors dropped last month in June and the trajectory is a fun, upbeat playful release. The songs maintain a brisk backing melody while vocally reassuring…
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Corridor – Mimi
Corridor are a band that give us a new spin on the typical post-punk sound you hear today by melding with other genres and experimental patches. In their latest album, Mimi,…
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Dean Decay – Movie Town
Dean Decay has a way of infusing emotion into every part of their sound; The spiky guitar riffs are riddled with mood while fluttering vocals are sung with just as…
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SXSW 2024 Coverage: La Sécurité
La Sécurité from Montreal were the “secret guest” at the Sahara Lounge’s second annual Desert Oasis Showcase. The band’s signature sexy, post-punk sound translated well to their in-person performance, as…
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Anti-South By 2024 Coverage: BODEGA
It became clear on Monday night that there were now two music festivals simultaneously happening. Typically at South By, there’s a mixture of official and unofficial showcases; but this year…
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The Cool Greenhouse – “Alexa”
UK-based The Cool Greenhouse dedicate their latest single “Alexa” to the world’s beloved stereotypical subservient female automaton. Part loving serenade and part qualm-airing, “Alexa” is infinitely bouncy, sharp-witted, and humorous.…
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Coach Party – “Space”
Emerging Isle of Wight band Coach Party have shared their third catchy grunge-pop inspired track “Space” and accompanying music video, continuing on the emotional intensity paved by the band’s first…
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Moving Units – A Tribute To Joy Division
Moving Units are a dance-punk band based out of Southern California. They’ve been active for roughly 15 years now – their first EP being released in 2002, and their most recent…
