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SPRAY PAINTS – ” Drive By Feeling “
Posted: January 5, 2015 in MUSICTags: Austin, Post Punk, Spray Paint, Surf Punk, Texas
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NAOMI PUNKS – ” Television Man “
Posted: January 3, 2015 in MUSICTags: Naomi Punks, Post Punk, This Feeling, Washington
Washington post punk band Naomi Punk and their second single ” Television Man came out late November on Captured Tracks the album “This Feeling” out now
VIET CONG – ” Unconcious Melody “
Posted: January 2, 2015 in MUSICTags: Calgary, Canadian, Post Punk, Viet-Cong
Viet Cong is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women, vocalist/bassist Matt Flegel and drummer Mike Wallace, as well as guitarists Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen. The group’s musical style has been described as “labyrinthine post-punk.”
GIRLPOOL – ” Plants and Worms “
Posted: December 30, 2014 in MUSICTags: Girlpool, Lo-Fi, Los Angeles, Post Punk
Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad are teenage friends from Los Angeles who make fuzzy punk lo-Fi Songs styled songs, they write catchy critiques about society and its cultural ills, Friends throughout the truly tough part of life—high school—Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker are like the baddest girls in school, screaming their girly rage through the hallways. But the duo isn’t cutting class just to frolic in the fun and play guitar. No, they have a message and they’ll sing it loud and banging. On their self-titled debut EP, Girlpool tackles themes from slut shaming and self expression to Saturday night and drunk boys. It’s girl power at its unwavering height—difficult and fun. Tividad and Tucker throw a party, lace their boots and stomp their melodies into our brains. And they do it all without a drummer
GNARWOLVES – ” Bottle To Bottle “
Posted: December 23, 2014 in MUSICTags: Brighton, Gnarwolves, Post Punk
A year ago, Gnarwolves thought things were going pretty well for the band. They’d played a few festivals, sold a few t-shirts. Their ‘Funemployed’ EP was causing ripples throughout the punk scene and word was spreading: this Brighton trio were ones to keep an eye on.
A lot can change in twelve months, and this three-piece can testify to that. Throughout 2014, they’ve skated their way into packed out rooms, managed to squeeze six shows into one weekend back in May and recorded and released their debut album all while endlessly touring the UK. Then there was their slot at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival, where they opened up the Main Stage – complete with goofy smiles and a good dose of disbelief – and held the biggest gathering of their Gnarwolves CRU to date.
OUGHT – ” The Weather Song ” and ” Waiting “
Posted: December 17, 2014 in MUSICTags: Montreal, Ought, Post Punk
While the three Yanks and one Aussie in Montreal-based Ought were recording More Than Any Other Day, inspiration could be found just by looking out their window. It was spring 2012 in downtown Montreal and tens of thousands of students and supportive demonstrators were protesting considerable hikes in tuition rates proposed by the Quebec Cabinet.
“[Seeing] people marching in the street each night, it definitely felt like something real was happening,” drummer Tim Keen recalls. “It profoundly affected the way we make music. I remember this subtle shift. It’s hard not to recognize that when we talk about the record or what we are as a band. Not that we are a direct response to that.”
Keen is from Melbourne, Australia, and his accent charmingly slants the pronunciation of Ought’s name when he meets new listeners (he often has to spell it.) Tim Beeler (vocals/guitar), Ben Stidworthy (bass) and Matt May (keys) are from the States, growing up in New Hampshire, Oregon, and New Jersey respectively—each came to Montreal for school.
The opening track’s rhythms set this strangely groovy march—something anthemic, something one could almost dance to—while these rustled guitars clang out tight resonations spurring the vocalist’s very first lyric, presented as a forceful grunt, something like the clearing of the band’s collective throat. The album’s full of questioning lyrics that will get you thinking hard about your own life, even as you’re simultaneously grooving to those post-punk inclined rhythms or musing on the intertwining timbres of guitar and violin
Ought – More Than Any Other Day: We needed this record this year, this band, this thing. Like an amalgamation of The Feelies, Talking Heads, and the Fall. Fidgety post-punk. Night club night sweats. See them live. (buy)
Made up of Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker, the duo chose early on to do more with less: They use only a guitar, a bass, and their own voices to craft prickly and powerful rock. Their minimalist approach to sound allows the lyrics to take center stage, and those lyrics are achingly genuine and upfront. Above all else, the band values their vulnerability something that comes through potently in their music. It’s punk in the best sense of the word: fresh, raw, and uncompromising, a callback to the heyday of riot grrl exceptionalism.
The DEAD SPACE – ” Behind The Wall “
Posted: December 12, 2014 in MUSICTags: Austin, Post Punk, Texas, The Dead Space
If you are even the slightest fan of post-punk, then you need The Dead Space’s new album “Faker” in your life. There’s not a track on it that isn’t rad.
Am I the only person that’s about to be poleaxed by The Dead Space’s long-awaited debut album, ‘Faker’, expertly recorded by Ian Rundell. The trio of bassist/vocalist Quin Galavis, guitarist Garrett Hadden and drummer Jenny Arthur have been honing their craft in Austin, TX since high school, but after a 7” single on Hadden’s excellent Thread Pull label (Flesh Lights, Foreign Mothers), a song on the second ‘Casual Victim Pile’ compilation, the moment is long overdue for The Dead Space to put-it-all-together. And that’s exactly what they’ve done —this is a band whose blend of tension, fragility and genuine muscle —certainly in the spirit of their influences like Joy Division, Bauhaus and Swans .
The swaggering Leeds post punk quartet, who we’ve been checking out reasonably hard since early 2012 finally dropped their debut album – a release that was immediately lauded as a modern day classic. Expect unbalanced riffs, pummelled drums and vocals that scream with authenticity. –
PRIMITIVE PARTS – ” The Bench “
Posted: December 4, 2014 in MUSICTags: London, Post Punk, Primitive Parts
Primitive Parts are a South London trio comprised of members from a host of other bands .
Lindsay Corstorphine has been electrifying our stereo with the likes of Cold Pumas, Monotony and Sauna Youth, while Kevin Hendrick and Robin Christian also ply their trade with Male Bonding.
Together as Primitive Parts, however, they have given us ‘The Bench’, which is taken from their latest double a-side, released last week.The melody conjures strong memories of Buzzcocks’ ‘Something ‘s Gone Wrong Again’, and there is the same cocktail of pop hooks and abrasive production that made the Mancunian heroes such an enthralling experience. The track is a spiky piece of punk-rock that balances its rawness and catchy groove in a way that allures the ear from the off.
The Fat Angel Sings 