The mysterious new Alcopop! Records signings DBoy never speak publicly, instead letting their music do the talking. ‘Here to dominate the carnivorous world of rock and roll’, their new single ‘Dboy for President’ is a short, sharp and feedback-laden song that combines the ramshackle allure of early Cribs or Sonic Youth with the cheeky nous…
Released via Big Scary Monsters in the UK and Dine Alone Records in Canada and the United States, Pkew Pkew Pkew’s new album ‘Optimal Lifestyles’ finds frontman Mike Warne examining whether living a ‘lively’ punk-rock life and enjoying so many killer parties has had a positive effect on him and his bandmates’ lives – and…
Fontaines D.C. have shared the video for new single ‘Big’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Dogrel’ on Partisan Records on 12 April. It follows a tour supporting Shame and comes ahead of a sold-out headline tour and shows with label mates Idles before their own headline tour later in the year. The…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Signed to Hanger Records, Brighton’s Murderhouse are a four-piece emo-punk band who play interesting shows with cool bands (their upcoming Brighton gig with itoldyouiwouldeatyou and Orchards looks like it will be a blast) and they also have a healthy disregard for capitalisation and spacing, judging by the title of ‘BURYMEbeneathGRUBBS’. Anthemic from its very first…
Sl0tface – ‘Magazine‘ We’ve been huge fans of Sl0tface ever since we heard the anthemic ‘Kill em with Kindness’ and every subsequent release has shown they’re a band that are not afraid to make their feelings known on a wide spectrum of hugely important subjects – all while never forgetting the importance of a good…
Now onto her fourth album, New York native Laura Stevenson has time and time again showed a punk-rock spirit in her songs alongside a spiky sense of humour and sharp tongue. Calling her latest record ‘Cocksure’ might have been slightly tongue-in-cheek, but when listening to it you realise how confident she should be with its…
A local band who have already made a name for themselves with a number of shows in the best venues in Surrey and Hampshire, Dazy Chain have now released their debut EP ‘Bloodbath’. ‘I Don’t Care’ opens the EP but sadly it’s not a strange bedfellow of the Xcerts’ hit of the same name… Melodies…
When Brawlers appeared on the scene with their social media-aping ‘Instagram Famous’ and a brash live show in tow, you knew there was something special about them. Signed to Alcopop! Records, Harry Johns’ personal self-depreciating lyrics were brutally honest: ‘I Am a Worthless Piece of Shit’ indeed. Now following its singles ‘Two Minutes’ and ‘Windowmisser’,…
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