Lupo Città is a new trio with Chris Brokaw on guitar and vocals (long-term Cambridge resident, solo musician and member of Come, Codeine, Martha's Vineyard Ferries), and Boston residents Sarah Black on guitar and bass and Jenn Gori on vocals and drums (both former members Minneapolis garage rock bands). Lupo Città’s debut LP released in January 12, 2024 on 12XU Records of Austin, Texas. To learn more, follow them on Facebook and Instagram. (see […]

London's Folly Group released their debut album, "Down There!", via So Young Records – a post-punk style with Gang of Four's "Not Great Men" as the ignition. Folly Group emerges from the UK experimental rock scene with their creative style of music that seamlessly blends post-punk, dub, hip-hop, electronic dance and Afro-Cuban rhythms. With open-hearted lyricism, diverse and self-produced music, this album oozes originality in the face of modern British […]

Heather The Jerk's latest EP Surreal Good Fun Exciting Tape is a compelling, super poppy synthpunk album with infectious energy. However, the EP's biggest drawback is that it's short, consisting of just four tracks, leaving listeners hungry for more. Despite its short length, the album's catchy melodies create an atmosphere that compels fans to play it again and again. Surreal Good Fun Exciting Tape by Heather The Jerk

Ears wide open when two of Europe’s finest punk rock bands team-up for a split LP. I am talking about Accidente (Madrid, Spain) and Nightwatchers (Toulouse, France) who contribute four and six songs respectively to the new release. Both bands again prove their talent for writing high energy punk rock tunes that are agressive and melodic. They are not play-acting their anger, at the core of these bands’ music lies […]

Early ’00s Portland, Oregon was a fertile and dynamic time and place for punk. The hazy, jaded eyes of nostalgia might call it a high-water mark. House shows and venues were plenty, and the scene was filled with a talented, incestuous group of misfits. Following the breakup of the OBSERVERS, Doug Burns connected with Hajji Husayn to form the RED DONS. The rotating group of collaborators who joined later included […]

The debut by Sydney’s R.M.F.C. is finally here. Its title is as solid as the music. Club Hits, thirteen of them, and all written, performed, recorded by Buz Clatworth. Club Hits starts with a suspense building intro song before the first highlight and my early favorite of the record kicks in. The short eggpunk blast Spectrum, a song that is followed by its moody and more arty twin Sterile Century. The remainder of Club Hits touches […]

The music of the exiled four-piece has become heavier, with distorted guitars and desolate vocals When we last heard at length from Lucidvox, with the 2020 album We Are, the band’s four members were living in Moscow, the breakout stars of a thriving post-punk scene that also boasted Glintshake, Shortparis, Inturist, and Gnoomes. The Russian invasion of Ukraine put an abrupt end to that as many of these bands scattered […]

It would seem that an explosive new EP from Buffalo’s Ismatic Guru is becoming a yearly tradition. Dating back to 2021 when they released their self-titled debut, the duo comprised of John Toohill (Science Man) and Bran Schlia (Clump) have returned yearly with a new batch of freaky “egg punk” leaning art punk weirdness. While the run time is always brief, the duo pack in as much wonky discordance as […]

Nouvelle Vague are back with a new album from 2016. The album will be titled “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” and will be released in February 2024. The album will contain a series of reinterpretations of eighties post-punk and new wave classics. The first single precedes the album Only You the cover of Yazoo’s hit of the same name. LISTEN TO THE SONG