LUNAR LOCK have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Dark And Lively, is taken from the French cold-wave/shoegaze duo’s latest EP The Dream Of Sad City, which was released last month. Speaking about the track, vocalist and keyboardist Romain Le Lavandier comments, “This is the story, somewhere between fiction and reality, of an old friend who has let himself get lost in an unbalanced relationship. He’s madly in love, she’s moody and selfish. She’s let him down completely. I wanted to convey his grief in this song, which is both mortifying and sensitive ..read more

TIJUANA BIBLES have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Slip Into The Leather, is taken from the Scottish post-punk band’s upcoming debut album, Free Milk, which is scheduled to be released on Friday. In the band’s own words, the narrative of the new music video is “Boris Johnson: Cheese and Wine Party for One”. They add on the single, “Slip Into The Leather is about consumerism, selling sex, keeping up with the Jones’s. Kicking against all of that! ‘They tell you to pray to keep you on your knees…’ alludes to religious and political systems being ..read more

You might not have heard of Tunbridge Wells but it’s home to some better known punk acts like SOFT PLAY and LADYBIRD, two acts that the over-excited ANIMAL SHITHOUSE found a fountain of inspiration in. It could be satire or an attempt to be overly shocking but it’s clear that ANIMAL SHITHOUSE aim to leave an impression even if it isn’t the best one. Their debut EP Who Taught You To Hate? jumps between amp-blowing levels of noise — or just poorly utilised saturation — that refuses to let up for the most part and spoken word tracks that will raise your skin with a cringe. Downing A Red Stripe An ..read more

FRIDA KILL are a small band from Brooklyn, made up of four members with a big attitude and purpose. Jumping from swelling intensity to joyous riff-filled tracks, their debut album Kill! Kill! has two distinct modes, and that flexibility keeps the record exciting and especially invigorating when it comes to tracks like Last Ditch Effort that are drenched with a sense of unity and the mode of dissonance, breaking into the edges of unfiltered messiness. The quartet channel the tongue in cheek influences of riot grrrl at times which meld with their sure sense of identity to make exciting grooves t ..read more

12 new bands have been announced for next year’s Slam Dunk Festival! Following last month’s announcement, which saw the likes of YOU ME AT SIX, THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND and more announced, now, 12 new bands have been confirmed for the UK’s biggest alternative party. Leading the charge in the new announcement is metalcore heavyweights THE GHOST INSIDE, STATE CHAMPS (who will perform The Finer Things in full), and THE BLACKOUT; who will celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Best In Town by performing the album ..read more

Let German noise rockers ZAHN transport you to a place underneath the stars that stare back at you, that’s what the trio plan on doing in their second album Adria. The title is an important and grounding word that brings the record full circle right when needed; conceptualised around summer holidays of the 80s, Adria looks to encapsulate those surreal memories in a post-modern noise rock bundle to make you feel an uncomfortable nostalgia for humidity in a campervan.  Opening track Zebra is a little something to ease you in compared to what’s to come, acquainting you with a taste of the fa ..read more

NASTYJOE have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Cigarette, is the second part of a diptych following the release of Fentanyl two weeks ago, and it follows the Bordeaux-based post-punk band’s Deep Side Of Happiness EP which was released last year, also via A Tant Rêver Du Roi label. The video was once again directed by Negative Visual. Speaking about the track, the band comment, “As Fentanyl could do, Cigarette is about how simple it is to put both feet into what at first seems good. This time, we’re looking at the complexity ..read more

Desertfest London have announced 25 new bands for next year’s festival! After a blockbuster 2023, which celebrated the best in doom, stoner, psychedelic and sludge, now, 25 new bands have been announced for next year’s festival! Leading the charge in the new announcement is desert rock pioneers MASTERS OF REALITY, who will make their first UK appearance in almost a decade, whilst GODFLESH, MONOLORD, ACID KING and UFOMAMMUT will all perform across the festival weekend next May. Also confirmed to be perform across the festival is BRANT BJORK TRIO, MAS ..read more

USA NAILS have announced a new album! Titled Feel Worse, the upcoming album from the London-based noise rock/punk band is the follow-up to 2020’s Character Stop, and is scheduled to be released in March next year, via One Little Independent Records. The upcoming album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse in Hackney, London. The upcoming album explores schadenfreude; the pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune. With this, the band use their use new material to address austerity and UK authoritarianism, consumer cul ..read more

ANIMAL SHITHOUSE have released a new song! Titled Downing A Red Stripe And Punching An Old Lady Called Penny, it is taken from the Tunbridge Wells-based post-punk band’s upcoming new EP Who Taught You To Hate?, which is scheduled to be released in December this year via Lockjaw Records. Speaking about the track, frontman BM Martin comments, “Red Stripe is an invitation to unadulterated, violent angst. A story of finding a scapegoat for anger and tackling one’s own incapability to cope in an ever shrinking and frustratingly changing world. As light-hearted and darkly comedic ..read more