Ghost Car Premiere New Single/Video "Selfish, Spoiled"

London-based international punk quartet Ghost Car have premiered the video for their new single "Selfish, Spoiled".

The song is taken from their upcoming debut album ‘Truly Trash’, set to be release on October 28th via One Little Independent Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, the ban said: “we’d definitely found our groove writing together collectively, this one’s about that person in the creative industry (I’m sure everyone knows someone) who is so overly privileged getting pay outs from their mega rich parents, while other artists from working class backgrounds have to work so much harder for any type of ‘exposure’ while doing their day job. 16% of people in creative jobs come from working class backgrounds according to PEC”. 

Ghost Car worked closely in the making of the satirical video with art director Claudia Torán who tells us; “The story behind the video is that dinner guests played by the band represent ‘the system’ itself, (politicians, bourgeoisie, etc. portrayed in an exaggerated, ironic, sarcastic way) whilst ‘enjoying’ what appears to be a lavish dinner party. With fake attitudes and ungrateful behaviour. They don’t want to face any problems or injustices. Only interested in their egos. It’s later revealed that the dinner party, like ‘the system’, is rotten. Nothing is what it appears to be. Everything is now chaotic and the characters destroy everything, transforming into crazed guests, challenging the camera, trying to get the message through “will you ever open your eyes?” 

They continue; "This feels particularly relevant in the current climate, in recent times what feels like a nationalistic fervour has been unleashed. An oppressive media imposes its own narrative, and doesn’t reflect a country where millions of people are not able to eat and heat their homes.” 

The video also sees them teaming up again with videographer Simon Eaves and artist Maria De La O Garrido who created the extravagant props and set design.

Watch/listen below.

Tags: Ghost Car

Buzzcocks Drop New Single/Video "Manchester Rain"

British punk rock pioneers Buzzcocks have dropped the video for their new single "Manchester Rain". 

The song is taken from their upcoming new album 'Sonics In The Soul', set to be released on September 23 via Cherry Red Records. Pre-order it here.

The legendary Manchester punk band need little introduction. Back in 1977, they gave birth to a generation of independent labels with their debut EP ‘Spiral Scratch’. Thereafter, their melodic punk-pop proved irresistible, leading to hit singles and three landmark albums. They broke up in 1981 but reunited in 1989 and have been going steady ever since. Sadly, singer Pete Shelley passed away in 2018 but founder member and the band’s other singer/songwriter Steve Diggle has kept the flag flying. During the COVID pandemic, Steve and co. (Chris Remington on bass, Danny Farrant on drums) busied themselves with recording ‘Sonics In The Soul’. Recorded at Studio 7in London, the album was co- produced by Steve himself with Laurence Loveless.

Watch/listen below.

(facebook.com/buzzcocksofficial)

Tags: Buzzcocks

These New South Whales Announce New LP 'TNSW', Stream "Rotten Sun"

Melbourne punk band These New South Whales have announced the released of their third studio album 'TNSW'.

The follow-up to 2019's I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do, will be out on November 18 via Damaged Music. Pre-order your copy here.

TNSW marks a refined new era for the band, and is comfortably their most sophisticated body of work yet: a 14-track tome of barrelling punk rock that polishes its heavier moments – heavier than ever – with sing-along choruses, sharp arrangements, and plenty of trademark irony and self-awareness. For every ’90s alternative reference, there’s a blast beat; for every big radio moment, a cursed instrumental aside. It’s the same impeccable sleight of hand we’ve come to expect from the band – a throughline, also, for their hit Comedy Central TV show and exalted podcast, What a Great Punk. 

But on TNSW, the songwriting has found another gear, and the energy and defiance that got them here are more pronounced than ever.

New single "Rotten Sun" is inspired by the Ross J. Farrar (Ceremony) poem of the same name, a ready-made anthem that laments the impermanence of all things. 

“I can’t read Ross’s poem without crying,” said frontman Jamie Timony, “so I wanted to regurgitate it in my own way with these lyrics. The sun is slowly eating us all. Everything goes back to the great nothingness from whence it came. And there’s peace in that if we choose.”

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "Rotten Sun", below.

TNSW Tracklisting:

01. Bending at the Knee
02. Rotten Sun
03. That's the Life
04. Under the Pressure
05. Changes
06. Back to You
07. Tartan & Chrome
08. Faceless
09. Signal is Strong
10. Going Outta My Mind
11. Wherever I Am, There I Am
12. Best of the Night
13. Win
14. Reset of the World

(facebook.com/thesenewsouthwhales)

Tags: These New South Whales

The Paranoyds Unleash New Single/Video "Freak Out"

L.A. punk/garage rock quartet The Paranoyds have unleashed a live video for their new single "Freak Out".

The song is taken from their new album 'Talk Talk Talk', out today Septmber 9th via Third Man Records. Get your copy here. 

"Freak Out" embodies an otherworldly, massive crush that is impossible to ignore, complete with call-and-response style vocals that reinforce it. The track ultimately inspired the title of the forthcoming album as it includes the words, "talk, talk, talk" several times throughout. Guitarist and vocalist Lexi Funston adds that the song is about, "having a big ol', out-of-control, teenage crush. There are flashes where you realize that you might be coming on a bit too strong, but they are BRIEF, and you continue to lose yourself to the obsession. You can’t help it!"

Its accompanying DIY video was shot over the course of December 2021 through May 2022 by Funston and friends. It peels back the curtain and documents the band in their most natural state, from the studio, to the stage and in the moment.

Watch/listen below.

Tags: The Paranoyds

Crack Cloud Drop New Single/Video "Costly Engineered Illusion"

Vancouver, BC punk/experimental band Crack Cloud have dropped the video for their new single "Costly Engineered Illusion".

The song is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'Tough Baby', set to be released on September 16 via the band’s own Crack Cloud Media Studio imprint. Pre-order your copy here.

Of its accompanying video which also sees release today, Crack Cloud offer: "We spent a week in Trenčín, Slovakia, over the summer producing a theatre representation of the housing crisis in Western Canada. It was our first venture into live theatre; the process was spontaneous, disorienting, and new. Finding synergy with Silvia Sviteková and her dance company was an elevating experience, reinforcing our mutual love for creative improvisation. The video is primarily a compilation of B roll from our time there." 

Watch/listen below.

Tags: Crack Cloud

Ghost Car Announce Debut LP 'Truly Trash', Stream "Conch Pearl"

London-based international punk quartet Ghost Car have announced the release of their debut album ‘Truly Trash’.

The riotous, quick-witted collection of 11 garage-rock bangers will be released on October 28th via One Little Independent Records. Pre-order your copy here.

The album provides Ghost Car with a platform to rage against political injustices, as their unified harmonies attack patriarchal inequality, homophobia, racism and toxic relationships. ‘Truly Trash’ is a call to reclaim autonomy and to revolt against the powers that uphold an archaic nationalist system.

The jumped-up chaos of their glorious new single ‘Conch Pearl’ perfectly matches its B-movie style visual, by upcoming videographer Cath Shayler. She says that “Ghost Car become collectively entranced by a mysterious pearl object. Obsession quickly turns to possession as the pearl transforms into an all-encompassing hypnotic orb”. 

The band describe ‘Conch Pearl’ as “a feminist commentary on women/queer community being ‘shrunk down’ to fit a mould. The idea of a conch shell closing up, closing yourself off to the world vs opening up. We wanted to use the obsession with the pearl to represent the possession that is sometimes manifested towards women, something all of us have experienced first-hand at some point in our lives”.

Right out the gate ‘Truly Trash’ makes its intentions clear. Raw intensity builds toward blistering, riff-heavy noise-outs while frenzied synth drags the sound in a 60’s psych direction. Call-and-response gang vocals permeate the entire record as back-to-back choruses keep energy levels at maximum, boasting huge glam guitars and caustic drums of pure fury. 

“This album is our way to express what bothers us, from personal interactions to international politics. We wanted to explore different themes in a simple way so that they could be accessible to everyone.” 

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "Conch Pearl", below.

Truly Trash Tracklisting:
01. Terrible Feelings
02. Selfish, Spoiled
03. Mechanical Soul
05. Basta
06. Embleton Road
07. Clown Town
08. Sex
09. Conch Pearl
10. Sushi Addict
No History
Truly Trash

Tags: Ghost Car

These New South Whales AIr New Single "Bending at the Knee"

Melbourne punk band These New South Whales have aired the video for their new single "Bending at the Knee".

An art-punk masterclass, 'Bending At The Knee' is These New South Whales' painting from the darker half of their palette – a calculating rage that dials the mood to Turnstile via The Garden, hitting with the same punk je ne sais quoi that drives their hit TV shows, records and podcast; the same stuff that’s made them a once-in-a-generation proposition.

"This song came together very quickly in the rehearsal room one night,” said frontman Jamie Timony of the songwriting process. "Frank started drumming along psychotically to Will’s honkin’ bassline and we were off! I immediately felt like kicking a wheelie bin over—that’s when ya know it’s a good one. It’s also probably the most fun song to play live in our set, I reckon."

'Bending At The Knee' is staunch-riffed bedlam undergirded by vintage Timony lyrics: a snarling call-to-arms that recalls the band’s politically-driven You Work For Us era. Jamie explains, "I was channeling the confusion and frustration I’d been feeling the last couple of years—I was kinda gobsmacked at the willingness of some to trust the government all of a sudden; albeit in a time of a crisis. What happened to rage against the machine?!"

The song is out today (Aug 17), grab it here. Watch/listen below.

(facebook.com/thesenewsouthwhales)

Tags: These New South Whales

LOOBS Release New Single/Video "Hour By Hour"

Melbourne indie band LOOBS have released the video for their new single "Hour By Hour".

The song is taken from their upcoming new album 'Word To The Wise' set to be released on August 26th. Pre-order it here.

Watch/listen below.

Rats On Rafts Air Live Single "The Rise And Fall Of The Plague"

Dutch punk-laced noiseniks Rats On Rafts have aired their new live single "The Rise And Fall Of The Plague".

The song is taken from the Deluxe Edition of 'Excerpts From Chapter 3' Out 23rd September. Pre-order it here.

The Rise & Fall Of The Plague' is an excerpt taken from the live music film 'Visions Of Chapter 3' Recorded live at Pandora, TivoliVredenburg on June 9th 2021. 

This live album was recorded on the 9th of June 2021 at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. Rats on Rafts & A Small Production Company teamed up to create the music film 'Visions Of Chapter 3'. It was the first time Rats on Rafts could perform the new album in it's entirety because of the COVID19 related lockdown at that point in time. Niek Van Den Driesschen, Chris van Velde & Rats on Rafts set up a analog audio studio in the backstage area of TivoiliVredenburg.

Watch/listen below.

(facebook.com/RatsonRafts)

Tags: Rats On Rafts

CLAMM Air New Single/Video "Something New"

Melbourne punk power trio CLAMM have aired the video for their new single "Something New".

The song is taken from the band's forthcoming sophomore album 'CARE', set to arrive on August 19th via Meat Machine (Crack Cloud, N0V3L). Pre-order your copy here.

CLAMM's guitarist and vocalist Jack Summers says of the track: "'Something New' is a song about searching or yearning. It is about impatience and time, and its title refers to the process of facing seemingly new stimuli throughout life.'"

Watch/listen below.

Bring Her Share New Single "While You Rise"

Pittsburgh-based sorrow wave duo Bring Her have shared their new single "While You Rise".

The song is taken from their upcoming sophomore album 'Comfort In The Shame', set to arrive on August 19 via Knife Hits Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Bring Her play a distinctive brand of somber darkwave, defined by haunting and magnetic vocals over pounding and obsessive drum machines, penetrating guitar chords and eerie and harrowing synths. Using DIY recording methods coupled with sound shaping, heavy layering and meticulous editing the new album sees the two-piece clawing to new heights, adding to the urgency and crushing weight of their already brooding sound.

Elements of industrial peppers these 10 new tracks, and the duo stays in the gloomy and dismal pocket as the self-described “Sorrow Wave” moniker implies.

Stream it below.

BODEGA Drop New Single/Video "The Art of Advertising"

New York art-rock/punk band BODEGA have dropped the video for their new single "The Art of Advertising".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming second full-length album 'Broken Equipment (Xtra Equipment)', out today, July 15th, on What’s Your Rupture?​. Get your copy here.

Xtra Equipment boasts eight new bonus tracks from the Broken Equipment sessions, and comes ahead of the band’s summer North American headline tour beginning next week. Much like the songs on Broken Equipment, BODEGA made these tracks extra breezy and hooky as well as more philosophically ambitious than their previous recordings.

“Even when in the mode of social critique, I personally tend to think of my songwriting as more literary than analytic but here, the ‘The Art of Advertising’ and ‘Art and Advertising’ diptych functions as a sort of pop rock treatise on the subtle but crucial distinction between art and advertising (’Art creates cosmos’ whereas advertising ‘surface(s) status quo’),” says the BODEGA’s Ben Hozie. 

The Paranoyds Announce New LP 'Talk Talk Talk', Stream "Lizzie"

L.A. punk/garage rock quartet The Paranoyds have announced the release of their new studio album 'Talk Talk Talk'.

Fueled by the fiery energy of their live shows paired with raw lyricism and subtle social commentary, this new album will be out on Septmber 9th via Third Man Records, and sees the band taking their artistry to new heights. Pre-order your copy here. 

Talk Talk Talk is largely a combination of sci-fi and sentimental songs penned by the group. Lead single "Lizzie" has a robotic nature that evokes Devo and Industrial Hammer Factory with the warmth of lo-fi punk vocals.

The JJ Stratford-directed music video for 'Lizzie' sees the band launched into space, sporting robotic movements in silver costumes and ornate tin-foil headwear. It's a retro-futuristic daydream that nostalgically calls back to visuals of decades past while imagining what the future may look like, all while diving into the celestial realm of an otherwordly crush.  

Watch: TV Priest Share Visuals For "It Was A Gift"

London post punk/punk band TV Priest have shared visuals for "It Was A Gift".

The song taken from their brand new album 'My Other People', out today, June 17 via Sub Pop Records. Grab your copy here.

“My Other People is a more “open’” set of songs, both musically and in our themes; in the process of writing we found ourselves talking about things other than anger or aggression. We wanted to discuss love, loss and joy too,” frontman Charlie Drinkwater said of the album. “It’s a record about personal disintegration and destruction, but also rebuilding again after this. It’s also heavily rooted in place, the music being a very direct response to Britain and England in 2021, but in a more abstract and textural sense.

“A muddy field viewed from a train window between cities, a patch of wild flowers growing next to a motorway, sticky carpets in a suburban flat roof pub, pissing rain on an August bank holiday and the smell of diesel in an out of town supermarket car park. An angry, hopeful, shitty, beautiful island.”

Watch below.

(facebook.com/TVPriest)

Tags: TV Priest

Watch: CLAMM Premiere New Single/Video "Monday"

Melbourne punk power trio CLAMM have premiered the video for their new single "Monday".

The song is taken from the band's forthcoming sophomore album 'CARE', set to arrive on August 19th via Meat Machine (Crack Cloud, N0V3L). Pre-order your copy here.

The band's music was already concerned with the woes of the world, but the last two years have added extra urgency to their blown-out, dystopian punk power. They continue to be a clarion call for a generation facing an age of uncertainty, using a powerful brand of bracing punk to deliver a soundtrack for the evicted souls of modern convention.

The band say of the track: "Monday talks about the frustrations of working a job that you feel consumes your life and gives you little reward. It's a dig at those in charge who seem to reap all the benefits without putting in the work. It's about recognising the inequity in certain aspects of the nation."

Watch/listen below.

Watch: Fontaines D.C. Unleash "Roman Holiday" Music Video

Dublin rock n' roll band Fontaines D.C. have unleashed the video for their latest single "Roman Holiday".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their third studio album 'Skinty Fia', which came out in April through Partisan Records. Grab your copy here.

Speaking about it, Grian Chatten says: “Roman Holiday makes me think of the wide streets of north London in the Summer and the urge to discover them at night time. The thrill of being a gang of Irish people in London with a bit of a secret language and my first flat with my girlfriend.”

Watch the clip below.

(facebook.com/fontainesband)

Tags: Fontaines DC

Watch: TV Priest Unveil New Single/Video "It Was Beautiful"

London post punk/punk band TV Priest have unveiled the video for their new single "It Was Beautiful".

The song taken from the upcoming new album 'My Other People', set to  be released on June 17 via Sub Pop Records. Pre-order your copy here.

From the band: "It Was Beautiful" is a love song about the past, present, and future. A reminder that love is the most essential thing. The words came fast; it was recorded in a single session, the first song we wrote together after my family had gone through a difficult experience and I think you can hear that in the kind of melancholy euphoria that plays out as the song progresses. In some ways it’s a coda to the whole album; a reminder to guard your hope fiercely, and hold your loved ones close.

Watch/listen below.

(facebook.com/TVPriest)

Tags: TV Priest

Watch: Sheafs Release New Single/Video "Vacancy"

Sheffield indie rock/punk band Sheafs have released the video for their new single "Vacancy".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length album 'A Happy Medium', which will be out on July 15th via Modern Sky. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

(facebook.com/sheafsband)

Tags: Sheafs

Crack Cloud Announce New LP 'Tough Baby' Stream "Please Yourself"

Vancouver, BC punk/experimental band Crack Cloud have announced the release of their second full-length album 'Tough Baby'.

The 10-track album and follow-up to 2020's debut Pain Olympics, will be out on September 16 via Meat Machine. Pre-order your copy here.

Tough Baby is both a clarion call and a life-manual for the listener. Witness the opening track ‘Danny’s Message’, which has two key lines, seemingly recorded on a dictaphone. One is an entreaty: “I hope you guys can learn a lot from what I’m trying to tell you.” The other, a command: “Music is an excellent way to let your anger out, put it all on paper.” The voice is that of Danny Choy, the father of Zach. Danny was fatally diagnosed with Leukaemia at 29. Zach explains: “Before he passed, he left behind a wealth of poems, song transcriptions, carvings and audio journals for my family to remember him by.” Zach is now 29. Appropriately Danny’s influence, still “all-encompassing” twenty years later, launches Tough Baby.

New Entry: Nothingheads Reveal New Single "Jukebox"

London doomy post punk Nothingheads have revealed their new single "Jukebox".

The song is taken from their new EP 'Digging' out today (May 6) via Holy Dotage Records/Just Step Sideways. Grab it here.

Propelled by a motorik rhythm and abrasive guitars, it stomps toward a doom laden finale. Inspired by Sebastao Salgado’s anarchic photos of the Serra Pellada Gold mines in the Amazon in 1985: the track explores the relentless obsession with grasping a glint of glory from the mud. The energetic mix was captured by Chris Smith and recorded at Press Play studios In Bermondsey, London.

“Jukebox is about retreating into your own ‘doom cave’, tuning out and turning it up”.

Stream it below.