Tag: POST PUNK
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Melkus – Discografia Due LP (It’s Eleven Records)
Melkus, the naturally grown punk rock project straight out of Leipzig’s deep underground, just dropped Discografia Due LP, and honestly, if you’re looking for a good time, you’ve come to the wrong place, in the absolute best way possible. This isn’t background music for a coffee shop or a carefully curated playlist for a chill…
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Cold Summer – Den Umständen entsprechend 12″ EP (It’s Eleven Records, Kink Records)
Cold Summer, a Leipzig-based quartet known for their dark, eerie, garage, post-punk sound, are back with their latest 12” release, Den Umständen entsprechend, which roughly translates to “According to the Circumstances.” This record is less an exercise in songwriting and more an act of necessary sonic exorcism, offering a direct, angrier, and more haunting commentary…
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9 o’clock Nasty – Sonic
On the contemporary alternative rock scene, it’s very important to experiment in order to continuously deliver upgraded, improved, fresh sound that will stand out from anything else the remainder of the scene offers right now. Still, many artists and bands ultimately fail in their attempts by tirelessly experimenting, overly stacking various influences, or trying to…
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Hauntu Drops New Single ‘The Arrival’ Ahead Of Album Release
San Diego’s HAUNTU has released their latest single, ‘The Arrival’. The track is the newest song off their upcoming full-length album, The Unknown Reigns, which is set for release in mid-November through Sell The Heart Records in the USA and Engineer Records in the UK and Europe.
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Puscifer Announce New Album “Normal Isn’t”
Puscifer, featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell, and Carina Round, return on February 6 with Normal Isn’t, their first album in over five years via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The record dives into dark post-punk and guitar-driven soundscapes, channeling the raw influences that shaped the band’s early years. Keenan describes it as “the place where goth…
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Hauntu – The Unknown Reigns CD (Engineer Records, Sell The Heart Records)
Hauntu’s debut album, The Unknown Reigns, showcases a band fully aware of the chaos around them, willing to translate it into catchy and furious music. The San Diego quintet steps out of the shadows of their 2024 EP with ten tracks that feel lived-in, angry, and self-aware, an album forged in the tension of a…
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Break To Broken – No Care +2 7″ EP (Engineer Records)
Break To Broken’s No Care +2 carries three tracks that hit with clarity, intent, and weight. This material doesn’t overstay its welcome, but in that brief runtime, it says everything the band needs to say about where they are right now. From the opening notes, it’s clear that this isn’t a project trying to impress…
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Paddy Shennan Celebrates Post-Punk Obsession In New Book “Not JUST About The Fall”
Former Liverpool ECHO journalist Paddy Shennan releases Not JUST About The Fall: 50 Adventures in a Post-Punk Paradise via Earth Island Books on November 14. Serving as a prequel to The Talk of Liverpool, the book dives into Shennan’s teenage obsession with post-punk, The Fall, and the transformative power of music. A heartfelt memoir and…
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Datura – Songs From A Dark House LP (Engineer Records, Sell The Heart Records, Bat-Cave Productions)
Datura has never been a band to coast, and with Songs From A Dark House, they prove that they have moved beyond the tentative experimentation of their early EPs into the confident articulation of a fully realized sound. This sophomore LP, arriving three years after Arcano Chemical, finds the band embracing the shadows without succumbing…
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Interview: Kallai
Thoughts Words Action is thrilled to welcome Portland-based shoegaze band Kallai to our pages today. We had the pleasure of speaking with Cate from the band about their captivating debut We Are Forever, as well as the mesmerizing singles “Falling” and “The Wave.” In our conversation, Cate opened up about Kallai’s songwriting and composing process,…
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Kallai – We Are Forever
Kallai returns with another excellent release that will immediately resonate with anyone who appreciates cleverly written, thoughtfully composed, and flawlessly performed music. “We Are Forever” is their debut full-length album, arriving after a self-titled extended play released last year. Heavily promoted with “Falling” and “The Wave,” two excellent compositions that vividly showcase what you might…
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Weird Magazines Channel 80s Dream Pop And Post-Punk On New EP “Out of Faith”
New York City’s Weird Magazines blend jangle pop, post-punk, and dream pop on their new EP Out of Faith, released October 3rd. Formed by former members of Psychic Selves, Plastic Flowers, and Frank (Just Frank), the five-piece crafts a lush, melodic sound steeped in nostalgia yet grounded in modern indie charm. Their music nods to…
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