N0V3L's 2019 self-titled EP was high on our list of releases that year. Now the Canadian band have announced news regarding their forthcoming debut album 'NON-FICTION'. Landing May 28th, the 11-track record will span the sounds of post-punk, garage rock, new wave and even funk. Sonically the new LP will also be darker than the band's past work.
Bristol mainstays IDLES have shared a new cover of the Sharon Van Etten cut 'Peace Signs'. The original version appears on Van Etten's 2010 LP 'Epic'. Beefing up the instrumentation with their colossal brand of punk, IDLES deliver thundering drums underneath whipping guitar lines, all topped off with front man's Joe Talbot's in your face delivery.
With Dark Horse Records prepping the release of the upcoming Joe Strummer collection album 'ASSEMBLY', which is out March 26, the team have shared an acoustic version of the song 'Junco Partner', recorded at home by the singer and musician.
With it being over three years since the release of Wolf Alice's sophomore LP 'Visions of a Life', the London band have announced the release of their third album entitled 'Blue Weekend' landing June 11th.
The Sacred Bones label will release a lost album by legendary artist Alan Vega. The LP entitled 'Mutator' will land on April 23rd. What is the first in a series of archival recordings, the upcoming release was recorded with Liz Lamere, who along with Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots, discovered the material in the vaults.
2018 is when Brighton band Black Honey released their self-titled debut album. Although the group have dropped a few singles in-between that time, their sophmore LP 'Written & Directed' will finally land on March 19th via Fixfive Records. In fact, you can not only purchase a digital copy, but Black Honey will also release the album on CD, casette and gold vinyl (as a part of a limited edition package).
Yorkshire band The Lounge Society represent all things good with post-punk. They dropped their stellar single 'Burn The Heather' back in November of last year. With their debut EP 'Silk For The Starving' landing June 18th on the Speedy Wunderground label, the group have shared their latest video 'Cain's Heresy'.
Grandmas House are an exciting trio from Bristol who are definitely putting edge back into the genre of punk. Dropping their debut single 'Devil's Advocate' back in 2020 followed by 'No Place Like Home' that same year, they're surely a band to keep eyes on as they exude a high level of dynamism.
George Harrison's Dark Horse Records imprint will release a collection of Joe Strummer solo records in the form of a new best-of album titled 'ASSEMBLY'. Slated to land March 26th, the LP will get pressed on vinyl and CD, as well as released through digital platforms.
L.A. Witch step forth with a video for the song 'Motorcycle Boy', taken from their 2020 LP 'Play With Fire'. Directed by Ambar Navarro, the vid depicts the trio riding motorcycles with clips of them performing the song weaved in-between.