#post punk

Melbourne Punks Plaster of Paris Distill Queer D.I.Y. Ethos on Debut LP Lost Familiar

After years of thrilling Melbourne with brain-shuddering, pelvic-shaking garage rock on stage at some of Melbourne's...

Cat Woods

L.A. Post-Punks Agender "Preach" with New Video

While "Preach" was seemingly made for 2020, the song was actually written late last year. "It was written in the old world," says singer Romy...

Liz Ohanesian

cumgirl8 Launch Clothing Line with BABY.TV Telethon

cumgirl8 are neon goths making intraterrestrial post-punk tunes. The collaborative power of Lida Fox on bass, Veronika Vilim on guitar, and Chase Noelle on drums creates a sound both calculated and chaotic, drawing inspiration from The Slits, Diplo, and even video game soundtracks. Their...

Tarra Thiessen

Bizou Premieres Stilllifeburning EP For a World on Fire

The sun is bright, but the news is bad and everyone's eyes are on the clouds, peering from the windows of our hermetically-sealed homes, perfectly composed as if to somehow stave off chaos. On the surface, things almost seem normal, even as a...

Ashley Prillaman

PLAYING ATLANTAShepherds Explore Toxic Nostalgia with "Your Imagined Past" Video

For Atlanta sextet Shepherds, "genre" is a worn name tag hanging on by its last thread as theme and experimentation take prominence, rapidly setting the art-rock group apart in an ever-changing Atlanta market. Since the release of their 2011 debut EP, Holy Stain, the band has been in a state of...

Luci Turner

PLAYING DETROITChandra Brings 'Transportation' EP to Third Man Records

Unlike today's child stars that come to fame because of their popularity among their peers (think Justin Bieber or JoJo), Oppenheim was revered in New York’s 1970s underground post-punk scene. As the daughter of...

Sara Barron

PLAYING DETROITDeadbeat Beat Release New Single "Bar Talk"

The band - made up of Zak Frieling, Alex Glendening, and Maria Nuccilli - stays true to its trademark lo-fi sound on the single, with...

Sara Barron

INTERVIEWWax Idols Redefine Their Happy Ending With New LP

all photos by Kristin Cofer For Hether Fortune of Wax Idols, there’s no such thing as a fairy tale ending. There’s simply life – the bleakest aspects of which have often become fodder for her musical output – and death, the finality of which she’s come to theorize may be the sweetest release. On...

Lindsey Rhoades

MORNING AFTERVegan Noodles and Sake with Veda Rays

I internally scream about 20 times coming off the Q train, badgered left and right about handbags, handbags, handbags. Truthfully, last time I was in Chinatown I was below the legal drinking age. But Veda Rays vocalist James Stark made a very emphatic pitch for Bodhi Kosher Vegetarian Restaurant....

Mary Grace Garis

LIVE REVIEWGirl Band @ Saint Vitus

It’s been a year since I last saw Girl Band, and I’m a bit more prepared this time around. Boots: check. Pulled-back hair: check. Pre-show snack: check. Purse-less. That’s the big one. After getting caught in a swirl of flailing bodies at their last New York gig, I’ve consolidated my belongings...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITDear Darkness Slays on Latest EP

Dear Darkness photo by Elise Mesner Stacey MacLeod and Samantha Linn are distressed to impress, sharing their wonderfully warped worldview as as post-punk kitsch queens Dear Darkness on their latest EP She's That Kind of Person, but I Like Her Anyway. Released last month, their latest effort...

Jerilyn Jordan

EP REVIEWBlack Heart "Alekto" (Remix EP)

It's music so powerful you'll be able to blast straight through Mercury retrograde with this on repeat.

Sophie Saint Thomas