Post-Punk
The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow on Rack, Explicit Lyrics, and OFF’s Free LSD: Podcast
The post-punk legend details the band’s first new album in 26 years. The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow on Rack, Explicit Lyrics, and OFF’s Free LSD: Podcast Kyle Meredith
Song of the Week: Fontaines D.C.’s “In the Modern World” Is a Melancholy Rock Riot
The post-punk band steals the show with this standout song on their new album, Romance. Song of the Week: Fontaines D.C.’s “In the Modern World” Is a Melancholy Rock Riot Consequence Staff
Heavy Song of the Week: trauma ray Transcend Shoegaze on Adventurous, Expansive “Bishop”
From the Fort Worth band's upcoming debut LP Chameleon. Heavy Song of the Week: trauma ray Transcend Shoegaze on Expansive “Bishop” Jon Hadusek
Song of the Week: Fontaines D.C. Have a Trip-Hop Panic Attack on “Starburster”
Other standout tunes came from Boldy James, Sex Week, Gift, and more. Song of the Week: Fontaines D.C. Have a Trip-Hop Panic Attack on “Starburster” Jonah Krueger and Consequence Staff
Television’s Richard Lloyd on Why Drummer Billy Ficca Looks Orange on Marquee Moon Cover: “He Ate Too Many Carrots!”
The group also sneaks in some more rounds of Bonnaroolette. Television’s Richard Lloyd Reflects on Marquee Moon: Podcast Consequence Staff
Song of the Week: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ “Wild God” Is a Gorgeous Mindf*ck
As well as other great songs from Ibibio Sound Machine, Washer, Greg Mendez, and more. Song of the Week: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ “Wild God” Is a Gorgeous Mindfuck Jonah Krueger
Geordie Walker, Guitarist of Killing Joke, Dead at 64
The influential guitarist reportedly died away after suffering a stroke. Geordie Walker, Guitarist of Killing Joke, Dead at 64 Scoop Harrison
Television’s Marquee Moon: The Story of a Band, City, and Guitar Rock Masterpiece
Marquee Moon is pure music gumbo, a staggering combination of contrasting aesthetics that slashes with punk rock grit and with jazzy guitar virtuosity. Television’s Marquee Moon: The Story of a Band, City, and Guitar Rock Masterpiece Ryan Bray
Sleaford Mods Announce New Album UK Grim, Share Title Track and 2023 Tour Dates
Sleaford Mods are back, just as disappointed with their home country as ever, and announcing the new album UK GRIM. The title track is out now, and the post-punk duo have also unveiled a run of 2023 North American tour dates around their appearance at Coachella. The follow-up to 2021’s Spare Ribs, UK GRIM features contributions from Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, and Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw. “Maybe we are proud of the country,” vocalist Jason Williamson said (via BrooklynVegan). “Maybe we are proud to be English. Maybe I’m proud of the horrible grey streets and the shit weather and the stupid fashions I find myself investing in. It’s just that the English we’re proud of being is absolutely nothing like the English the authorities want to try and promote.” Over A...
Every Arctic Monkeys Album Ranked From Worst to Best
This article originally ran in 2018 and has been updated. Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. It’s exact science by way of a few beers. This time, we sort through the best and worst of Sheffield’s finest. Arctic Monkeys have enjoyed a two-decade reign as tastemakers and frontrunners of modern rock and roll. Their energetic guitars, indefatigable drums, and moody bass lines are what first caught our attention, but it was frontman Alex Turner’s writing that made us fall in love with them. Turner’s balance of poetic and picturesque meets blunt and brusque lyrics was a highlight from the first time we heard them as rowdy, North England teenagers. Thanks to the then-burgeoning world...
IDLES Spin “The Wheel” on Fallon: Watch
IDLES rang in the new year with a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night. As the evening’s musical guest, the English post-punks performed “The Wheel,” a highlight form their 2021 album Crawler. From their various other late-night performances to their documentary, we know very well by now that IDLES know how to work a stage, whether it be a sweaty, scrappy punk venue or high up in the glossy studios of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Their earth-shattering riffs, combined with the flashing strobe lights behind them, matched their ferocious energy. As frontman Joe Talbot smashed a cymbal belted the song’s anthem — “can I get a hallelujah?” — even the comparatively tame audience couldn’t help but throw a few whoops in response. Watch IDLES perform “The...
The Cult’s Ian Astbury on Under the Midnight Sun, Gothic Futurism, and the Optics of Nostalgia
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Ian Astbury calls in to chat with Kyle Meredith about Under the Midnight Sun, The Cult’s latest album. Advertisement Related Video Astbury talks about coming up as a crooner during the post-punk era, journalists mistakenly lumping them in with hair metal, and living through the optics of nostalgia. The frontman also talks about some of the big influences on this album — including Brian Jones, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac — and also dives deep into the ecological and environmental moments that arrive throughout. We also get his takes on recent artists like Yves Tumor and how they’re part of...
