Mary In The Junkyard are the latest in a recent tradition of highly original British bands whose influences are hard to detect.

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Shoun Shoun is the project of Bristol-based Annette Berlin, who describes her band’s sound as “lo-fi anxiety and raucous tales of bad behaviour.”

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Gilla Band return from a four-year hiatus with a techno-influenced new tune, Giraffe, that proves they’ve lost none of their abrasive power.

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Song of the Day

A Certain Ratio’s 1982 single Knife Slits Water gets an updated remix from Andy Meecham, aka The Emperor Machine.

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Allow me to introduce you to Carlos Alberto Cázares Valenzuela, aka ‘El Solovino’ (The Uninvited). He’s 20 years old, he’s Mexican, and he loves Joy Division.

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The Passions had a moment in 1981, when they became one-hit wonders with I’m In Love With A German Film Star.

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Sex Mask are a young post-punk trio from Melbourne and this song, Blisters, finds them collaborating with another local band, Radio Free Alice.

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PragVEC were one of the first of the post-punk bands to emerge in London in 1978 and sounded unlike anyone else at the time – or since. (more…)

Dry Cleaning describe a visit to the zoo on Kwenchy Kups, one of the many standout songs on their second album Stumpwork.

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This is the opening track from Sonic Youth’s third album, EVOL, which is the only one I own, alongside a 12-inch single of Death Valley ’69.

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