post-punk

English post-punk legends Public Image Ltd — founded and fronted by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon — are currently about halfway through their first North American tour in eight years.  The jaunt, billed as “This Is Not The Last Tour” (which has taken the group around much of...

Earlier this year Joy Division and New Order were announced as 2026 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  And earlier this month Peter Hook, bassist and founding member of the post-punk legends, made an appearance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame itself for an...

Those who caught the July edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming via Y-Not Radio) recently heard “The Trench Coat Museum” from post-punk rockers Yard Act, a 2023 stand-alone single that has gone on to become a staple in the Leeds-based quartet’s live show.  We first heard the track live...

This coming Saturday, May 30th, Fire Talk Records’ Robber Robber wrap their initial North American run behind sophomore LP Two Wheels Move the Soul at our very own Johnny Brenda’s.  The making of the follow-up to 2024 debut full-length Wild Guess was largely characterized by Robber Robber co-founders Nina...

Those who’ve listened the April edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming via Y-Not Radio) recently heard “Viking Hair,” an early single from South London post-punk quartet Dry Cleaning, which can be found on the band’s 2019 sophomore EP, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks.  Those listeners also heard me discussing...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has grown accustomed to NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello (and their Casa Gogol labelmates) bringing their annual year-end holiday shows to our own Brooklyn Bowl.  So, we were a bit bummed that the closest their 2025 holiday jaunt came to the...

We first met LA/Toronto-based singer/songwriter Bria Salmena in the summer of 2021, just as live music was making a return.  Bria and longtime musical collaborator Duncan Hay Jennings – in addition to being one-half of Canadian post-punk group FRIGS, at the time the two were also members of Orville...

“Some bands make the best shit in the beginning, but I feel like we’re the opposite,” laughs Melissa Scaduto, co-founder of LA-based trio Sextile.  Sextile are currently amidst a nearly two-month tour, playing the biggest rooms of their career as support for Sacred Bones labelmates Molchat Doma, which will...

Last March, the God’s Watching Tour had emerging alt-pop heroine Ari Abdul (alongside Isabel LaRosa) headlining The Foundry.  At the time, Ari was touring behind 2023 sophomore EP CCTV, the follow-up to the previous year’s Fallen Angel, which featured debut and breakthrough single, “BABYDOLL.”  A year and a handful...