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Watch: ‘Platform Decay’ by Coilguns

Posted: 10 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Ben Chisholm, Chelsea Wolfe, Coilguns, enshittification, Everything We Love We Destroy, Humus Records, Noise Rock, Official Visualizer, Platform decay, Single, Stream, The Armed

Swiss noise-rock collective COILGUNS today drop a visualizer video for “Platform Decay,” the latest single from their forthcoming fifth studio album Everything We Love, We Destroy, due out November 6 via Humus Records.

Following recent singles ‘Peace Trader,’ ‘Carbon Magic’ and ‘Everything We Love, We Destroy,’ the new track finds COILGUNS turning their attention towards the increasingly broken state of the internet, while celebrating the hackers, geeks and activists fighting to keep the digital world independent.

The band comments: “Hopelessly witnessing the systemic enshittification of the internet made us want to celebrate the hackers and geeks that are fighting to keep the digital world independent. In times when reliable information has become a rare and questionable value, we’re constantly confronted with violent news, sometimes not knowing why we’re getting to read it, nor knowing how to determine its level of reality.”

Rather than surrendering to that digital chaos, ‘Platform Decay’ becomes something of an anthem for what the band describe as the “modern pirates of our digital oceans,” driven by an insistent vocal refrain and the raw, physical urgency at the heart of the new record.

Musically, COILGUNS see the track as perhaps the clearest representation yet of where the band stands today.

“This song is probably the clearest example of what Coilguns sounds like today. Every member’s personality found its way into it, yet it doesn’t really sound like anything we’ve released before. It somehow brings together everything we’ve learned over the years while opening another door stylistically.”

That evolution is also hidden within the track’s details. Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, The Armed) contributed additional production, including the song’s pulsating synth textures, while an old, beautifully out-of-tune hand-pumped harmonium discovered during the guitar sessions found its way into the recording.

Tour Dates
25.11 – Utrecht, NL
26.11 – Brussels, BE
28.11 – Antwerp, BE
29.11 – Tilburg, NL
02.12 – Cologne, DE
04.12 – Hamburg, DE
05.12 – Berlin, DE
06.12 – Munich, DE
12.12 – Lausanne, CH (Release Show)

2027 Tour Dates
13.02 – Annecy, F – Le Brise Glace
28.02 – Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
01.03 – London, UK – Moth Club
03.03 – Nottingham, UK – The Angel
04.03 – Birkenhead, UK – Future Yard
05.03 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
06.03 – Newcastle, UK – Lubber Fiend
07.03 – Manchester, UK – SOUP
14.03 – Madrid, ES – Wurltizer Ballroom
16.03 – Lisbon, PT – Casa Capitao
17.03 – Porto, PT – Ferro Bar
18.03 – Vigo, ES – Master Club
19.03 – Bilbao, ES – Bilborock

Photo: Andy Ford

Watch: ‘Cop Out’ by Bokassa

Posted: 8 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Anomalies, Bokassa, Cop Out, ferocious, Kings of Stonerpunk Records, New Album, Norway, Official music video, Single, stoner-punk, Stream, Thrash, UK EU tour dates

Norwegian stoner-punk rockers Bokassa return with a bang on ferocious new single ‘Cop Out,’ a no-nonsense barnburner set to please fans of the band’s heavier side.

The track sees the power trio firing on all cylinders, leaning into their metallic hardcore roots with a dash of thrash metal. ‘Cop Out’ is an unapologetic blast inspired by everything from protest songs with lyrics so broad they could apply to anyone, to bands that probably should have called it quits years ago but are still squeezing money out of their fans.

“It’s about quitting while you’re ahead, before you become something you despise. Before you start doing expensive VIP meet & greets, before you write lyrics that are just empty buzzwords, before you start doing TikTok dance videos to sell more tickets. I don’t wanna spend my time coming up with new ways to get views on social media when I know there are still different pizzas out there I haven’t tried yet,” says vocalist Jørn Kaarstad.

Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why, in 2026, Bokassa are releasing music through their own label, Kings of Stonerpunk Records, under which they’ve released several titles over the years, including their universally acclaimed 2017 debut, Divide & Conquer.

Alongside the new single, Bokassa also announce their fifth album, Anomalies, a fitting title for a band that has never quite fit in anywhere.

The band’s relentless collision of punk, metal and rock subgenres into their own self-styled stonerpunk has seen them tour with acts as diverse as Clutch, Lagwagon, Therapy?, Zebrahead and Mastodon. That same refusal to stick to a single genre has always made Bokassa difficult to pigeonhole. In a world where bands are often rewarded for sounding like other bands people already love, Bokassa mostly sound like themselves.

“I don’t wanna be a ‘we got McDonald’s at home’ version of an older, better band. I see bands becoming universally acclaimed for that, and it’s probably smart to do so for commercial success, but then again, we’ve never been a band known for smart decisions. So we’ll stick to what we think is exciting,” says Kaarstad.

Anomalies will arrive in March 2027, accompanied by an extensive tour across Europe, the UK and the band’s native Norway.

Catch Bokassa live across Norway, the UK and Europe on the following dates:

March 12 – Kulturhuset i Bergen – Bergen, NO
March 13 – Blårock – Tromsø, NO
March 20 – Rockefeller – Oslo, NO
April 2 – Kafé Krank – Kristiansand, NO
April 3 – Folken – Stavanger, NO
April 9 – Byscenen – Trondheim, NO
April 16 – The Cobblestones – Bridgwater, UK
April 17 – The Black Heart – London, UK
April 18 – The Old Salutation – Nottingham, UK
April 19 – The Lodge – Manchester, UK
April 20 – The Joiners – Southampton, UK
May 6 – Monument 013 – Gothenburg, SE
May 7 – Stengade – Copenhagen, DK
May 8 – Betty – Hamburg, DE
May 9 – FRANNZ CLUB – Berlin, DE
May 11 – Nachtleben – Frankfurt, DE
May 12 – Luxor Live – Arnhem, NL
May 13 – DB’s – Utrecht, NL
May 15 – Antwerp Metal Fest – Antwerp, BE

Photo by Thomas Moe Ellefsrud

Listen: ‘Mutton’ by Black Groove

Posted: 7 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Black Groove, Charity, Desertfest, Eyehategod, Gnarly, Heavy, Human Worth, Kulk, Live, Low End Scum, Mastiff, Metal, Mutton, Noise, savage, Sludge, songle, Stream, Work Yourself to the Bone

Human Worth are proud to present the punishing new album Work Yourself to the Bone from south-coast sludgers Black Groove, available to pre-order now with a portion of all profits donated to charity.

Savage, gnarly, brutal and chaotic… These words feel lightweight when it comes to describing the bludgeoning that one experiences when listening to Black Groove, or attending one of their visceral live shows. Crawling out of the darkest crevice of East Sussex coastal town Eastbourne, this gruesome sludge metal quartet have made a real name for themselves across the South of England. Known as one of the heaviest bands in the UK today, Black Groove have been packing small venues, drawing in more and more fans of disgustingly loud, heavy music through word of mouth.

Now Black Groove are ready to channel that vicious intensity and colossal heaviness into their forthcoming second album Work Yourself To The Bone, to be released on the hellish Friday the 13th of November on Vinyl, CD and Streaming via independent Brighton based label Human Worth (home to IAN, Remote Viewing, Pleb and more). A portion of Human Worth’s profits from the sales of Work Yourself To The Bone will be donated to registered UK charity Survivors’ Network, supporting survivors of sexual violence and abuse across Sussex.

Work Yourself To The Bone follows Black Groove’s impressive and raw 2024 debut album Low End Scum. The band recorded Work Yourself To The Bone live with producer and engineer Matt Pugh at Brighton Electric, who has previously recorded like-minded peers Believe In Nothing and Pascagoula. Pugh had already been a regular attendee of Black Groove in concert, and so was able to find that balance between capturing the wild energy of their live shows, whilst pushing their sound forwards and tightening the screws. “The results of working with Matt have been massive for us,” confirms bassist and vocalist Gareth Hellings; “To have a record that really represents the live sound and vibe of the band is what we wanted to achieve." Black Groove have made a conscious shift in their songwriting and lyrical topics too. "We were a lot more doomy, writing songs about shroom demons and swamp giants and whatnot," admits Hellings cheekily, "Then we made a conscious decision to write songs that were more real and relatable to us, and society as a whole.”

Black Groove will embark on a UK tour from November 13th to coincide with the release of the album. The sludge metal quartet have performed with the likes of EyeHateGod, Bongzilla, Goatwhore, Conan, Mastiff, Kulk, Sea Bastard, Believe In Nothing, Wode, Moloch and plenty more. Black Groove have also performed at key festivals and all-dayers, including Desertfest, Cosmic Vibration and Masters Of The Riff. The band hope the release of Work Yourself To The Bone will allow them to play more extensive tours, get over to Europe and make their mark at even more metal festivals.

Watch: ‘Get Up’ by Mass Minor

Posted: 5 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Beyond The Edge Of Reason, Darkwave, electronic rock, Get Up, Mass Minor, Metropolis Records, Official music video, Single, Stream

Mass Minor is an Austin, Texas-based darkwave and electronic rock project led by Andrew J. Martin, Jr.. Blending atmospheric synths and driving guitars into cinematic songwriting, Martin also draws from post-punk, synth-pop and alternative rock influences to create a sound that feels both nostalgic and thoroughly modern.#

Mass Minor recently signed to Metropolis Records and have released a new single entitled ‘Get Up’. “This song is a conversation with God at 169 BPM about sin, money, mortality and the things we sacrifice our lives to,” explains Martin. "It comes from this idea of asking God to save us from problems we created ourselves. Maybe it’s not God’s job to save us. Maybe we need to fix our own shit. You’re the one holding the light. Get up.”

‘Get Up’ is the follow-up to the pulsating ‘Nowhere Now’, which was issued as a single in late July, with both songs included on a long-awaited new Mass Minor album, Beyond The Edge Of Reason, out in late February 2027.

Martin self-released the 2020 debut Mass Minor album, Become Each Other, as well as several singles subsequently collected together on EPs, and has maintained a consistent presence in the dark alternative scene via radio support, multiple SXSW appearances and performances alongside groups such as Twin Tribes, Ultra Sunn, TRAITRS, Vision Video, Urban Heat and Sacred Skin.

Watch: ‘Silver Butterfly’ by Death Pill

Posted: 4 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Death Pill, Official Lyric Video, punk rock, Riot Grrrl, Silver Butterfly, Single, Stream, Ukrainian

A year on from Sologamy, the second album that landed like a blistering ball of melodic fury onto turntables via New Heavy Sounds, Ukrainian riot grrrl trio Death Pill return with a new single, ‘Silver Butterfly’.

The last time we heard from Mariana, Nataliia and Anastasiia, they were delivering some of the most urgent punk rock on the planet.

Then the world intervened. Again.

Following a brief 2025 tour, the band were scattered across continents by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Nataliia now lives in Australia. Anastasiia is based in Spain. Mariana remains in Ukraine. Five years into a conflict that continues to reshape everyday life, Death Pill found themselves facing a question that would finish off lesser bands: how do you keep creating when you can’t even share the same room?

The answer is ‘Silver Butterfly’.

The song is the first Death Pill recording built entirely remotely, assembled across three countries, multiple time zones and circumstances that would test anyone’s resolve. As the band explain:

“’Silver Butterfly’ is the first Death Pill track that was created and recorded without the three of us ever rehearsing the song together in the same room.

We had never worked like this before. With our previous releases, the songs had always been developed, rehearsed or recorded in Ukraine, with at least two members of the band physically working on them together at some stage.”

But geography was only half the story.

“Because of Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine and the resulting power outages, Mariana and our long-time sound engineer Dmytro repeatedly had to postpone recording and mixing sessions, sometimes without knowing when they would be able to continue at all. Making music remotely across three countries is one challenge. Making it while people in Ukraine are forced to organise their lives and work around air raids, attacks and electricity cuts is an entirely different one.”

And yet amazingly, none of that struggle weighs down the song. If anything, it gives it lift.

‘Silver Butterfly’ arrives on a surge of hooks, handclaps, chunky buzzsaw riffs and vocals that switch from sardonic to shred. It tears through punk, hardcore, pop and thrash without stopping to declare allegiance to any of them. Three minutes of resistance. In other words … Vintage Death Pill. The band explain:

“The past few years can feel like one long, blurred day, as if we have all become hostages to constant urgency, instant reactions and the expectation of immediate results. Life starts to resemble fast food: we consume whatever comes our way, rush through it and move on before we have had a chance to process the experience, let alone really absorb it.

This exhausting race against ourselves gradually strips away the very basic joy of simply living. "Silver Butterfly" is our attempt to freeze time for three minutes and actually feel the moment again.”

Against all odds, Death Pill continue to do exactly what great punk bands have always done: turn chaos and uncertainty into something you can scream along to.

Photo: Tetiana Chepurna

Listen: DROWNING IN THE STATIC FLOW by OMNIBDGR

Posted: 3 October 2026 in Albums, Recommended Streams and Videos
Tags: bass heavy, Brutal, Cruel Nature Records, disruption, DROWNING IN THE STATIC FLOW, full album stream, Noise, Omnibdgr, Pound Land, rebellion, static

There’s just so much noise – everywhere. And it’s only getting louder and more distracting. It’s not just in the street, or social media, or the constant pinging and buzzing of your phone, it’s not just the backdrop of social media and the babble in the street… The pace of life is changing, and it seems like there’s no downtime, no respite, no peace. And the noise… the noise is a distraction. Its function is to fill your head, keep you anxious and on edge and looking, not the other way, but in all directions at once, apart from the one where you might see something. The noise exists to keep everyone in place, to entice you to buy more stuff you don’t need with money you don’t have. We are all drowning the static flow, which runs 24/7, 365. How to deal with all this noise? And how to counteract it? With more noise, of course. Disruptive noise. Fight fire with fire – or noise with noise of a different kind.

This album is that disruptive noise, which holds a mirror to it all and subverts and refracts it in infinite splintering directions. It’s an all-out assault on the endless stream of static and distraction, the chatter and hum.

This time around, Omnibdgr are doing things differently. Expanded to a trio and with a live drummer for the first time, there’s a newfound freedom from the constraints of programming. They all played live in the same room, embracing the bleed of other sounds in the mics, and this is the glorious, rebellious result. And ‘bleed’ is the word: Drowning in the Static Flow bludgeons away like never before, blunt and brutal, and loud enough to blow all the other noise away.

The live drums create a different dynamic and stand at the fore of a sound that’s percussion driven and bass heavy. Then, there’s everything else. And it’s all going off.
They may be underground, but Omnibdgr are the uprising, the sound of that vital rupture, the noise of resistance.

Stream the album in fill here:

Listen: ‘My Eve My Dawn’ by Kali Malone

Posted: 1 October 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Album, Bach Organ, Bandcamp, Burning Song, Drone, Ideologic Organ, instrumental, Kali Mlone, My Evve My Dawn, reflective, Single, Stephen O'Malley, Stream, Thomaskirche

Kali Malone presents a second preview of her forthcoming album, Burning Song with the new song and album closer, ‘My Eve My Dawn.’

‘My Eve My Dawn,’ represents a clear vision of this process; foregrounding the cohesion between endings and beginnings, it moves through passages of sadness and joy, the linking tones offering a sense of continuity, and thus of acceptance.

Burning Song arrives via Ideologic Organ digitally on October 30th with the LP & CD version arriving on November 13th.

Burning Song, Malone’s first new album of solo compositions since 2024’s All Life Long, marks a transformation in her compositional approach towards a process that is more intuitive and direct. Moving through endings and beginnings, reflection and foresight, the music of Burning Song hovers in the moment just before understanding, where revelation lives.

The album was recorded at the historic Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where J.S. Bach was cantor for the last 27 years of his life; his body rests beneath the sanctuary. Malone is the first musician to perform contemporary works on the church’s Bach Organ, an instrument completed in 2000 but with bespoke tuning and temperament systems based on historical norms of the baroque period.

Throughout Burning Song, Malone is joined by Lucy Railton on cello and Stephen O’Malley on bowed acoustic guitar, the same trio that honed a profound connection through the development of Malone’s 2023 work Does Spring Hide Its Joy. The trio moves as one through passages that are alternately ambiguous and radiant, at times triumphant as the tones rise towards the organ’s upper register. By discarding canon form, which has dominated much of Malone’s organ work, there is a clear sense of freedom that allows these pieces to unfold more gradually and speak more declaratively than ever before.

Live dates 2026

Fri. Oct. 9 – Venice, IT @ Chiesa di Santa Maria de Nazareth ^
Sun. Oct. 11 – Bern, CH @ Berner Münster [bee-flat] ^ tickets
Sun. Nov. 22 – Stockholm, SE @ Stockholm City Hall [City Hall of Stockholm] ^ tickets
Sun. Nov. 29 – Bratislava, SK @ Novy evanjelicky kostol [NEXT Festival] ^ tickets
Burning Song Live 2027

Mon. Jan. 25 – Berlin, DE @ Gedächtniskirche [CTM] # tickets
Tues. Jan. 26 – Berlin, DE @ Gedächtniskirche [CTM] # tickets
Thu. Jan. 28 – London, UK @ St. Martin [Baba Yaga’s Hut presents] # tickets
Fri. Jan. 29 – London, UK @ St. Martin [Baba Yaga’s Hut presents] # tickets
Sun. Jan. 31 – Geneva, CH @ Madeleine Chapel (Espace de la Madeleine) [Festival Antigel] # tickets
Sun. Feb. 28 – Basel, CH @ Pauluskirche [Festival Interfinity] # tickets
Thu. April 1 – Sun. April 4 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears # tickets
Thu. Apr. 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Grace Cathedral [The Lab Presents] #
Sat. Apr. 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ First Congregational Church [Upend Presents] # tickets
Mon. Apr. 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ First Unitarian Church [LPR Presents] #
Tues. Apr. 13 – Brooklyn, NY @ First Unitarian Church [LPR Presents] #
Fri. Jun. 4 – Helsinki, FI @ Temppeliaukio Church [We Jazz Presents] # tickets

* = Electronic set
^ = Solo organ set
# = Burning Song set

Listen: ‘Haunted House’ by Tiny Forehead

Posted: 30 September 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: alt rock, Anti-racism, critique, division, harmonies, Haunted House, news media, politics, postpunk, Single, Stream, Tiny Forehead, trust

It’s about racism. How because of the client journalists fronting most UK media and news, the far right has managed to fool Britian that its problems are brown people in dingies arriving on beaches, but not the super-rich influencing politics in their favour and making life economically and emotionally miserable for most of us. And how people in our life – at work, our community – came out as racist when it became safe to do so. And how horrible that is to experience and see play out. Perhaps we have black or brown kids and they were babysitters, and made a bond, and have history, and now….was anything ever safe? True?

Watch: ‘Blue Nine’ by This is Shit

Posted: 30 September 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: Blue Nine, electro-rock, ΛV, Official music video, Single, slash, Stream, TH/S /S SH/T, This is Shit

French electro-rock outfit THIS IS SHIT (or TH/S /S SH/T as they are also known) have released their hypnotic new single ‘Blue Nine’ and its definitely not shit!

‘Blue Nine’ is more than a song, it’s a signal picked up from our own future, something that survived and caught its breath again. The track steps away from expected formats: it builds in stages, letting electro and rock search for a common frequency before fully locking into sync in the song’s final stretch.

The phantasmagoric video, directed by INFRAROUGE, ventures into a territory no camera could have reached. Red neons, liquid chrome, architectures that exist nowhere: INFRAROUGE builds a world of its own, coherent down to its smallest details, where photorealism keeps slipping into hallucination. These aren’t effects layered onto real footage, it’s an entire geography, born elsewhere, that never had a filmed version.

THIS IS SHIT are set to return for 2026 with their second album ΛV coming on 30th October and like the slanted signs of ΛV (pronounced “lambda V”) that invert and mirror each other, this new record interlocks two aesthetics that were never meant to coexist: rock and electronic music. A formula unique to THIS IS SHIT.

Behind this graphic project with its sharply crafted artistic direction stands composer Loïc Louraco. Driven by the need not to choose between two radically different ways of creating : rock, which he has practiced his entire life, and electronic music, which he explores in parallel, he formed a hybrid creation in 2017: a trio in which he is both producer and principal instrumentalist. And thus sparked the collision between the two worlds.

A signature sound first discovered by audiences through the EPs / (“Slash”) and // (“Double Slash”) in 2018, followed by the album /// (“Triple Slash”), which concluded a first creative cycle in 2020.

After a challenging start to the decade, the artist entered a new writing phase that stretched over several months. Born from improvisations or long nights of production on Ableton, the tracks were pushed to their limits. The sound is more controlled, the album more impactful. For this new project, THIS IS SHIT chose to take production even further by collaborating with Swedish producer Hans Olsson (Division of Laura Lee).

An initial studio session in Paris allowed the three musicians to record, in a traditional rock band setting, guitars, bass, and drums. The tracks were then sent to Gothenburg, where they were reworked by the producer and director as a temporary electronic duo. The collaboration felt natural, and the results fruitful, bringing a unique coherence to this new release. Like a film soundtrack, ΛV carries the listener from scene to scene, from emotions to sensations, from celebrations to contemplation, in a continuous, unbroken flow between tracks.

Photo credit: Christophe Crénel

Listen: ‘Brothers at the Wheel’ by Caulbearers

Posted: 29 September 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
Tags: alternative, Brothers at the Wheel, Caulbearers, Come Back Home, Experimental, Folk, Hip-Hop, Indie, Jazz, political awakening, Post-Punk, power structures, Ruth Blake, Single, Single Cell Recordings, solidarity, Stream

Manchester-based outfit Caulbearers return with ‘Brothers At The Wheel’, an urgent and uncompromising single that confronts the structures of power governing modern life, while ultimately offering solidarity and collective action as an alternative to despair. It’s is a rich and timely preview of their forthcoming album Come Back Home, out on October 30th via Single Cell Recordings.

‘Brothers At The Wheel’ traces a journey of political awakening – from a naïve plea for those in power to change course before disaster hits, to disillusionment at the resulting hollow words and empty promises that leave the status quo intact.

“If we truly consider humanity as a brotherhood and sisterhood of equals, it seems the ultimate betrayal of our family to exploit, to oppress and to victimise others whilst creating structures that concentrate wealth in the hands of an ever-smaller, unaccountable minority,” explains Damien Mahoney.

“The ‘wheel’ in the title is that system — a machine built to keep turning for profit and power, regardless of the cost to people, communities, or the planet.”

The song’s resolution isn’t despair but solidarity: a call for unity at the grassroots level, recognising that the same struggle echoes in other streets, other words, other languages. In resisting the forces intent on dividing us, the lyrics point to real power within the collective — like a seed that can grow into something more balanced, harmonious, and connected.
The song’s urgency isn’t just lyrical — it’s built into the music itself. ‘Brothers At The Wheel’ comes straight out of the traps with an unrelenting groove: strings, bass, and keys locked into a single insistent pattern, guitar answering in the gaps, percussion driving it forward, while the vocal melody cuts its own path in short, sharp phrases that swap between landing on and off the beat.

Past the tempo shift, the song opens into a second movement: a soaring, wordless lament from ethereal folk artist Ruth Blake — beautiful and mournful, yet defiant, a celebration of the human spirit. Underneath, the arrangement builds in waves — guitars layering, cello and violin rising, keys, bass and drums gathering weight — swelling to a crescendo before dissolving.

A collective of musicians formed in 2007 and led by Damien Mahoney, Caulbearers are known for blending diverse musical styles, including soul, funk, hip-hop, dub, nu jazz, folk and post-punk influences. With contributors hailing from around the UK and Europe, their DIY ethic has coursed through every element of their releases, from design, production, videos and gigs to the recording process itself.

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