A 90s punk album that is still in rotation for me, thanks to how perfect it is for running, is the Impossibles' Return and their final EP, 4_Song_Brick_Bomb. After starting as a ska band (who didn't back then?), these last two releases showed them heading in a more mature direction, with melodies and emotion for days.
These days I gravitate a bit more to true small independent labels and artists for rock vs "indie" labels (Sub Pop has a fucking corporate jet now) than I did earlier in the decade where most of the "must hear" albums were rock.
One relatively unsung BandCamp label is PNKSLM from Stockholm, who focuses on garage-ish music. I think Sweden has always had a decently strong association with garage revival acts from the early ones like The Creeps to the most famous sons, The Hives, but the stuff from this label feels less revivalist which I think is for the better. My favorite artist on their roster is ShitKid, who specializes in oddball punkish rock, but secretly has an amazing ear for hooks. Some tracks / visuals below.
This looks interesting, thanks for highlighting them and the label.
Plenty more good acts on the label too. Sudakistan, Holy, Les Big Byrd, Boys, Miss World and Hater are all worth checking out!
New punk find for me.
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So what are you listening to and what recommendations do you have? There have been some great ones the past few days and would like to hear more.
I am enjoying The Coathangers "The Devil You Know" on Suicide Squeeze:
And the new Amyl and the Sniffers on ATO:
This is a pretty cool idea.Introducing 'Unknown Pleasures: Reimagined'. A project that will see 10 directors create new music videos for every track on Unknown Pleasures to celebrate the album's 40th anniversary. First video coming this Thursday.
YouTube will also host a premiere event in London on 21st June for a selection of these videos, featuring a panel between Stephen Morris, @everittmatt, @orianw, Feargal Ward and Adrian Duncan. 25 pairs of tickets are available for fans and you can sign up to enter on Facebook and Twitter. #UnknownPleasures40
New TFS incoming on Flightless apparently, 8/23/19.
Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
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Listening to Braindrops is a jarring and exhilarating experience, full of pulsating grooves, black humour, dissonant experimentation, and unsettling dystopian plot-lines. Braindrops is an unrelenting work, from an unrelenting musical ensemble. “Tropical Fuck Storm is a full-onthing,” Liddiard offers. “Everything we do, we do it to death.”
New track released is Paradise:
Looks like the track list includes a song they released on 7" a while back too.