Some kind of 'Wonderful'

 

Baltimore's War On Women released a new LP last week titled Wonderful Hell ... the video here is for the title track...

Built to Spell

 

Siouxsie & the Banshees have been on heavier heavy rotation in recent days... the video is for "Spellbound" from 1981. Top of the Pops!

Sweetness and light

 

East Village-based Cults released a video (described as "like stepping into a too-sweet, too-pink Candy Land") this week for "A Low," another single from their recently released record Host. 

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Put a spell on you

 

Pinc Louds have a new single and video out today ... the band describes "Spellbound" as "a bolero-tinged ode to classic harmony groups of the 50’s and 60’s."

And there's a dreamy summer-in-the-city vibe in this video filmed in Tompkins Square Park...

Previously on EV Grieve:

• An end-of-summer appreciation: Pinc Louds

'Ceiling' fans

 

 The new METZ record is out today ... and the video is for the track "No Ceiling."

In the company of 'Men'

 

The Barcelona-based post-punk trio Mourn have a new album coming out next month titled Self Worth. The video here is for "Men."

Soak up the 'Sun'

 

Sunflower Bean, a band with some East Village roots, released a new single last week titled "Moment in the Sun" ... along with a summery video.

'Nonsense' you say!

Osees have a new record out today. John Dwyer’s band — you may know them as Oh Sees and Thee Oh Sees and a few others — remains incredibly prolific and ass-kicking. 

From that new record, here's the 94 seconds of "Dreary Nonsense."

'Hold' on

Death Valley Girls have a new record, Under the Spell of Joy, out on Oct. 2. Ahead of that, here's a single from the release titled "Hold My Hand."

The fall

Let's jump into fall with "Halloween" by Siouxsie & the Banshees ... circa 1981.

Tribute to a friend

East Village-based singer-songwriter (and bar owner) Jessie Malin released a new music video this week ... "Todd Youth" pays tribute to his longtime friend and bandmate, Todd Youth, who died in 2018... the video features some familiar faces (H.R. from Bad Brains and Jimmy G. from Murphy's Law, among them) in recreating part of the Rolling Stones' clip for "Waiting on a Friend" on St. Mark's Place.

HBD Joe Strummer

The Clash frontman would have been 68 today. The video for "Clampdown" is from 1980.

And you can check out "A Song For Joe: Celebrating the Birthday of Joe Strummer" from today right here.

In your right 'Mind'

Here's a track from the well-reviewed new (as of July 31) record by Fontaines D.C., the Dublin-based post-punk band... this is "Televised Mind."

Dream 'World'

The Birmingham UK-based Cherry Pickles have a new LP out this fall on PNKSLM Recordings ... this video is for the first single "Out Of This World," which sounds like another lo-fi retro contender for a show at the Roadhouse.

By the 'Month'

Dehd, the Chicago-based indie-rock trio, just released a new record titled Flower of Devotion.

The above video is for the track "Month."

Heart and soul

Local band SUSU, led by Liza Colby and Kia Warren, debuted a new single last week (via Bust!) called "It Can’t Be Over" from their upcoming debut EP, Panther City.

Lover's rock

Local synth-pop group Hennessey have released a new single — a cover of "We Will Not Be Lovers" by the Waterboys (from that band's 1988 album Fisherman's Blues). Read more about that track at Paste.

"We Will Not Be Lovers" is the second single off Hennessey's forthcoming debut EP on Velvet Elk.

Hennessey is performing tonight at the Bowery Electric as part of the venue's ongoing livestream series. Learn more about that here.

Vision quest

Montreal's Freak Heat Waves have a new record out in September... this is a single from that release called "Dripping Visions."

Instant Cults classic

The local pop duo Cults have a new single out ... check out the video here for "Spit You Out," a nod to the mukbangers of YouTube.

What a beautiful feeling

Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad released this cover of "Crimson and Clover" last Friday on Juneteenth ... with proceeds going to For The Gworls Medical Fund. (The Bandcamp sales went to the NAACP legal fund.)

Here's what she had to say about the track via Instagram:

This marks the first song we’ve released that I produced all by myself (!!!) and both the song and video were made completely in quarantine. This year would have been my first Pride as an ‘out’ person. It took me a long time to come to terms with my identity in a true and honest way, but I am proud to meet myself where I am now. This year, the idea of walking down a street proudly, in my queerness and in my brown skin, feels particularly difficult for a multitude of obvious reasons, but this song is my small celebration of the scary, complicated, empowering process of owning my black, queer identity. Hope you love it.