Unsilent night

Christmas 1982 with Bad Brains at CBGB. The video is for "Big Takeover."

Now is the time for your friendship to end

From 1984 and still quite relevant today: The Special AKA (aka The Specials) with "Racist Friend."

'You ain't seen no one like me since Lauryn Hill back in the '90s'

London-based rapper Simbi Ajikawo, aka Little Simz, surprised fans with a new EP (part of her ongoing early-career Drop series) last month, recorded while she was on lockdown during the COVID-19 crisis ... the audio track here is for "Might Bang, Might Not."

Motivational therapy

British post-punk band IDLES released a new single last week ahead of rumored new full-length record.

The video here for "Mr. Motivator" offers some colorful workout-at-home ideas ...

Hang on to your Ego

Here's "Ego" from the L.A.-based Moaning's March release Uneasy Laughter on Sub Pop...

Breakfast club

Local trio cumgirl8 have a new EP out on Muddguts Records. The video here is for "Waffles." Bon appétit!

'80s night

Local trio Hennessey has a self-titled EP due out this summer... ahead of that, here's the video for the first single — "Let's Pretend (it's the 80s)."

Learn more about the band via this interview at V Magazine with lead singer Leah Hennessey.

'Help' is on the way

Here's something from the new Ringo Deathstarr record that came out in late March ... the track is titled "God Help the Ones You Love."

'Male' call

Here's a video for "Male Bonding," from the Dutch trio the Homesick's album titled The Big Exercise. (February 2020, SubPop). It would be on a top-10 list if we cared about those at the moment.

'Grinding' it out

Been listening to healthy doses of the Cure these days. (More than usual.) Here's "Grinding Halt" from the soundtrack to the 1980 NYC classic "Times Square." (Not sure when this video was recorded in the 1980s...)

Your very own Oh Sees concert

In lieu of any live shows in the foreseeable future... here's a recently (March 21!) released video of Oh Sees rehearsing their new record (not sure which one, given that they release about eight LPs a year!).

Enjoy all 56 minutes. Depending where we are in the world, Oh Sees are currently scheduled to play Webster Hall in September.

The In Between Days of our lives

Back to 1985 with "In Between Days" by the Cure...

C'mon Get Happy

Siouxsie And The Banshees with "Happy House" from March 1980.

Keep an 'Eye' out

Habibi, the Brooklyn-based garage-rock band, has a new LP out titled Anywhere But Here. The video here is for "Angel Eyes."

'Onely' you

The Brooklyn-based Lightning Bug (aka Audrey Kang) have released a new song called "The Onely Ones," as seen in the above video.

In other Lightning Bug news, the band's second record will get a vinyl release next month via Fat Possum.

The 'Price' is right

The Brooklyn-based band Store Front has a new EP out now... the video above is for the debut single, "Rip the Price Off."

To here knows when

NYC's Peel Dream Magazine has a new record, Agitprop Alterna, due out on April 3 via Slumberland. The video here is for Pill. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, (early) Stereolab and Rocketship.

A 'Red' letter day

NYC's own Pom Pom Squad dropped a timely new single yesterday for "Red With Love." There's a video too ⬆️

'Prism' break

San Francisco's synth-pop group Cold Beat is back with a new LP (titled Mother) coming out on Feb. 28. The video here is for the record's second single, "Prism."

Won't You Be My Neighbour?

The Dutch quartet Neighbours Burning Neighbours just released two new songs, which are well worth seeking out (if you like the screech of, say, Sonic Youth and early Siouxsie and the Banshees).

The video here is for a 2019 single called "Hesitate."