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."

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.

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.

Iggy said knock you out

Because we need a little Iggy Pop right now (or at least I do). Here's "Knocking 'Em Down (In the City)" from the 1980 Solider release, his fourth studio album.