Die another day

 

The Parrots, a duo from Madrid, are releasing their second full-length record on Oct. 29. Ahead of that, here's the first single, a take on modern life called "You Work All Day and Then You Die."

Oh yeah

L.A.-based teens The Linda Lindas released a new single this week... the above video is for "Oh!" 

And why you might have read about them.

It's your 'Fault'

 

The UK-based post-punk trio Desperate Journalist released a new record earlier this month... the video here (flash warning!) is for the first single — "Fault."

'Psychic' hotline

 

The new record from the Brisbane, Australia-based indie-pop trio The Goon Sax is out today on Matador Records. (This is the band's third record overall, first for Matador.)

The video here is for "Psychic." 

Fatherly facts: Goon Sax frontman Louis Forster is the son of Robert Forster, co-founder of The Go-Betweens.

Candy O

 

Nothing says the Fourth of July more than a title track from a 1986 EP by The Jesus and Mary Chain... For no particular reason: "Some Candy Talking" from 1986 by the Jesus and Mary Chain. 

The fast and the curious

Bachelor is a collaboration between Melina Duterte of Jay Som and Ellen Kempner of Palehound ... the summer blockbuster-y video here is for "Stay in the Car" from the duo's recently released debut record, Doomin' Sun.

'Crisis' communications

 

For the holiday weekend... Holiday Ghosts have a new record out (the UK-based band's third)... the video here is for "Total Crisis."

It might get 'Lout'

 

The Horrors recently released a new EP — the band's first new music in four years. 

And as you'll hear in this audio clip for "Lout," they've taken a turn into the industrial metal aisle. 

A YouTube commenter tracked the band's progression: Garage Punk --> Art Rock/Shoegaze --> Dream Pop/Synth Pop ---> Cyberpunk/Industrial.

The 'Sweet' hereafter

Japanese Breakfast (aka Michelle Zauner) released a single earlier this month... ahead of a new record out on June 4... the video, an homage to "The X-Files," is for "Be Sweet" ...

Back to nature

 

From the recently released On All Fours, the second record by the South London-based Goat Girl... this is "Badibaba" ... one of the catchiest songs you'll ever hear about environmental catastrophe.

The big 'Hurt'

 

It's just Feb. 19, yet some folks have said that the new record (Collapsed in Sunbeams) by UK-based singer-songwriter Arlo Parks will be one of the year's best. It's that good.

The video here is for a previously released single called "Hurt."

Come out to 'Play'

 

Missed this single when it came out back in the fall — the UK-based duo Nova Twins with "Play Fair."

The band recently announced "Nova Twins Presents Voices For The Unheard," a new compilation album they'vee curated to spotlight underrepresented POC artists from the rock and alternative scene. 

"Pressure' drop

 

In case you already haven't heard this 500,000 times since it was released late last month... here's Karen O and Willie Nelson ("the Duet We Didn’t Know We Needed in 2020") with their soothing acoustic cover of "Under Pressure."

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!

'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."

'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."