Brighton based sextet Opus Kink sing about a man bading farewell to his loved on their new single The Sweet Goodbye. Their mix of jazz, folk and punk is spiced up by a full-on choral section, straight out the Eastern European playbook. Over the top? Yes. Does that matter? Not one a bit, because when the emotions run high so should the music. The video was made by Kyle McCarthy & Reuben Davies Lindley.
May 21, 2026
Westside Cowboy: Kick Stones (The Boys)
Mancunian indie quartet Westside Cowboy picked a solid base for their new single Kick Stones (The Boys): a live recording of The Velvet Underground's What Goes On. With that unrelenting riff secured, they went on to write a song inspired by FC United of Manchester, founded shortly after Manchester United was taken over by American billionaire and all-round asshole Malcolm Glazer.
The band loves the lads doing their best to bring football back to people who can't afford a ticket for a Premier League match. Seventh tier fames are not about epic skills, but embracing mistakes as part of the game, a sentiment that is echoed by the warts-and-all lo-fi approach of the track.
May 20, 2026
Jammah Tammah: Jammah Tammah!
Way back in 1991 Dutch underground ska punk Jammah Tammah started out as a quartet, with Eddy Huizing (better known as Speedy, because his electrifying stage antics) on vocals, Frans de Boer (guitar), Janfie van Strien (sax) and Thuur Caris (keyboards, electronic percussion). They burnt up stages in Groningen, before playing in clubs all over Europe. The band grew into a well-oiled machine, adding a six piece brass section in the early stages of their career, and released three albums in quick succession. Their big break never came, but their legacy never died.
Fast forward to December 2025 and a successful crowdfunding campaign was launched to put out a belated farewell album, Jammah Tammah!, with unreleased songs, featuring all the musicians that were part of the line-up at some point. It is a hybrid of vintage live tracks, new studio recordings and fresh vocals - Huizing is a teetotaller now and he felt that his singing suffered from the beverages he had downed before hitting the stage back in the day.
Phish: Live Bait Vol. 24
Another episode has been added to the Phish Live Bait series. All tracks on Vol. 24 are from the 1.0 era, including fan favourites Run Like An Antelope (aka "Roll Like A Cantaloupe" - 11/14/91 Cat's Cradle – Chapel Hill, NC) and Frankie Says > David Bowie (11/4/98 McNichols Arena – Denver, CO).
Tracks:- Split Open And Melt
(11/6/98 Kohl Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI) 14:51 - Limb By Limb
8/3/98 Deer Creek Music Center – Noblesville, IN) 11:38 - Mike's Song > Simple > The Mango Song > Weekapaug Groove
(10/25/94 Atlantic Civic Center – Atlanta, GA) 31:41 - Run Like An Antelope (aka "Roll Like A Cantaloupe")
(11/14/91 Cat's Cradle – Chapel Hill, NC) 12:16 - Free > Llama
(11/22/95 USAir Arena – Landover, MD) 37:33 - Stash
(7/15/93 Cayuga County Fairgrounds – Weedsport, NY) 11:03 - You Enjoy Myself
(12/30/94 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY) 23:01 - Tweezer
(12/30/96 FleetCenter – Boston, MA) 15:05 - Frankie Says > David Bowie
(11/4/98 McNichols Arena – Denver, CO) 24:53
Live Bait Vol. 24 is a free download compiled by the band's archivist Kevin Shapiro.
Mould: Lucid
photo: Elliot Hetherton
Bristol punk trio Mould experience a moment of clarity amidst the noisy fuzz of their new single Lucid. Playing up a storm is what they do best and it is some sort of miracle that the vocals can be deciphered at all, but it is well worth the effort. Power trios always have to work harder, but when done right the locked in intensity of the players is pretty great to hear.
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