The Darts: "Haunt Me" video

Seattle based garage-rockers The Darts have unveiled a video for Haunt Me, a track from their Halloween Love Songs album: "It's fast, it's loud, with the lo-fi sound of vintage organs smack in the middle of the mix. If the Cramps, The 13th Floor Elevators or The Slits had enlisted a keyboard player they might have sounded like this."

Opus Kink: Come Over, Do Me Wrong

Brighton based sextet Opus Kink's signature mix of punk and jazz is all over their new single Come Over, Do Me Wrong, tackling a toxic love affair, wherein one of the involved parties gets dealt with a bad hand pretty much all of the time, but still insists on keeping the game going. The snarling vocals can't get hide the pain, with a trumpet and saxophone acting as if nothing is wrong by supplying an almost jubliant commentary on the proceedings. The video was made by Maisy Banks.

Militarie Gun: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Los Angeles based hardcore/alternative rock band Militarie Gun perform six songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. They turned the volume down, well, just a bit.

Setlist:

1. B A D I D E A
2. God Owes Me Money
3. Throw Me Away
4. Don't Pick Up the Phone
5. Thought You Were Waving
6. Do It Faster

» militariegun.com

Adam Irving: Frisky

English multi-instrumentalist Adam Irving once again reinvents himself on his new album Frisky. The blues and electronics that were at the forefront on his previous one Old New Blue are still there, but now he has added jazz, progressive rock and avant-garde to the equation. Recorded between 2016 and 2026 he felt that this material fitted together nicely to make a cohesive collection that is tied together like a collection of short stories, with a few instrumentals acting as linking pieces.

He used a Yamaha Resurface CP synthesizer, Fender Jazz bass, Theremin, MC-101 groove box, Fender Strat, custom Telecaster, Korg Volca synthesizer, and Akai Mini MK3 keyboard. He is not a great drummer - he says so himself, but his limitations don't get in the way of the feel. His lo-fi DIY approach gives the tracks both an urgency and intimacy that would be lost in a "proper" recording studio.

Mould: Lists

Bristol punk trio Mould take a look at being obessed with writing things down that needed to dealt with on their new single Lists. It might help to deal with the nonsense and smooth out the rougher edges of anxiety, but in the end it is futile to fire up the laptop and start typing yet another one: "Frenzied fingers making lists in times of crisis // destined to miss // The bullet point abnegator // Is firing blanks into the abyss".