The Hello Nasty cassette by Beastie Boys came in a cardboard box.

Seattle punks Filth Is Eternal announce new LP Impossible World, share 'Stay Melted' www.brooklynvegan.com/filth-is-ete...

Bad Brains’ H.R. teams with New Age Doom for collaborative album, unveils song 'Amaseganalo Pt. 2' consequence.net/2026/01/hr-b...

Dropkick Murphys’ new anti-I.C.E. song includes the lyrics “Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop” consequence.net/2026/01/drop...

Powered by a mug of spiced tea and the knowledge that there’s nothing YOU [my bank balance] can do about those gig tickets I bought yesterday, here’s this week’s alt rock, punk rock and indie music digest. tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig... #punksky #AltRock #IndieMusic

I play "Barbarism Begins at Home" just to revel in Andy Rourke's bass lines. He would've celebrated a birthday. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2023/05/19/a...

Buzzcocks singles collection...ever growing!😎 #weekendsingles

Continuing the indie theme, here’s a playlist of the Top 100 Indie Singles from 1976-1992, according to the NME. Loads of great tunes from your fave labels - Factory, Fast, 4AD, Heavenly, Mute, Postcard, Rough Trade, Creation, Stiff etc #WeekendSingles ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/27w...

I bring you all the delightful fact that the large black BMW parked outside the Jamaican embassy has the numberplate “I JAM”.

I don’t know how to explain what millennial hipster parenting in the 10s was like better than this indie rock coloring book

For this compilation Hüsker Dü are part of the 'US psychedelic underground', but it's just their latest genre. Tracks from their final two albums on Warners previously appeared on compilations for: indie, new wave, punk rock, alt rock, 80s rock & post-hardcore. www.cherryred.co.uk/various-arti...

one of those graphics that sums up a quarter of a century. the wild turn-of-the-millennium peak in pop, the great recession tied to the rise of iTunes just walloping sales, and then the drip-by-drip erosion effect of streaming in the '10s

It’s late, MTV’s still flickering, and some random loud band crashes in - no clue who they are, but it’s heavy as hell, so you don’t touch the remote. Filth is Eternal www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pyt...

Patti Smith: still blazing after 50 years of Horses www.spin.com/2026/01/patt...

Sunn O))) don their cloaks for a new album - their first for Sub-Pop pitchfork.com/news/sunn-o-...

John Lydon revealed as Yak on The Masked Singer UK consequence.net/2026/01/john...

🆕Just Announced!🆕 Originally issued in 2018, the outstanding R.E.M. at the BBC 8CD/DVD box set is returning to print! Featuring radio sessions, full concert broadcasts, live TV specials and more, it's an absolute treasure trove! Pre-order: reflexrecordshop.com/product/8641...

Yorkshire folk! The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc. They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?

Neko Case podcast appearance on Neon Grey Midnight Green, making an album about music, and why spiders deserve better PR consequence.net/2026/01/neko...

Tom Verlaine was a mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story. archive.ph/jhqwr

DS Interview: Stacey, Myra, and Alex of Bad Cop Bad Cop dyingscene.com/ds-interview...

UK shoegazers deary announce debut album, share 'Seabird' www.brooklynvegan.com/deary-announ...

Cat Power celebrates first gold record stereogum.com/2484987/cat-...

Sugar reissuing Copper Blue, Beaster and File Under Easy Listening on colored vinyl ahead of reunion shows www.brooklynvegan.com/sugar-reissu...

Your last chance on this one before I write the fucker

Good morning everyone. The 3rd issue of my IN THE APRIL SUN indie pop fanzine is now on sale. I have stock in hand so will be posting out right away. It's a beautiful issue, so do share/grab one. It has some lovely stuff in it; Heavenly, the Lemonheads, Chime School, The Felt Tips & much more.

The Television frontman died in 2023, leaving behind boxes of music and notebooks that are now headed to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a... (without paywall read the story here archive.ph/jhqwr)

if you saw Patti Smith's Horses 50th tour in Chicago or New York or Boston you may be interested in my new more than a zine/less than a book about seeing a week of shows on that tour! Self-produced, printed locally, limited run. buff.ly/NQfCZbX

Joey Ramone- Interview on Howard Stern Show, NYC 1/12/89 xfer f/1st gen audio tape w/Lemmy Motorhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_1wBzUE74

Depeche Mode, Ultrabomb, Soundgarden, David Bowie, Let’s Eat Grandma and more feature in my latest weekly curated collection of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing. tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig... #punk #PunkRock #AltRock #AlternativeRock #indie #IndieMusic

Jenny Lewis married her dog for her 50th birthday stereogum.com/2484791/jenn...

Angel Du$t share 'I'm the Outside' from upcoming album Cold 2 the Touch www.punknews.org/article/8728...

Heavenly announce first album in 30 years pitchfork.com/news/heavenl...

Dry Cleaning stretch out in meaningful ways www.spin.com/2026/01/dry-...

The Interrupters recording fifth album www.punknews.org/article/8726... #punksky

Depeche Mode, Ultrabomb, Soundgarden, David Bowie, Let’s Eat Grandma and more feature in my latest weekly curated collection of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing. tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig... #punk #PunkRock #AltRock #AlternativeRock #indie #IndieMusic

Big Thief’s Buck Meek announces new album The Mirror with introspective new single ‘Gasoline’ www.nme.com/news/music/b...

Cro-Mags release new version of Hard Times www.punknews.org/article/8729... #punkrock

When others chased hits, they saw success as a trap: 30 years later, NOFX's moment of self-sabotage is now a punk cult classic www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/fea... #punksky

David Bowie’s fingerprints were all over the ’70s and the first wave of UK punk was no exception tangleofwires.substack.com/p/bringing-r... #DavidBowie #punksky

Husker DU’s Metal Circus - St Paul, Minnesota

They interviewed my wife and she is still cool as hell.

David Bowie’s Blackstar turns 10 stereogum.com/2484243/blac...

The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis announce new "punk-jazz fusion" album, share 'Gestations' www.brooklynvegan.com/the-messthet...

From the Pixies to Suede, Dinosaur Jr to Placebo, David Bowie’s outsized influence continued strongly through the 1990s tangleofwires.substack.com/p/bowie-and-... #DavidBowie

David Bowie’s childhood home to open to the public for first time www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Let’s Eat Grandma’s Jenny Hollingworth: ‘My parents being boomers probably drilled all those Eighties synths into my head’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Rock Hall shares video of Soundgarden and Taylor Momsen performing 'Rusty Cage' consequence.net/2026/01/rock...