Weekly digest #14

Featuring My Bloody Valentine, Knocked Loose, Bob Mould, Franz Ferdinand, Nick Drake, and more

📷 My Bloody Valentine at Flow in Helsinki 2013 by deepskyobject

Welcome to Fire Red Sky’s latest weekly digest of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.

It’s a light read, a quick catch up on the week that lands with you every weekend.

The links are mainly taken from my social media feeds, so if you want more of this sort of thing than you can follow me on Facebook, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon (I’m also on Instagram).

Before you peruse the stories below here’s a few extra updates:

• Britpopple - Heardle, but for Britpop fans

• Connecticut trio Perennial have a video out for their new single ‘Mouthful of Bees’, I’ll embed it below

• UK DIY punks Wonk Unit’s new album is out Friday 6 December (pre-order)

Headlines

My Bloody Valentine announce first concert in 7 years (Pitchfork)

Steve Albini Way unveiled in Chicago; watch Kim Deal speak at the ceremony, and Jeff Tweedy, Fred Armisen & Mekons’ play the afterparty at Electrical Audio (Brooklyn Vegan)

NYC garage-punks The Men will have a new album, Buyer Beware, out in February and have released its opening track ‘Pony’ (Stereogum)

Jake Hout leaves Dead Boys, claims Cleopatra wants to use A.I. Stiv Bators (Punk News)

Courtney Love says her new album will feature Michael Stipe and Will Sergeant, but not “rude” PJ Harvey (Stereogum)

New releases

Montreal punk and rollers Taxi Girls drop ‘Rainy’ single and video (The Punk Site)

Bloc Party frontman Kele releases new single ‘Kintsugi’ (Stereogum)

Toronto’s The Effens have released a visualiser for their song ‘Pussy Out’ (Punk News)

New Chills album compiles Martin Phillipps’ recordings of his earliest songs (Pitchfork)

Madison, Wisconsin-based post-hardcore band ...or Does It Explode? to release new album (Punk News)

Listen/watch

Watch Knocked Loose (pictured above) make their awesomely heavy late-night debut with Poppy on Kimmel (Stereogum)

Joey 'Shithead' Keithley talks about the new D.O.A. tribute LP - podcast (Punk News)

Watch METZ play last show, before “indefinite hiatus”, in London (NME)

TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert (NPR)

Watch Franz Ferdinand’s rousing cover of Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe’ (NME)

Long reads

Bob Mould sees a little light (The Press)

Beyond the black eyed dog: why Nick Drake deserves more than ‘indiefication’ (The Quietus)

The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel lists his all-time favourite live albums (Guitar.com)

Beauty. Pain. Catharsis. Whatever: Nirvana do MTV Unplugged (The Quietus)

The year in music, 2024: albums of the year (Spin)

Elsewhere on Substack

Exit Naomi: Saga of a Punk Photographer

And finally…

Jimmy Kimmel fans ask for 'formal apology' after inviting heavy metal band Knocked Loose to perform (The Mirror)

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