Weekly digest #30
Featuring Weezer, Fontaines D.C., Portishead, Peter Bjorn and John, Gang Of Four and more
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 (…or thereabouts).
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).
Headlines
Weezer (pictured above) are making a movie, Rivers Cuomo confirmed at Coachella (Stereogum), with Keanu Reeves cast as its villain (Stereogum)
Lexi Jones, David Bowie’s daughter, shares poem after quietly releasing her debut LP: “Not trying to fill his shoes.” (Consequence of Sound)
My Chemical Romance announce Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 21st anniversary reissue (The Punk Site)
Bush announce new album, unveil its first song ‘60 Ways to Forget People’ (Consequence of Sound)
Cherry Red Records to release The Donnas' The Atlantic Years 2002-2005 box set (The Punk Site)
New releases
Weep Wave return with sophomore album Speck (The Big Takeover)
Propagandhi enters the dogs vs. cats debate with new song (Scene Point Blank)
Stockholm’s Speedway unleash debut album A Life's Refrain via Revelation Records (The Punk Site)
Militarie Gun and Dazy release new collab song ‘Tall People Don't Live Long’ (Brooklyn Vegan)
The Great Lie unleash Songs For a Monday Morning EP The Punk Site)
Listen/watch
Beth Gibbons plays Portishead's 'Glory Box' at Coachella (Brooklyn Vegan)
Billie Joe Armstrong performs with Go-Go’s at Coachella (Punk News)
Listen to Fontaines D.C.’s deluxe reissue of Romance with dreamy new song ‘Before You I Just Forget’ and a David Lynch-inspired spin on ‘Starburster’ (NME)
The National’s Matt Berninger and Hand Habits share video for new song ‘Breaking into Acting’ (Pitchfork)
Pulp perform ‘Spike Island’ from upcoming album More on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ (NME)
Long reads
Gang Of Four’s Jon King on fighting fascism (The Quietus)
‘I’ve pulled myself out of a very dark abyss’: Garbage’s Shirley Manson on depression, sexism, dodgy hips and happiness (The Guardian)
Manic Street Preachers: “We’ve muzzled young generations – they get endlessly told off” (NME)
Pauline Black: ‘My most unappealing habit? Bluntness’ (The Guardian)
5 albums I can’t live without: Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John (Spin)
Elsewhere on Substack
And finally…
Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron “still can’t listen to Pearl Jam” after “maddening” ’90s label rivalry (NME)
Do you have a Substack article, news tip or other piece of writing you’d like to be considered for the digest? Send it to tangleofwires@gmail.com (same goes for press releases etc.)
A prize for the winning
I'm writing this on a flight to Italy as we head to Rome for a long weekend, easily making it the most glamorous issue of Fire Red Sky so far.