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The Guardian
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Add to playlist: Panic Shack's gleeful anarchy and this week's best new tracks
From Cardiff, WalesRecommended if you like Lambrini Girls, Amyl and the Sniffers, Kleenex/Lilliput Up next Playing Beautiful Days festival, Fairmile, Devon, 14 August and touring the UK in October Across seven years, cheekily raucous quartet Panic Shack have gone from the Cardiff underground to the fringes of the mainstream. After forming as a raised middle finger to snooty blokey indie bands 'fiddling with their pedals with a face like a slapped arse', their self-titled debut crashed into the Top 40 last month and topped the UK rock and metal albums chart. With inspirations ranging from the Clash, Bikini Kill and Amy Winehouse to the Slits' guitarist Viv Albertine's autobiography, Panic Shack are a fizzy, riffy, irreverently hilarious bundle of buzzsaw guitars, vim and vinegar. Crucially, they sound like they are having a ton of fun, surely the point of starting a band in the first place. Onstage, they have comically exaggerated poses and even their own dance, which went viral on TikTok. Girl Band Starter Pack – imagine Wet Leg's Chaise Longue on pint-can energy drinks – describes a typical night out with rowdy enthusiasm: 'I finish work, I text the girls / Let's get a bevvy, four double voddys … we get silly, we get loud!' Other songs cover the media obsession with body image (Gok Wan, which sarcastically asks 'If my stomach is flat and my arse is perky, maybe I could get everybody to like me'), sexual harassment (Smellarat) and their own friendship (Thelma and Louise). Latest single Pockets gleefully encapsulates their celebratory irreverence. It's about, but of course, the usefulness of a bag when wearing a dress with no pockets, in which to put 'Vape / phone / keys / lip gloss!' Dave Simpson Big Thief – Grandmother (ft Laraaji)Their best song yet? The US folk-rockers see off fatalism with the power of love and rock'n'roll, their cosmic guest Laraaji adding wordless exultance. Truly life-affirming. Creeper – Blood Magick (It's a Ritual)Imagine Ghost covering Heaven Is a Place on Earth and you're pretty much there with this gigantically silly new single from the UK goth troupe, recounting sexy Satanic shenanigans. Casey Dienel – Your Girl's UpstairsFormerly goth-popper White Hinterland, Dienel has amassed a crack band for their return, with Hand Habits' Meg Duffy bringing rough-grade guitar to a breezy alt-rock song about restless desire. Sophia Stel – All My Friends Are ModelsShoegaze meets synthpop in a kind of lo-fi slacker version of Maggie Rogers' widescreen earnestness, complete with a gorgeous chorus of pure yearning poignancy. Anysia Kym & Tony Seltzer – SpeedrunTwo open-minded NYC producers surfing around the outskirts of rap join forces, with Kym – whose albums Truest and Soliloquy we love – adding a vocal earworm to this junglist miniature. Algernon Cadwallader – HawkThe name suggests an Edwardian steampunk detective but it's actually a midwest emo band, back with their first album in 14 years. The first single is a triumph, looking back on a late friend with fondness and pain. Reuben Aziz – City GirlsThe British rap/R&B vocalist is puppy-loved-up, swooning over his one-in-a-million girl with the kind of gentle melody and tenderness that Drake reaches for when he's in seduction mode. Ben Beaumont-Thomas Subscribe to the Guardian's rolling Add to Playlist selections on Spotify.
The Guardian
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Add to playlist: Panic Shack's gleeful anarchy and this week's best new tracks
From Cardiff, WalesRecommended if you like Lambrini Girls, Amyl and the Sniffers, Kleenex/Lilliput Up next Playing Beautiful Days festival, Fairmile, Devon, 14 August and touring the UK in October Across seven years, cheekily raucous quartet Panic Shack have gone from the Cardiff underground to the fringes of the mainstream. After forming as a raised middle finger to snooty blokey indie bands 'fiddling with their pedals with a face like a slapped arse', their self-titled debut crashed into the Top 40 last month and topped the UK rock and metal albums chart. With inspirations ranging from the Clash, Bikini Kill and Amy Winehouse to the Slits' guitarist Viv Albertine's autobiography, Panic Shack are a fizzy, riffy, irreverently hilarious bundle of buzzsaw guitars, vim and vinegar. Crucially, they sound like they are having a ton of fun, surely the point of starting a band in the first place. Onstage, they have comically exaggerated poses and even their own dance, which went viral on TikTok. Girl Band Starter Pack – imagine Wet Leg's Chaise Longue on pint-can energy drinks – describes a typical night out with rowdy enthusiasm: 'I finish work, I text the girls / Let's get a bevvy, four double voddys … we get silly, we get loud!' Other songs cover the media obsession with body image (Gok Wan, which sarcastically asks 'If my stomach is flat and my arse is perky, maybe I could get everybody to like me'), sexual harassment (Smellarat) and their own friendship (Thelma and Louise). Latest single Pockets gleefully encapsulates their celebratory irreverence. It's about, but of course, the usefulness of a bag when wearing a dress with no pockets, in which to put 'Vape / phone / keys / lip gloss!' Dave Simpson Big Thief – Grandmother (ft Laraaji)Their best song yet? The US folk-rockers see off fatalism with the power of love and rock'n'roll, their cosmic guest Laraaji adding wordless exultance. Truly life-affirming. Creeper – Blood Magick (It's a Ritual)Imagine Ghost covering Heaven Is a Place on Earth and you're pretty much there with this gigantically silly new single from the UK goth troupe, recounting sexy Satanic shenanigans. Casey Dienel – Your Girl's UpstairsFormerly goth-popper White Hinterland, Dienel has amassed a crack band for her return, with Hand Habits' Meg Duffy bringing rough-grade guitar to breezy alt-rock song about restless desire. Sophia Stel – All My Friends Are ModelsShoegaze meets synthpop in a kind of lo-fi slacker version of Maggie Rogers' widescreen earnestness, complete with a gorgeous chorus of pure yearning poignancy. Anysia Kym & Tony Seltzer – SpeedrunTwo open-minded NYC producers surfing around the outskirts of rap join forces, with Kym – whose albums Truest and Soliloquy we love – adding a vocal earworm to this junglist miniature. Algernon Cadwallader – HawkThe name suggests an Edwardian steampunk detective but it's actually a midwest emo band, back with their first album in 14 years. The first single is a triumph, looking back on a late friend with fondness and pain. Reuben Aziz – City GirlsThe British rap/R&B vocalist is puppy-loved-up, swooning over his one-in-a-million girl with the kind of gentle melody and tenderness that Drake reaches for when he's in seduction mode. Ben Beaumont-Thomas Subscribe to the Guardian's rolling Add to Playlist selections on Spotify.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Buccaneers' Season 2 Soundtrack: From Griff To Sabrina Carpenter
With its first season Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers made a name for itself with its focus on all women musicians featured in the show's soundtrack, with needle drops like Taylor Swift's 'Nothing New,' Japanese Breakfast's 'Be Sweet,' Brandi Carlile's 'Broken Horses' and Bikini Kill's 'Rebel Girl' featured in the first season, to name a few. Swift's 'Nothing New' was used in the scene where Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and her friends made their society debut, similar to the procession of Netflix's Bridgerton in white dresses and feathers. Later on in the first season, songs like 'Kissing Lessons' by Lucy Dacus, 'Cedar' by Gracie Abrams,' 'Bite the Hand' by boygenius, 'Want Want' by Maggie Rogers' and another Taylor Swift anthem, 'Long Live' highlighted the high stakes of Nan's decisions. Season 2 continues in the vein of mostly women artsits featured on the soundtrack. It also features Chloé Caillet's remix of 'North American Scum' by the Emily Kokal featuring Miya Folick. Jennifer Smuckler and Christina Azarian serve as music leads on the show, and Stella Mozgawa worked as executive music producer, collaborating with artists for certain songs featured in later episodes. More from Deadline 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Casts Greg Wise, Maria Almeida, Grace Ambrose & Jacob Ifan Meet Leighton Meester's New Character In 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Trailer As Nan Tries To 'Let Go' Of Guy 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series Find the full list of songs in The Buccaneers, updated as each episode drops weekly, below: Episode 1 – 'The Duchess of Tintagel' 'Last Night's Mascara' by Griff 'Something to Burn' by Madi Diaz 'Looking at Me' by Sabrina Carpenter Best of Deadline 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
St. John's punk band Snitfit wants to evolve beyond its Riot Grrrl label
Cramped into guitarist Ruairi Hogan's parent's 90s-style basement, the band plays a new, unreleased tune — as hard and as fast as anything they've done so far. Punk songs are well-known for their brevity, but this one sneaks up on you with a breakdown that comes back around to a blistering verse. Drummer Dom Lamouche bashes away mercilessly on his kit, Hogan happily drives the song with their signature intensity, as singer Etta Cessac-Sinclair screams her lungs out into a megaphone while wearing a star-patterned aqua-coloured dress. They're still looking for a bass player, but this is Snitfit, a band that identifies as anti-capitalist and anti-fascist, and at times comes off aggressive politically. The teen punk group based in St. John's adopted the Riot Grrrl movement attributed to many female-led feminist acts over the years. But they're working hard to evolve beyond the movement's shortcomings. "In [Bikini Kill and Le Tigre's] Kathleen Hannah's autobiography, she talks about wanting to lean away from the title Riot Grrrl because, historically, it marginalized a bunch of people," said Cessac-Sinclair. "So we always call ourselves post-Riot Grrrl. I think that's what we are." That sentiment will be on full display on Saturday, when the band takes the stage during the annual Lawnya Vawnya festival in St. John's. Although the band is confident about the motivation, the group admits to sometimes feeling constrained by labels. They're mixing it up a bit on their upcoming efforts. It's obvious beneath the screaming, the ear-melting instrumentation, and the band's political views, there's a lot of love behind it all. "I feel you should go about educating people with love and not hatred," said Hogan, referring to his right-wing friends and the polarization of society. "It's very important to have compassion, but also a loud and clear voice." "I wrote a really long song [when] this article came out [some time ago]," Cessac-Sinclair says, describing the inspiration of one of Snitfit's upcoming tracks. "There were terrible photos showing how the planet is dying … a whole village is burning, a family is hiding under a bridge, and a baby's dying. So I read this article, cried, wrote down the description of each image, and that's one of the songs." The members have raised thousands for Palestine relief with their performances. "It doesn't feel nice to just talk about it and not do anything", Cessac-Sinclair said. Download our to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our . Click .
CBC
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
How the '90s girl power movement turned into marketing
The phrase "girl power" was coined by Bikini Kill in the early 1990s, but its meaning was watered down later in the decade when angry radical women in music were followed by younger, less opinionated pop stars. But how did this happen? Culture critic at The Atlantic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert takes a deep dive into 1990s and 2000s pop culture in her new book, Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, to find out. Today on Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks with Gilbert about her new book, how this pop culture shift happened and how its effects continue to shape our current moment. WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube:
