It’s International Worker’s Day. This month’s playlist has something for everyone to dance around the Maypole with…

Don’t worry - My little unionised heart managed to resist the temptation to add the Internationale to this playlist - I would have, but we’ve got so many amazing songs this month, there just wasn’t room.

Kicking off strong we have Derry’s The Barbiturates, (who I can not stop listening to) with the audio-sonic truth bomb of Super Callous Fascist Racist Tories are Atrocious AKA Egg & Chips. Telling it how it is with an addictive, situationist/dadaist slant. The Song (and EP) speaks for itself and is right up TheZineUK’s street. Continuing the theme, I caught Felicia in Leicester’s Duffy Bar the other week, and what a blow away set. Tracking them down online, it’s a no brainer to add You Are The Resistance to this months playlist. A call to revolution against the bastards in Westminster, and a reminder that we need to fight for our rights… Have you had enough yet?

Colossus next - a returning addition to the playlist. Every track they release just gets better and better and The Mothership is no exception. An escapist lament with guitar! You’re gonna have this stuck in your head for daysss. I’m desperate to catch these guys live, watch this space. Track three is Baby Said’s You Killed It - I LOVED their first single Fight, and this is no disappointing follow up. Calling out men for harassing them, it’s a call to arms, and a call out all in one, with such a catchy riff.

Back to Ireland (Belfast this time) for KNEECAP and Sick In The Head. There’s something musical/magickal is happening in Ireland - I’m gonna get my little Music Tourist heart over there ASAP. This song somehow seamless merging of English and Irish Gaelic throughout but remains one of the most articulate releases out there. A song about mental resilience, and a kick up the arse to not get ‘mouldy on the shelf’ - KNEECAP are gonna be massive.

A re-route back to playlist alumni The Darbies with Gucci Bags. With probably their best song to date. The best singer Jani (AKA Indee Ponce) has sounded yet. There’s big drums and sexy bluesy guitar riffs. Followed by Electric Enemy - we've been raving about them at TheZineUK and for good reason, Trouble is a song about everything you do, that you shouldn’t do and is a bit of a Chaos Twin anthem by default. Written, recorded and mastered by the incredible talent of Jim Lawton.

We’re on to YUKE next with Small Rotations. (I told you we were eclectic!) Small Rotations is a gentle assault on the ears. It’s giving theatre, it’s giving transcendence - it’s an almost psychedelic trip of an audio trip. Dividing Lines by Home Counties next. Synthy, bouncy guitars that tackle social issues ranging from Right to Roam to inner industry politics. “They plugged the album when the single flopped, I heard the bassist had to get a proper job.” It’s going to be stuck in your head from first listen - and it’s painfully relatable.

Regent with Liberation next. Pounding drums married to ear stabbing guitar riffs - Liberation is a song about trying to find our own freedoms with how crazy the world is right now, and who can’t identify with that? Lambrini Girls are one of the most exciting bands around at the moment, and Body of Mine is a feminist exploration of gender identity, taking a trip through all the insecurities, complexities and revelations that entails, with their usual rage fast guitars and riot grrrl vocals.

Hex Poseur next, with Rip Off. I caught them with Felicia the other week. It’s punk, its Crissy Hynde come PJ Harvey with grungy guitars and an attitude we all want. The Midlands has talent, and it’s right here with Hex Poseur. Leads us quite nicely to The Outers’ new track Twenty - Genre defying, The Outers are one of those bands that just get better and better, bigger and bigger. Flawless vocals with atmospheric synth exploring the Orwellian apocalyptia of Lockdown and beyond.

We’re finishing on a high with long time ZineUK star Natasha Kitty Katt and His Bitter Truth (aka Raff) and Galactic Love. Natasha always takes us to space with her releases and this is no different. It’s a tale of intergalactic romance, delivered with groove and lasers. I dare you not to be tapping your feet along to this one.

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