The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of Jesus Lizard

  • Abrasive post rock?

Providence in Exile EP

by Caretaker

Caretaker are a band that could never quite split up - Here's an EP of session tracks and demos from our last album to mark the tenth anniversary of its release, but I got the date wrong so it came out on the eleventh anniversary...

For fans of
  • Punk, Hardcore

Ain't Nobody Like You

by Bothers

“When you decide it’s finally time to strip naked, scarf a fistful of peyote buttons, and drive an ’82 Cadillac Cutlass deep into the desert in the middle of a lightning storm, BOTHERS second LP should probably be blaring on your tape deck"

For fans of
  • Punk, Proto-heavy, noisy

“When God Used a Rope”

by Buñuel

"WHEN GOD USED A ROPE" is out now anticipating our third album - Killers Like Us - arriving on 18th Feb 2022 via Profound Lore Records & La Tempesta. It's going to be unforgiving, merciless, beautiful.

For fans of
  • Post-Punk New Wave Hardcore

Model Slashes Actor

by The All Black Cast

Hi friends! We are a band from San Jose, Costa Rica influenced by Gang of Four, Jesus Lizard and Gary Numan. Our featured track is Model Slashes Actor. Enjoy!!!

For fans of
  • noise punk

In A Sense

by trvss

this is the first track off our second album, New Distances.

For fans of
  • Indie Punk

Great Expectations

by Strange Planes

Hi guys, we're Strange Planes from North London and this is the single of our new EP Deaf Rattle - Great Expectations. The song is built around that one driving bass lick that came up one day after listening to a lot of Jesus Lizard. It's pretty dark and raucous. Hope you like it!

For fans of
  • howling-surf-garage-hardcore

S.U.S.D.

by Fret!

Hello, We are Fret! - Rob Woodcock (drums / vocals), Cath Tyler (bass / vocals) and Steve Strode (guitar). 3 'heart of darkness' fuzz monsters riding a tidal wave up the Tyne to soundtrack a Mexican bar brawl. This track is taken from our 2nd album, 'A Vanity Spawned By Fear'. Play loud & enjoy!

For fans of
  • Primal noise rock

Bromidic Thrills

by Imperial Wax

Imperial Wax, the four-piece (which includes three 11-year veterans in the longest serving and last line up of The Fall), proffer otherworldly primal noise rock that’s both animalistic and shamanistic. Sharing news of a brand new single, "Bromidic Thrills" and UK Tour dates in Nov 2019

For fans of
  • No-wave, weirdo hardcore, free punk.

Mars

by Alpha Hopper

Hi. ALPHA HOPPER here. We make a kind of guitar-driven rock'n'roll punk that comes off as weirdo no-wave wanna be hardcore. A dark wall of sound punctuated by catchy, cryptic vocals. Intense but still fun. Check out our 2nd LP "Aloha Hopper" out June 22nd

For fans of
  • Noise punk

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse is a noisy punk trio, with their second album "Hig Strung" to be out on April 19th, they continue to craft their style: nervous, savage with noisy punk gems.

For fans of
  • noise rock, sludge, stoner, punk

Missiles of October

Hi !!!! MISSILES OF OCTOBER "BETTER DAYS" new album OUT NOW in CD /LP / TAPE / DIGITAL (for free)!!!! on POGO RECORDS, EBUS MUSIC , TRUMMER RECORDS, BONOBO STOMP, FORBIDDEN PLACE , WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST & SKATE PIZZA RECORDS we are playing a mix of noise rock, sludge, stoner, punk ! allready 55

For fans of
  • Noise Rock, Post Punk

Soyuz Rats

We are a Noise Rock trio, based in Norwich. Taking influences from Psych, Punk, Krautrock and Stoner we create heavy, sonic, relentless fuzz sounds. With some shouting.

For fans of