The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of indie punk

Shapeshifter

by Bitch Hunt

Hey! We are Bitch Hunt, a queer alt-rock band from London. ‘Shapeshifter’ is about being non-binary, about how different people perceive you. It's also about meeting other trans people and queers and being seen as who you are. It’s a fairly lively track about the joy of connection

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Just Me

by Y!KES

We’ve always enjoyed things of a dystopian nature. So to stumble through Birmingham with nobody there was equally as terrifying as it was satisfying. It’s really tough to spot the difference between the good guy & the bad guy anymore, so I guess at the very least it’s important to know yourself.

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Casual Sex

by BLAB

We’ve all been in a situation where you start seeing someone and there’s an ambiguity around where you stand with them and it all becomes a bit messy. This song is about as honest and blunt as you can get.

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Survive

by Down For Tomorrow

Down For Tomorrow have released a new single ‘Survive’, from their EP ‘Whatever Happens’. The first chorus paves the way for a sweat-soaked singalong before thudding drums and propelling bass combine fiercely, as the band delivers a persistent message about staying hopeful in a time of bleakness.

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Lacerations

by Macatier

Hi there! My name is Dan and I play indie-punk music under the name Macatier. "Lacerations" is the first track off my forthcoming self-recorded album "Native Noise, and this song about a time I spent in hospital. The whole album was recorded at home in lockdown.

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Sedatives and Alcohol

by The Travis Waltons

Hello, we're The Travis Waltons from Bristol, UK, and we sure hope you like to kick it. We're putting out our third DIY album 'Death Throes' on 29th May and this is our new lockdown montage video, featuring the legendary Dave Benson Phillips, Joanna Angel and a bunch of our friends and peers. Pre-order the album here: https://thetraviswaltons.bigcartel.com/

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Super Hurt

by Double Sorry

We’re an indie punk 3 piece out of Brooklyn and just released our first LP, “Super Hurt”. It’s 17 songs that scream by in under 22 minutes. We accompanied the release with an album video that is literally 22 minutes of explosions. Hope you enjoy it!

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Dad Dance Moves

by Youth Killed It

Youth Killed It where previously signed to Rude Records for a two album deal but asked for their release at the end of 2019, with the intention of putting out 5 new singles in 2020. Dad Dance Moves is the first of the singles, which has a lot of hype and buzz around it.

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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!

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Electric

by Bugeye

We are a disco punk pop band that loves to blend disco beats with 80s synths, punk pop buzz-saw guitar, punch in the face bass and vocals packed with hooks. Our new single, Electric, is about the fleeting nature of modern day love - with fuzz, buzz and shouts.

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Late Nights Alone

by Backseat Vinyl

Backseat Vinyl is a three-piece Indie Rock band based in Denver, Colorado who started out as high school friends. Our most recent track 'Late Nights Alone' is a fun, Garage sounding Punk tune. Enjoy!

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Meet Cute

by Separatr

Meet Cute is our second single, and a catchy, pop-influenced sell-out hit with and edge. It's a tongue-in-cheek satire of romantic comedies and love songs that will satisfy the sarcastic, the smug, and the self-deprecating.

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Norwhal

by Smokin' on Planes

We're garage rockers from Washington DC. This track is an upbeat post-punk song with sparse, but biting, guitar lines and an ethereal vibe. Some of the riffs echo math and even prog rock. We were inspired after participating in the Women's March a couple years ago and wrote this song.

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Dopamine Waster

by Horror My Friend

Our single 'Dopamine Waster' deals with mental health and more specifically, anxiety and how quickly that feeling can come over you and push you down and make you want to feel small. But, on the other side, it also deals with how quickly the right person/people can bring you back out of it.

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Makes No Difference

by WAGER

Hey! We are WAGER! We're a Punk Rock band from South Wales made up from ex-members of bands such as Attack!Attack! and EnGarde. We started WAGER as an excuse to get together once a week and it's kind of snowballed! This track is from our debut EP and was written for our singer/guitarist's dad.

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Las Nubes

Hola! We're Las Nubes from Miami, FL. We're a fuzzed-out dream pop trio from Miami, FL with songs in English and Spanish. Our debut full-length, entitled SMVT is dropping this coming June. If you're into catchy, lo-fi, distorted songs, you might dig what we do!

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The Hippaes

People of the world, we are The Hippaes. Summery power pop punk from members of Bangers, No Comply, and Attack!! Vipers!! 80% pop, 20% punk and made to convince you it's warm enough to surf when it's actually a couple of degrees too cold.

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Zach Frost

Hey hey! I'm Zach Frost and I am an indie-punk solo artist from Columbus, Ohio. I spent most of my life playing drums in various punk sub-genre bands and recently made the foray into writing and releasing my own music. This song is called "Rock Bottom" and is about the worst year of my life.

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The Deadnotes

The Deadnotes are currently marching their way to the top of the indie-punk scene on the continent, tipped as one of the hottest new acts of 2019. With their new single 'Makeup', they not only justify their current success, but up the ante to deliver both a poignant and memorable song.

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Ogikubo Station

Ogikubo Station is Maura Weaver of Ohio punks Mixtapes, and Asian Man Records founder Mike Park—simple chords, with simple melodies, with the simple goal of having fun playing music together.

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