Listening to The Gilhoolys’ new single, "Bad Routine," is to feel the pressure of a low, grey sky just before it breaks. There’s a muscular, unapologetic rock energy here, the kind of sound forged in rooms with sticky floors and loud histories. It moves with a bruised swagger, the ghost of Thin Lizzy hanging around the edges of a decidedly modern indie rock angst,...

Night Wolf, collaborating with The Fods have dropped "Kickback", and it is a masterclass in holding two wildly opposing truths in your hands at once. The transatlantic indie punk collective Neil "Birch" Birchall, Alan Winn providing backing, Chris "EZ" Ranson, Paul "Ol" Collins, and Rob Critchley drastically shifts away from their usual territory. By teaming with UK-based producer Night Wolf, whose cinematic sound design...