Thrilled Skinny - BBC Peel Session

Look Back in Anger: Biting British Punk from the latter half of the 1980s, Thrilled Skinny berated the independent music scene with brutal little ditties. There may have been more than a fair share of these sort of speed-rocking groups from the late 80s, but TS maintained a distinct sound, with coy lyrics and overdriven guitars. If you're wishing to explore the underheard depths of UK punk, here's a decent place to start. Thrilled Skinny not only had one of the best names, but certainly set a certain standard for many acts that sprung up in the 90s. Have a listen bellow:

Dead Moon - D O A (video)

Look Back In Anger: Oregon's Dead Moon, were dark visionaries, exploring the solitary lunar landscape of punk and garage rock. Strumming and mumbling through the dribbly depths of low fidelity from the late 80s to early 00s, DM set a standard for paper mached guitar music and back-2-basix Punk. Think Deerhunter and Black Lips, plus like Television Personalities and The Cramps. Good shit:

Iceage - The Lord's Favorite (video)

Like Rancid covering Chris Isaak, Iceage have made a sound shift and released this woozy, twangified, love-yowl. If you know Iceage you're probably familiar with the sheer brutality, and raw power of their music. Like the screams of a drunk man justifying his disgust for the world, outside a noisy club, Iceage have never held anything back. Here they have dialled down the distortion, yet the ramshackle sound of a train near derailment still remains. So get out your dice and your martinis, its The Lord's Favorite:

The Replacements - I'll Be You (video)

Look Back In Anger: The Replacements need little introduction but here goes. These guys were the Minneapolis pioneers of Alt. Rock, transforming what it meant to crank the flange on your guitar and sing about suicide. The epitome of uber cool dudes, who just didn't give a fuck and happened write radical jams. Paul Westerbeg and co. cut a path through the 80s that weaved between the burgeoning Indie scene, Punk rock, and good ol Rock N' Roll. The result was a sound of suburbia, a gravely voice for both high-school drop-outs and D&D dweebs. Time to get dirty with their video for I'll Be You, a cut from Don't Tell A Soul:

Eagulls - Tough Luck

Eagulls, the terribly named, Leeds punks are about to blow up the net. They played Letterman Friday afternoon and then the Burg later that night (at 1 in the morning!!). Eagulls produce Punk that lies somewhere between Iceage, and Merchandise. They rekindle an early English sound, reminiscent of the Buzzcocks, but also Echo and the Bunnymen, or The Chameleons. Their a band that fills a necessary Post-punk void in 2014. Where A lot of their contemporaries rely heavily on either wishy-washy jangling guitars, or an overly fuzzed-out sound, Eagulls fit somewhere in the middle while not getting lost in it. Check out their latest video for Tough Luck and a live performance of Possessed: