Just Some Punk Songs Top 100 Songs of 2024 : 100-51

  

  So, another great year for new punk releases and another Just Some Punk Songs Top 100. It was a tough task and many very fine songs have missed the cut so apologies to any bands not included (you may have made it on a different day or if I'd remembered everything I'd heard this year!). Don't worry too much about the chart placings, they're fairly accurate but not set in stone. Hopefully you discover something you like... 

  100)  SLALOM D - Medusa

  https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/medusa

  99) USED GOODS - Caboose

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U83oFqZUUUE  

  98)  NEUTRALS - Stop The Bypass

  https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/track/stop-the-bypass

  97)  USA NAILS - Beautiful Eyes

  https://usanails.bandcamp.com/track/beautiful-eyes

  96)  FRENZEE - Pink Tax

  https://frenzee.bandcamp.com/track/pink-tax

  95)   PATROL - Pit Stop

  https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/track/pit-stop

  94)  1-800-MIKEY - Rental Girlfriend

  https://1-800-mikey.bandcamp.com/track/rental-girlfriend

  93) PROUD CITY FATHERS - Brands

  https://growyourownrecords.bandcamp.com/track/brands

  92)  UK DISSENT - Life Is Tougher Now

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepiQ7Y3pfI

  91)  THE SCANERS - Le Futur

  https://thescaners.bandcamp.com/track/le-futur

  90)  SHOP TALK - W.C.U.D.

  https://shoptalk.bandcamp.com/track/w-c-u-d

  89)  UNRIVALLED - Statues

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cxdEhIBxY

  88)  MITRAILLE - Sick Of Me

  https://ronnyrex.bandcamp.com/track/sick-of-me

  87)  THE THREATS - Time Waits For No Man

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILc81VA_ng

  86)  BAD CRIME - Same Thing

  https://badcrime.bandcamp.com/track/same-thing

  85)  HIGH VIS - Drop Me Out

  https://highvis.bandcamp.com/track/drop-me-out

  84)  LOUIS LINGG AND THE BOMBS - Manspreading On The Metro

  https://louislinggandthebombs.bandcamp.com/track/manspreading-on-the-metro-2

  83)  THIEVES - Dead Gig

  https://thieves4.bandcamp.com/track/dead-gig

  82)  FUCKED UP - Stimming

  https://fuckedup.bandcamp.com/track/stimming

  81)  THE LOVELY EGGS - Death Grip Kids

  https://thelovelyeggs.bandcamp.com/track/death-grip-kids-2

  80)  RADIUM DOLLS - I Think Your Boyfriend Likes Me Too

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rNEZOzqaf4

  79)  I WILL TAKE YOU HUNTING - No Gods, No Masters

  https://iwilltakeyouhunting.bandcamp.com/track/no-gods-no-masters

  78)  ACCIDENTE - Atajos 

  https://nightwatcherspunk.bandcamp.com/track/atajos 

  77)  GREAT SILENCE - Something Wrong (With Being Happy)

  https://greatsilence.bandcamp.com/track/something-wrong-with-being-happy 

  76) BAMBOO VIPERS - Bandit Country

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PLVR8y6ItA

  75)  DEB5000 - No Dicks In Space

  https://deb5000.bandcamp.com/track/no-dicks-in-space

 74)  MERYL STREEK - Counting Sheep

  https://merylstreek.bandcamp.com/track/counting-sheep

  73)  ITCHY AND THE NITS - Nudie Beach

  https://paperfacezine.bandcamp.com/track/itchy-and-the-nits-nudie-beach

  72)  THE PUTZ - Frank Hates Punk

  https://theputz.bandcamp.com/track/frank-hates-punk

 71)  ENDLESS IDIOT - Someone Else's Song

  https://endlessidiot.bandcamp.com/track/someone-elses-song

 70)  LAST GANG - NRA Back 2 School

  https://lastgang.bandcamp.com/track/nra-back-2-school

 69)  THE BABY SEALS - Yawn Porn

  https://thebabyseals.bandcamp.com/track/yawn-porn-3

  68)  PUBLIC HOUSE - Rich Cunt Party

  https://publichousebanned.bandcamp.com/track/rich-cunt-party

  67)  THE CHISEL - Living For Myself

  https://thechisel.bandcamp.com/track/living-for-myself

  66)  WONK UNIT - Luxury flats

  https://wonk-unit.bandcamp.com/track/luxury-flats

 65) RAT CAGE - Thatcher's Back

  https://ratcage.bandcamp.com/track/thatchers-back

 64)  IRKED - Crippling Empath

  https://irked1.bandcamp.com/track/crippling-empath

 63)  DAFFODILDOS - No Pride

  https://daffodildos.bandcamp.com/track/no-pride-2

 62)  TEARJERKER - Untamed

  https://tjlrr.bandcamp.com/track/untamed

  61)  FRESH - Merch Girl

  https://freshpunks.bandcamp.com/track/merch-girl

  60)  ARSE - Go Hard

  https://arse.bandcamp.com/track/go-hard

 59)  THE BABOON SHOW - Forward In Reverse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokvU8j4qwI

 58)  SNOOPER - I Think I'm Falling In Luv Again

  https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/track/i-think-i-m-falling-in-luv-again-devo

 57)  THE WAR GOES ON - The Good Ship Murder

  https://thewargoeson.bandcamp.com/track/the-good-ship-murder

  56)  ULTRA BOMB - Who Knows

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNE9JvI4_Pw

  55)  THE PRICEDUIFKES - Dirty Dancing

  https://thepriceduifkes.bandcamp.com/track/dirty-dancing-2

   54) NO SPOILER - When It's Over

  https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/when-it-s-over

  53)  THE PRIZE - One Day At A Time

  https://theprizemelbourne.bandcamp.com/track/one-day-at-a-time-the-prize

  52)  STUART PEARCE - Nuclear Football

  https://stuartpearce.bandcamp.com/track/nuclear-football-2

  51)  THE MEFFS - Everything's Gone

  https://themeffs.bandcamp.com/track/everythings-gone

Poorly Trained Radicals & Eagle Spits - Santa is a Capitalist

  

  Happy Christmas to all Just Some Punk Songs listeners everywhere.

  I usually try and post a Christmas themed song on Xmas Day and this year I'm going with this collaboration between Poorly Trained Radicals (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089074981335) & Eagle Spits (https://www.facebook.com/eagle.spits). It's a Punk 4 The Homeless (https://www.facebook.com/punk4thehomeless) fundraising song for Hope Orphanage, a small, unfunded orphanage in Makeni town, Sierra Leone, that looks after 74 girls and young women who were orphaned by Ebola - to help them buy clothes and food. If you can, please donate to Hope Orphanage via:  https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/punk4thehomeless

  You can find the song on Bandcamp : https://punk4thehomeless.bandcamp.com/track/santa-is-a-capitalist

  It's called Santa Is A Capitalist...

  

The Eddies - The Rage

  

  This blog takes pride in bringing you new music from recently formed bands that you might not yet have discovered. There's a few of us doing similar and in my case it's a labour of love from someone who has no musical ability at all but who wants to tell people about how there's plenty of people out there that have that are helping keep the punk genre stay alive. 

  But not only does this blog turn over stones in the search for your next new favourite band, it also doffs it's cap to those punk heroes who've been putting in the hard yards for many a year. The Eddies are one such band (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063752342140&locale=en_GB). They've been around for 30 years. They've never looked like bothering the top end of the mainstream charts, they aren't a name on the tip of Joe Public's tongue. Even their grans probably haven't heard of them! 

  But what they are is a band from Scotland who occasionally release consistently good punk music and who tour around backstreet pubs and clubs both at home and occasionally abroad keeping those punk fires burning. It's a labour of love for them too.  

  They previously featured on here in 2016 when they claimed they were punk for life  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-eddies-punk-for-life.html

  2025 will see them release a new album titled Unfinished Business. This is the lead single from it. It's called The Rage... 

One Trick Pony - Fleas 'n' Lies

  

  One Trick Pony are a pony punk band from Frankfurt who burst out of the stalls in May with a rehearsal version of a song called Mr Blister. Rowdy, shouty garage punk fun that boded well.

  And now that song resurfaces on their debut demo album, Eat Shit! It's every bit as lively as that teaser track promised and you can get it on cassette from German label George Korea  https://georgekorearecords.bandcamp.com/album/eat-shit

  It's also available as a name your price download : https://onetrickpony.bandcamp.com/album/eat-shit

  I've chosen the following song to highlight because it's both catchy and because the title brings to (my) mind Australian favourites Itchy & The Nits, a band I can hear a few similarities with. It's called Fleas 'n' Lies... 

Rifle - Pack Mentality

  

  Rifle are a rowdy punk 5 piece from London who made a Just Some Punk Songs debut back in February 2022 with a track from their Holloway Demos ep              https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/02/rifle-flag.html

  They followed that introduction up with a very fine cover of The Kids' classic Fascist Cops and then the Under Two Flags ep. 

  And now they're (they being Writer/Vocals: Max Williams Writer/Bass: Ross Whelan Writer/Guitar: Louis Bramwells Writer/Guitar: Albert Dury Writer/Drums: Flynn Whelan) back with another top notch ep.

  It's released by YEAR0001 (https://index.year0001.com/article/pack-mentality) and it's described thus; "Dragging gut-punch UK proto-punk through the byways of US Hardcore at its most severe, Rifle is the sound of revenge yelled by the damned sons of London’s borderlands. A motley crew of loud-mouthed individuals, these boys are battered, kicked in, cut loose, and furious."

  You can find it on Bandcamp here : https://rifleldn.bandcamp.com/album/pack-mentality

  This is the title track, it's called Pack Mentality... 

Pleasants - Sick Sad Situation

  

  Now this is a great new tune. A blast of catchy punk rock that reminds me a little of Cyanide Pills. 

  Pleasants are from Perth (yep more Australian awesomeness!) and are the brainchild of Al Uminium (aka Alex Patching who's also in Aborted Tortoise, Ghoulies & Dennis Cometti). 

  I featured their cover of The Troggs' Girl Like You (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/03/pleasants-girl-like-you.html).

  Since then they impressed with an excellent album titled Rocanrol In Mono (https://pleasants77.bandcamp.com/album/rocanrol-in-mono). 

  And now we're being treated to a new single, 2 songs, both definite earworms. There'll be a 7" vinyl release early next year via Under The Gun Records but for now you can avail yourselves of the name your price digital download : https://pleasants77.bandcamp.com/album/losing-streak-sick-sad-situation

  This song is called Sick Sad Situation... 

The Baboon Show - Forward In Reverse

  

  Here's a song that went down particularly well in the chatroom for this week's Just Some Punk Songs show. 

   It's by The Baboon Show (https://www.facebook.com/thebaboonshow), a band from Stockholm that I've not really featured previously for some reason (despite them forming back in 2003). A failing on my part. I think the only time I'd played them before was when they collaborated with Clowns on this track :  https://clownsband.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-knife-feat-the-baboon-show

  So let me tell you about their new ep. It's titled forward in reverse and it'll be getting a 10" vinyl release in February via Kidnap Music. You can pre order it here :   https://thebaboonshow.com/product/2-12/

  2024 will also see them touring (a tour which includes UK gigs). 

  This is the title track of the ep, the band say this about it "Every time we see the world change it seems to be for the worse. Our leaders keep on failing moving forward in reverse. We need to take the power back, go forward and emerge!" It's called Forward In Reverse...

If you look into the shadows of the stage You’ll find that some things never change Some people live in wealth while other live in pain No matter what we do they keep us in their chains Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse Our leaders keep on failing Moving forward in reverse And if we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth The world will keep on moving Forward in reverse In the streets we go, we gather, hearts alight The power brings us down They won’t care about us if we don’t make any sound We’ll keep on screaming till we’re buried underground Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse Our leaders keep on failing Moving forward in reverse And if we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth The world will keep on moving Forward in reverse Every time the world is changing It’s for the worse We need to take the power back Go forward and emerge And then we get a glimpse of hope On this place we call earth A new dawn and a morning Forward! We emerge!

The Bush Doofs - Georges River

  

  Another one off the Australian conveyor belt of cool new bands today. 

  The Bush Doofs (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556081252617) take their name from a type of outdoor dance party that takes place in a remote area, like the bush or rainforest outside a big city. From what I can gather they're a new band, they're from Sydney and they released their first demo earlier this year https://thebushdoofs.bandcamp.com/

  And now as we near the end of the year, they've unleashed a killer 6 track debut ep titled Scum Of The Streets. It's rowdy pub punk that's more than likely inspired by the likes of Cosmic Psychos, The Chats, Mini Skirt and New Zealand favourites Dartz https://linktr.ee/thebushdoofsthebushdoofsband

  Every song is a winner, including this one. It's called Georges River... 

Attaxia - Warrant

  

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  Attaxia (https://www.facebook.com/AttaxiaBand) are Emoeba (vocals), Davey (bass/vocals/trumpet), Chris (guitar) & Myko (drums), a powerful anarcho crust quartet from Cleveland, Ohio. 

  Back in July, they released a new album titled Sharpen My Teeth which I missed at the time but am acquainting myself with now. There's 15 tracks, mostly short angry blasts of anger delivered against religious wars, billionaire media moguls, brainwashed army veterans,  A.I. etc...  

  You can find it as a name your price download on Bandcamp :  https://attaxia.bandcamp.com/album/sharpen-my-teeth

  If you collect vinyl, they'll be releasing 11 songs from the album on 7" vinyl (you can pre order on Bandcamp). 

  This track adds a bit of a crack rock steady vibe to the mix, it's called Warrant...

They're calling me on my phone
Leaving me a message saying I've gotta go
Down to the station and tell them what I know
Don't they know that's against the code?

Cause I know that they don't have shit
Just out on a fishing trip
Want me to rat on one of my friends
I don't even know what I said

Cause I'm lying to the police
No officer I haven't seen him in weeks
Lying to the police
I didn't see a fuckin thing

They've got a white van across the street
Binoculars staring at me
Shut all the blinds, turn out the lights
Barricade my door tonight

Cause I see them following me
Trying to make me snap
That happened years ago
There's nothing left for me to crack

Aoife Destruction & The Nilz - Give me an Attitude

  

(photo @In The Pit Photography)

  I've featured Dublin punks The Nilz on here a few times previously (this was probably my favourite https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-nilz-so.html) but this is the first time for Aoife Destruction & The Nilz (https://www.facebook.com/aoifedestructiondc). 

  The collaboration came about following a drink fuelled conversation at an afterparty at Rebellion punk festival. Aoife Destruction (who you may know from Paranoid Visions) & The Nilz "combines aggressive comedic smut tones with catchy laments & choruses that will haunt your dreams." After a year & a half of touring support slots with the like of SLF, Bad Manners & Kerbdog they're gearing up to release their first full length album in 2025 but first comes a lead single. 

   As you'll discover, it's a lively affair... https://thenilz.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-an-attitude

  Both songs are great, aggressive AND catchy as fuck. This one comes with a new video, it's called Give Me An Attitude... 

You can tell just by my face That you were driving me insane I think I'll take a minute for myself Didn't wanna believe it Took me a second to see it Give me convenience man or give me space I Just wanna be an attitude I Just wanna be mad at you All your funny looks are gone And I'm moving on Invested way too much in this dead weight You can have your moment Make it all about the comments Maybe its time for us to take a break Theres a void in you So I'm avoiding you All The red flags & signs, ignored for peace of mind Puntuate! What you left behind This time time we need more than time

Wonk Unit - Luxury Flats

  

  Well, what can I say about Wonk Unit that I've not previously said in several previous Just Some Punk Songs updates? I suppose I could mention that the band is a vehicle for singer/songwriter Alex to unload. A way to cope with life's ups and downs. 

  He's been doing quite a lot of unloading over the years with thoughts both political and personal spilling forth via his lyrics. Wonk Unit are now up to album number 9. It's titled Good Good Glad To Hear It and it's available on vinyl and digital download : https://wonk-unit.bandcamp.com/album/good-good-glad-to-hear-it

  There's a dozen new songs touching on emotional subjects such his relationship with his young daughter following the breakdown of his marriage, his struggles with addiction and his fears & insecurities. 

  And then there's this one where he opens a can of arseholes on the subject modern Britain; of Brexit, Nigel Farage and voting Tory (all served with a topping of Sleaford Mods). It's called Luxury Flats... 

 

Slaughterhouse - Sick and Tired

  

  Hell, it's December. Already. Where's the year gone?

  I suppose I'd better get sorting out some sort of Top 100 chart for the blog and a couple of special Best Of 2024 shows. 

  One song that I'm sure will feature is this one :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/05/slaughterhouse-state-of-emergency.html

  It featured on the blog back in May. It's by a band from Los Angeles called Slaughterhouse and it's great. 

  As is the new single by the band. The single being the title track for an upcoming ep on Pirates Press Records. The ep will be out on February 7th and will feature 4 original songs plus a cover of Black Flag's My War. I'm listening to it as I type and can confirm that it's not just the title track that kicks ass. 

  It'll be available on a single sided 12” EP with etched B-side and you can pre order it here :  https://shop.piratespressrecords.com/collections/new-featured-music/products/slhop414bl-lp

  As for the title track, singer Meriel O'Connell says it's a more personal song; “You get a lot of people talking in your ear about what you should do, say, look like, how you should behave…I don’t think we’re put on this planet to try to make everyone happy or feel comfortable.” 

  I think it'll be on Bandcamp tomorrow (Friday) https://sslaughterrhouse.bandcamp.com/music

  Strap yourselves in and click play. This is Sick And Tired... 

Thee Cha Cha Chas - Don't Lie To Me

  

  Thee Cha Cha Chas (https://www.facebook.com/TheeChaChaChas) are Kylie Coufos (bass/vocals) and Lluis Fuzzhound (guitar/drums/vocals), a rock n roll duo from Melbourne.  

  They've been releasing singles since 2016 but they've finally got round to a full length album. It's called Temple Of Mirth and it's available on vinyl and digital d/l from Madrid label FOLC Records :  

https://www.folcrecords.es/producto/thee-cha-cha-chas-temple-of-mirth/

https://folcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/folc260-thee-cha-cha-chas-temple-of-mirth

https://theechachachas.bandcamp.com/album/temple-of-mirth

  It's a cool album that showcases the band's talents and their love for the garage punk/60's style rock n roll genre. Give it a listen, you'll enjoy yourself. 

  I'm highlighting this uptempo duet, it's called Don't Lie To Me...