Last night a Mixtape saved my life

For a while now, both fans and industry insiders have been asking whether the new acts on the post-post-punk scene are outclassing the old guard. Whether the much-talked-about names gracing magazine covers around the world have even a fraction of the talent of their idols: Joy Division, Fall, Gang Of Four, PIL, Wire. In truth, the real issue lies elsewhere, and it can't be avoided: a fierce new wave of bands from all over the world is injecting fresh blood into this genre. 

From the UK to the United States, from Ireland to Canada, taking in Northern Europe along the way, amid confirmations, solid certainties and welcome surprises, the Map of the New Post-Punk has become something to be studied very closely. From the most celebrated names – Fontaines D.C., Idles, Protomartyr – to the still lesser-known ones, there are countless acts thanks to whom the term “post-punk” is taking on new shapes and meanings. We've picked twenty-two of them to sketch out – not an exhaustive picture, but certainly a representative one – of this Geography of the New Post-Punk.

Ireland: 

Fontaines D.C. (Dublin)

Murder Capital (Dublin)

Girl Band (Dublin)

Inhaler (Dublin)

Sweden:

Viagra Boys (Stockholm)

Denmark:

Iceage (Copenhagen)

Canada:

Ought (Montreal, Quebec)

Preoccupations (Calgary)

United States:

Protomartyr (Detroit, Michigan)

Geese (Brooklyn, New York)

England:

Black Midi (London)

Dry Cleaning (London)

TV Priest (London)

Shame (London)

Squid (London)

Idles (Bristol)

Do Nothing (Nottingham)

Sleaford Mods (Nottingham)

October Drift (Taunton)

BDRMM (Hull)

Yard Act (Leeds)

Belgium:

Whispering Sons (Limburg)

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09/12/2025