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I, Doris

London, England, GB · 2017–present · active
I, Doris formed in London in 2017 as a collective punk and post-punk project built around wit, feminist anger, and lived adult experience rarely centered in guitar music. On stage, the members all perform as Doris, turning the band into a shared identity rather than a conventional personality vehicle. Their music has been described through terms like mummycore, menopausecore, kitchen punk, and riot pop, but beneath the jokes is a sharp, melodic punk band with a strong sense of purpose. Songs such as "HRT," "In The Ladies," "Wonderwomen," and "Superduperdoris" use bright hooks, gang vocals, bass-driven grooves, and playful arrangements to address sexism, motherhood, aging, healthcare, solidarity, and everyday resistance. The band's connection to the wider DIY punk and LOUD WOMEN community gives their work a communal charge, with songs often designed to be funny, cathartic, and politically pointed at the same time. I, Doris are strongest when they make serious frustrations sound like a party starting in the next room: irreverent, inclusive, and unafraid to turn domestic detail into punk-rock ammunition.
kitchen punkpost-punkpunk rockriot pop

IDLES

Bristol, England, GB · 2009–present · active
IDLES formed in Bristol in 2009 and became one of the most prominent modern post-punk bands by turning repetition, abrasion, and communal shouting into a public language of grief, anger, and solidarity. Brutalism introduced the band's blunt force, but Joy as an Act of Resistance made them a wider cultural presence, with Joe Talbot's vocals confronting masculinity, class, immigration, loss, and empathy over Adam Devonshire's bass and the twin-guitar scrape of Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan. Ultra Mono sharpened the attack into something almost percussive, while Crawler and Tangk showed more space, groove, vulnerability, and studio experimentation. IDLES are not metal, but they fit the accepted post-punk, punk, and noise-rock scope through volume, aggression, and the physical intensity of their live shows. Their best songs work because the slogans are not separate from the sound; the repetition becomes part of the argument. IDLES can be messy, tender, funny, and confrontational in the same set, making heaviness feel social rather than purely musical. The result is punk as pressure, conversation, and release.
noise rockpost-punkpunk rock

IST IST

Manchester, England, GB · 2014–present · active
IST IST are a Manchester post-punk band whose music draws on the city's dark guitar lineage while keeping a modern, self-contained identity. Formed in 2014, the group developed outside major-label machinery, building a dedicated following through independent releases, forceful live shows, and a sound based on deep vocals, stark bass movement, chiming guitar, and cold synthesizer color. Albums such as Architecture, The Art of Lying, Protagonists, and Light A Bigger Fire show a band refining a direct but atmospheric approach. IST IST fit post-punk scope plainly, with connections to darkwave and new wave in their use of repetition, shadowed melody, and controlled emotional distance. They are often compared to Joy Division or early Editors, but their songs work because the writing is more than reference. The rhythm section creates a disciplined pulse, the guitars cut in sharp lines, and Adam Houghton's voice gives the music a severe but human center. IST IST are not nostalgic costume drama; they are a working band using a familiar vocabulary to make songs about pressure, uncertainty, desire, and endurance feel immediate. Their best moments are austere, propulsive, and built for dark rooms.
darkwavenew wavepost-punk

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