Old-School Pop Craft Meets Noise, House & Post-Punk Pressure
This week stretches from 1968 songwriting magic to some of 2026’s most gloriously unruly noise. Ellie Greenwich opens the door with timeless pop craft, Fat Dog promptly kicks it off the hinges, Felix da Housecat and Vanfave drag us to the club, while Franni Cash, Gilla Band and Gurriers keep the back half tense, loud and wonderfully impossible to file under one neat genre.
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THEE DIG OF THE WEEK
Artist: Ellie Greenwich
Tune: “The Sunshine After the Rain”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Before it became a club-era favorite in later hands, Ellie Greenwich had already written and recorded the original in 1968. Her version is pure pop architecture: melodic, hopeful and deceptively simple, with the sort of songwriting bones that explain why the tune kept finding new lives decades later. Sometimes thee oldest dig in the pile still sounds the freshest.
Artist: Fat Dog
Tune: “Shit Love”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Fat Dog’s “Shit Love” sounds like a relationship argument being chased down a hallway by a malfunctioning rave. Stabbing synths, manic vocals and a beat that never seems interested in behaving — exactly right for a song frontman Joe Love describes as being about two wildly combustible people who turn every fight into the end of the world.
Artist: Felix da Housecat & Vanfave
Tune: “CHIJACKK”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Felix da Housecat linking with Vanfave already tells you subtle background music was never the assignment. “CHIJACKK” is lean, club-built and knowingly mechanical, with the Chicago house veteran sounding completely at home inside a 2026 frame. No nostalgia tour here — just a producer who still understands how strange, sexy and slightly dangerous house music can feel.
Artist: Franni Cash
Tune: “Darken The Doorway”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Franni Cash slows the room down without draining it of tension. “Darken The Doorway” has that lived-in singer-songwriter quality where the arrangement knows when to leave space alone, letting the vocal carry the emotional weight instead of burying it beneath production tricks. Quietly dramatic — the good kind.
Artist: Gilla Band
Tune: “Placeholder”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Gilla Band have never shown much interest in making rock music comfortable, and “Placeholder” keeps that promise intact. Industrial abrasion, warped rhythm and Dara Kiely sounding like he’s arguing with the walls — it’s hostile in exactly the way a Gilla Band record should be. Their forthcoming Pugnello sounds increasingly uninterested in behaving.
Artist: Gurriers
Tune: “Party Lines”
WHY IT MADE THE CUT
Gurriers close things by turning political fury into forward motion. “Party Lines” barrels along on anxious guitars and a nearly danceable drum pulse while Dan Hoff lets the anger rise through the chorus. Written against the backdrop of the war in Sudan and the hypocrisy of governments funding aid while trading weapons, it’s post-punk with an actual target instead of empty posture.
