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#NowPlaying the recent album "Death knocks" by the band #Hoaxed from the #USA

#Rock #HardRock #DarkRock #FemaleBand #FemaleVocals AlbumsOf2026

Personal Rating: 7 / 10

Recommended Tracks: "Where the Seas Fall silent", "Kill Switch", "Dead Ringer", "Killing Stone", "Wretched", "The Family", "The Fallen"

https://hoaxed.bandcamp.com/album/death-knocks

Album cover for Death Knocks by Hoaxed showing a small old stone building with a glowing orange light in its doorway under a large red moon in a dark night sky. Bare trees extend around the structure against a shadowy background, with the band name ‘HOAXED’ at the top and the album title ‘Death Knocks’ near the bottom.

We're Pink Paradox! Our music is a fusion of metalcore, post-hardcore, and progressive metal 🔥 If you like any of these genres, our new album Crown of Thorns will drop on November 21 🖤 Pre-Save it on bit.ly/47lDlHr #metaltok #metalcore #posthardcore #progressivemetal #femaleband

#NowPlaying the recent album "Dirty & Divine" by the band #Thundermother from #Sweden

#HardRock #Rock #Blues #HeavyRock #FemaleVocals #FemaleBand #AlbumsOf2025

Personal Rating: 7 / 10

Recommended Tracks: "So Close", "Dead or Alive", "Speaking of the Devil", "Feeling Alright", "American Adrenaline", "Bright Eyes"

On a dramatic cloudy sky background, four cherub-like toddlers or angels sit among the clouds at the top of the cover. One holds an electric guitar. Below them, the band name “THUNDERMOTHER” appears in a bold metallic type, flanked by a lightning bolt motif. Underneath that, the album title “DIRTY & DIVINE” is set in a smaller, stylized script. The visual combines innocence and rock-energy, mixing heavenly imagery with electric grit.

#nowplaying the new album "Inquisition" by the band #burningwitches from #switzerland

#metal #powermetal #heavymetal #femaleband #albumsof2025

Personal Rating: 7 / 10

Recommended Tracks: "High Priestess of the Night", "Souleater", "Burn in Hell", "Shame", "The Spell of the Skull", "Inquisition", "In the Eye of the Storm"

https://burningwitches.bandcamp.com/album/inquisition

#nowplaying the recent album "Fastlane" by the band #vulvarine from #austria

#FemaleBand #vulvarock #hardrock #femalevocals #albumsof2025

Personal Rating: 7 / 10

Recommended Tracks: "Equal nit the Same", "Fool", "The Drugs, the Love and the pain", "Heads Held high", "Demons", "Polly the Trucker", "Ancient Soul"

https://vulvarine.bandcamp.com/album/fast-lane

The album cover for Fast Lane by Vulvarine features a striking, retro-inspired illustration. At the center stands a powerful, red-haired woman in a dynamic pose, dressed in a leather jacket and flared jeans. Her fiery hair flows dramatically, blending with swirling flames that surround her and the scene. Behind her, a full moon illuminates a rugged mountain landscape and a winding highway. An eagle soars in the night sky above, adding to the wild, untamed atmosphere. In the foreground, a bright orange retro van speeds along the road. The band's name “VULVARINE” appears boldly at the top in vintage, bold yellow lettering, while the album title “FAST LANE” is written below in a stylized, fiery font. The artwork exudes energy, freedom, and rock ‘n’ roll attitude.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #indie #indiepop #goth #80sgoth #newwave #synthpop #80spopstars #polkadots

A monochrome advert with 'Strawberry Switchblade' in curly letters and the cover for the record featuring Jill and Rose with their trademark polka dots, ribbons and plastic flowered headbands. Underneath is text: "The new 7 inch and three track 12 inch single Let Her Go. 12 inch includes the extra track Michael Who Walks By Night. From the girls who know".

Strawberry Switchblade on the cover of Patches, 24 March 1984.

Patches was a UK weekly magazine aimed at teenage girls, featuring music, fashion, advice and romance photo-stories.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #80sindiepop #gothpop #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #patchesmagazine #teenmagazine #polkadot #polkadots

Strawberry Switchblade by candlelight.

Back page poster from UK music mag Record Mirror, 1985.

(📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #indie #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic

Strawberry Switchblade talking about their aesthetic & how Glasgow boredom encourages creativity. Interviewed by Paul Coia, March 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7J03YPSlQ

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #goth #newwave #indie #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic #paulcoia

Strawberry Switchblade, 1984 or 1985.

📸Paul Cox

#StrawberrySwitchblade #paulcoxphotography #paulcox #synthpop #80smusic #music #femaleband #femalebands #scottishbands #scottishband

Strawberry Switchblade centrespread poster from No 1 magazine, 1985.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #no1magazine #popstars #electropop #electropopmusic #goth #music #popmusic #80smusic

The gig was favourably reviewed in Sounds, only the fourth time the band had been in the music press.

https://strawberryswitchblade.net/sounds-live-review-13-november-1982/

#sounds #music #80smusic #StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #indie

Strawberry Switchblade perform Since Yesterday on Top of the Pops, 24 January 1985 - 40 years ago today!

Having appeared on the show 2 weeks previously the single had shot up the charts to its peak at number 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCXFWv2o73U

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishmusic #femaleband #newwave #darkwave #synthpop #80spopstars #topofthepops #topofthepops80s #totp #stevewright #mikesmith #otd #onthisday #onthisdayinmusic #onthisdayinmusichistory

Strawberry Switchblade photo shoot for the album cover, 1984. The one that was selected & colourised is top & centre.

(📸©️ Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #gothpop #newwave #darkwave #synthpop#popstars #polkadots

🎼🎶 singers in the rain, just singers in the rain 🎶

Strawberry Switchblade at the corner of Muswell Hill and Alexandra Gardens, London, 1985.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #synthpopmusic #popstars #80spopstars #muswellhill #polkadot #polkadots

Happy birthday Dolly Parton, 79 today! Strawberry Switchblade recorded an electropop cover of Jolene as their 5th single, released in September 1985, with a video shot in Paris:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq0UleP-VGg

#dollyparton #jolene #jolenejolenejolenejolene #dollypartoncover #electropop #electropopmusic #StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #gothpop #newwave #darkwave #synthpop #electropop

Strawberry Switchblade lyric poster for Let Her Go, Smash Hits magazine, March 1985.

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On January 15 1985, 40 years ago today, Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade became the first - and still only - UK top ten hit by a Scottish female band.

(Footage from that week's Top of the Pops chart rundown - facepalm time for Peter Powell saying that these two proud Glaswegians were from Liverpool!)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #glasgowband #glasgowbands #80sindie #newwave #darkwave #synthpop #totp #topofthepops