An On-Air Interview with Hip Martyr, Chicago’s Hardest-Working Post-Post-Punk Band

Interview by Sinead Bane

Chicago band Hip Martyr joined me in the WLUW Studio this Sunday, to talk songwriting, horn sections, and their 2025 album Survival of the Hippest. The group self-describes their music as “Post-Post-Punk” incorporating a wide array of musical influences and cultural references. 

“We’re the hardest working post-post punk band in Chicago”, joked songwriter Bonnie Coyle. 

Their 8-song album, which was released in November 2025, embodies the scope of their influences, this range encapsulated well by the two songs the band selected to play on the air. “Flavour Country” and the album’s closer “Modus Operandi”. The latter of these being the subject of the band’s self-produced music video, which puts the group's sense of theatricality on grand display in a visual spectacle alongside the track's tonal grit. 

You can hear more of Hip Martyr’s work on their album Survival of the Hippest, available now for streaming. 

Here’s the link to the on-air Interview:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJEQN_LBZalxL9FhYuVVB6w0ceBUjjAf/view?usp=sharing