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Album Review: The Rezillos – Flying Saucer Attack
A timely reissue of Edinburgh`s finest New Wave Beat Group`s classic Cant Stand The Rezillos and Mission Accomplished albums, packaged togeher under the title Flying Saucer Attack. Removed from other punk bands of the day The Rezillos leaned on 1950`s and 60`s rock and roll, garage and Sci Fi themed subjects to propel themselves literally into …
News: Rebellion Festival 2018 – PiL added
REBELLION FESTIVAL CONFIRMS POST-PUNK LEGENDS PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (PiL) TO THE LINE-UP FOR THE 2018 FESTIVAL, COMING 2nd – 5th AUGUST AT THE WINTER GARDENS IN BLACKPOOL US PUNKS THE MENZINGERS AND THE VANDALS ALSO CONFIRMED THIS WEEK www.rebellionfestivals.com John Lydon’s post-Pistols group Public Image Limited (PiL), have been confirmed to perform at Rebellion Festival in …
See: The Damned release video for Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow
The Damned have released a new video for their single ‘Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow’, out now on Spinefarm Records. It’s taken from their forthcoming album ‘Evil Spirits’, released April 13th (their first in a decade), produced by legendary Bowie producer Tony Visconti. The video has a futuristic feel, evoking 2001 A Space Odyssey, …
Track: Frank Turner – 1933, plus UK headline tour dates
First track from Frank Turner’s new album released Incensed by articles suggesting that punk rock is somehow alludes to the alt right spurred Frank Turner to write the track 1933 which is the first track to be released from his new album ‘Be more Kind’ out on May 4th, 2018 during his UK tour. “The …
EP: At the Drive-In stream Diamanté EP
Previously only available on 10″ vinyl, El Paso five piece At the Drive-In have made their Diamanté EP available digitally ahead of their UK headline tour dates this March. Thus new tracks Anid Ethics, Despondent at High Noon and Point of Demarkation – recorded at Clouds Hill Studio in Hamburg, Germany in the summer of …
Track: The Damned – Standing on the edge of tomorrow, plus new album news
“It’s supposed to be very optimistic, even though it’s about a dark subject,” states legendary punk overlords The Damned frontman Dave Vanian, talking about the bands new single, Standing on the edge of tomorrow. “As an artist, you can’t help but reflect the times, because that’s what art does. I think we always do it, …
News: Stiff Little Fingers Announce 12-date Spring/Summer UK tour
Stiff Little Fingers are set to embark on a 12-date headline tour in March of 2018 with special guests Ruts DC. The band will also be playing 3 large outdoor summer shows with a rotating bill including The Selecter, The Beat and Buzzcocks. Stiff Little Fingers live shows are always special events. None is more …
Playlist: John Peel Show 10.12.1976 The Punk Special
It has been viewed, especially in retrospect, as something of a watershed moment – an incoming of punk rock, a realisation that John Peel really did and could move with the times. It featured the first ever session from the Damned. It was previewed in the Melody Maker and the paper interviewed John Walters, who …
Video: Harker release video for single ‘Plague your heart’ ahead of album release
Brighton power pop punks Harker are on the cusp of releasing their debut album ‘No Discordance’, on February 9th, via a host of labels including Disconnect, Disconnect & Future Void in the UK, Shield Recordings and Fond of Life in Europe, Wiretap in the USA and Fixing A Hole in Japan. Taken from it is …
ALBUM REVIEW: Gary Crowley’s Punk and New Wave
As compilations go this is a great set, compiled by Gary and his Soho radio co host Jim Lahat this 3CD set gives a better insight into the Punk and New Wave scene than most. If you’ve not heard Crowley`s Show on Soho radio, you should tune in, his knowledge of punk and new …