Wochenend-Nostalgie
PENETRATION covered Pete Shelley’s ‘NOSTALGIA’ on their 1978 album, ‘Moving Targets.’ Having witnessed the Sex Pistols performing in 1976, Pauline Murray formed Penetration later the same year, with Robert Blamire (bass), Gary Chaplin (guitar) and Gary Smallman (drums) completing the initial line up. Murray and Shelley were no strangers, with Penetration supporting Buzzcocks on their…
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WIDELY described as ‘punk’s poet laureate’, Ian Dury is a cultural icon. With his band The Blockheads, he exploded onto the television screen in 1978, appearing on Top of the Pops with his hit single ‘What a Waste’, followed later that year by ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’. By now Ian was thirty-six and had worked…
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FROM 2021, ‘After Summer, the Fall, from Postindustrial Poets is our latest ‘Song Of The Week.’ We love a good story…! Learn more here: PostIndustrialPoets
Read articleMY ‘DESERT ISLAND ALBUM’ – Kevin O’Neill (THE BAINES)
A DESERT ISLAND. With nobody but myself. I’m guessing no luxury items, either. Not even a cheap can of deodorant. Harsh. So, I have one item to bring. And it has to be an album. For one, this decision is virtually impossible given that our moods, on any particular day, usually influence what we choose…
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COSMIC EMBERS are an Irish psychedelic rock band you’ve probably never heard of. But that will change following the release of debut single, ’Apocalypse in Metropolis,’ quite possibly 2022’s ‘Single of the Year.’ There is no other family in Ireland making music like this – there probably isn’t a family like this anywhere in the…
Read articleBOOK OF THE WEEK: ‘INTO THE VALLEY’
INTO THE VALLEY is a riveting read and a perfect illustration of how one man overcame his disability to become successful in the world of music and film. A first hand account of the late 1970s and early ’80s that will appeal not only to punk fans, but to anyone identifying with Jobson’s triumph over…
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PRE-SAVE the new SUGAR JUNKIES album, ‘Instant Famous’ right here: InstantFamous by Sugar Junkies – DistroKid
Read articleMATT HICKS (THE HERMITTS) AND HIS ‘DESERT ISLAND ALBUM’
MANY years ago, when Boris Johnson was merely an up-and-coming haircut, I took a walk across the Staffordshire Roaches. I found the rugged profile of the landscape and the way it almost scraped the clouds to be a balm against the moping emos of Hanley. I began to climb higher along the ridge and saw…
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