Tag: Punk rock
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Oh cancer, up yours – RIP Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex
Today comes the surprises news of the death of Poly Styrene at 53 from cancer…she was the lead singer of X-Ray Spex which had a very short but influential career in 1976-9, playing Rock Against Racism with the Clash and later reforming and producing their second album. Sad cos she’d just released a solo album…
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Not news but old mixes reupped
Like When Kate Married Willy *yawn* and Beatles => iTunes *double yawn* this is not exactly new news, but I’ve reupped some of my old mixes onto Mixcloud and Soundcloud (and account 2) and other places. So if you’re bored with the inane Franklin Mint level talk and want something to listen to, here’s my…
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Don’t Tase Me Bro! The return of DEVO
Really digging the DEVO album ‘Something for Everybody’ the first proper DEVO album (The Wipeouters and Jerry Jihad don’t really count, but are good too). They’ve not lost their acerbic wit on songs such as Sumthin’, Fresh, What We Do, and Watch Us Work It – and of course they sound achingly current, because De-Evolution…
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Trevor Dann and Do It Yourself
This Trevor Dann (yes that one, formerly Radio 1 and now Radio Academy) session from PodCampUK taken by Dean is very good…interesting analogy with the fanzines, and pirates. I wish I’d gotten out of bed to see that (this was the first session around 9)…I agree with what he’s saying about radio changing and different…
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Radio Clash 126: Holiday (Just Step Sideways)
Episode 297: In which our decrepid hero finds himself in Bearlin and has to escape the nasty art stasi armed only with a wiener schnitzel… I’m the king of the kassel!*(72Mb, 1:34) https://www.radioclash.com/show-archive/rc_126.mp3 Branflakes – Oddio Overplay (from free album ‘Bubbles’ ) Aggro1 – Stevie Wonder v. Wired All Wrong The Fall – Just Step…