England

Britpop Indie Rock Punk 

FILM: Matinee IDLES

August 26, 2021August 30, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, AF Gang, Bristol, Don't Go Gentle: A Film About IDLES, England, IDLES, Joe Talbot, Mark Bowen, MVD Visual, Punk, UK

An exciting new film celebrates the career of one of England’s wildest bands

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Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: Big Big Train Treks Forward with the Exceptional ‘Common Ground’

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments Big Big Train, Common Ground, Danny Manners, Dave Gregory, England, Prog Rock, Progressive Rock, Rachel Hall, XTC

Despite a reduction in its line-up, the English progressive rock quartet return with some of their finest material to date

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Punk 

Poly Styrene Was No Cliché

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments England, I Am A Cliche, Mission of Burma, Peter Prescott, Poly Styrene, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, UK, X-Ray Spex

Remembering the groundbreaking frontwoman for X-Ray Spex 10 years after her passing

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New Wave Pop 

Argybargy at 40: When Squeeze’s Geeky Gambit Went Global

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, Argybargy, Chris Difford, England, Glen Tilbrook, New Wave, Pulling Mussels From A Shell, Squeeze

Four decades ago Difford and Tilbrook made the New Wave safe for nerds

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Punk Records 

THE RAMONES: It’s Alive at 40

September 21, 2019September 23, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1979, Dee Dee Ramone, Ed Stasium, England, It's Alive, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Steve Albini, The Ramones, Tommy Ramone

A brand new box set expands upon the perfection of punk’s greatest live album

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Dub/Reggae 

Steel Pulse: Grooving on Reality, Natural and True to Themselves

August 16, 2019August 20, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments African Holocaust, Baruch Hinds, Birmingham, David Hinds, England, Mass Manipulation, Reggae, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood

An exclusive chat with legendary bandleader David Hinds

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Electronic Experimental Folk 

Jane Weaver: A Cosmic Catapault Allows for Liftoff 

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment England, Fire Records, Folktronica, Four Tet, Hawkwind, Jane Weaver, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream

On her new LP, the English folktronica auteur discovers Loops in the Secret Society

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