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How England Made The Beatles

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Birmingham, England, George Harrison, Get Back, John Lennon, Liverpool, Manchester, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Ringo Starr, Skiffle, Stuart Sutcliffe., The Beatles, Tim Sommer

The Beatles are not a divinity, but the product of causes and conditions

Britpop

Colin Blunstone: One Year Leads To Another

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Susan Enterline 1 Comment Colin Blunstone, England, Joe Wong, Nite Creatures, Odyssey and Oracle, One Year, Rod Argent, She’s Not There, Sundazed 2021, Sundazed Music, That Same Year, The Zombies

The Zombies frontman’s debut solo album celebrates its 50th birthday with an exclusive U.S. performance and an expanded reissue

Hip Hop

ALBUMS: Introverted Swagger

October 1, 2021October 3, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Certified Lover Boy, Donda, Drake, England, Kanye West, Lil Simz, SAULT, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Released on the same day as Donda and the new Drake, Little Simz’ follow-up to 2019’s GREY Area is every bit the impressive star turn its predecessor was

New Wave Post-Punk Remembrance

Delta 5 Singer Julz Sale Dies In Thailand

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Apple+, Delta 5, England, Gang of Four, iPhone, Julz Sale, Kill Rock Stars, Leeds, Mind Your Own Business, Post-Punk, RIP, The Mekons

Alongside the Mekons and Gang of Four, she was a key figure in the famed Leeds post-punk movement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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