The Slits

Ashes And Diamonds: Stronger Than Pride

November 19, 2025November 18, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ashes And Diamonds, Bauhaus, Bruce Smith, Daniel Ash, Love and Rockets, Paul Spencer Denman, Sade, The Pop Group, The Slits, Tones On Tail

England’s coolest new supergroup says hello

Post-Punk

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Right As Raincoats

January 3, 2020January 10, 2020 Addie Moore 0 Comments 1979, Ana Da Silva, Gina Birch, Lola, No Side to Fall In, Palmolive, Ray Davies, Rough Trade, The Kinks, The Raincoats, The Slits, WeThree Records

For its 40th anniversary, this sublime new edition from WeThree has been remastered from the original tapes and pressed onto marble vinyl, adorned by new art from founding members Gina Birch and Ana da Silva

adblock Dub/Reggae Punk

The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019October 18, 2021 Addie Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth