The Dead Kennedys made an indelible mark on punk rock with their debut single California Über Alles in the summer of 1979.

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The death of Wes McGhee seems to have passed virtually unnoticed, even among the music community. Which is a big shame.

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It took me a while to work out which of David Boring and Jenny Rotten is the band name and which is the song title but I’ve worked it out now.

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Here is Earth, Wind & Fire’s exuberant slice of funk Happy Feelin’ sampled, sped up and retooled for the dancefloor by Groove Armada.

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Earth, Wind & Fire recorded Happy Feelin’ as an album track back in 1975, a quarter of a century before it formed the basis of a hit single.

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When it comes to musical pedigree, you can’t get deeper than sibling soul trio The Womack Sisters.

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The Techniques were a Jamaican vocal quartet who found fame once ska evolved into reggae, with this classic Queen Majesty.

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PVA describe their sound as “country-fried techno” though that’s probably not how you or I would describe them at first listen.

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Here’s a vocal version I’ve never heard of what is probably my all-time favourite reggae tune, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown.

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Allow me to introduce you to Carlos Alberto Cázares Valenzuela, aka ‘El Solovino’ (The Uninvited). He’s 20 years old, he’s Mexican, and he loves Joy Division.

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