I don’t suppose many people remember The Users – their entire career consisted of two singles. But their debut Sick Of You, is a punk classic. (more…)

Here’s a song for Mothers Day – from the first of the great girl groups way way back in 1961. (more…)

After ten days of solitary confinement with Covid I am finally allowed back into the community today* – so what better song to celebrate than this. (more…)

The Jam were the first punk group I used to see on a regular basis… if they ever really were a punk group. (more…)

Hot off the press (yesterday) comes this collaboration between the two top synth pop duos of our time. Or – let’s be fair – any other time. (more…)

I didn’t know it at the time but I think I saw the very first gig by this band – London – at The Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington.
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Here’s a rarity from my dusty collection of punk singles from 1977-80. Straight outta Walthamstow, it’s The Wasps. (more…)

Here’s a familiar song as it’s never been heard before.
Ukrainian punk band Beton have reimagined The Clash’s hit single London Calling as an “anthem of solidarity and hope” for their people amid the Russian invasion.

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Warpaint return from a six-year lay-off with the same line-up but a glitchy, claustrophobic new sound on Champion. (more…)

In many ways Bodega seem like a computer-generated hipster band from Brooklyn, if not the most pretentious band in the world. But I like ’em. (more…)