Posts Tagged ‘london’
Postponed due to Icelandic volcano activity, fans were put on tenterhooks in anticipation of the Crystal Castles‘ live appearance at London‘s Heaven on 19th June. And their fans are very die-hard, to put it mildly, piling up as close to the stage as possible two hours before the set began as if waiting for the […]
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Tags: alice glass, crystal castles, dance, electro, electro punk, electronic, london, noise music, Punk
Extraordinary M.I.A.
M.I.A. is no ordinary pop star. Her new video Born Free features extreme violence and has been removed from Youtube for user terms violation. It depicts scenes of US soldiers on a bizarre mission to exterminate redhead youths.
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Tags: alternative, dance, electro, electronica, hip hop, london, m.i.a., political pop, tamil independence
Another year, another project for Lydia. This time around, she teamed up with James Johnston and Ian White of lounge lizards Gallon Drunk to play a few European dates in celebration of her new book The Gun Is Loaded. While in the past fifteen years or so Lydia seemed to continuously get better with age […]
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Tags: experimental music, gallon drunk, london, lydia lunch, No Wave, noise music, post punk, Punk, teenage jesus and the jerks
Shane MacGowan’s 70s punk band The Nipple Erectors will be playing a reunion set at London’s 100 Club this coming Tuesday 6 May, supported by cult ’77 punk rocker Johnny Moped and Seattle power pop band The Cute Lepers.
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Tags: alcohol addiction, garage punk, garage rock, johnny moped, london, Nipple Erectors, Punk, punk rock, Shane MacGowan, The Damned, the pogues
Yesterday, a festival under the banner ‘Love Music Hate Racism’ took place in East London’s Victoria Park to mark the 30th anniversary of Rock Against Racism and raise consciousness about the racist BNP in the run-up to the local elections. 1978′s Rock Against Racism in the same location featured The Clash, Steel Pulse, X-Ray Spex […]
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Tags: anti-racism, bnp, daily mail, london, love music hate racism, Music, Punk, racism, rock against racism, swp, the clash
