Clock DVA: Sheffield’s criminally overlooked industrial pioneers
Funny place, Sheffield.
Post Punk
New Age Steppers: the post‑punk dub supergroup nobody saw coming
Formed in 1980 by Adrian Sherwood and Ari Up.
Nina Hagen’s ‘NunSexMonkRock’: The weirdest, greatest unsung masterpiece of the post‑punk era
A post‑punk freak‑show.
This female-fronted band released one of post-punk’s ‘best’ songs, 1980 (with DM premieres)
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid…
The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart speaks to the makers of post-punk doc ‘Rip It Up + Start Again’
“BALLSED IT UP AND BEGAN AGAIN” A TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE SCREAMPLAY (SPOILER ALERT – SCENE 1: – MOSTLY FICTIONAL – SCENE 2: 100% FACTS) Written by…
Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman: A brief interview with Luke Haines
Out today on Cherry Red Records is Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman, the latest installment of Luke Haines’ whimsical muse. What’s been…
‘People in a Film’: A new movie about post-punk art rockers Wire
With 40+ years of groundbreaking musical activities under their belts, it only seems right that hugely influential British art-rockers Wire should (finally!) receive the feature…
‘Population: 1’: The post-apocalyptic art punk film that starred Tomata du Plenty of The Screamers
The Screamers may have never released any music, but their punk legacy lives on through the rough bootleg tapes and high-energy video recordings that have…
‘Getting Nowhere Fast’: This female-fronted band released one of post-punk’s ‘best’ songs, 1980
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid…