The city of Brisbane is now a place The Chats call home, having relocated from the seaside town of Sunny … More
Tag: Punk
Osees – A Foul Form review
Normally on those album adverts you see the testimonials are pretty bland. “Really good. Sounds great, four stars” “His/her/Their best … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #48 Siouxsie and The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
Released: 1978 Timing, the key to everything. Much to their chagrin Siouxsie and The Banshees were the last of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #58 Iggy Pop – The Passenger
Released: 1977 “I think I am a little different upstairs, yeah. But so are a lot of people,” Iggy Pop … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #70 Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
Released : 1978 Much has been made of the early close relationship between punk and reggae – both outsider musics … More
Los Bitchos – Let The Festivities Begin! review
Ok, so in introducing Let The Festivities Begin! it’s unavoidable to talk about an indie musician finding by chance an … More
The 100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s
Picture: Lowestoft, 1975 Get the playlist here. To read about the song, click on the link in the song title. … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #95 Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
Released : 1978 A recipe for punk: take three dollops of phlegm, add some youth, stir in a bit of … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #100 The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
Released: 1979 John Lydon’s infamous leaving jab on a San Franciso stage was unequivocally about the Sex Pistols, but punk’s … More
Idles – Crawler review
The music industry’s hype cycle is such a transient phenomenon, who can tell whether anyone is trying to genuinely appraise … More