Santi White aka Santigold comes correct with this new track and video, "Disparate Youth", so I'm very excited for the new record to drop! Continue Reading...
Of the many things Poly Styrene was, timid was never amongst them. Her personal and musical arc, from 1977's Germ Free Adolescents all the way to this collection of songs for what would be her final album, Generation Indigo, showed quite the opposite. Continue Reading...
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With sadness, we can now confirm rumors of the passing of Poly Styrene, punk rock icon & lead singer of seminal U.K. punk band X-Ray Spex. According to a posting on her official Facebook page by her long-time friend Symond Lawes, "i just spoke to her mother and its very true, she passed away quietly last night, her mother and daughter were with her, bless you marianne. symond xxx". The news was further confirmed by her PR team, saying "We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true ...
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Every year I state that I won't talk about April 5th, 1994 until I'm good and ready. It's been 17 years, and I'm still not quite at that point. In retrospect, I'd imagine most of you would have probably done the same things I did that day if you were in my particular situation living in Seattle. Gene Stout was there and I'm sure he (like I) remembers how the next several days were a virtual blur. Continue Reading...
Readying their much-anticipated Mark Ronson-produced album Arabia Mountain for a June 2011 release, those swell ATLien garage punk boys from The Black Lips have cooked up a video for the track "Go Out and Get It". Wheeeee. Tour dates after the jump. Continue Reading...
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