It is with shock that we are hearing about the death of the lead singer from Heav Drapes. They played Amsterdam rebellion last weekend and within a couple of days Garry Borland was dead. It weas numbing to read the news. Wild hearted outsider interviewed them here last year after seeing them in Blackpool. We … Continue reading Garry Borland RIP
This Weeks gigs June 5 -11
This Weeks Gigs June 5 - 11 It's a quiet enough week this week but still a couple of things to keep you going. Big names in music like The Beat, Ty Segall, Ginat Sand and the Polecats. A clash of punk for the punks, Expolited in the voodoo lounge and Headsticks in Fibbers. Both … Continue reading This Weeks gigs June 5 -11
Play of the day: The Zipheads
Play of The Day The Zipheads from St Albans, wherever that may be, but on a diet of Stray Cats and the Clash comes the Zipheads. High octane punk rock with a 50's feel niallhope
This Weeks Gigs – May 7 -13
This Weeks Gigs - May 7 -13 Another busy week with the highlight for me being Liberty Hall on Tuesday as a group of punks old and new talk about music as a vehicle for change. We spent a fair bit of time putting this bill together,all under the we shall overcome banner in conjunction … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs – May 7 -13
Mayfest 2018
Mayfest - Liberty Hall How long does it take before something becomes a regular feature on a calendar? Whilst this is only the second annual MayFest event it is hoped that it will be a reoccuring feature on the Irish culture calendar over the years. Set up to celebrate workers culture and to show that … Continue reading Mayfest 2018
Book of the week – Penguins Stopped Play
Penguins stopped play Eleven village cricketers take on the world Harry Thompson John Murray publications. I know what it’s like to start your own sports team. My brothers did it in the 80s. While i was involved in putting on gigs of bands I wanted to see they were getting together to play football with … Continue reading Book of the week – Penguins Stopped Play
Jeffrey Lewis Irish tour
Jeffrey Lewis Irish tour on the way Acclaimed indie-rock songwriter Jeffrey Lewis began recording homemade cassettes at home in New York City in 1998, before coming to the attention of Rough Trade Records (label of the Smiths, the Strokes, Belle & Sebastian, etc) and releasing his first album on Rough Trade in 2001. Now with … Continue reading Jeffrey Lewis Irish tour
Book of the week – The new poverty
The new poverty Stephen armstrong Verso books Being verso this isn’t really a story but a statement of facts. Some up facts which are just a magnified version of our own inequality. In 2015 1 and a 1/4 million people were facing destitution. This mean that over 300,000 people faved two or more the following … Continue reading Book of the week – The new poverty
Book of the week – A Ton Of Malice
A Ton of Malice The half life of an Irish punk in London Barry McKinley Old street publishing. Any book that mentions the radiators from space in its opening score of pages is bound to draw me in. I got drawn even further as songs get a mention. They were cursory mentions however as it … Continue reading Book of the week – A Ton Of Malice
Book of the week – Punk Rock Entrepreneur
Punk rock entrepreneur Running a business without losing your values Caroline Moore Microcosm Business and punk rock are strange bedfellows. They are not and really can’t be anathema to each other but the do it yourself philosophy of punk rock and the will of so many of its participants to break down a capitalist system … Continue reading Book of the week – Punk Rock Entrepreneur