Joy Division – Auto Suggestion / From Safety To Where? – Thursdays – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Thursdays – Perfection – Basczax – Celluloid Love / Karleearn Photography Second in the Earcom series of 12″ EPs on the Fast Product label. Joy Division we all know, and the two tracks offered for […]
Love Puppets / Wall Purges Night / Lisa’s Party / Arzhklahh Olgevezh / Pruumptje Kurss Waving At Aeroplanes / Hiding / Doll’s House / The Palace Of Love / Stoned Obituary Sounding somewhere between Robyn Hitchcock’s Soft Boys, Wire and the Television Personalities (all with extra synths) this third Legendary Pink Dot’s LP released on […]
Slogun Mekano (Factory) Debut UK released 7″ single by Surgical Penis Klinik released on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records imprint in 1980. As you would expect, a fair amount of fun and joy is packed into the two sides of this 7″ single from Surgical Penis Klinik. The debut S.P.K. LP and the band’s second LP can be listened to […]
Songull Pokn Fine and very rare debut 7″ single by Bjork’s early punk outfit KUKL released on the excellent Gramm record label based in Iceland. KUKL went on to support Crass in 1983 at the ‘We Demand A Future’ festival held in Reykjavik which may be listened to HERE . Penny Rimbaud was absent for the drumming […]
Leo from Soundbox Studios, Thomaby Gardens, Edmonton, N18 passed away on Friday 20th August after losing his fight against cancer. He was an important part of the anarcho-punk scene and I am sure his friends and members of bands that he worked with would like to know about his passing on. Other than being involved […]
Ethics Another Baby’s Face Debut ‘pop’ single from 23 Skidoo, a band who would soon be working closely along side Cabaret Voltaire, and become friendly with Genesis P and Throbbing Gristle. From this debut 7″ single onwards and through the connections of the aformentioned, the band started to work on a more industrial sound, a percussion based freeform music complete with Tibetan thighbone horns […]
If any browsers feel the urge to get a photograph onto the slideshow at the Steve Ignorant shows coming up in September and October in the U.K. and Europe then send good quality scans whether portraits or half body shots to punks@southern.com It is not worth sending in photographs of the subject (you!) halfway up a […]
We’re So Cool / Love Song / Set Up / Repetition / Headache Come Again / Armagh / Unfinished Business / Dear John / It’s Obvious Dunno why I fancied giving this vinyl a spin tonight, just did, so uploaded for your pleasure is the excellent debut LP by Birmingham’s Au Pairs. The text below is […]
Rat Skank / Heavy Manners / The Burden / Airport Arrest / Arranged Marriage / Siege And Turmoil / Culture Crossover / Asian Youth Much indebted to Luc Tran from UNIT for remastering all the above tracks by Alien Kulture and also for writing the text below. Thank you very much for your time and effort […]
Fade Away / Radial Drill / State Assembly / Crazy Dreams And High Ideals Abderhamanes Demise / Animal Space / Love Forever / Private Armies My Whole World / Observe Life / Got To Get Away / My Love Problems / Nuclear Zulu / Guiding Star Uploaded today are the first two LPs by the […]