Dick Porter
- Punk
The Crassical Collection: The Feeding of the 5000 – Crass
In terms of punk rock’s political legacy, it’s difficult to overstate the primacy of Crass. Whereas the class of ’76…
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Flats: Kick It ‘Til It Breaks
With two blistering EPs and their eardrum shredding new single ‘Never Again’ behind them, Flats have established the most credible…
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Mick Farren: Front Line Shaman
Mick Farren has been many things in his time; author, activist, agent provocateur, anarchist... and that’s just getting warmed up…
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Steve Ignorant: Between Courses at the Last Supper
For Crass in general, and former frontman Steve Ignorant in particular, it’s been all go just recently. Aside from the…
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Loveland – Order To Love (album, Groovie Records)
The newly minted band are led by the eponymous Lana, late of the Fuzztones, whose polymath talents are revealed to…
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The Eyelids/ Po-Lice, Clipper Bar, Camborne, 22/04/2011
An exercise in exothermic reactions on an unseasonably warm Good Friday. Openers, Po-Lice from Taunton, have a kind of ramshackle…
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Vivian Girls – Share The Joy (album, Polyvinyl)
Bookended by two of their most expansive tracks, the third album from the Brooklyn trio sees them stretching the boundaries…
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The Crassical Collection: Christ The Album – Crass
‘Your life’s reduced to nothing but an empty media game / Big Brother ain’t watching you, mate, you’re fucking watching…
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The Skuzzies – The Skuzzies (album, Easy Action)
The long-awaited debut album from Astoria/Babyshambles Riot veterans the Skuzzies is a largely fat-free feast, which could, perhaps fittingly, have…
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Parting Gifts – Strychnine Dandelion (LP, In The Red)
The debut album from Nashville duo Coco Hames and the prolific Greg Cartwright, augmented by friends the Ettes has its…
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The Cramps at Napa State
‘The guy filming couldn't point his camera at the inmates because he couldn't show them escaping.’ Lux Interior
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Anarchive – 001 The Mob
Firstly, if you've never heard The Mob, this album is the wrong place to start. Score a copy of the…
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