Forgotten Classic: Unwound ‘Fake Train’
The early 1990s saw the nebulous, scruffy rock of America’s underground rise to the global stage. Nirvana were the biggest band in the world, Sonic Youth were riding high after Daydream Nation, and a...
View ArticleClassic Album Sundays Manchester Presents The Clash ‘London Calling’
40 year’s ago, The Clash released the ground breaking “London Calling”. To celebrate we’ll be giving it the Classic Album Sunday treatment with a breakdown of the story behind how the album was...
View ArticleThe Legacy of The Fall in Five Records
The Fall’s lineup changed constantly throughout its four decade lifespan but Mark E. Smith remained an unwavering fixture until his death in 2018. By all accounts an uncompromising and dedicated...
View ArticleClassic Album Sundays presents The Clash ‘London Calling’
The Clash were lamenting what they saw as the death of rock n’ roll and initially wanted to call their third studio album ‘The Last Testament’ suggesting it was the last rock n’ roll record. The cover...
View ArticleCAS presents The Specials’ debut with Horace Panter
Founding member of The Specials Horace Panter is not only a bass player, but also an artist. His latest exhibition ‘The Art of the Mixtape’ opens on 19th May at The Proud Archivist gallery in London....
View ArticlePatti Smith ‘Horses’ Musical Lead-Up Playlist
A musical lead-up playlist of the Patti Smith Group’s inspirations and contemporaries including The Velvet Underground, The MC5, Jimi Hendrix and Television.Read more: Album of the Month – Patti Smith...
View ArticleThe Story of Patti Smith ‘Horses’
With its confluence of culture and artistic disciplines, New York City in the mid-Seventies was the backdrop to the story of Horses, and its greatest contextual influence. Patti Smith left her...
View ArticleThe British Library & CAS Celebrate Punk London
We are happy to collaborate with The British Library as part of the city-wide Punk London programme. We will co-present two events: one with Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian of The Damned and another...
View ArticleForgotten Classic: Refused ‘The Shape of Punk to Come’
On a typical August Bank Holiday Monday in the late nineties I found myself at a punk all-dayer in Wigan. The line-up consisted of the usual poorly rehearsed gaggle of English punk bands who still...
View ArticleA Posthumous Alan Vega Album Is Set For Release This Week
As we near the one year anniversary of his death, a posthumous project from Alan Vega is set for release this Friday (14th July).IT will be the 11th solo full-length from the Brooklyn-born former...
View ArticleThe Damned on ‘Damned Damned Damned’ at Classic Album Sundays with Punk London
Last year we were lucky enough to be asked by The British Library to host a special session with legends The Damned!We are delighted we can now share some of the footage from the event courtesy of BMG...
View ArticleModern Classic: Gallows ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’
For the second installment of the CAS Future classics feature, we turn our gaze to the slightly more leftfield world of modern British punk rock in which Gallows are a seminal institution. There is no...
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