The Slits
Record Store Day announces 2024 exclusive titles (full list)
RSD24 is April 20, and this year’s exclusive titles include The Beatles, Ramones, Nas, Blur, the ‘Spawn’ soundtrack, Talking Heads, The Replacements, Screaming Trees and lots more
Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees) & Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) launch new podcast; James Murphy's on 1st ep (listen)
Friends and drummers Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Creatures, The Slits) and Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) have just launched a podcast, ‘Curious Creatures,’ that will “explore post punk’s enduring legacy and contemporary relevance.“
Pics: Dead Kennedys, The Cramps, The Clash & more from 'Punk, Post Punk, New Wave' photo book
Plus Human League, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits, Ministry, Billy Idol, Wendy O. Williams and The Plasmatics, Adam Ant, Lene Lovich, and more from Michael Grecco’s photo book, which is available in our store.
Ari Up & Adrian Sherwood's New Age Steppers catalog reissued on vinyl
New Age Steppers were a dub collective formed by producer Adrian Sherwood and The Slits’ singer Ari Up that also included, over the years, contributions from members of The Pop Group, The Raincoats, Flying Lizards, Roots Radics, Aswad, Creation Rebel and more…
Daniel Ash says Bauhaus tour probably won't happen till 2022
Meanwhile, the Bauhaus guitarist has formed a new band who are working on their debut album.
Mike Huguenor (Hard Girls, Jeff Rosenstock) lists 9 of his favorite guitarists
The highly prolific Mike Huguenor releases his solo guitar album this week (three songs are out now), and ahead of the release, he talked to us about nine of his all-time favorite guitar players…
The Slits' Viv Albertine's memoirs getting turned into a TV series
”Their vision is perfectly in tune with the work, they understand the subject and the times,” Viv said of the show’s producers. ”I can’t wait for the project to get started and to see all the characters in my story come to life.”
listen to nearly 1000 Peel Sessions (The Cure, Nirvana, Joy Division, Nick Drake, more)
You can also listen to classic Peel Sessions from David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Hole, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Cocteau Twins and tons more.
The Slits' Viv Albertine releasing new memoir, doing U.S. book appearances
Viv Albertine of The Slits new memoir, ’To Throw Away Unopened,’ is out May 1
Shellshag released a greatest hits, touring with Bully; Shag doing Slits doc Q&A
DIY lifers Shellshag’s 18-song greatest hits includes music from 2007 to present, including covers of Liz Phair and When In Rome.