Gang of Four

This week's episode of BV Blog Radio is dedicated to the Cruel World Festival, with songs by Iggy Pop, Echo & the Bunnymen, Love & Rockets, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Boy Harsher & more

Plus Gary Numan, Gang of Four, Billy Idol, Squeeze, ABC, Modern English, and more from the 2023 edition of Pasadena’s Cruel World.

Siouxsie closes out the night unopposed, playing what's currently the only North American date on her first tour in 15 years, but elsewhere there are some conflicting sets to choose between.

Cruel World 2023 also features Billy Idol, Adam Ant, The Human League, ABC, Molchat Doma, Gary Numan, Boy Harsher, Modern English, Gang of Four, and more.

Vic Bondi of influential Chicago hardcore vets Articles of Faith (and his new band Redshift and more) tells us about the music he loved most this year, including some 2022 releases, some '60s music, some surf rock, and more...

Bush Tetras play their first show with new drummer Steve Shelley next week in Brooklyn, and Gang of Four's Hugo Burnham will DJ.

It might be 44 years since Gang of Four released their debut single, but they still pack a wallop, with Jon King ever the wild man at the front of the stage, and still beating the crap out of a microwave...

Gang of Four kicked off their North American tour in Buffalo, and it was their first show with the lineup of Jon King, Hugo Burnham, Sara Lee and Slint's David Pajo...

Plus: Furnace Fest additions, Sean Nicholas Savage, Midnight Oil, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Femi Kuti, Chris Rock and more tour and festival news.

From Gang of Four to Bush Tetras and Stereolab to Spiritualized, its Indie Basement's most crucial reissues, box sets and comps of 2021.