John Cooper Clarke

Sunday's NYC-area shows include Jawbreaker, Other Music/MoMa PS1's "Come Together" fest, Hamish Kilgour, Norman Westberg/DBUK, Jose James, and more.

Saturday show options include Other Music & MoMA PS1's "Come Together Festival, Jawbreaker, PAWS, Kid Congo, Gary Clark, and more.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Ulver, KISS, Jose Gonzalez, Bambara, Gary Clark Jr, Homeshake, Torres, Weakened Friends, and more.

This week: Steve Gunn's great new LP, plus two Australian bands that feature members of Twerps, plus Flat Worms and a new wide-ranging Manchester compilation.

Salford, UK's legendary punk poet, Dr. John Cooper Clarke, was in NYC this past weekend for two nights at Joe's Pub (April 7 & 8). While 2016's ’This Time It's Personal’ found JCC to possess a crooner's singing voice (he made the LP with former Stranglers f…

Tony Wilson, who founded Factory Records (home to Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and more), died on this day (August 10) in 2007 and in tribute, poet Mike Garry and musician Joe Duddell have recorded a single titled "St...

UK punk poet John Cooper Clarke had to cancel his last NYC visit due to visa issues, but he's now announced a new round of dates on the East Coast this spring...

We recently mentioned that Miriam, the new recording project of Miriam Linna (Kicks fanzine writer, A-Bones drummer/singer, Norton Records co-founder, etc) released her debut album of garage rock/Phil Spector pop, Nobody's Baby, earlier this year on Norton and that she'll be opening for Th…

Arctic Monkeys at Free Press Summer Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)

Arctic Monkeys recently graced us with a new single, "Do I Wanna Know?," and they've now announced that it will be the opening track to their new album, AM, which is due out on September 10 via Dom...