Arctic Monkeys‘ musical cover of John Cooper Clarke‘s poem “I Wanna Be Yours“ has been streamed over a billion times on Spotify, and JCC's tour is in NYC at the same time as Arctic Monkeys.
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Kiwi Jr, Palberta and Still Corners, plus a new post-punk disco box set, and a reissue of EXEK's debut album.
'The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story' also features interviews with John Cooper Clarke, Dave Gregory (XTC), BBC's Steve Lamacq, Kimberley Rew (Soft Boys/Katrina & the Waves) 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 frontman Hugh Cornwell), these were nights of magnificent words and sharp wit.