Mark Stewart
The Pop Group team with Dennis Bovell for new 'Y in Dub' album (stream a track)
“Dub to me is the music of chance,“ says The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart of the dub version of their debut album, made with legend Dennis Bovell. “A teenage dream come true – at last – this one’s for the explorers.”
Algiers side project Nun Gun prep 'Mondo Decay' (stream a track ft Mark Stewart)
Nun Gun, a collaboration between Algiers members Lee Tesche & Ryan Mahan and visual artist Brad Feuerhelm, will release ‘Mondo Decay‘ on February 19, featuring appearances from The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart, ONO, and more.
This Week's Livestreams (Bruce Springsteen, Brian Eno, Burna Boy, Sylvan Esso, Mac DeMarco, more)
Plus Lil Yachty, T.I. vs Jeezy, The Cribs, Marissa Nadler, Hilary Woods, Soccer Mommy, Ted Leo, John Doe, Eddie Vedder, Teenage Halloween, Rufus Wainwright, Jewel, Local H, Denzel Curry, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
This Week's Livestreams (The Cure, Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, Janelle Monae, Elvis Costello, more)
Plus Chance the Rapper, Sylvan Esso, Lydia Loveless, Tori Amos, Hamilton Leithauser, Waxahatchee, Margo Price, Bully, Phantogram, HAIM, Gary Numan, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
Bang on a Can hosting second Marathon livestream with over 40 artists
Including sets from Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens, Shara Nova, Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, and many more.
tributes to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider - OMD, Thomas Dolby, Mogwai, Moog, Duran Duran, more
Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.
Jah Wobble, Mark Stewart & more team for anti-Brexit song "A Very British Coup"
Just in time for Brexit, this protest song features a Who’s Who of UK Post-Punk, including most of PiL’s Metal Box lineup, The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart and Killing Joke’s Youth.
Bill's Indie Basement (11/1): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Omni, Bradford Cox & Cate Le Bon and Warmduscher, plus The Pop Group’s debut album gets a 40th Anniversary reissue and Brazilian psych artist Pedro Kastelijns.
The Pop Group prep deluxe 'Y' reissue (watch new "Kiss the Book" video)
The Pop Group’s “Kiss the Book” has previously only ever been released as a Peel Session — the studio version finally surfaces as part of the 40th anniversary box set version of Y.
Bill's Indie Basement (1/25): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: Swervedriver’s new album ’Future Ruins’, plus Robert Forster, Proper Ornaments, an amazing new Beak> video, and a reissue of Mark Stewart & The Maffia’s 1983 debut.
