Swell Maps

Dave Kusworth of Jacobites, RIP

Dave Kusworth led Jacobites with Nikki Sudden, and also played in The Hawks, TV Eye, The Bounty Hunters, and more. Read tributes from members of Teenage Fanclub, The Auteurs, and more.

watch Lee Ranaldo's new video for "Isolation" (John Lennon cover)

The video is made from video submitted by friends and fans from all over the world during lockdown. “Isolation” is from Lee’s 1998 album Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson) which just hit Lee’s Bandcamp.

Swell Maps' Jowe Head on East Coast tour, including three NYC shows (dates)

Head is probably best-known for his time as bassist in Swell Maps where he wrote two of the band’s catchiest songs, “Harmony in Your Bathroom” and the great “Cake Shop Girl” which did indeed inspire the name of the Ludlow St…

Crime & the City Solution releasing 1st new album in 22 years, touring this fall (2012 dates include Brooklyn)

Legendary Australian band Crime & the City Solution broke up in 1990 following their fourth album, Paradise Discotheque. While known for their appearance in Wim Wenders’ 1987 classic Wings of Desire (video below), the band have been overshadowed by The Birthday Party (many of whom ended up in C&CS), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Swell Maps, but they’re an important part of the ’80s dark-tinged post punk scene and have gained a cult following over the last 20 years…

Swell Maps' Jowe Head playing 3 shows w/ all-star indie backing band & friends

Former Swell Maps and Television Personalities member Jowe Head, who you may have heard guest DJing recently on WFMU, is in NYC this week for three shows: Wednesday (4/20) at Rock Shop, Friday (4/22) at Bruar Falls, and Saturday (4/23) at Cake Shop…