The Pop Group

Mark Stewart's list of Dub Essentials includes tracks from Prince Far I, Rupie Edwards, The Tamlins, The Twinkle Brothers, Elizabeth Archer & The Equators. The Pop Group & Dennis Bovell's ‘Y in Dub‘ is out in October.

This week's playlist includes new music by The War On Drugs, Darkside, Big Red Machine ft. Fleet Foxes & Anais Mitchell, Dave ft. James Blake & Sha Simone, Quicksand, Lorde, Low, and more

“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.”

New Age Steppers were a dub collective formed by producer Adrian Sherwood and The Slits' singer Ari Up that also included, over the years, contributions from members of The Pop Group, The Raincoats, Flying Lizards, Roots Radics, Aswad, Creation Rebel and more...

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.

Meanwhile, the Bauhaus guitarist has formed a new band who are working on their debut album.

Members of Kiss, Genesis, The Pop Group, The Smiths, Blur, Testament, Franz Ferdinand, E Street Band, Sleaford Mods, and more have also paid tribute to the legendary Fleetwood Mac co-founder...

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'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.

The video was made by Douglas Hart, the onetime Jesus & Mary Chain member who went on to be a very successful video director, working with The Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and more.