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John Lydon slams son of Sex Pistols manager for burning £5million of punk memorabilia

Edit NME 20 May 2016
John Lydon has criticised Joe Corré - the son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and designer Vivienne Westwood - who is to hold a ceremonial burning of punk memorabilia in Camden, in which he'll torch a personal collection worth more than £5 million in its entirety ... Punk London is backed by the Queen, who despite the Sex Pistols singing "God save the Queen, she's ain't no human being" has given the event her official blessing....

John Berry: Beastie Boys founder was much more than a punk rock footnote

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2016
But to those who were there on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 80s witnessing the punk scene’s shift from the narcotic-fueled nihilism of the likes of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers into the boundless youthful energy of hardcore, Berry was a vital part of the transition ... of New York hardcore punk scene, the chaotic Even Worse....

Indie Honors Punk, Spielberg Warns Of VR Takeover And Captain Fantastic Has Oscar Buzz

Edit Inquisitr 20 May 2016
The legendary rocker joined acclaimed indie film director Jim Jarmusch during a photo call this week for their documentary Gimme Danger, which focuses on Iggy’s punk band The Stooges ... The Stooges are considered the main influencers of the punk movement and the film uses new footage and photos to tell the story of the iconic band....

White Lung: Why the Political Punks Embraced Country Storytelling

Edit Rollingstone 20 May 2016
White Lung's fourth album Paradise is a bracing rock record. a bloody knife-swath through a world of killers, body horror, ambivalent relationships, desire, death and a straightforward love story or two ... Sidebar. 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time » ... Get real! It's always that year ... Especially with something that's so often labeled as "feminist punk" — it's easy for that to become the sole focus ... Each album is themed ... ....

The Damned

Edit Skiddle 20 May 2016
Friday 20th May 2016 ... London punk pioneers ... This London-based band, fronted by Dave Vanian, performs classic punk ... Punk ... ....

Searching for the Real Desiigner and Saying Farewell to a Punk Band

Edit New York Times 20 May 2016
Hear the tracks that caught our pop critics’ attention, from Corinne Bailey Rae’s springy new song to Okkervil River’s farewell to an era ... ....

James Blake's glorious new album

Edit NZ Herald 20 May 2016
"I'm the opposite of punk. I've subdued a generation" James Blake told the Guardian last week. He said it with a laugh, apparently, but it's patently not true. Blake's music is as powerful and non-conformist as any punk music, pushing... ....

Beastie Boys Founder John Berry Dead At 52

Edit Inquisitr 20 May 2016
2016 has been a rough year for music, and the month of May is only making it worse for fans of New York hardcore punk ... Dante Ross, who later became an A&R; executive at Def Jam Recordings, and future Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jennifer were also part of the close-knit crowd of punk rock kids ... cut for a punk cassette compilation called New York Thrash....

John Berry, founding Beastie Boys member, dies aged 52

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2016
Guitarist was part of the original punk band the hip-hop outfit sprung from, and coined the group’s name before leaving after the release of their first EP. @guardianmusic ... Although the Beastie Boys rose to fame as a hip-hop three-piece, they originated as a hardcore punk band called the Young Aborigines in 1978, featuring Berry, Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “MCA” Yauch and Kate Schellenbach ... ....

Tremolo Vol.1 The event that celebrates itself tickets

Edit Skiddle 20 May 2016
Underbelly Of Hoxton in London. Friday 20th May 2016. 7.30pm til 3.00am (last entry 2.00am). Minimum Age. 18. Seven hours of shoegaze, post-punk and dream pop. Event Info. Venue. News.   Buy tickets securely. Type of Ticket Price QuantityQty. Advance Ticket - £7.00 ... Earlybird ... Embed Ticket Box ... Seven hours of shoegaze, post-punk and dream pop ... ....

Motion City Soundtrack Say So Long, Farewell In Style

Edit Houston Press 20 May 2016
Thursday night, droves of pop-punk, emo, and indie music fans packed into Numbers to celebrate the catalog of Motion City Soundtrack ... For a generation of kids who fell in love with music (and girls) at the Warped Tour, Motion City Soundtrack has been a mainstay of the pop-punk scene ... If the crowd at Numbers was sad to say goodbye to their favorite indie pop-punk heroes, it wasn’t evident....

Discount Orchestra, Red Haven, Dirty Grace + DJ Rach Speakeasy

Edit Skiddle 20 May 2016
From the raw, visceral energy of Gypsy-Punk, to the feet-twistingly manic tempo of Speed-Folk, The Discount Orchestra provide a high-octane, seven-piece blend of eclectic dance-floor stomp, guaranteed to get you bouncing ... elements of Folk, Gypsy, Ska, and Circus, with a healthy dose of Punk, and is perfect for a late night of raucous entertainment!....

Burma’s Peter Prescott improvises with Minibeast

Edit Boston Herald 20 May 2016
Best known for playing angular art-punk with Mission of Burma, Prescott, 58, explores a different realm with Minibeast ... I didn’t stop loving pop or punk, or more traditional song forms — but why repeat a paler version of something I already did? To me, what modern psychedelia means is that it tends to have repetition, and some kind of odd instrumentation, and the emphasis of texture over melody.”. Case in point ... ....
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