What do punk rock fans buy in London?
Camden's All Ages Records shared with my Fire Red Sky newsletter their 10 best sellers over the last year, featuring some things old and some things new.
https://tangleofwires.substack.com/p/a-punk-rock-chart-from-london
#music #punk #PunkRock #PunkHardcore #HardcorePunk #oi #PostHardcore #London #Camden #AllAgesRecords #FireRedSky #newsletter #newsletters
The punk rock, alt rock and indie music on my Fire Red Sky newsletter takes a break* for some books in the sun
*not counting Punk USA and its oral history of Lookout! Records
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/holiday-reading
#music #punk #PunkRock #PopPunk #France #Toulouse #JackKerouac #GeorgesSimenon #GKChesterton #RohintonMistry #SadieJones #PhilipLarkin #Descendents #KevinPrested #LookoutRecords #GreenDay #FireRedSky #newsletter #newsletters
On the controlled chaos of Bruise Control, with video of their doomy 'Come on Down' (cut with Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' and some pavement-side singing). Plus a bracing opening from Predeceased.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/hardcore-in-a-dive-bar
#music #punk #PunkRock #PunkHardcore #HardcorePunk #ManchesterPunk #BruiseControl #Predeceased #London #Blondies #LiveMusic #gigs #FireRedSky #newsletter #newsletters
Punk, activism and art: The Tate's Women in Revolt! features 100 women artists working in the UK.
In this issue of my Fire Red Sky newsletter I talk about the first-of-its-kind exhibition, with an emphasis on the space it gives to punk.
https://tangleofwires.substack.com/p/women-are-revolting
#art #music #punk #PunkRock #tate #TateBritan #FeministArt #AuPairs #TheSlits #Ludus #Linder #CarolineCoon #XRaySpex #PolyStyrene #PetrolGirls #BigJoanie #DreamNails #WitchFever #FireRedSky #newsletter #newsletters
Started a new monthly playlist series that collects 20 of the best tracks released.
This first instalment includes Green Day, Bad Nerves, Placebo, Comeback Kid, Sonic Youth, Suede and more.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/fighting-with-the-undertow-1
#FireRedSky #FightingWithTheUndertow #music #playlist #Spotify #GreenDay #BadNerves #Placebo #ComebackKid #SonicYouth #Suede #PunkRock #HardcorePunk #PunkHardcore #AltRock #IndieMusic
It’s been a banner year for punk, hardcore, indie and metal, with fantastic releases across all those genres and more making my albums of the year list.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/10-great-albums-from-2023
#aoty #aoty2023 #AlbumOfTheYear #music #punk #PunkRock #metal #indie #IndieMusic #electronica #NeoPsychadelica #NoiseRock #AltRock #pop #FireRedSky #substack #newsletter
Watch an end-of-the-tour crowd belt out 'A New England'
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/mid-century-modern
#music #punk #postpunk #folk #folkmusic #BillyBragg #TheRoaringForties #RoaringForties #TheClaphamGrand #FireRedSky #substack #newsletter
Hüsker Dü covered by Greg Noton's new band UltraBomb - exclusive video for readers of Fire Red Sky (and, coincidentally, the most popular issue of the newsletter so far by a country mile)
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/time-to-burn
#music #punk #punkrock #huskerdu #GregNorton #UltraBomb #newsletter #Substack #MusicSubstack #FireRedSky
What does 'New Day Rising' sound like in 2023 when one of Hüsker Dü is in the band? Pretty damn good.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/time-to-burn
#music #punk #punkrock #UltraBomb #TheMahones #UKSubs #huskerdu #AntiNowhereLeague #4ftfingers #GregNorton #FinnyMcConnell #CamdenUnderworld #FireRedSky #substack #newsletter
On music's post-tribalism era of everything all the time, and probably the first and last issue of Fire Red Sky to mention both Dolly Parton and Post Malone.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/a-beautiful-friendship
#music #punk #punkrock #LApunk #jazz #dreampop #huskerdu #Santigold #ARKane #EllaFitzgerald #TheARChiveofContemporaryMusic #PublicServiceBroadcasting #FireRedSky #substack #newsletter
