Researching, exploring and reporting British inspired Subculture and Art past and present. Our subculture blog delves into the roots of Northern Soul and simultaneously reports on the contemporary Northern Soul scene. It interviews emerging new wave bands that themselves are inspired by the original punk bands appearing across another page of the Blog.
It charts the evolution of Subcultures from their emergence in the 60’s and 70’s to a more inclusive and equitable movement today. The underground and subcultures are never fixed in one place or time. They have strong and meaningful reference points but are always evolving.
Always Forward, Never Back.
Rude GRL & CC may be a relatively new band (their first EP ‘LIKE WOW’ was released in January 2021) but their credentials stand them
“I don’t like the taste of water in the city, I don’t like what it leaves in my mouth” declares singer Adam Hopper on Blanketman’s
Under the guise of Raissa Pardini, graphic design becomes a joyous optical illusion of repetitive typography. Harnessing her own experiences as a musician (Raissa was
The second instalment in our series investigating overlooked or obscured figures in musical and subcultural history delves into the short and spectacular life of New
“I wanna be instamatic. I wanna be a frozen pea” howls Poly Styrene on X-Ray Spex’s debut, and only, album released in 1978. Shriek-singing observations
Guitar-slinging and fedora-clad, The Daybreakers are composed of rollicking blues and smooth vocals. Combining the slickest parts of experimental rock with lyrics pertaining to contemporary
Drummer of China’s first female punk band, sonic experimentalist and Dover Street Market buyer, Shenggy Shen resides amongst avant-garde music and fashion. From working with
Goth, gothic rock, post-punk and new wave are often used interchangeably, yet with with its gloomy themes and dedicated subculture, goth has and continues to
INTO THE DIRT – BORN IN 2016 AND WAS INSPIRED BY PUNK FANZINES FROM 1976. NO ONE BOTHERED TO MAKE ONE OF THESE THINGS BEFORE.
16th June, Rio Cinema – 107 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB Rio Cinema Times – 18:40 Film Starts Birthdays After-party: 20:30 Rockin’ DJ set 21:30 Ramonas live
1977- two lads from Blackpool Sixth Form College and neighbours by the names of John Robb and Mark Tilton decided to create a band and
Voyeurism, emotion, glamour, London’s social scenes of the 70’s and 80’s … these are just some of the elements that make up the donation of
The Nightclubs of the UK have been closing an alarming rate over the last ten years The Clubs are so often cast as the font
Marking 20 years since the release of the album “Gone Again “we are taken a look at Patti Smith. Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith, born in
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