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.
The Red Stains have only been a band for a year but they are leaving their mark more indelibly than their lipstick graffiti around Manchester’s
Our story began in Manchester in 1981. A city in the North of England, Manchester at that time, was bleak, poverty-stricken and depressed from industrial
New Singles in 2020: ‘This is the Summer’ by Dream Nails (Photo Credit: Marieke Macklon) Despite lockdown cancelling any plans of summer festivals this year,
Bands from Wales: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard (Photo Credit: Elijah Thomas) With musical icons like Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones as well as indie legends like
Soaked in pure airy vocals and synth-laden grooves, Drug Store Romeos craft a blissfully layered sonic dreamscape that’s awash in beautiful pastels. Owing to its
Bands from Liverpool: Monks (Photo Credit: Dylan Mead) Liverpool venues like the Cavern Club and Eric’s became central to Liverpool’s music hub in the 1980s,
Ten Songs with Social Message to Listen (Lucia & The Best Boys, Photo Credit: Cameron Brisbane) Throughout the ages, musicians have taken it upon themselves
Bands from Sheffield: Feral Family (Photo Credit: Manc Wanderer) Gone are the days of Sheffield’s music scene being a saturation of Arctic Monkeys-wannabes. The indie
Modern English Shoegaze Bands: The KVB (Photo Credit: Klara Johanna Michel) When it comes to British shoegaze, we almost always think of the holy trinity
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