Tag: The Only Ones

Trailer: BBC to air ‘Punk Britannia,’ 3-part series marking 35th anniversary of punk

Trailer: BBC to air ‘Punk Britannia,’ 3-part series marking 35th anniversary of punk

BBC Four next month will follow up its excellent documentary ‘Synth Britannia’ with the new three-part ‘Punk Britannia,’ a look at the ‘historic cosmology, meteoric impact and smouldering aftermath of the most genuinely transformative force in British popular music history.’ The three parts air Friday, June 8 and June 15.

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

Vintage Video: Watch The Replacements open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1989

For our latest installment of Vintage Video, here’s the full 40-minute set of The Replacements opening for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Orange County Speedway in Middletown, NY, on Aug. 18, 1989.

Download: The Cure’s second 1990 ‘Cure FM’ pirate-radio broadcast for ‘Mixed Up’

Download: The Cure’s second 1990 ‘Cure FM’ pirate-radio broadcast for ‘Mixed Up’

On Oct. 6, 1990, The Cure made a second attempt at a pirate-radio broadcast in London to promote its upcoming ‘Mixed Up’ remix album; this one went off successfully, and we’ve got edited audio from that night of the band being interviewed and spinning records.

C86 vets Close Lobsters to reissue singles on ‘Forever, Until Victory!’ compilation

C86 vets Close Lobsters to reissue singles on ‘Forever, Until Victory!’ compilation

Short-lived Scottish indie-pop outfit Close Lobsters — one of the 22 bands included on the NME’s genre-defining and now-legendary C86 compilation cassette — next week […]