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The Stabilisers
14th Aug 2010
Fueled by the garage band sound of the ’60s and the punk attitude of the late ’70s, London foursome the Stabilisers began life as a trio.Jon Bott, Francis Braithwaite, and Simon Corbey had been gigging around London to a cult following when Allan Crockford of Billy Childish‘s band Thee Headcoats offered his services as an extra guitarist. The gigs got
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The Minutemen
More than any other hardcore band, the Minutemen epitomized the free-thinking independent ideals that formed the core of punk/alternative music. Wildy eclectic and politically revolutionary, the Minutemen never stayed in one place too long; they moved from punk to free jazz to funk to folk at a blinding speed. And they toured and recorded at
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Santigold
As a solo project with a revolving door of members, the heart and face of Santigold is vivacious frontwoman Santi White. White and John Hill, her former counterpart from ska-punk band Stiffed, use their common backgrounds as production-savvy musicians to make bombastic, bass-oriented songs that fuse punk, reggae, grime, and indie rock with electro. Tribal island rhythms merge with
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Also tagged electro, grime, indie-rock, Santi White, Santigold, Stiffed
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