Tag: 23 Skidoo
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Shake The Foundations: Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984, 3CD Box Set – Cherry Red Records
Listening to the opening numbers from A Certain Ratio and 23 Skidoo confuse the very idea of post-punk recasting it more as post-funk. It was always an odd expression to begin with anyway, slightly ill-fitting yet also neatly apt to describe the flame of inspiration which fuelled Punk’s ethos while defiantly creating something altogether new…
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TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING: A Story Of UK Post Punk 1977-1981 – Cherry Red Records
The brilliantly titled: TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING continues Cherry Red’s equally wonderful series of invaluable histories. This time round tackling, or rather defining Post Punk. The tempting question here is about whether it was really just Punk after all. The ‘Post’ bit a journalist tag line applied to sell the repackage while continuing our…
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