Directed by Don Letts, “Strummerville” is an informative short documentary on the groundbreaking charity set up to continue Joe Strummer’s legacy by aiding struggling artists.
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Odd Nosdam – T.I.M.E. Soundtrack
T.I.M.E. Soundtrack is an experiment – and not a particularly successful one. Angus Finlayson reviews.
Dälek – Gutter Tactics
Dälek make post apocalypse music, crumbling building blocks standing like crooked broken teeth, noxious sludge oozing from drain pipes, scorched asphalt and concrete melted into piles of slag.
Black Britanyaa – The Windrush Volume 2
Though laced with bitterness for what has gone before and continues to afflict, Black Britanyaa are looking for inclusive common ground and are proud in their righteous message to the black and most definitely British youth of the UK.
Steinski – What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
Simon Tyers examines a two CD anthology, the second an hour long mix, of the man whose Lessons series inspired hip hop’s cut-up sample culture.
Dreams Come True: Jon Savage Presents Classic First Wave Electro 1982-1987
An exciting mix of rare and mostly forgotten electro tracks, compiled by writer Jon Savage.
