The new album & project by The Pop Group founder member Gareth Sager Out on The Creeping Bent Organisation on the 14th of September Ten stunning tracks of avant-punk funk sound and fury heralding the final instalment of the ‘Creeping Bent Triptych’ after ‘The Last Second of Normal Time’ (2004) by CC Sager and ‘Slack
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LISTEN TO LAY LLAMAS x MARK STEWART ‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’
Thuban the new record by Lay Llamas featuring Mark Stewart is out now on Rocket Recordings LISTEN to the ‘dystopian afrobeat’ of ‘Fight Fire With Fire’ featuring Mark’s spoken word contributions Praise for ‘Fight Fire With Fire’: “Mark Stewart’s (Pop Group) narration of a futuristic world devoid of humanity is literally neurotic. Human freaks proliferate
MARK STEWART x BRISTOL MUSIC: SEVEN DECADES OF SOUND TRAILER
A trailer featuring a text by Mark Stewart for ‘Bristol Music: Seven Decades of Sound’, a new exhibition on the history of the Bristol music scene put together by M Shed (Bristol Museums) & 2 Degrees West: ‘The scene since the late 1950s has been nothing but eclectic. Artists from Acker Bilk, The Pop Group
GARETH SAGER WITH ALAN VEGA & JOCK SCOT
Frankie Panic + Alex Discord Vega + Sager = Red Star By Port Sulphur Sager + Scot = Alex Discord by Port Sulphur Both taken from ‘Paranoic Critical’, the new record by Douglas Macintyre’s Port Sulphur project Out now on The Creeping Bent Organisation LISTEN TO ‘RED STAR’ LISTEN TO ‘ALEX DISCORD’ BUY
MARK STEWART & THE MAFFIA LIVE IN SWITZERLAND 1986
Mark Stewart & The Maffia Live in Lausanne, Switzerland 1986 Performing We Are All Prostitutes Featuring Doug Wimbish & Steve Beresford!
THE 38TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POP GROUP’S ‘FOR HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE TOLERATE MASS MURDER’
Released 38 years ago today (21st March 1980) ‘For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder’ READ MARK FISHER (RIP) WRITING ON THE ALBUM FOR FACT MAG LISTEN