Mark Fisher on For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder & We Are All Prostitutes for FACT Mag. + Premiere of the lost video to We Are All Prostitutes READ/WATCH IN FULL HERE
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THE POP GROUP IN CONVERSATION WITH KODWO ESHUN & MARK FISHER AT SPECIAL Q&A
‘The Pop Group’s ‘For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder’ was one of the most challenging records of the post-punk era. The album and its reception reflected the fraught debates about the relationship between music and politics which convulsed post-punk, and which continue to haunt us now. This unique event will begin with
THE HISTORY OF BRISTOL’S MUSICAL UNDERGROUND: MARK STEWART IN CONVERSATION WITH GILLES PETERSON
Mark, Janine Rainforth (Maximum Joy) and a host of other Bristol luminaries discuss the heritage of the city’s music scene. Listen back HERE.
CITIZEN ZOMBIE AT #8 IN THE NEEDLE DROP’S TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2015
Anthony Fantano on Citizen Zombie: ‘An off the wall, obnoxious and very strange rock album…’
MARK STEWART FEATURED IN NOISEY’S EVOLUTION OF NOISE-HOP
“It was around 1980 when Bristol post-punk band The Pop Group were touring in New York, proving their worth as No Wave pioneers. The group’s frontman Mark Stewart tuned into Kiss FM (yes, even white kids from Bristol were well up on their hip-hop back then), and the DJ at the time, Red Alert, was
JAPAN WINTER TOUR ANNOUNCED
The Pop Group will play Japan in December including two nights in Tokyo at the duo Music Exchange and one night in Osaka at the Umeda Club Quattro. Those dates in full: 7/12 – duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, Tokyo 8/12 – duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, Tokyo 9/12 – Umeda Club Quattro, Osaka Tickets on sale October 3rd