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Explosion , not experiment….. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ticket for @universityofmanchester in 1999 We’ve added the brilliant Magical colours from their acme release of the same year (and a single from the year before) on the ever brilliant @muterecords #manchester #manchestergigs #90s #90smusic #90sindiemusic #jonspencerbluesexplosion #jonspencer #muterecords #gigtickets #universityofmanchester #backseatmafia #lexiconofundergroundmusic https://www.instagram.com/lexicon_of_underground_music/p/CYRijvzsK25/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Broadcast plus special guests live at Manchester University students union in 2000. It was the year their debut album ‘The noise made by people’ dropped on @warprecords so we’ve added the brilliant Come On Let’s Go’ to the playlist. Go follow it? - link in bio #musicephemera #tickets #broadcast #warprecords #lexiconofundergroundmusic #backseatmafia #thenoisemadebypeople #manchesteruniversity #studentunion #musu https://www.instagram.com/p/CW7s3pfserf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Press kit issued by U.S. record label Homestead Records for Brave Words, the 1987/1988 debut album by New Zealand band The Chills.

It would take me another year or so after the U.S. release of this album for me to discover The Chills, via the magical In Love With These Times Flying Nun label comp, a foundational influence on my musical taste. But after scoring this used copy of Brave Words at my local record store circa 1990 and pulling the record out of the sleeve… out popped this press kit.

The press release itself is by then-Homestead employee Gerard Cosloy, who was an early champion of music on Flying Nun (”one of the planet’s only record labels that doesn’t rot”). His genuine enthusiasm for The Chills is flecked with bits of curmudgeonliness he honed in his 80s zine, Conflict.

“Just read the press kit and leave me alone?” Okay! The press clippings in here, reviews of the album (released in 1987 outside the U.S.) and recent concerts, provide a good snapshot of a band on the rise. A Bucketfull of Brains reviewer said The Chills put on the “best gig I’ve seen in a long, long while,” while an uncredited review of Brave Words ends by calling the album “a classic.” Who am I to disagree? 

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Hey punks, post-punks, garage punks, art punks and any other sort. We wanna increase our punk coverage, so people who love punk and can create, write, interview, photograph, review gigs, video, make playlists or posts, help out, be enthusiastic or anything else - please dm us, whatever your age, experience or location. Even better share it out on your own channels and socials.

And help let your punk friends and bands and labels and online groups and anyone else know. Old and new, worldwide.

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Coventry punks The Flys 1979 single ‘Name Dropping’ on @emirecords on rather lovely green vinyl Added to the playlist, link in bio - go follow it and take a listen to all the tracks (nearly) we’ve featured #theflys #namedropping #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #records #punk #punklife #postpunk #recordcollector #recordcollection #backseatmafia #lexiconofundergroundmusic 
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Invasion of The Wedding Present fanzine 1987-90

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SCRATCH THE SURFACE: THE PASSMORE SISTERS – FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES (SHARP RECORDS, 1988)

Brilliant interview on the site from @thepassmoresisters on their 1988 compilation ‘First Love, Last Rites’ as part of our Scratch the Surface feature where the band describe the lead up and reaction to one of their albums as well as giving us the lowdown on each track. It’s. Brilliant long read with most of the tracks to listen to as you do so

Read the whole thing at

https://www.backseatmafia.com/scratch-the-surface-the-passmore-sisters-first-love-last-rites-sharp-records-1988/

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Photos of Spectrum, live at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ, November 8, 1992.

Being a fan of his previous band, Spacemen 3, I was pretty psyched to see Sonic Boom’s new outfit, Spectrum. I was also there to interview the man himself for my fanzine, which I why I had my camera with me to get some photos for the issue.

The interview itself took place in a basement storage room below the Maxwell’s bar. Mr. Boom seemed a bit out of it, and the reason became clear as soon as I sat down and handed him a copy of issue #1 of my fanzine. He proceeded to open it up to the center, then reach into his bag for a baggie of weed, dumping the contents out into the spine and separating it carefully.

I had never taken drugs - heck, I didn’t even drink - so I tried to keep my cool as I asked questions while he proceeded to roll joint after joint. There were a lot of awkward silences as he appeared to nod off from time to time. Though he perked up considerably when he reached into his bag again to show off the enormous baggie of magic mushrooms that some fans in another city had given him at a previous show.

Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To, indeed.

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FACTORY RECORDS – A COMPLETE SPOTIFY DISCOGRAPHY

FOLLOWING the success (well, relatively) of our John Peel playlist, in which we compiled all the Festive 50 tracks for every year John ran that feature all in one place (well, the ones from Spotify anyway), we’re delving into the catalogue of Manchester’s Factory Records.

It’s a story that’s been well told in lots of different ways. Named after the New York club and started by Alan Erasmus and local TV journalist Tony Wilson as a club night in 1978, it morphed into a record label with the addition of Slaughter and the Dogs’ tour manager Rob Gretton, who then invited lauded producer Martin Hannett on board.

Running it with virtually no business acumen, following artistic whims, opening a nightclub (the Haçienda) which lost money hand over fist and cost a small fortune to design, Wilson let the bands own their music and didn’t believe in contracts. As such it was no real surprise when the company filed for bankruptcy in 1992.

The labels roster was a who’s who of Manchester music, the major acts being Joy Division – then New Order, A Certain Ratio and The Durutti Column at its outset – also releasing early recordings by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and James. As the late 80s and 90s hit, the label released records by various New Order side projects (Revenge, The Other Two, Electronic) and Happy Mondays, Northside, The Wake and many more.

With this playlist, we set ourselves the challenge of trying to include something from every release on Factory. Obviously there are some gaps, notably Peter Hook’s Revenge project, and Gillian and Stephen’s The Other Two; a shame, as both had their merits.

Also missing largely is releases form the Factory Classical canon, save for one from pianist Ralf Hind. Again, a shame, as in some cases there were pretty exciting releases from (at the time) young British contemporary composers such as the late Steve Martland and Graham Fitkin.

We’ve included tracks from the Factory associate label Factory Benelux, that did largely what it says on the tin – release Factory records in Belgium, but also later found a home for the likes of longstanding Factory acts Section 25 and Stockholm Monsters.

Although we’ve limited ourselves to one track per release (even albums), we have in some cases added two if it was released with different tracks on Factory Benelux, and we’ve also added some remix tracks here and there for separate releases. There are one or two compilations on the label, in which case we allowed ourselves a track from those as well – “1963”, from New Order’s Substance, being a case in point.

Stylistically, the playlist flies all over the place: from Rolf Hinds’ classical folk song, through the punk/funk of early A Certain Ratio and the dark post-punk of Joy Division; through the soul jazz of Karima and Royal Family and the Poor, to the baggy of Happy Mondays and Northside, the indie pop of The Railway Children and The Wake and the acid house-influenced Technique and dance of The Other Two.

Find yourself a quiet 16 hours or so, and dive in.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cWJXIWUUlDZzFdp6zaI0Q?si=JVD36WK7St24KQThYg0tOg

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Section 25

Aleph club, December 1982

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1987’s White Coats ep from @newmodelarmy out via @emirecords 160 songs on the lexicon playlist now - go follow it (link in bio) #newmodelarmy #indie #indierock #emirecords #80s #80sindie #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #record #recordcollection #recordcollector #lexiconofundergroundmusic #backseatmafia https://www.instagram.com/p/CMPmyKEMvv5/?igshid=io5opdkj468j

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1977 single on Small Wonder from punk-folk poet Patrik Fitzgerald and the iconic Safety pin stuck in my heart Added to the playlist - link in bio, go follow it? #punk #punkpoet #patrikfitzgerald #safetypinstuckinmyheart #smallwonderrecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #record #recordcollection #recordcollector #lexiconofundergroundmusic #backseatmafia https://www.instagram.com/p/CMPlripsVKH/?igshid=t384zrawy690

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black flag

📸 - frank gargani

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