STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and TONY BURKE review new releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
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MC50's political pulse beats as powerfully as ever
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STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and TONY BURKE review new releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
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IT WAS time to testify as founding member “brother” Wayne Kramer of the MC5 brings an all-star line-up — dubbed MC50 — to Glasgow on this latest leg of their world tour.
Celebrating the half century with Kramer since the release of the groundbreaking Kick Out the Jams album are Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, King's X singer-bassist Doug Pinnick, Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and Zen Guerrilla frontman Marcus Durant.
Their message isn’t lost on the young and preponderantly older audience. Originally intended merely as a document of their live show, the Kick out the Jams album stands as a flashpoint for punk, garage and the visceral power of politically charged rock, explicit on the question the title track poses of whether listeners are going to be part of the problem or the solution.
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