Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Cowpunk Albums
We are here to talk about Cowpunk in the 1980s, but we’ll begin with a caveat. This is a totally personal take on the story of cowpunk. It’s my version of the history, of what cowpunk […]
Mekons
Album Reviews
Mekons “Exquisite”
Eclectic defined on physical release of band’s lockdown recording Previously released on Bandcamp in 2020, ‘Exquisite‘ is the definition of a Covid Lockdown album with band members recording their contributions separately for what had originally been […]
Album Reviews
Mekons “Deserted” (Glitterbeat Records, 2019)
Forty years down the line, the Mekons remain one of the most credible bands to have emerged from Punk who are still drawing breath. One of the first outfits to recognise that authentic roots music could […]
News
The Mekons announce new album for March – Listen
Leaving you this weekend dear reader with news that British folk-punk collective The Mekons will release a new album ‘Deserted’ on March 29th via our friends at Bloodshot, their first formal studio album since 2011’s Ancient & Modern. […]
Album Reviews
Mekons “Existentialism” (Bloodshot, 2017)
It would be a terrible thing were you to be unfamiliar with The Mekons. Over almost 40 years they’ve recorded more than 20 albums of punky, post-punky and folky music that is at worst okay, generally very […]