Bethany Thomas
BT/She/Her. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tag: Mekons
Mixtape 128 :: What Happened to Delilah?
The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
Covid Diary #4
I spent my pandemic “vacation” taking online courses and playing with TicTok. Veteran musicians the Mekons and Yo La Tengo spent their time making music.
Mekons
Deserted (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls
S/T (Bloodshot Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Chivalrous Amoekons
Fanatic Voyage (Drag City). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jake Brennan & The Confidence Men
Love & Bombs (Yep Roc). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Gary Lucas
Operators Are Standing By: The Essential Gary Lucas 1988-1996 (Knitting Factory). Review by James Mann.
Best, Worst and Unusual Stuff from 2002
A highly subjective listing of 19 things from 2002 that stuck in Bob Pomeroy’s head and would not leave even when asked politely.
Give it up for the old guys
Bob Pomeroy pokes holes in the old maxim about rock n’ roll being a young man’s game with profiles of the Ex, Mekons, and Sonic Youth.
The Sadies
Stories Often Told (Yep Roc). Review by Sean Slone.
Waco Brothers
New Deal (Bloodshot). Review by Rob Walsh.
Mekons
I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen’s Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1 (Quarterstick). Review by Ian Koss
Mekons
Me (Quarterstick). Review by Ian Koss
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