Leicester Bangs

Typing like a chimp since 1997 - online since 2006.

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Joey Ramone & Mick Jagger, Winterland, San Francisco, December 28, 1978.

[Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew]

You’d think that Day 1 training for Russian bot farms shilling for Reform would be to learn the word ‘pub’:

[Ramones @RamonesOfficial]

Ramones made their debut at the Roundhouse in London on July 4, 1976. Before the gig, Johnny Ramone snuck a couple members of The Clash, through the back window.

Photo captured at Dingwalls the next day with Stuart Keen, Keith Levene, and Paul Simonon, by Danny Fields

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Redskins – Reds Strike The Blues (Decca) 1984

If you really want to be free
Take a tip from solidarity
Reds strike the blues!

https://t.co/HZkHfj5hy4

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

For those of you partial to the dark stuff, Sam at Projekt Records is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to re-release Black Tape For A Blue Girl's As one aflame laid bare by desire album.

Link: https://t.co/QVStWwxv6r

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
https://t.co/DpAZbkz7Dj

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Best Clash cover? I can't think of a better one.

Rachid Taha - Rock El Casbah
https://t.co/EQ04hTE7OI

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Currently playing:

Robert Fripp – Washington Square Church

80 minutes of Frippertronics.

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Dave Hill's Super Yob guitar.

[Guardian culture @guardianculture]

Bowie and Spice Girls PR Alan Edwards: ‘Through punk I found another family’ https://t.co/VTb89S7SMR

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Electronica, 1981.

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Currently playing:

Dollar Brand Duo – Good News From Africa (Enja) 1974

An album of duets by pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, then known as Dollar Brand, and double bassist Johnny Dyani.

[Sam Rosenthal 👻 black tape for a blue girl @BlackTapeSam]

Thanks! In the USA, we're selling the 4CD box set at: https://t.co/Z1ZUqcJNva

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Playing this:
No Songs Tomorrow: Darkwave, Ethereal Rock And Coldwave 1981 – 1990

Featuring this:
Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Within These Walls
https://t.co/AJsLxeS0Pf

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Second one's just out.

The Cortinas - Fascist Dictator
https://t.co/6YX5OESGLv

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Currently playing:

Ramones – The 1975 Sire Demos

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Playing now, a recent charity shop acquisition, and very good it is.

Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche À Bamako

Sénégal Fast Food (feat. Manu Chao)
https://t.co/eyAZOwl7lk

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

I see @CherryRedGroup are re-issuing Peter Baumann's three Virgin albums as a box set.

The first of them, Romance 76, has been a favourite of mine for years.

Bicentennial Presentation
https://t.co/sacMXnkVrj

[Samantha and Sven @dig_old]

Currently playing:

Mary Weiss with The Reigning Sound – Dangerous Game

From 2007, on Norton Records.