The Mekons
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The Human League, The Mekons, Gang Of Four: Electric Ballroom, London
Live Review by Paul Rambali, New Musical Express, 11 November 1978
AN EVENING of Fast Product at which Saturday night anticipation could be discerned in the expectant chattering of the throng outside — no slowcoaches amongst ...
The Mekons: Hope & Anchor, London
Live Review by David Hepworth, Sounds, 27 January 1979
THE HOPE and Anchor is stuffed. If you're aiming to pour one more leather jacket into this crypt, you'd be wise to have remembered the ...
The Mekons: Blows Against Individuation
Profile and Interview by Mary Harron, Melody Maker, 3 February 1979
The Mekons insist they're just a by-product of confusion. But 'intervention', a.k.a. 'going commercial', looms. ...
The Mekons: The Group Who Fell To Earth
Interview by Paul Rambali, New Musical Express, 3 March 1979
THE MEKONS step down from the space ship of idealism and come face to face with Rock Reality. Can they and the cult of British ...
The Mekons: Songs of Innocence and Experience
Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 26 May 1979
I BEAT ON the front door of a huge, decaying terrace house in Leeds. No response. Tried the bell but it was dead. Rattled the ...
Gang Of Four, Mekons, Specials, Delta Five: Lyceum, London
Live Review by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 9 June 1979
"ROOD BOIZE" Yeah! "ROOOOODD BOOIZZZZ" Uh huh! ...
Review by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 8 December 1979
Shrieks from the Grove ...
The Mekons: Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester
Live Review by Mick Middles, Sounds, 9 February 1980
I COULDN'T believe my eyes. ...
Sleeve notes by Lester Bangs, CNT Records, 1982
THE MEKONS are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock 'n' roll. They are also the finest artists ever to have graced this ...
The Mekons: Hot Club, Brixton, London
Live Review by Susan Williams, New Musical Express, 3 September 1983
NÜE VAVE! ...
Strawberry Switchblade/The Mekons: ICA, London
Live Review by Bill Black, Sounds, 20 October 1983
WAS THIS an ICA Rock Week or a DeMob works outing? ...
The Mekons: Living Room, London
Live Review by The Legend!, New Musical Express, 6 October 1984
IS THIS the way to say goodbye? The last night at the Living Room, proprietor moving on to greater things, hopefully (water-bombs in Tottenham?!?), the ...
Essay by RJ Smith, High Fidelity, July 1986
Country used to be a music of the dispossessed. If you look hard enough, you'll find it still is. ...
Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 7 January 1989
With The Three Johns and The Mekons, Jon Langford has spent over ten years fighting against the never-ending Top Of The Pops party. John ...
Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 30 September 1989
"EUROPOX!" BELCHES the fat fool on the next table. ...
The Mekons: Retreat From Memphis (Touch and Go/Quarterstick)
Review by Robert Gordon, L.A. Weekly, 26 May 1994
The Glory of Shopping and... the Mekons' pleasure pleasure ...
An Interview with Jon Langford
Interview by Jason Gross, Bangsheet, May 1999
IN THE MIDDLE of yet another tour for the alt-alt-country act the Waco Brothers and on hiatus from his original band the Mekons, Jon "Boy" ...
Albums from Kelly Hogan, the Handsome Family and the Mekons
Review by Eric Weisbard, Spin, June 2000
Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: Beneath the Country Underdog (Bloodshot);The Handsome Family: In the Air (Carrot Top); Mekons: Journey to the End of ...
The Mekons: New York: On The Road '86-'87
Review by Gavin Martin, Uncut, March 2001
LEEDS PUNKS' Cold War-era Country Invasion Of The States in all its ragged glory ...
Review by Alfred Soto, Stylus, 7 August 2007
DESPAIR IS THE MEKONS' MUSE. When a band devotes most of its career to cataloguing economic privation and apocalyptic visions, it risks cynicism and indifference. ...
The Mekons: Mekon…And On…And On…
Report and Interview by Rob Hughes, Uncut, September 2007
They wanted to be punk's slowest band. They ended up accidentally inventing alt.country and sticking around for 30 years. Raise your glasses, please, to the ...
see also Jon Langford
see also Sally Timms
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