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New Film - "Svengali" starring Jonny Owen & Vicky…

News of a smart new comedy from writer Jonny Owen (pictured above) and director John Hardwick (whose credits include music videos for the likes of Blur and Orbital). "Svengali" stars This Is England's award winning Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen, the latter of which also found time to give us a crowd frenzy inducing DJ set at The Dot to Dot Festival last weekend. "Svengali" will premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival but for those not…

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Japanther

Brooklyn-based art punk duo Japanther has released a promotional video for the track “Stolen Flowers” from the new LP Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart, which was released 21 May on Recess Records. The clip features black and white video images of Japanther (drummer Ian Vanek and bassist Matt Reilly) and a pogo/go-go dancing girl flashing amid a colorful animation of blossoming flowers, paper stickers and falling petals and bullet casings. Directed…

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Yonderboi - 'Come on Progeny'

Yonderboi is a Hungarian composer, music producer and visual artist, and here at Fred Perry Subculture, we are very excited to offer the premier of new track 'Come on Progeny', as a free download below, a song which is unusual, texturally and melodically briliant, and really quite beautiful. Yonderboi also was give an exclusive interview, below. Tell me what does Come on Progeny mean and why did you write it?  I consider Passive Control a female…

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Disclosure - Settle - Album Review

The debut album from Disclosure is released 3rd June on PMR records. Since producing major singles such as ‘What’s in your Head’, Disclosure have not stopped producing new influential tracks, more recently ‘White Noise’ featuring the electronic duo AlunaGeorge which reached number 2 in the charts upon release. Having appeared in a back-to-back Boiler Room with Skream and on Annie Mac's Radio One show, the duo continue to gain more and more popularity. Most…

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The Clash announce "Sound System"!

With news that will undoubtedly excite fans and have them smashing up their their piggy banks faster than Paul Simonon can smash up a Fender bass, The Clash have announced the September release of "Sound System", an extensive boxset of their recorded output - and more! You can watch the band announce the release below via their "Cut Out Show": Watch the teaser trailer here too: Featuring all of their albums and a multitude of extra material,…

The Undertones' John O’Neill's Spotify Playlist

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the release of The Undertones' debut single "Teenage Kicks" - undoubtedly the ultimate anthem of adolescent nocturnal rebellion, and the upcoming release of "An Introduction to The Undertones" - we are honoured to have a playlist picked by Undertones founding member John O'Neill, who wrote the iconic song. From New wave to New York No Wave, listen to John's list and read on to find out a little more about his choices: 1.…

Pete McKee - The Joy Of Sheff

Sheffield has always enjoyed a place in the heart of the UK's subcultures, particularly Northern Soul and Britpop, so why not take a moment to celebrate The Joy of Sheff - Pete McKee's art exhibition about his home city, on 18th May at The Blue Shed on Brightside Lane in Sheffield. McKee explains more about the one day only event, “Sheffielders are very proud of their city but also very self deprecating. This exhibition plays on both those characteristics…

Stone Roses Film World Premiere

On Thursday 30th May, the legendary Stone Roses will premier their film directed by This is England director Shane Meadows in Manchester at Victoria Warehouse. The band will be in attendance and, with Shane Meadows, will host a Q & A. This event is now sold out, but the event will be satellite-linked to over a hundred cinemas screening the film and running concurrently with the premiere launch. Tickets to these satellite-linked cinemas are…

Findlay Announced As Tour Support For Miles Kane

Having recently released her amazing debut EP ‘Off & On’ last month, Findlay is now about to set off on tour with Miles Kane in June. Having already supported the likes of Jake Bugg and The Courteeners, Findlay is well on the way to establishing herself as one of the best new live bands that the UK has to offer. She rightfully earned comparisons to Deap Vally and Alison Mosshart of The Kills after the release of her debut single ‘Your Sister’…

Outlook Festival 2013

Taking place at the end of the festival season from Thursday 29th August to Monday 2nd September, Outlook Festival 2013 has a line up that establishes itself as Europe’s leading bass music and soundsystem culture festival. Set at the striking Fort Punta Christo Pula in Croatia, this stunning country is also home to many other Bass, House and Electronic music festivals, such as Hideout, Dimensions and a new one for 2013, Unknown festival. Outlook…

The Hozac Blackout Festival

Chicago’s Hozac Records was born into bloody existence as Horizontal Action, a mid-90s fanzine that gleefully celebrated trash culture. B-movies, hardcore pornography, copious alcohol consumption and, most notably, underground rock n’ roll, were splashed across brazenly Xeroxed pages in brutal black & white. As a record label, Hozac has championed The Smith Westerns, Black Lips, The Dutchess & The Duke, Fresh & Onlys, Jacuzzi Boys and…

Introducing - Shama Rahman

Genuinely standing away from the current new music mainstream, sitar player and singer, Shama Rahman, has caught our attention, and the attention of Giles Peterson, who previously had the foresight to sign Ghostpoet. Shama has released a teaser - "Reflections", for her upcoming album "Fable: Time" - out 27th May. Fusing Sitar, Jazz, Bosa Nova, Spoken word, Urban folk and a myriad of other sounds, "Fable: Time" is an ambitious piece, that rare combination…

John Robb's Punk Playlist

As a founding member of The Membranes and Goldblade (pictured above), the writer of some of the best books on music and UK counterculture of the last twenty years ("The Charlatans: We Are Rock", "The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop" and "Punk Rock: An Oral History" - to name just three) and the founder of Louder then War, John Robb needs very little introduction. So, to mark the release of the new Goldblade album ("The Terror Of Modern…

KLP Exclusive Free Download

Having built up a rep over the past two years as a respected DJ and guest vocalist, KLP (aka Kristy Lee Peters) presents her debut EP, 'Revolution', her first outing as an artist proper. The Revolution EP is released on 6th May 2013 and is available for purchase here. Fred Perry Subculture is offering readers an exclusive free download of 'Roll With It' available here Her writing talent and singing skills have been combined with the fine co-production…

Ruts DC - "Rhythm Collision Volume 2"

Formed in London, in 1977, The Ruts were one of the key bands to operate in the reggae influenced Punk genre, with tracks such as "In A Rut", "Staring At The Rude Boys" and, of course "Babylon's Burning" remaining some of the most iconic tracks of the era. Making just one album, "The Crack" (1979), Their time as The Ruts was sadly cut short by the death of singer, Malcolm Owen in 1980, but 1981 saw remaining members Dave Ruffy, John 'Segs' Jennings…

Savages' Short Film for New Single

UK post-punk band Savages release their highly-anticipated debut album, Silence Yourself, on Matador Records / Pop Noire which can be listened to below. To mark this release, Savages have teamed up with The Creators Project to live-stream the Savages' live performance on Thursday 9th May. It will come from the band’s specially-curated event at London’s Ministry Of Sound. Directed by DARYL, the stream will be available to view below at 9:15 pm GMT.…