NME — The Beatles, Gang Of Four and Elliott Smith are among Ocean’s helpers more info

Idolator — Featuring The Beatles, Kendrick Lamar, Gang Of Four, Elliott Smith & more. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Boston punks The Proletariat may get lumped in with other hardcore acts from the era like fellow This Is Boston, Not L.A. contributors Jerry's Kids, Gang Green and The Freeze, but they had an artier sound with a heavy Gang of Four influence... C... more info

NME — "Most bands just take Gang of Four ideas and call them their own" more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nebraskan dance-punks The Faint released a new single "Young & Realistic" yesterday, which vocalist Todd Fink said, "goes in The Faint Danse Party folder. [It's] pretty song-y for club music and pretty clubby for indie/punk, this one falls right... more info

Consequence of Sound — Glaswegian duo discover their inner Gang of Four with help from Steve Albini. more info

Stereogum — Jon King, the original singer of British post-punk legends Gang Of Four, is known for bashing a microwave with a bat as a form of percussion during the song “He’d Send In The Army.” It’s kind of his thing! Although King exited the band a few ... more info

Stereogum — Athens, Georgia quartet New Madrid have an album called magnetkingmagnetqueen on the way, and lead single “Don’t Hold Me Now” suggests it will be a good one. Propelled by skittering drums and lockstep bass and topped off by Phil McGill’s mang... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Bill Pearis Shopping is The Best Band. They're also The Most British Band, sounding at times like the Slits, Wire, X-Ray Spex, or Gang of Four. Each instrument is played in a manner both... more info

Mercury News, California — Also on deck: Cypress String Quartet gets intimate; Dimmensions Dance tackles Oakland issues; August Wilson; post-punk Gang of Four hits Bay Area more info