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Boy George - Boy George Remembers Poly Styrene In Touching Magazine Piece

4526 days ago
ContactMusicEighties icon Boy George has paid a touching tribute to Poly Styrene in a magazine hailing the late punk icon as a true legend The former X-Ray Spex frontwoman real name Marianne Elliott-Said lost her battle with breast cancer in April 11 and the K..... more info

Poly Styrene remembered by Boy George

4528 days ago
Guardian MusicShe was a pioneer of the punk movement… and a legend in Boy George's lunchtimeFor the punk generation, Poly Styrene, the late punk songstress and poet, was a true legend, her style ironic and iconic. Polly was the prototype for Ugly Betty with brac... more info

Radar Tip Of The Day 89: The Men

4564 days ago
NME - RadarIf you like Milk Music (and a fair few of you did, from what I can gage), you should check out today's tip The Men. They're based in Brooklyn and have played with the Olympia rockers a few times, and both bands have a knack of writing brilliantly me... more info

Sex Pistols, Marilyn Monroe, Kaiser Chiefs feature on Poly Styrene birthday playlist

4688 days ago
NMELate X-Ray Spex singer would have been 54 today (July 3) more info

First Listen: Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (album stream)

4750 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Okkervil River's last proper album, 2008's The Stand Ins, was nothing if not approachable. Top to bottom, the record was packed with sunny melodies, strummy riffs and shout-along refrains that anyone could sing. (To drive the point home, the band r... more info

The 11 Best Songs By The X-Ray Spex

4753 days ago
The Good, The Bad and The UnknownWhen the history of music is written, there will be the bands who are remembered, then there will be the bands who laid the foundation for those bands.  Most of them will be forgotten.  I always found the X-Ray Spex to be one of the latter.  This ... more info

F&M Playlist

4754 days ago
Guardian MusicOur music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offCharlie Haden Quartet West Sophisticated Ladies The great American bassist and bandleader Charlie Haden, a key figure in Ornette Coleman's free-jazz revolution of the 50s an... more info

Exhumed - As Hammer To Anvil (stream)

4755 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Goregrinding metal gods EXHUMED have awakened from their slumber and delivered unto us 'All Guts, No Glory', their first new record in almost eight years. 'All Guts, No Glory's 11 choice cuts of grinding death metal combine the raw ferocity of thei... more info

Korn - Get Up (Feat. Skrillex) (stream)

4755 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Hot Los Angeles DJ Skrillex's set at Coachella Festival was sure to be a bangin' dance party, and during his performance he was playing his new collabo with Korn, "Get Up." But you didn't need a ticket to the Indio, CA, event to hear the track! "... more info

The Slits - Punk Stars Pay Tribute To Queen Styrene

4755 days ago
ContactMusicThe Slits star Viv Albertine and rocker John Robb have added their tributes to punk icon Poly Styrene, who died on Monday (25Apr11). The former X-Ray Spex frontwoman, real name Marianne Elliott-Said, lost her battle with breast cancer earlier this... more info

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