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X-Ray Spex

Poly Styrene - I am a cliche - 2021

How did X-Ray Spex lead singer Poly Styrene get her name?

The origins of a punk icon.

Ben Forrest
Nov 1, 2024
'Generation Indigo'- The triumphant return of Poly Styrene - 2012

‘Generation Indigo’: the triumphant return of Poly Styrene

The magnum opus of a punk icon.

Ben Forrest
Apr 3, 2024
The Best Bands You've Never Heard- Essential Logic

The Best Bands You’ve Never Heard: Essential Logic

A criminally overlooked outfit.

Ben Forrest
Mar 29, 2024
The Gossip - 2023 - Cody Critcheloe

X-Ray Spex: The band that made Beth Ditto “rethink everything”

“Those bands that stop you in your tracks and make you rethink everything.”

Ben Forrest
Feb 5, 2024
Poly Styrene - Translucence - 1981

Poly Styrene – ‘Translucence’

An often forgotten era of her career.

Ben Forrest
Feb 1, 2024
Woody Guthrie

This Machine Kills Fascists: 10 times music fought the regime

A legacy of protest.

Ben Forrest
Dec 17, 2023
Kim Gordon - Sonic Youth

Listen to a rare recording of Kim Gordon covering ‘Oh Bondage Up Yours!’

A great cover.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 31, 2023

From The Cure to Siouxsie Sioux: The 20 best post-punk albums of all time

The best

Jack Whatley
Mar 11, 2021
Joe Strummer once directed a bizarre gangster punk-noir film starring The Clash

From Siouxsie Sioux to Joe Strummer: Punk’s 10 greatest lead singers of all time

10 of the best

Jack Whatley
Oct 28, 2020

A documentary about X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene has been announced

A film about the enigmatic lead singer of the infamous X-Ray Spex; Poly Styrene has been announced. Titled Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché still…

Jack Whatley
Apr 4, 2017
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