Reviews
Delicate Steve (2019)
Till I Burn Up
Challenging but riveting insturmental psychedelic rock on fifth album from New Jersey-based guitarist Delicate Steve
Dream Syndicate (2017)
How Did I Find Myself Here?
Extraordinary first album in 29 years from seminal Los Angeles alternative rock act the Dream Syndicate
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Interviews
Anti Flag
Interview
Anti-Flag are one of the most political of all the big names on the current punk circuit. On their latest album 'The Terror State' they have turned their fury on George Bush. Frontman Justin Sane tells Anastasia Grabov his philosophy of life
I'm Kingfisher
Interview
I'm Kingfisher is the new project of Swedish anti-folk musician Thomas Denver Jonsson. He talks to Adrian Huggins about his new album 'Arctic', and explains the influence of the wilderness and Nobel prize winner and adventurer Fridjof Nansen on his recording
Jeffrey Lewis
Interview
Mark Rowland talks to New York-based musician and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis about his new covers album, '12 Crass Songs', which re-invents the anti-authoritarian rants of 70's anarchists Crass as a collection of indie-folk songs
Rothko
Interview with Mark Beazley
Back for a second interview with Pennyblackmusic, Mark Beazley, the frontman with Rothko, who played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night in April, talks to Olga Sladeckova about his group's new instrumental anti-war album, 'Wish For A World Without Hurt'
Profiles
Misterlee
Interview
Experimental Leicester band Misterlee recently self-released their second album 'Night of the Killer Longface'. Helen Tipping speaks to them about being part of the anti-folk movement and how they self-promote themselves
Live
Capdown/Vanilla Pod
Leeds Cockpit, 12/10/2002
Anti-capitalist and always good value for money, ska-core punks Capdown are becoming an increasingly formidable live presence. Alex Halls witnesses them on blistering form in Leeds
Emmy the Great
ICA, London, 10/11/2008
Laura Holt watches Emmy the Great play an entrancing set of lyrical-based anti-folk pop at a homecoming gig at the end of a short tour at the London ICA
Herman Dune
Scala, London, 17/12/2008
Of continental European and Israeli heritage, Herman Dune are one of the leading lights in the Anti-Folk scene. Anthony Middleton enjoys a fun-filled show of unlikely influences at the Scala in London
Deconstruction Festival
Brixton Academy, London, 6/6/2004
At London's Deconstruction Festival, Philip Vincent finds himself reconverted to punk after watching sets from the likes of Pennywise, MxPx., Anti-Flag, the Slackers and the Beatsteaks