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EXETER four-piece The Computers make a hectic hardcore pop racket that nods its greasy collective quiff at Elvis Costello and Rocket From The Crypt.

'THE CLASH' The Clash 1979 Tracks/time: 15/43 minutes, 31 seconds. Sounds like: Blistering guitar punk and powerhouse reggae putting England's dominant Tories' feet to the fire.

It's been a long time since the rock stage has seen the genuine energy from performers such as Iggy Pop and The Stooges or The Clash, which has led to the popular criticism amongst fans that "punk is dead." But Foxy Shazam, a band from Cincinnati, Ohio, took steps in proving the critics wrong on Oct.

Last year, the AV Club ran an article based on something they saw somewhere else -- which is essentially a highbrow meme -- where they picked a favorite album for each year they've been alive .

CD Review: by GALEN WADE I shouldn't judge a book by its cover, or a band by its press photo.

The Clash have announced that they are re-releasing their classic album 'London Calling' . Hitting shelves on December 14, the '30th Anniversary Legacy Edition' comes 5 years after the '25th Anniversary Edition' of the album was released.

Thirty years after they turned punk and dub reggae on their ears, The Slits are back with Trapped Animal , sounding as uncompromising and relevant as ever.

Instapundit channels the Wall Street Journal on the least-welcome artifact of the 1980s this side of parachute pants, shoulder pads, and eyeglasses even bigger than Charles Nelson Reilly's : DANIEL ORTEGA ASKS FOR TERM LIMITS TO BE OVERTHROWN.

ROCKERS The Reoffenders bring equal amounts of manic rhythms and marmite when they play at the Green Dragon on Friday.

Early on, Shane MacGowen had been rambling about in a punk band. It was all right, but something else was on the horizon, and MacGowen figured he'd jump on it.

What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters By David Javerbaum Paperback, 224 pages Spiegel & Grau List price: $15 Read An Excerpt Most people are familiar with the What to Expect book series, which offers advice on everything from keeping healthy during pregnancy to parenting toddlers.

As a photographer and the founder of Dazed & Confused magazine Rankin has photographed countless musicians.

Late Thursday, word came across the ticker that legendary comedian and TV star Soupy Sales had passed away at age 83.

This Sunday, semin ... no, wait. Legen -- nah. Fucking righteous Irish rock band the Pogues is playing its first concert ever in Kansas City.

THE words a oeCeltic punka may sit in the ears like chalk and cheese, but the music fits perfectly, according to a comedian turned punk star heading to Bridgwater on Thursday.

A small band of Irishmen frequent Lonesome Onry and Mean's local waterhole, and they are all abuzz about the arrival of the Pogues at House of Blues October 29.

British pop-punk pioneers the Buzzcocks are coming to New Zealand. Guitarist Steve Diggle tells JULE SCHERER of NZPA how it feels to be a legend and what the band has in common with Shakespeare.

Andrew Pinching once saw The Damned perform sometime in the late 1980s or early '90s, he left unimpressed.

Singer/guitarist Dave Smalley , a legend in the evolution of American punk and hardcore, brings the latest incarnation of his venerable quartet to town - always a thrill.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUSICIANS conjure not only a thousand words but also the sound and urgency of a performance or era: the photograph of Paul Simonon pummeling his bass that graces the cover of " London Calling " captures the frustration, energy and power of the Clash 's music - and yet the photographer who captured the shot, Pennie Smith , is ...