What Is Post-Punk? The Genre Explained and Where to Start
Punk tore rock down to three chords; post-punk kept the anger and rebuilt it with dub, funk, electronics and art-school ambition.
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Britpop, post-punk, garage rock, Rough Trade and the 7-inch single: the stories behind the music on the shelf.
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What Is Britpop? The Bands, the Sound and the Story
How a handful of British guitar bands answered grunge, fought a famous chart battle and defined the sound of the mid-1990s.
Rough Trade Records: The Story of the Shop and the Label
From a west London record shop to the label behind The Smiths and The Libertines, the ups and downs of a British independent…
The 7 Inch Vinyl Single: History, Formats and Collecting
Small, cheap and quick to make, the 45 became the home of the hit single and the calling card of every punk and indie band.
What Is Garage Rock? From 1960s Basements to the 2000s
Fuzz, three chords and second-hand amplifiers: how teenage 1960s bands created a sound that keeps coming back every generation.
From the Tin Archive
Earlier items on this subject from the venue website that once used this address
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Tap ’n’ Tin Records: A Double A-Side From The Delaners
The venue started its own label with a limited-edition 7-inch single.
Links
Links: The Bands, Labels and Scene Sites of 2004
The venue’s own list of links: Billy Childish, The Libertines, Rough Trade, Kent music sites and the designers and photographers who worked with it.
