'This Is Our Punk Rock...'

'This Is Our Punk Rock...': A Mix by Crow Versus Crow for Basic FM and their TUSK Festival 2013 Broadcast.

This is a 120 minute mix of tracks that I feel represents a small and specific cross-section of the many manifestations of 'Punk Rock' over the last 43 years. All the tracks here give a nod to the 'This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. Now form a band'-mentality in some way or other. Some more than others.

The question of the contemporary significance of Punk Rock, as an idea or an ethos, an approach to functioning within a community and society, is one I am constantly working through. For me, Punk/Punk Rock escapes linguistic and aesthetic definition, which is an intrinsic part of it's existence. It should be fluid, in flux. Maybe that's bloated and maybe I'm romanticising something - maybe it all means shit?! But the records I own and the records I love, the people I have met and the experiences I have shared lead me to believe otherwise.

A massive 'Thank You' to Joe for the opportunity to put these tracks together, and for playing them over the airwaves.

1. Boredoms – Shock City (Chocolate Synthesizer / WEA Japan, 1994)
2. Peter J Taylor – Banded Lie (Vilification / Fortissimo Records, 2013)
3. Nope – Porous Spile (Revision / Obscene Baby Auction, The Audacious Art Experiment, 2012)
4. The Ex – Confusion Error (Turn / Ex Records, 2004)
5. Divorce – Pencils Giant Pencils (Divorce / Night School, 2012)
6. Etai Keshiki – Grey Lie (split w/ Amorous Dialogues / Hypnowave, The Audacious Art Experiment, 2013)
7. No Coast – Heels (split w/ Jackals / Dog Knights Productions, 2011)
8. Brutes – Head (Punishment / Not on Label, 2012)
9. Black Flag – Spray Paint (Damaged / Unicorn, SST Records, 1981)
10. Exhaustion – Inessential (Demo / Not on Label, 2013)
11. Slint – Carol (Tweez / Jennifer Hartman Records, 1989)
12. PJ Harvey – Me-Jane (Rid of Me / Island Records, 1993)
13. The Stooges – 1970 (Fun House / Elektra, 1970)
14. Rudimentary Peni – American Anglophile in the World Turned Upside-Down (Cacophony / Outer Himalayan Records, 1988)
15. Group Inerane – Ano Nagarus (Guitars from Agadez (Music of Niger) / Sublime Frequencies, 2007)
16. This Heat – Paper Hats (Deceit / Rough Trade, 1981)
17. Theoretical Girls – Theoretical Girls (Theoretical Girls / Acute Records, 2002)
18. Mission of Burma – New Nails (Vs / Ace of Hearts Records, 1982)
19. Greg Sage – Your Empathy (Straight Ahead / Enigma Records, 1985)
20. Lungfish – Sex War (Versions) (A.C.R 1999 / Dischord Records, 2012)
21. Hired Muscle – These Claws (The Last Minute / Fortissimo Records, 2011)
22. Shellac – Paco (Excellent Italian Greyhound / Touch & Go Records, 2007)
23. Nisennenmondai – Itkyokume (Neji/Tori / Smalltown Supersound, 2008)
24. Fugazi – 23 Beats Off (In on the Kill Taker / Dischord Records, 1993)
25. Nirvana – MV (All Apologies single/ Geffen Records, 1993)
26. Silent Front – Veil (Veil single / Sonic Anhedonic Recording Company, 2013)
27. Nitkowski – Harbours (Stay in the Home You Love / Function Records, 2011)
28. Kogumaza – Swang (Kogumaza / Low Point, 2011)
29. Jealousy Mountain Duo – Latino Heaven (No.2: The Home of Easy Credit / Blunoise Records, 2012)
30. Mogwai – Punk Rock (Come on Die Young / Chemikal Underground, 1998)

'This Is Our Punk Rock...': A Crow Versus Crow Mix for Basic FM and their TUSK Festival Broadcast by Crow Versus Crow on Mixcloud

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