Blabbermouth video

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Deep video feat Albert Kuvezin and Brenna MacCrimmon – “for eternal light, one minute of darkness”…

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Jun

Mekons over America

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May

Again: First LP on vinyl

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Superior Viaduct announces the re-release of “The quality of mercy is not strnen” on vinyl. It’s their third release after last year’s RSD release of “Where were you” and “Never been in a riot”. New liner notes are by Simon Reynolds.

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Apr

Tour Compilation

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From Frankfurt, Reutlingen and Bad Saulgau here are 22 songs the Mekons played during these shows. Only Andromeda is missing – but that one was far away from perfect, unless you want to watch the Mekons watch each others lips. Only Tom had a cd card to read the words. I had a few problems […]

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Apr

Mekons play a wild and blue shanty

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@ Franziskaner Bad Saulgau, 2019 April 14 Mekons played a fantastic show at the Franziskaner. This is the first example of more to come. On Easter Monday I’ll upload a complete show with excerpts from Frankfurt, Reutlingen and mainly Bad Saulgau. Watch out!

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Apr

Mekons @ Calgary Folk Festival

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Truly a nice read. So I thought you should have it Unbound. Unfound, though not for lack of trying. After all, this is the band that gave high-priest critics like Greil Marcus (“they still play as if they are discovering their music”) and Lester Bangs (“the most revolutionary group in the history of rock and […]

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Apr

Mekons in Bad Saulgau

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Die Europa-Tournee führt in die großen Städte: London, Berlin, Kopenhagen, Wien, Frankfurt. Und natürlich auch nach Bad Saulgau.? Denn Bad Saulgau hat, was z.B. London nicht hat: ein Thermalbad. Am 14. April spielen die Mekons mal wieder im Franziskaner, und sie werden sich nachmittags erst einmal in der Therme aalen. Von Dieter Kleibauer Die Mekons […]

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Apr

Mekons @ Mousonturm

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Frankfurt April 10th 2019

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Apr

taz review

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Mit Arthur Rimbaud in der Wüste Die Mekons, Helden des britischen Postpunk, veröffentlichen ein neues Album, „Deserted“, und kommen damit auf Tour „In the Desert“ zeichnet eine vom Krieg verwüstete Landschaft Von Robert Mießner Das Lieblingsinstrument der Klapperschlange ist und bleibt die Stromgitarre. Wie das klingt, lässt sich in den ersten 15 Sekunden von „Deserted“, […]

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Apr