Members of The Raincoats, The Slits and X-Ray Spex are forming a one-night supergroup in London, proving once again that punk's retirement plan is simply finding another amplifier.
God Save the Queens
The October 16 event at Electric Brixton will celebrate 50 years of feminist punk. Gina Birch, Hollie Cook, Lora Logic and Paul Dean are among the announced performers, alongside punk historian and musician Vivien Goldman and Celeste Bell, daughter of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene.
The performance connects with a Museum of Youth Culture exhibition in Camden. Artists have contributed archives and artwork, emphasizing that the movement was always more than records: it combined fashion, visual art, politics, zines and do-it-yourself nerve.
A legacy still making noise
Pitchfork announced the lineup on September 13. These bands expanded who could occupy a stage and what punk could sound like, influencing generations that may know the echoes before the originals.
Gen X music history too often becomes a parade of deluxe box sets and expensive farewell tours. This feels livelier: women who helped rewrite the rules gathering to make another unruly sound. Keep the museum exhibit, but leave the instruments plugged in.
Facts first. Side-eye included.
DJF separates what is confirmed from what is claimed—and tells you why this particular mess is worth your time.
Max Rewind
Gen X Files & Pop-Culture ArchaeologyMax remembers when television ended at midnight, concert tickets were affordable, and nobody called a reboot “content.” He digs through the culture we survived.
“Rewind it, verify it, and please stop remaking everything.”