Category: Blue Plate Special

Emerging from Omaha’s late-’90s DIY basements, The Faint carved out a sound that felt as visual as it was volatile,...

Debra Fotheringham is a luminous singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, writer, and poet whose artistry feels both intimate and expansive, like a...

Formed in London in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie as a drums-and-voice side project from Siouxsie and...

Fad Gadget was the alias of Londoner Frank Tovey, one of Mute Records’ earliest standard-bearers and among the sharpest architects...

Mick Karn (born Andonis Michaelides) was the fretless bass alchemist at the heart of Japan’s art-rock metamorphosis, threading rubbery, vocal-like...

Public Image Ltd (PiL) was born from John Lydon’s “anti-rock” impulse after leaving the Sex Pistols. PiL fused dub’s gravitational...

The Associates painted with sound the way others might with brush and canvas—lavishly, defiantly, and always with a touch of...

The Teardrop Explodes emerged from the ferment of Liverpool’s late-1970s post-punk scene like a surreal carnival—where jagged guitars collided with...

The Ocean Blue emerged from the quiet suburbs of Hershey, Pennsylvania, weaving dreamlike textures into shimmering indie pop that evoked...