Tag: Gang of Four

Gang of Four sets North American tour in support of new album 'What Happens Next'

Gang of Four sets North American tour in support of new album ‘What Happens Next’

Gang of Four return next month with their eighth album and first without founding vocalist Jon King, an 11-song collection that features new frontman John “Gaoler” Sterry plus guest vocalists Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Gail Ann Dorsey, Robbie Furze of the Big Pink , Japanese guitar hero Hotei and more.

Vintage Video: Gang of Four deliver an electrifying set at Croatian festival in 1981

Vintage Video: Gang of Four deliver an electrifying set at Croatian festival in 1981

We re-christen the long-dormant Vintage Video series with this fantastic pro-shot footage of Gang of Four performing a taut, 22-minute set at the Music Biennale Zagreb festival in Croatia, on May 15, 1981. The performance comes a couple months after the release of the band’s sophomore album, Solid Gold,

Andy Gill debuts new song, album plans as Gang of Four moves on without Jon King

Andy Gill debuts new song, album plans as Gang of Four moves on without Jon King

Gang of Four today premiered a brand-new song and a brand-new lineup, with vocalist John “Gaoler” taking the place of founding member Jon King, who had participated in the group’s mid-2000s reunion and 2011 studio album Content. Stream the new song “Broken Talk,” which premiered today on Pitchfork.

'The US Generation' documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is helping make a feature-length documentary about the so-called ‘Woodstock of the ’80s’ — the 1982 US Festival, which featured Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The B-52s, The Cars, Ramones, Gang of Four and more — to be released this Labor Day weekend on the event’s 30th anniversary.

Video: Gang of Four, 'Who Am I'

Video: Gang of Four, ‘Who Am I’

Gang of Four this week dropped the third music video from their new album ‘Content’: a glitchy, revved-up collage of effects and images set to ‘Who Am I,’ the third single off the current record. The new video was filmed in London this summer and directed by bandmember Andy Gill.

Shriekback's 'Oil and Gold' to receive 2CD reissue with B-sides, mixes, live tracks

Shriekback’s ‘Oil and Gold’ to receive 2CD reissue with B-sides, mixes, live tracks

The celebrated third album from dancefloor-ready post-punk act Shriekback — 1985’s ‘Oil and Gold,’ featuring signature song ‘Nemesis’ — will be reissued next week in the band’s native U.K. as a 2CD set featuring a remastered edition of the original album and a bonus disc with 10 B-sides and live tracks,

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (August 2011)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (August 2011)

This month’s tape features recent tracks from Paul Weller and Gang of Four, and classic cuts from The Clash, Camouflage and Simple Minds, plus British Sea Power covering The Cure, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs remaking Sonic Youth and The Shop Assistants doing The Jesus and Mary Chain.