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The ever sharp and prolific Jeffrey Lewis
Song of the Day: Who better, and who indeed has written such a nailed-on brilliant song about coronavirus lockdown than the super-sharp lyricist, prolific songwriter and comic book artist from New York’s Lower East Village?
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England's dreaming …
Song of the Day: A title with a sneer, and all kinds of irony, one of three classics from the ultimate punk band is a tribute to Britishness and finger up the establishment, and never more appropriate than now
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The early Damned: from left, Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, Brian James and Captain Sensible
Song of the Day: Today let's go back to 1976, and one of the flowering moments of punk, with the first single by the London band, a declaration of love, perhaps not just for a girl, but for the music genre itself
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Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet – musician, artist, visionary.
Song of the Day: With the recent passing of The Fall's Mark E Smith, and all the songs, tributes and stories that have followed, it now seems only appropriate to follow up with music Smith loved by one of his major influences
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Mark E Smith 1957-2018
Song of the Day: With the sudden news of the passing of Mark E Smith, how can we choose a song to exemplify this force of nature, this difficult genius, this guttural great, this prince of post-punk lyricists inspired by HP Lovecraft, William Blake, Wyndham Lewis, Gene Vincent and krautrock
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The Transplants
Song of the Day: Following yesterday's Fall number, a track from a very different origin but with its own brand of shouty catchiness, and a superb piano hook. This 2003 release from Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Rob Aston (Death March) and co from their first eponymous album, and bizarrely, was used on a Garnier Fructis TV commercial
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Song of the Day: With another bar theme, a classic singalong number from the Hersham punk band fronted by Jimmy Pursey, here on Top of the Pops, from their 1978 second album That's Life
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The Pogues, from the cover of the 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Song of the Day: From our previous boat song, we continue our voyage across the waters with a remarkable historical perspective from the Anglo-Irish band charting the fate of Irish emigrants
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Jilted John, aka Graham Fellows in 1978
Song of the Day: Two, three, four! Let's nip back to 1978, and catch Graham Fellows as the sulky teenager John in this comedy classic, crammed of hilarious jealous lines about girlfriend Julie
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The Monks in 1965
Song of the Day: From the humorous anger of Lou Reed, we dip into a lost classic by influential garage and punk pioneers – five GIs stationed in Germany who shaved their heads
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Sleaford Mods ... Andrew Fearn (left) and Jason Williamson
Song of the Day: From Disposable Heroes' dystopian vision yesterday, we turn the Notts duo in 2014 for some down-to-earth cultural critique via a 1970s children's show
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Bow Wow Wow's controversial album cover, after a Manet painting (see below)
Song of the Day: Let's take a different kind of wildness, with lunch on the lawn, and some unfettered naked behaviour in a 1982 hit that still remains fresh and like the snakes in the grass, absolutely free
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Violent Femmes
Song of the Day: Let's move back to Violent Femmes' blistering first release from their 1983 eponymous album, giving postpunk an acoustic, folky kick with snares, brilliant bass and scathingly skilful vocals
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