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September 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 85: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Juju”

There I was just ten albums back in this challenge saying that I really needed to listen to more Siouxsie and The Banshees because I’d been gifted a compilation album and was digging it – and had some memories of posters and singles and video clips and bit and bobs from back in the day […]

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July 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 75: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “The Scream”

I always remember being intrigued by Siouxsie and The Banshees – that name: what did it mean? How did it sound? And of course how did the music sound? And then, oddly, I didn’t really ever actually follow that up. I heard a song or two and thought it decent but didn’t pursue the albums. […]

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]

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June 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 873

Siouxsie And The Banshees, Once Upon A Time – The Singles (1981) Here’s my new favourite record of right now. You see, up until a couple of months ago I had never owned anything – ever – by Siouxsie And The Banshees. Just one of those groups I never got to. I know some of […]