WE LIVE IN A CORRUPT AND VIOLENT STATE – JOHNSON’S RESIGNATION WON’T CHANGE THAT

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged austerity, Boris Johnson, british empire, Covid-19, david cameron, fascism, featured, fields of wheat, Gil Scott Heron, homophobia, Johnson resignation, keir starmer, Labour, metropolitan police, Michael Gove, Nato, police, police violence, politics, pride, protest music, queen elizabeth, racism, RMT, security prosperity respect, theresa may, Tories, trade unions, transphobia, uk.

By Rowan Gavin

At long last, the Johnson juggernaut has run out of road. The Bohnson’s repeated scandals, criminal convictions, outright racism and transphobia were not enough to unseat him; in the end all it took was a few opportunistic cronies seeing a chance to pull their knives. Et tu, Gove?

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PROPER MUSICIANS – AN INTERVIEW WITH SHAME

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged activism, Black Midi, brixton, Cash in the Attic, Charlie Forbes, Charlie Steen, Dead Oceans records, Dinosaur Jr, DIY, Eddie Green, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, featured, Goat Girl, Ice Age, IDLES, Josh Finerty, live music, music, music journalism, norwich, Ought, Parquet Courts, Pavement, post-punk, protest, protest music, Protomartyr, punk, Sean Coyle-Smith, shame, Smashing Pumpkins, Snail Mail, social commentary, Songs of Praise, Sorry, South London, Steve Lamacq, Talking Heads, television, The Fall, The Sound, Tories, U2, waterfront, Windmill.

Scions of the much-lauded South London guitar band scene Shame made their Norwich gig debut on Monday, captivating a packed-out Waterfront with their riotous stage presence and uniquely mesmerising sound. At times unsettling, at times brutalist, always evocative – if you’re into your post-punk, past or present, you’ll have heard something like Shame, but nothing quite like the orchestrated noise of their live show.

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