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When Punk Took on the National Front It Screamed, ‘White Riot’!
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When Punk Took on the National Front It Screamed, ‘White Riot’!

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 / 2 November 2020

Rubika Shah's savvy documentary, White Riot, shows punk music's casual flirtation with fascism and the rise of anti-racist punks' hugely popular response headlined by the Clash, Rock Against Racism.

Various Artists: To the Outside of Everything: A Story of UK Post Punk 1977 – 1981
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Various Artists: To the Outside of Everything: A Story of UK Post Punk 1977 – 1981

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 / 5 December 2017

This definitive, five-CD anthology is a challenging and enlightening listen, a triumph of curatorship that provides near-encyclopedic insight into this important chapter of UK popular music history.