Beto O’Rourke might just be the coolest candidate in US Senate history. It’s a well-known fact that he grew up playing in punk bands with At The Drive-In’s Cedric Brixler-Zavala, and he also jammed with Willie Nelson at the songwriter’s annual Fourth Of July picnic this year in Austin. Now, as Splinter points out, the…

"Where are the Clash?"Lily Allen at the 2018 Mercury Awards - Credit: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty ImagesLily Allen has spoken about the state of music and politics at the Mercury Prize, ahead of the ceremony later this evening (September 20). Speaking to NME, Allen said she would most “like to lose” to Nadine Shah because her albu...

Damon Albarn put out a new Gorillaz album, The Now Now, back in June. In a recent interview for the Radio FM4 podcast, Albarn revealed that there's yet another Gorillaz album in the works. This LP would follow his long-rumored reunion with The Good, The Bad & The Queen, his supergroup with the Clash’s Paul…

If Joe Strummer had never done anything outside of the Clash, that would've been enough. That band, they're one of the absolute Greats, one of those groups that is so iconic and influential that Strummer's legend in rock history was easily solidified by that alone. But though his releases were more sporadic after the Clash…

Attention, Clash fans! 65 years ago today (August 21) Joe Strummer was born. As part of The Clash, he would go on to create an rock and roll punk legacy. Celebrating his amazing career, here's 50 Clash facts, starting with their first ever gig - a summer 1976 blowout supporting The Sex Pistols at the Black Swan in Sheffield.A new compilation fea...