New Mark Stewart record out, called Edit. I like it! I'm kind of a sucker for anything he does. This record sounds like it could have come out in 1989, which I mean as a compliment. His voice is still fierce and nasty and cutting, and there's a duet with Ari Up called "Mister, You're a Better Man Than I" which sounds like 1978 all over again. Lots of enormous bass-drum hits and keyboards freaking out. Very good!
― smash your phonograph in half, Sunday, 4 May 2008 01:49 (seventeen years ago)
bless you, smash! will seek this out.
― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:00 (seventeen years ago)
Hahah, I was wondering if Mackro would post before I did. :-)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:03 (seventeen years ago)
very good news!
― sleeve, Sunday, 4 May 2008 04:00 (seventeen years ago)
video for the curious
― smash your phonograph in half, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:31 (seventeen years ago)
Is the duet a Yardbirds' cover?
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:45 (seventeen years ago)
http://thequietus.com/articles/04909-mark-stewart-of-the-pop-group-interview-mafia
i bought Edit eventually, but don't think i have ever got all the way through it.
this reads like John almsot didn't make it through the interview.
― mark e, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 08:18 (fifteen years ago)
He has another new one due shortly titled Politics of Envy which has a slew of guest stars helping him out. Among them Keith Levene, Tessa & Viv from the Slits, Richard Hell and Kenneth Anger, of all people.
I haven't heard it yet but it could be interesting.
― Frozen_Warnings, Sunday, 11 March 2012 23:59 (thirteen years ago)
after a period of disconnection, i ended up falling hard for Politics of Envy and especially its dub version, Exorcism of Envy.Marks new album, Vs, came out today.some of the names involved are pretty eye opening : front 242, stephen mallinder, consolidated, mike watt, kk null, lee scratch perry/on-u etc.i think it's safe to say, age has not mellowed him one bit.
― mark e, Friday, 8 April 2022 18:55 (three years ago)