Immersion is the project of post-punk musical duo Colin (Wire) and Malka (Minimal Compact) - Nic Howden dived in: “Immersion is Immersion. If you want something different, we aren’t that. Take us on our terms. We’re not like a second-rate Wire. We’re not instead of Wire until Wire comes along,” Colin Newman, October 2025.Continue Reading
Out of the ‘biz’ for some time, Polly b Rose don’t look back. Their debut energetic, exciting, wonderfully excess free album 'Moltencholia' is 10 songs in 35 minutes, and it’s amok with emotive rhythms.Continue Reading
Brian James, a true originator, died last week on 6th March, aged 70 years. In their tributes to Brian James, each of his Damned bandmates stressed what a lovely, funny man he was and how much they had learned from him. On top of that, James wrote the first British punk single and was an integral, uncompromising part of changing popular music. What a legacy.Continue Reading
You could drop Diggle on any stage anywhere and he’d give it everything. Stranglers fans know the songs and respond to his drive to play them, which he only interrupts for a pull on his pint of champagne.
For the next hour and 40 minutes, from a trenchant, totemic, 'Toiler On The Sea' to traditional closer 'No More Heroes', The Stranglers are kings of the castle, honed Continue Reading
The legendary Buzzcocks delivered a set full of hits when they played Camden's KOKO to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Singles Going Steady.Continue Reading
Oi punk legends Cock Sparrer are back with their 8th (and final) album 'Hand On Heart'. Punktuation gave it a listen.Continue Reading
The iconic band are on the road celebrating their classic album 'Where You Been' which is 30 years old this year. Continue Reading
Siouxsie Mk 2023 heats up London with a sold-out scorcher!Continue Reading
Iconic co-founder of arguably the most significant Australian band, The Saints, talks to Punktuation about the remastering and reissue of his seminal 1985 solo album 'Electrical Storm and 1990's Honey Steel's Gold.Continue Reading
Legendary band in a legendary venue- Buzzcocks played London's 100 Club and Punktuation was there!Continue Reading


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