In Richard Lester’s 1965 Help!, two proper English matrons, dressed in balmacaans, gloves, and old-lady hats, wave to their neighbors, John, Paul, George, and Ringo, who, in the movie’s fantastical ...

After the Mekons released their first album in eight years in 2019, the long-running cowpunk outfit make a quick return with their surprise new LP Exquisite, which the band wrote and recorded while in ...

Acclaimed Mekons documentary Revenge of the Mekons premiered a year ago at NYC Doc fest and is now getting a proper release. It’ll screen in NYC at Film Forum from Oct. 29 – Nov. 4 with daily ...

Joe Angio's documentary chronicles the decades-long career of the critically-acclaimed, genre-shifting band. By THR Staff Revenge of the Mekons Still - H 2013 Founded in Leeds, England in 1977 by a ...

That’ll be after the initial wave and excitement of punk rock. I really liked Pere Ubu at that time. I was listening to the John Peel show a lot when Mekons were on there. The Mekons were actually on ...

The Mekons, a long-running Chicago cowpunk institution (with origins in the U.K.), have made a career out of dignified obscurity. Together since the early days of the Carter administration, they have ...

The British punk explosion triggered the rise of bands from two disparate sources: the working class (The Clash, The Sex Pistols) and art school (Gang Of Four, Wire). The members of The Mekons, who've ...

The Mekons started as a punk band in the '70s, but soon embraced British folk and American country. The Mekons On World Cafe The Mekons' devoted following and long history — the band formed in 1977 — ...

Some “genuine legends” of the 1970s punk-rock scene are coming to the Bell House next Friday. The Mekons are not your typical stud-wearing, hardcore-playing, mic-blasting headbangers. Their take on ...

Seven months into 2025, the big headline is that America is a hot fuckin’ mess. Thank the maker for this better news: The Mekons are coming to town! With nearly five decades of punk deconstruction and ...

Yo La Tengo hosted the penultimate show of their Hanukkah run at New York’s Bowery Ballroom last night. Avant-garde combo Natural Information Society opened and Hari Kondabalu served as the evening’s ...

"What's the secret to your success?" asks a radio DJ interviewing not exactly world-famous rock 'n' roll band the Mekons. It's an innocent question meant to acknowledge the band's longe- vity, ...