Penny Kiley's music writing
Penny KileyA music journalist’s archive of post-punk Liverpool.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 147 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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The Blow Monkeys, May 1987
While I’ve been doing interviews about my book, a question that keeps coming up is: which band did you see and change your mind about? And my answer is usually: the Blow Monkeys.
Even now, their own website talks about “the glamour of mid-...
XTC, April 1979
Andy Partridge on stage in 1980. Source: Jean-Luc Ourlin via Wikimedia Commons
This was my first ever Melody Maker review.
I dutifully did my homework and read up on the band, which wasn’t as easy in those days as the internet wasn’t inve...
The High Five, 1984
The High Five – the individual band members and the band itself – were stalwarts of Liverpool’s live music scene during the early 80s.
They became known as a ‘political’ band, partly because singer Phil Hayes (here using the name Asa, for...
Gang of Four, March 1981
Time for another Gang of Four review. I’ve been surprised going through my cuttings book how often I reviewed them. They were always good live, although it sounds as if this wasn’t the best I’d seen them.
The first time I wrote about the b...
Siouxsie and the Banshees, March 1980
Siouxsie Sioux at the Edinburgh Tiffany’s, 1980. Credit: Mantaray100 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
I first saw Siouxsie and the Banshees at Eric’s, Liverpool in 1977. I can’t find any documentary evidence for this b...
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Former music journalist, now blogger and memoirist. My book 'Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal' is published by Polygon in March 2026.
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