Michael Hann

One of the most exciting hours I’ve spent in ages: Turnstile at O2 Forum Kentish Town

Plus: a gig from Fontaines D.C. that radiated an air of them doing the audience a favour

No musclebound lunkhead: Turnstile's magnetic lead Brendan Yates was like a ballet dancer at Kentish Town Forum. Image: Onstage Photos / Shutterstock 
issue 12 February 2022
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Even leaving aside its origins as prison slang, punk has always meant different things on either side of the Atlantic. Forty-five years ago, in New York, no punk band sounded like the next one: the only thing that linked Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Suicide, Blondie and Television was that they played the same club, CBGB.

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