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Coming to an understanding of myself – the Liam Ó Maonlaí interview
It’s not often that world-renowned singer-songwriters – not least those from Dublin – end solo tours on the outskirts of Preston, Lancashire. But Liam Ó Maonlaí’s rarely one to take a conventional route.Hothouse Flowers frontman Liam’s Routes Music-promoted 11-date tour … Continue reading
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Tagged ALT, Andy White, big Love, Bono, Dublin, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Glastonbury Festival, Hothouse Flowers, Hungry Bentley, Inhaler, Jacquelyn Hynes, Kevin Shields, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Martin Stephenson, My Bloody Valentine, Penwortham, The Complex, The Waterboys, Tim Finn, Transatlantic Sessions, U2, White Sail
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Top of the world, looking back on Creation – the Alan McGee interview
When I got through to Alan McGee, it sounded like he was having his flat trashed by Dr Who monsters, possibly in the process of drowning him in a bubble bath. Either that or it was just another day … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McGee, Boo Radleys, Creation Records, Danny Baker, danny boyle, Dexy's, glasgow, Happy Mondays, Irvine Welsh, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kevin Rowland, Kevin Shields, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Primal Scream, Sony, Teenage Fanclub, Warrington
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Tripping the dark fantastic with The Membranes – in conversation with John Robb
It’s fair to say that the bands topping the bill at this weekend’s Un-Peeled Christmas Party at The Continental, Preston, Lancashire, are enjoying something of a renaissance. Post-punk outfit The Membranes and C86 outsiders The Wolfhounds have both released LPs … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpool, Dandelion Adventure, Dark Matter/Dark Energy, Death to Trad Rock, Folk Devils, Joe Corre, John Peel, John Robb, Johnny Marr, Kevin Shields, Mark Tilton, Mott the Hoople, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Brown, Overend Watts, Peter Hook, Preston, punk, Section 25, Sisters of Mercy, Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder, Steve Albini, TEDx, The Fall, The Membranes, The Undertones, Un-Peeled, Wardruna, Wolfhounds
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Beyond the Dandelion Adventure – having words with Ajay Saggar and Marcus Parnell
This story starts with The Membranes, because without that Lancashire post-punk band a singer known as Fat Mark and a lanky Asian indie kid called Ajay might never have met. That initial meeting came sometime in the mid-‘80s amid an … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Amsterdam, Blackpool, Blur, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Deutsche Ashram, John Peel, John Robb, Kevin Shields, King Champion Sounds, Mark E Smith, My Bloody Valentine, Preston, The Bent Moustache, The Boo Radleys, The Continental, The Fall, The Membranes, The Stranglers, Thurston Moore, Tuff Life Boogie
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