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A passage to indie garage psych-punk rock’n’roll – introducing Ginnel
I can’t really think of a more Northern band name than Ginnel, and in a sense this emerging Lancashire four-piece offer – as per the dialect definition behind their handle – a passageway between the houses. While they’re fairly new … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Big Red Bus, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Evil Blizzard, Ginnel, James Aparicio, lancashire, Marcus Parnell, Mark Wareing, Paul Simpson, Preston, Salford, Simon Archer, Sound Mirror Recording Company, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jacksons, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Membranes
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Ready for re-entry and re-animation – talking Everything Everything with Jeremy Pritchard
With the release of their delayed fifth LP, Re-Animator, now barely a week away, art-rock four-piece Everything Everything are crackin gon with plans for a tie-in UK and Irish headline tour next Spring … pandemic restrictions willing. But there’s no … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Films & TV
Tagged A Fever Dream, Alex Robertshaw, Arc, Blur, Everything Everything, Genesis, Get to Heaven, Hexham, Jeremy Pritchard, Jonathan Higgs, Man Alive, Manchester, Michael Jackson, Mike Spearman, Modern Bison, Northumberland, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Re-Animator, Salford, The Police, Tunbridge Wells, Violent Sun, XTC
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A man of Substance – the Peter Hook interview
‘I’m here now … sorry,’ read my text message, and after a couple of days struggling to locate Peter Hook, it seemed I finally had my chance. We’d missed each other a few times, but seeing as it was … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Anton Corbijn, Bernard Sumner, Buzzcocks, David Potts, Electric Circus, Freebass, Hacienda, Hacienda Classical, Half Man half Biscuit, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Michael Winterbottom, Monaco, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and the Light, Revenge, Rezillos, Rowetta, Salford, Sex Pistols, Substance, The Clash, The Undertones, Tony Wilson, University of Central Lancashire
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Wind and Rain and Shine – the Graham Gouldman interview
Perhaps I should open with a few stats, seeing as today’s interviewee is associated with plenty that make for impressive reading. For starters, 10cc, the band Graham Gouldman formed with Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Crème in 1972, have … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 10cc, Andrew Gold, Bus Stop, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Graham Nash, Heartful of Songs, Herman's Hermits, I'm Not in Love, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Manchester, Salford, Stockport, The Hollies, The Mindbenders, The Mockingbirds, The Yardbirds
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Sounds from the Other City – Salford St Philip’s Church
As someone who associates the festival circuit with camping fields, lush greenery, damp tents and mud-caked marquees, I struggled to get my head around Greater Manchester’s latest sell-out ‘celebration of new music, performance and art’. But on the evidence of … Continue reading
The Path Master- in conversation with Graham Nash
I couldn’t help but feel nervous listening to singer-songwriting legend Graham Nash’s recent guest spot on Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 show. The Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Hollies star came over a little direct … abrupt maybe … and … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Allan Clarke, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, David Gilmour, Ewan MacColl, Graham Nash, Hollies, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Levon Helm, Manchester, Neil Young, Pete Maclaine, Rick Rubin, Salford, Shayne Fontayne, Simon Mayo, Stephen Stills, This Path Tonight
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Learning from the Laughter Master – the Stephen K Amos interview
It’s fair to say Stephen Kehinde Amos has seen the world over the past decade or so, this highly-entertaining and likeable comedian charming audiences from Edinburgh to Sydney and several points in between. And while we’ve all had plenty to … Continue reading
Beyond the sex and drugs – the Shaun Ryder interview
Madchester legend Shaun Ryder is in a great mood, despite being part-way through a rash of interviews as rave culture icons Happy Mondays gear up for their latest anniversary tour. If you’re expecting the unpredictable character that left interviewers like … Continue reading
Three Poets Walk Into a Club …
IF YOU still reckon poetry’s all about stuffy old school textbooks or finger-in-the-ear performance nights upstairs at your local boozer, think on. For away from the quieter corners in Waterstone’s and uni lecture rooms, there’s evidence that this ancient art … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged 53 Degrees, Fallowfield, John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright, Manchester, Mike Garry, poetry, Preston, Salford, Tony Wilson
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