Framed is a unique collection of photos (1988-1993) taken by Simon Taylor, a stalwart of the Manchester music scene, from the late 1980’s onwards. Amazing photos from some truly memorable gigs are intertwined with stories, insider tales and anecdotes from Simon…
How did the LE JUNK project come about? It started with a love for the bass. It’s the one instrument that catches me differently and many of my favourite artists like Death From Above 1979 and Peaches revolve around killer…
Rhino celebrates the 50th anniversary for one of the most-influential debuts in rock history with a new digital Super Deluxe Edition of The Stooges’ self-titled proto-punk classic. The digital exclusive features the original album along with studio outtakes and alternates…
Iggy Pop and Pulp frontman, Jarvis Cocker, have released a gloriously-grim cover of Nick Cave’s equally-eerie ‘Red Right Hand’. The cover is the theme for the fourth season of the BBC’s gangster series ‘Peaky Blinders’. The dream duo of Cocker…
Manchester five-piece PINS have shared a short film to accompany their recent EP Bad Thing, and it’s a super cool, stylish, sharply executed piece of work. The film was directed by Olivier Richomme and Sarah Jenny Johnson, and executively produced by the band themselves. It features five separate…
PINS – the girls who brought you brilliant albums Wild Nights and Girls Like Us – have gifted us with their devious new EP Bad Thing; and the 5 track release proves the Manchester group are still brimming with infectious confidence, and more of their intoxicating, ominous…
You probably don’t need reminding that the world is falling to pieces right now, so here’s a handy playlist you can whack on whilst you’re pretending everything’s totally fine and okay forever… PINS – ‘Aggrophobe (feat. Iggy Pop)’ Cool-as-fuck…
Glen Matlock is an accomplished musician, founding member of The Sex Pistols, and all round person of interest. He began his career as the co-author of 10 of the 12 tracks on iconic punk album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex…
Rating: Hooky-less, but with a few famous faces to take the attention away, New Order return with their first album in a decade – and that’s not the only first. Their first collection without Peter Hook’s low-swung bass-lines is also…
Chelmsford rock duo The Midnight Barbers have arrived back after debut single success of ‘Business’ with another cracking track. Ben Rowntree and Jack Pepper come together to make and mould real nostalgic classic rock, with twists and hints of old…