In and around the northern quarters of Manchester have been many names associated with its cultural movements including Peter Hook, Mani, Tony Wilson, even John Cooper Clarke. Names that might not trip off the tongue as easily as the aforenoted…
As you stroll through the gates of Lowther Deer Park, seeing the sun-kissed rolling hillside covered in tents, accompanied with the hum of expectant festival goers, you instinctively sense this is going to be another special year for Kendal Calling….
A change in the season should spark a change in your listening habits, so you’re lucky we’ve put together a playlist to get you through those dark and drizzly November nights… The House Of Love – ‘Shine On’ The…
Few bands have such a documented, colourful past as that of Joy Division and New Order, and few people can say they have been in two of the biggest bands to come out of Manchester. Tonight can be seen as…
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…
Name: Victorious Festival Where: Southsea Seafront When: 29th – 30th August Headliners: The Flaming Lips and Ray Davies Also Featuring: Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals, Peter Hook & The Light, Basement Jaxx, Ella Eyre, Laura Mvula, We Are Scientists, The Darkness……
Since its beginnings back in 1998, Truck Festival has always kept itself on top of the ever-growing list of small festivals. Tucked away on Hill Farm in Steventon, Oxfordshire, this year saw a sell-out as music fans came to enjoy…
Ah, the double-edged sword of The Best Of collection. To many they hold the ultimate in a band’s back catalogue – their Greatest Hits, the complete singles collection – and they’re not wrong; but anyone who really knows them knows that it’s…
Alan McGee – Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label In an alternative universe there’s a book called The Man Who Discovered Oasis – and that title alone would be enough to ensure you handed over your money. In this reality, however,…
Festivals belong in fields, or so I once thought. “Just 20,000 people standing in a field” sang Jarvis sardonically – written, mind, before Pulp’s seminal Glastonbury performance in 1995. All you need to accurately recreate the typical festival experience is…