One of the things I hated about the pre-internet music industry was that everything was geared around the top...
Having released their debut album in 2021, Sea Fever have been busy evolving their live sound. Six months since their last Manchester gig, we caught them in the intimate surroundings of Soup.
This week: Bristol’s Figure 8 Festival takes place this weekend, I celebrate the return of ska-punk legends Culture Shock, and...
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division is a new book out this October from former New Order and Joy Division bassist...
New Order will reform to play two benefit shows in aid of film-maker Michael Shamberg next month, but without Peter...
New Order have announced their only UK show of 2020, headlining The O2 on 10th October. Making their debut...
Manchester has launched the world’s first change-making music conference and festival at SXSW in Austin. Beyond the Music will have...
More exciting names have been added to the FIB 2012, Benicàssim lineup, headed by the reunification of the Texan post-hardcore...
Brisbane-born Hatchie (real name Harriette Pilbeam) appeared a few years ago with a perfectly-realised sound. On last summer’s flawless Sugar...
It’s going to be known as the year Glastonbury had no loos. The festival known the world over for being...
As the punk explosion of 1977 died down, and the filth and the fury became little more than a distant...
The main Olympic closing party may have been going on a few miles to the east, but Hyde Park for...
Lets’ be clear first of all, this is neither Joy Division or New Order, and doesn’t claim to be. So...
For a special edition of Show Me Magic new music podcast, Bill Cummings and Jim Auton pick out some of...
40 years ago this month, The B-52’s formed in Athens, Georgia. There’s not many bands you could call unique...