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Manchester International Festival 2011: The city's newest bands

4725 days ago

Guardian Music — Former Haçienda DJ Dave Haslam's True Faith strand at MIF serves as a great showcase for the best new Manchester bands. Here's his guide to the class of 2011Pictured, left to right:Young british artistsThey haven't been shouting as loudly about ... more info

30 Years Late: Discovering The Durutti Column

4756 days ago

Let's Get Cynical — It’s rare to go into a gig without some idea of what to expect from the headline band, especially in this internet age – but that’s exactly what I did tonight when I popped into The Duchess to see The … Continue reading → more info

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Vetiver - Can't You Tell (stream)

4757 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Have you been sitting at that computer all day? You’re overdue for a break. The new Vetiver album, The Errant Charm, is a superb soundtrack for an afternoon idyll. Take a moment to load the record on your mp3 player. Hell, if you still have a Walk... more info

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How could I have pulverised my treasured records?

4765 days ago

Guardian Music — Yesterday's must-have discs became today's embarrassments, so they had to go – violentlyIt was November 1977 and a mate and I took Tina Charles's 1975 disco hit I Love To Love into the garden, surrounded it with fireworks and laughed hysterically ... more info

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New band of the day – No 978: Maverick Sabre

4811 days ago

Guardian Music — This 20-year-old Irish lad from the mean streets of Hackney seems destined to be a Plan B mini-meHometown: London.The lineup: Michael Stafford (vocals, guitar).The background: He looks like Wayne Rooney's less chunky younger brother, and he sings and... more info

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Vini Reilly Records New Album After Stroke

4819 days ago

ContactMusic — British rocker VINI REILLY is back at work less than six months after suffering a stroke - he's recording new songs and compiling a photobook of his career.The Durutti Column frontman was hospitalised for four days last September (10) and lost some f... more info

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Mick Hucknall: 'I feel a bit like the antichrist'

4902 days ago

Guardian Music — For every Simply Red fan, there was always someone who hated Mick Hucknall – for the womanising, the smooth pop, the lifestyle. Now, he tells Rob Fitzpatrick, he understands'I regret the philandering," says Mick Hucknall, a man who, by his own esti... more info

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monday noon updates

4933 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Tongue said... ALIEN SEX FIEND - The Singles 1983-1995 THE MUMMIES - Death By Unga Bunga!! THE GHASTLY ONES - Unearthed SHADOW PROJECT - Shadow Project THE TRASHWOMEN - The Trashwomen vs Deep Space undeadfuzz http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com Levi... more info

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Rocker Reilly Recovering From Stroke

4986 days ago

ContactMusic — British rocker VINI REILLY has lost some feeling in his left hand after suffering a stroke.The Durutti Column frontman, 57, was hospitalised for four days after falling... more info

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