It’s the coy half-smile. The knitted jumper. The diminutive stance, the thatch of brown hair with just the whisper of a mullet, the huge, plaintive eyebrows. What else? The voice, full of humour and heartache. The lyrics, most...
Read MoreThe Manchester punk scene was never meant to be a weighty chapter in history. Quite the opposite: it emerged as a short, sharp breath of fresh air. But looking back now it forged a few copper-bottomed legends, figures who helped...
Read MoreWhen a band kicks off its set with a piece of indolent pop perfection like Boredom, you know they must have tons of classics tucked up their sleeves. Anyone who has a copy of Singles Going Steady is well aware that Mancunian...
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In the 1978 Buzzcocks song Sixteen Again, frontman Pete Shelley sang: Feeling like I’m...
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