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A Factory Night (and then again)…
Factory Records, founded in Manchester in 1978 by Tony Wilson, Peter Saville and Alan Erasmus, was one of the most important independent record labels. With collaborators as talented as Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett and Mike Pickering, Factory Records launched such famous bands as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column [...]

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Straight Lines was originally conceived by Welsh duo Tom Jenkins and Dane Campbell following the demise of their previous band. The pair collated ideas and wrote enough material for a new album, but strapped for cash turned to Dane’s brother Todd Campbell to help them record the new work at his home based studio.
Todd was [...]

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Billy Talent Southampton Guildhall October 29th
A packed crowd at the Guildhall were well warmed up by the excellent support for Billy Talent, Cancer Bats satisfied the headbangers in the audience and although not my cup of tea, they did appear to bring a lot of fans along with them.
Canterbury are among my favourite bands who [...]

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It really seems like the Arctic Monkeys have been around forever, they have lapped up award after award in the music industry, along with best selling albums and singles, not to mention their many and varied side projects.
In fact it was exactly four years ago that the single I Bet You Look Good On The [...]

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It was back in 1994 that Green Day released their breakthrough album Dookie, and I can still remember the first time I heard the single Basket Case on UK radio and rushing out to buy the album.
I learned after that Green Day had already been in existence since 1987, having built a cult following  as [...]

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