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Interview: James Maker, Against Nostalgia

Interview: James Maker, Against Nostalgia

Alejandro De Luna

"On a western hill, remoteI kissed a man then I slit his throat.... No remorse, I was born that way." 'Born That Way' — James Maker James Maker was there...

Interview: James Maker, Against Nostalgia

Alejandro De Luna

"On a western hill, remoteI kissed a man then I slit his throat.... No remorse, I was born that way." 'Born That Way' — James Maker James Maker was there...

News graphic: Johnny Marr's guitar collection sells for almost £4 million at Christie's

Johnny Marr Opened The Vault

Alejandro De Luna

'I Want the One I Can't Have' Johnny Marr opened the vault. Around 85 guitars, alongside amplifiers, posters and other memorabilia spanning more than 40 years of his career, fetched...

Johnny Marr Opened The Vault

Alejandro De Luna

'I Want the One I Can't Have' Johnny Marr opened the vault. Around 85 guitars, alongside amplifiers, posters and other memorabilia spanning more than 40 years of his career, fetched...

Dead Boys 'Sonic Reducer' 7 inch single sleeve, Sire Records, 1977, featuring Cheetah Chrome on lead guitar

Cheetah Chrome, Sonic Reducer, and the Sound Th...

Alejandro De Luna

Cheetah Chrome died this weekend at 71. A look back at 'Sonic Reducer', its roots in Rocket From The Tombs, and the Cleveland to CBGB story behind one of punk's...

Cheetah Chrome, Sonic Reducer, and the Sound Th...

Alejandro De Luna

Cheetah Chrome died this weekend at 71. A look back at 'Sonic Reducer', its roots in Rocket From The Tombs, and the Cleveland to CBGB story behind one of punk's...

Side-by-side portraits of Lou Reed and Kanye West, the two artists linked by Reed's 2013 Yeezus review.

Lou Reed Reviews Yeezus

Alejandro De Luna

A few weeks after its release on 18 June 2013, Lou Reed sat down with Kanye West's Yeezus and wrote about it for The Talkhouse. He was fascinated by the...

Lou Reed Reviews Yeezus

Alejandro De Luna

A few weeks after its release on 18 June 2013, Lou Reed sat down with Kanye West's Yeezus and wrote about it for The Talkhouse. He was fascinated by the...

Original 1979 poster for Futurama 1 at Queen's Hall, Leeds, billed as the World's First Science Fiction Music Festival

Futurama 1979: Joy Division, PiL and the Leeds ...

Alejandro De Luna

Today marks 47 years since Futurama 1 opened at Queen’s Hall in Leeds on 8 and 9 September 1979. It was created by John Keenan, the promoter whose F Club...

Futurama 1979: Joy Division, PiL and the Leeds ...

Alejandro De Luna

Today marks 47 years since Futurama 1 opened at Queen’s Hall in Leeds on 8 and 9 September 1979. It was created by John Keenan, the promoter whose F Club...

Chrissie Hynde smiling and holding an acoustic guitar, wearing an Akron t-shirt, in a black and white photograph personally signed by Hynde

The Pretender: Chrissie Hynde Turns 75

Alejandro De Luna

Chrissie Hynde turns 75 today. A look back at some of the people she encountered before fame: Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren, Mick Jones, Steve Jones, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and...

The Pretender: Chrissie Hynde Turns 75

Alejandro De Luna

Chrissie Hynde turns 75 today. A look back at some of the people she encountered before fame: Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren, Mick Jones, Steve Jones, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and...

Interview: Ged Duffy — Factory, Stockholm Monsters and Manchester

Interview: Ged Duffy — Factory, Stockholm Monst...

Alejandro De Luna

Ged Duffy remembers Stockholm Monsters, Factory Records, Martin Hannett, Peter Hook and Manchester’s early post-punk scene, while correcting a few stories along the way. A conversation about the Russell Club,...

Interview: Ged Duffy — Factory, Stockholm Monst...

Alejandro De Luna

Ged Duffy remembers Stockholm Monsters, Factory Records, Martin Hannett, Peter Hook and Manchester’s early post-punk scene, while correcting a few stories along the way. A conversation about the Russell Club,...

Plaque on the back of the Haçienda building in Manchester marking Einstürzende Neubauten's 1985 ban

Banned for Life: The Night Einstürzende Neubaut...

Alejandro De Luna

28 February 1985: Einstürzende Neubauten drilled through a load-bearing pillar at the Haçienda and got banned for life. The story behind the plaque, the flyer, and Peter Hook's account of...

Banned for Life: The Night Einstürzende Neubaut...

Alejandro De Luna

28 February 1985: Einstürzende Neubauten drilled through a load-bearing pillar at the Haçienda and got banned for life. The story behind the plaque, the flyer, and Peter Hook's account of...

Signed illustration on the sleeve of The Chameleons' Strange Times, Mark Burgess's autograph across the character's forehead.

The Chameleons - Strange Times, 40 Years On

Alejandro De Luna

Released 1 September 1986, Strange Times is still one of the most underrated albums of its decade, and forty years on it has not aged a single day. By the...

The Chameleons - Strange Times, 40 Years On

Alejandro De Luna

Released 1 September 1986, Strange Times is still one of the most underrated albums of its decade, and forty years on it has not aged a single day. By the...

Simon Wolstencroft, 'Funky Si', former drummer of The Fall, early Stone Roses and Ian Brown's band

Interview: Simon Wolstencroft — Nearly a Stone ...

Alejandro De Luna

When you think about Manchester musicians who can tell a good story, who have the credentials for it and know what they're talking about because they were there since the...

Interview: Simon Wolstencroft — Nearly a Stone ...

Alejandro De Luna

When you think about Manchester musicians who can tell a good story, who have the credentials for it and know what they're talking about because they were there since the...