culture
The ZX 8000 Is Every Era's Shoe At Once
2w ago
Topic
Manchester
culture
How Rave Culture Escaped Manchester and Took Over Everything
There is a version of British musical history that gets told with a very narrow lens: Manchester, the Hacienda, a warehouse somewhere off a motorway, a...
2w ago
culture
The Stone Roses: The Greatest Unfinished Story in British Music
They formed in Manchester in 1983, released one of the greatest debut albums in British history in 1989, spent most of the early nineties fighting their own...
3w ago
culture
Noel Gallagher
There is a version of the Noel Gallagher story that gets told at closing time, all Knebworth and Britpop and brotherly chaos, and it is entertaining enough....
28 September 2026
culture
Noel Gallagher: Working class kids can't afford to become rock stars like Oasis
Noel Gallagher is right, and it is going to sting people to hear it. The man who grew up in Longsight and Burnage, got expelled from school, got put on...
22 September 2026
culture
How 80s and 90s Manchester Music Changed Male Fashion
Manchester didn't just make music. It made the clothes you wore to hear it, the hat you pulled down on the bus home, and the jacket your mate still hasn't...
22 September 2026
Music
Oasis tease huge summer 2027 tour with drones display over Manchester
Oasis lighting up the Manchester sky with a drone display is exactly the kind of move that only works if you are Oasis. Anyone else does it and it looks...
12 September 2026
Music
Andy Stott Announces New Album Late Loop: Hear “Something In Mind” (Feat. Elaine Howley)
Five years is a long time to keep the faithful waiting. Andy Stott has done exactly that, and if the lead single from Late Loop is anything to go by, every...
2 September 2026
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