Martin Bramah: ‘Being in The Fall is a life sentence. Why not embrace it and have fun?’
Martin Bramah and four fellow former Mark E Smith bandmates have used trusted techniques to make House of All’s outstanding first album
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Graham Nash: ‘Most of the sad songs are about my relationship with Joni Mitchell’
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Latest instalment of the C series reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of 1991
Sons of Southern Ulster: Sinners and Lost Souls review – Cantankerous and vivid views of Ireland
Irishisms abound in the band’s second album but the the vision is universal
Sleaford Mods: All That Glue review – A howl of unadulterated reality
Retrospective proves they’re one of the best British bands of recent years
I chose to grow a beard for the first time, with distressing results
Just as Newton experimented with light during the Black Death, I could experiment with the grooming habits of the Iron Age
Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and again
There’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comforts
Vox fanzine: Dark dispatches from Dublin’s post-punk scene
The cult Dublin fanzine celebrated a grim, golden age of originality and ambition
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Van Morrison: The Prophet Speaks review – A master in his comfort zone
Van the very prolific man releases his 40th album, and his fourth in two years
Damon Albarn: ‘Brexit has revealed terrible truths about the mental health of the English’
The Blur frontman on ‘Merrie Land’, Britpop, Oasis, Morrissey and John Lydon
The Simpsons, series 30: After 640 episodes it feels as out of date as The Flintstones
The show no longer reaches the heights of the 1990s. Maybe it should slip into retirement
‘Oasis distorted the idea of what the Manchester scene was’
Dave Haslam, onetime Hacienda DJ, has vignettes on Madchester, Morrissey and Mark E Smith
Bryan Ferry, Mercury Rev, Mabel: the best rock and pop this week
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Mark E Smith: family reveal cause of death
The Fall singer and frontman, who died last month, was being treated for terminal lung and kidney cancer
Mark E Smith: bingo masters, witch trials and totally wired, his genius remembered
Mancunian anti-hero fine-tuned the world, distorting and damaging its aesthetic veneer
Musican, poet and satirist, Mark E Smith was driving force of The Fall
Mark E Smith obituary: Born March 5th, 1957 – Died January 24th, 2018
Mark E Smith: passionate, occasionally psychotic high priest of post-punk
Smith fronted The Fall since 1976, going through over 60 bandmates in the process but they were always at the cutting edge
Mark E Smith, lead singer of The Fall, dies aged 60
‘If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s the Fall,’ irascible singer once proclaimed
Count Vaseline: ‘I’m following the music I hear in my head’
Irish musician Stefan Murphy is on a creative roll with his new one-man operation, Count Vaseline. He talks about ‘the endurance side of art’, his new album ‘Cascade’, and why his new home of Atlanta offers him more than Dublin
Tracey Thorn: ‘There is pressure on women to sing in a way that is considered feminine’
The vocalist from Everything But the Girl has written a brilliant book about singing. She talks about finding her own voice and why she has no intention of getting back up on stage
Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Frank & Walters – remember when they played Sir Henrys?
Cork’s renowned but long-defunct music venue is the star of a new show. What was it like to work there?
Festival Fit: Falling and Crashing in Kilkenny, and Fair of Muff in Cavan
Sounds like a lewd Shakespearean compliment you’d hear at Kilkenny Arts Festival, but there really is a Fair of Muff in Co Cavan, and good vintage wireless coverage at Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival
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