On the 29th of August 1997, ‘TFI Friday’, one of Britain’s most popular TV shows, opened with a sketch that showed the new Oasis album, ‘Be Here Now’, released the previous week, lying on a mock-up operating table while host [...Read More]
Features
WFTU: The end of a Decade of Punx Inna Jungle
It’s become something of an institution within the Manchester punk scene. An annual congregation of the city’s ravers and misbehavers that this year celebrated its tenth birthday and final instalment. The original edition was intended as a one off. Disparate [...Read More]
Mark Reeder looking back
Mark Reeder is a musician and record producer who grew up in Manchester before moving to Berlin at the age of twenty. His career has spanned more than three decades, and he has been involved with, and been the influence for, [...Read More]
Love X Stereo’s “37A” – Track by Track Breakdown
Annie Ko and Toby Hwang make up South Korean duo, Love X Stereo. They have been building a strong reputation in South Korea, as well as over in the US, and recently came over to the UK for the first [...Read More]
True Faith
I am at the Manchester Art Gallery for the launch of the New Order ‘True Faith’ exhibition. As the room fills it’s getting quite nice, with free wine and bottles of lager being given out. A few people I [...Read More]
The Korean Kontingent
It has been an exciting year for South Korean music here in the UK. Oh, you didn’t know? Well, actually, that might sound a bit strange to most of you, since after all wasn’t the last Korean song to do [...Read More]
Kermit talks to Sounds
Kermit was booked in to have a chat with Sounds, via his friend and our magazine photographer, Stu Turner. However, I thought it would be a good idea if we recorded the interview so I could also nab it for [...Read More]
LEVELZ SIDE STREET TAKEOVER
25/05/17 Last Thursday was the hottest day of the year so far. In Manchester’s Northern quarter, along Tarriff street, working people were sitting around, ties loosened, shirts unbuttoned, taking breaks from their busy days to enjoy a rare hit [...Read More]
THE BEATLES, LONDON’S COUNTER CULTURE & SGT. PEPPER
As The Beatles ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band’ turns fifty, Sounds Magazine’s Michael Halpin tells the story of the environment in which the album was created and revisits the reaction to ‘Sgt.Pepper’ upon the time of its release. Embracing [...Read More]
The Eddies Q&A Session
The Eddies are a well established punk band from Dundee, supporting many well known punk bands throughout the years as well as headlining themselves. Here we ask a few questions about the band and what drives them on to deliver [...Read More]