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Interview: GoGo Penguin make pumping future-jazz built for the rave generation
Music

Interview: GoGo Penguin make pumping future-jazz built for the rave generation

Get people dancing — Manchester trio GoGo Penguin are tearing up the genres with Man Made Object, a rowdy not-quite-jazz album that nods its head to Four Tet and Apex Twin.

Written by: Alex King

Five of the best ways to remember Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis
Music

Five of the best ways to remember Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis

Listen to the silence — Former Joy Division member Peter Hook plays every song they ever made in a church in Macclesfield and we curate a list of ways to remember the frontman of one of the most influential bands of all time.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Does life begin at 50?
Culture

Does life begin at 50?

Inspiring late-bloomers — New exhibition at Selfridges 'Bright Old Things' brings together a selection of creatives who discovered their passion after middle age.

A photographic journey through the compass points of UK skateboarding
Skate

A photographic journey through the compass points of UK skateboarding

North, East, South & West — To celebrate Nike SB's NESW project – a series of videos and a book about the UK skate scene – we catch up with photographer Henry Kingsford.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Kevin Cummins
Photography

Kevin Cummins

Pieces Of Me — Prolific music photographer presents his intimate portraits of '90s Welsh glam rockers Manic Street Preachers.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Canine motorcycle gang The Gravehounds invade Manchester
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Canine motorcycle gang The Gravehounds invade Manchester

Skull Paradise art collective bring their petrol-head hounds to the Northern Quarter — Bone Street is now The Gravehounds’ turf as illustration and design collective Skull Paradise embark on their first show in the north at Common Bar, Manchester.

Written by: Katy Sykes

Video Jam
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Video Jam

Blind Collaboration — Video Jam preside over an exhilarating live collision between filmmakers and musicians at Manchester Art Gallery.

Written by: Katy Sykes

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