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Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

Posted on Published October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 by Frank Yang
<em>Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays</em>

If you’re reading this it’s likely you’ve seen Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film 24 Hour Party People but if you came out of thinking, “I’d like to see the story of Factory Records but with a lot more talking heads and a lot less Steve Coogan”, BBC4 had your back, albeit five years later. Released in […]

The Durutti Column: “It’s good music to chill out to.”

Posted on Published June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 by Frank Yang
The Durutti Column: “It’s good music to chill out to.”
The Durutti Column

Anywhere’s a valid place to find good music recommendations, but a tip from Steve Coogan portraying the Lord Almighty is not an especially common one. Said scene came towards the end of 24 Hour Party People, Michael Winterbottom’s brilliant 2002 biopic on Factory Records’ Tony Wilson: “Vini Reilly, by the way, is way overdue a […]

Blue Monday is not a thing but “Blue Monday” is.

Posted on Published May 11, 2025January 18, 2021 by Frank Yang
Blue Monday is not a thing but “Blue Monday” is.
"Blue Monday" by Peter Saville

A reminder that anything you see today about the third Monday in January being the saddest day of the year is nonsense created by an advertising cohmpany to promote travel bookings, and that the joke is absolutely on them this year. Or it would be if the company that solicited the campaign was still in […]

Emma Anderson of Lush on The Return Of The Durutti Column

Posted on Published January 22, 2021January 13, 2021 by Frank Yang
Emma Anderson of Lush on <i>The Return Of The Durutti Column</i>
The Durutti Column / The Return Of The Durutti Column

Emma Anderson of Lush and Sing Sing pens an essay for Sonic Cathedral on discovering The Return Of The Durutti Column, the majestic debut album from Vini Reilly and company.

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