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Rat Scabies Former Damned drummer Rat Scabies elaborates on the making of his debut solo album, 'P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt)', his forthcoming new album with the Mutants and offers his perspective on the legacy of the Damned.
Rat Scabies Charlatans Michael Bruce Claudia Brucken John Howard Bacon Brothers Burning Ferns Bromide Bradford Desert Mountain Tribe Jenny Wilson Damian O'Neill David Ford Rita Coolidge Thorsten Quaeschning London Plane	Charlatans Michael Bruce Claudia Brucken John Howard Bacon Brothers Burning Ferns

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Profiles

Anthony Strutt: 1962-2018: An Appreciation Editor John Clarkson reflects on the music writing and his own friendship with our long-term writer Anthony Strutt, who died on March 25th after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Anthony Strutt: 1962-2018: An Appreciation Bram Tchaikovsky: Profile Blue Dot Festival: Profile Henley-on-Thames, Cornbury and Truck Festivals: Profile Slits: Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits

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Live Reviews

Blossoms: Apollo, Manchester, 11/5/2018 Writer Shirley Procter and photographer Amanda J Window watch acclaimed local band Blossoms play an euphoric homecoming gig to an enthusiastic crowd at the Apollo in Manchester

Blossoms: Apollo, Manchester, 11/5/2018 Echo And The Bunnymen: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23/5/2018 Rails: 100 Club, London, 17/5/2018 Dot to Dot Festival: Manchester, 25th...27th May Slow Readers Club: Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 4/5/2018 Slow Readers Club: Rock City, Nottingham, 12/5/2018 Damned: Hydro, Glasgow, 19/6/2018 Robyn Hitchcock: ULU, London, 12/5/2018 James: King George's Hall, Blackburn, 19/5/2018 Rita Coolidge: Boisdale, London, 17/5/2018 Beale Street Music Festival: Beale Street, Memphis, 4/5/2018....6/5/2018 Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita: Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield. 15/5/2018 Poptone: First Avenue, Minneapolis, 20/6/2018 City Calm Down: Deaf Institute, Manchester, 23/5/2018 Public Image Ltd: Photoscapes Billy Idol: Photoscapes

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Re View

John Foxx: Metamatic In our Re: View section, in which our writers reflect on albums from the past, keith How reflects on ‘Metamatic’, electronic music pioneer John Foxx’s 1980 groundbreaking solo debut album after leaving Ultravox, which has just been re-released in a three CD deluxe edition.

John Foxx: Metamatic Great Society: Live at the Matrix Paul Kantner and Grace Slick: Sunfighter

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Features

Pennyblackmusic: Ten Songs That Made Me Love.... Denzil Watson in celebration of our forthcoming 20th anniversary looks back over his time with Pennyblackmusic by reflecting upon some of the bands he has interviewed or reviewed during his eighteen years writing for us. Pennyblackmusic Pennyblackmusic Goats Head Soup Pennyblackmusic 20th Anniversary Bands' Night

Pennyblackmusic: Ten Songs That Made Me Love.... Pennyblackmusic: Ten Songs That Made Me Love.... Pennyblackmusic: Ten Songs That Made Me Love.... Goats Head Soup: Ten Songs That Made Me Love.... Pennyblackmusic 20th Anniversary Bands' Night : Water Rats, London, 15/9/2018 Toby Hay: Under the Radar Michael Bruce: Raging Pages

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