Slapp Happy's progressive influence straddled both sides of the punk rock interregnum, says Fergal Kinney reviewing a 50th anniversary reissue of Sort Of, and their influence can be felt as much in Faust as in Black Country, New Road
The Libertines reunion: the last chapter in a great romantic rock & roll tale, or a cynical cash-making ploy? Lewis G. Parker finds it impossible to separate myth from reality after taking in their set at The Forum. Picture courtesy of Alice Wagstaffe