Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon, Paul Hanley and Steve Hanley speak to Daniel Dylan Wray about a new release of archive recordings capturing Slates performed live in its entirety, how it’s helping them regain agency in a world awash with ropey Fall bootlegs, and what Mark E. Smith might have made of their plans
British Murder Boys, the twosome of Regis and Surgeon, are sadly now defunct. Before they both play on the same bill at Bloc this weekend, they talk to Luke Turner about Gene Vincent, the influence of pantomime and channelling the errant daydreams of winos into pummelling techno