Jane Savidge was the co-founder and head of public relations company Savage & Best who looked after Pulp during their late 90s pomp. In an exclusive extract from her new book for Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series, she picks apart the tricky sexual politics of the group’s notorious cover art for *This is Hardcore*
In an exclusive extract from the new book, FAC 461 Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album, label co-founder Tony Wilson reflects on what made the look of Factory Records so outstanding and how the Happy Mondays managed to offend Genesis P. Orridge
40 years after This Heat’s debut performance Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward are playing together for the first time since 1982 at London’s Café Oto. To celebrate we look at their fresh and forceful music that proved to be so far ahead of its time. All band photographs by Lesley Evans, courtesy of This Heat
Daniel Higgs has built a legacy in the pursuit of his own spiritual truth. Ahead of an appearance at Terraforma festival he talks Matthew Neale through his back catalogue, with detours via mass media indoctrination, a drive-by shooting, and the mystery of how cassettes work