Howard Devoto, quixotic wit and reluctant poppist, has often seemed too intellectually big for rock music’s slender-fit boots. And what’s more, we know he knows it, and has always known it. His ...

Among the slew of punk-rock revivalist nostalgia that's been re-packaged, re-mastered and realigned on CD racks across the land over the past few years, one band has been mysteriously airbrushed out.

THERE'S famous for 15 minutes and there's being offered 15-minute chats with Kajagoogoo, relentlessly all summer, a PR onslaught intensified by the e-mails now appearing in bold red print. Meanwhile, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I am angry, I am ill and I’m as ugly as sin” is one of the greatest opening lines in rock music. The rest of “A ...

Having a go at Howard Devoto’s post-Buzzcocks band wasn’t new. In NME, Tony Parsons considered their February 1979 single “Rhythm of Cruelty” thus: “Howard the Schmuck writes pretty little melodies, ...

Post-punk trailblazers Magazine have shed some light on why the long-disbanded group have decided to reunite for a series of UK shows next year. Put simply, the band were made an offer they couldn't ...