Meadies Musical Marconi

Mani. Bass player with The Waterfront, The Hungry Socks, The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. Peter Hook. Bass player with Warsaw, Joy Division, New Order, Monaco and The Light. Both names are 2 of the biggest there are in the bass playing circuit. On Saturday 22 September both joined forces to hold a charity funding questions and answer session to go towards the world famous Salford Lad’s Club, heralded a social mecca to all fans of The Smiths. Matt Mead parked on Coronation Street (literally) to review proceedings. Having been a fan of The Stone Roses and New Order since 1989, I first heard Made of Stone in 1989 and my first cassette album purchase was New Order album Technique from my local newsagents also in 1989. Since then I have watched with interest as both bands have gone onto global success. So it was with some excitement that I attended this Q&A session with 2 of the biggest names of the current music scene, especially from Manchester. Before the Q&A session g...

Newly signed to Mute,  ShadowParty , release their debut album today via Mute Records which captures the band on a sonic sojourn to the stratosphere and back, with guest appearances on the album from Denise Johnson (Primal Scream / A Certain Ratio, Nick McCabe (The Verve). Also crashing the party is LA-based DJ Whitney Fierce, who appears on backing vocals, and Joe Duddell, the Manchester-based arranger who has lent his orchestral finesse to the likes of Elbow, Blossoms, and New Order; for whom he created and scored a 12-piece synth orchestra for a run of Manchester International Festival shows. Matt Mead catches up with Josh Hager from the band. LTW: Can you please let me know your first memory as a child, what age would you have been? John: My earliest childhood memory is of two men in black 40s looking suits with fedoras visiting me as a baby in the hospital. Not sure if it was a later dream or a real memory. What is your first musical memory? One of my earliest mem...