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10 Manchester bands who cranked up the punk in the late '70s

In the ’70s, England had two great punk cities. Most across the planet thought London was the world’s only punk capital, completely ignoring the music and culture’s beginnings in New York City, mostly due to the Sex Pistols’ outsized reputation and influence. But if London was English Punk City No. 1, Manchester definitely came in […]

UK post-punks the Membranes flex their cool weirdness in new video

Today AP is stoked to premiere the weirdest post-punk, psychedelic, ecological video we’ve seen in a long time, and it’s made by bona fide punk lifers. “What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away” is the title track from the new album from legendary Manchester, U.K.-based post-punk/indie-noise unit the Membranes. “The latest Membranes video from our acclaimed […]