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The The's Matt Johnson
Song of the Day: Two sweet-sounding, but politically charged tracks old and new from Matt Johnson and friends, including Johnny Marr, the first from the 1986 album Infected, the latter from the 2017 documentary The Inertia Variations. Divided Britain, destruction of welfare, Europe, the influence of the US, and climate disaster? Sounds familiar …
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The Freshies, featuring Chris Sievey, who later became Frank Sidebottom
Song of the Day: We continue our tributes to Manchester's music scene with a humorous pop punk classic from 1980, with an absurdly long title that captures adolescent love and passion for records
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Modest Mouse with Johnny Marr (second from left, standing)
Song of the Day: From yesterday's Talking Heads, we connect to another Johnny Marr collaboration, from the intelligent US indie band messing about in fishing boats, but really singing about music
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Talking Heads
Song of the Day: As spring begins to hit full bloom, we highlight the postpunk band's beautiful song reversing the nostalgia perspective featuring elevating and colourful guest guitar work from Johnny Marr
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