In a flat in Manchester in January 1980, Ian Curtis (yes, that Ian Curtis, a few months from becoming post-punk’s most mourned voice at 23) of the band Joy Division sat gluing coarse sandpaper onto ...

A new album from the Durutti Column isn’t something most people would expect in 2026. The Manchester-based post-punk band began in the late 1970s and were among the first artists Tony Wilson signed to ...

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Veteran Manchester, England post-punk band the Durutti Column are back. Led by guitarist and sometimes pianist Vini Reilly, the Durutti Column was among the influential acts, including Joy Division, ...

It’s 5 a.m. Los Angeles time when I meet with Vini Reilly over Zoom. It’s the afternoon in Didsbury, where he is. From my understanding, Reilly, now seventy-three, has his good and bad days. But I ...

Sedici anni dopo, Vini Reilly torna con un album fragile e discontinuo, ancora guidato dall’inconfondibile voce della sua chitarra.