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Album Review: Cloud Boat - Book of Hours
Book of Hours is the debut LP from Cloud Boat. This London based duo already has [more]
NEWS: CAMERA OBSCURA – LISTEN TO ‘FIFTH IN THE LINE TO THE THRONE’
With the release of their long-awaited new album ‘Desire Lines’ on June 3rd via 4AD, [more]
NEWS: PVT - NEW STOP-MOTION VIDEO FOR ‘HOMOSAPIEN’
Australian electronic band PVT have released their new video for ‘Homosapien’. The clip is a [more]
NEWS: KESTON COBBLERS CLUB - LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘BEAM’ OUT NOW
The distinctive sound that makes Keston Cobblers’ Club so unique comes from a desire to [more]
LIVE: THE SPECIALS – 15/05/2013
- THE APOLLO, MANCHESTER -
So picture this. Mass unemployment, disappearing high streets, strikes and burning [more]
LIVE: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – 14/05/2013
- SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER -
Over ten mock TVs are set up around the stage of [more]
LIVE: HOW TO DRESS WELL – 15/05/2013
- WHITWORTH GALLERY, MANCHESTER -
I’m a relative latecomer to the stylised, lo-fi R&B sounds of [more]
Album Review: Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood - Black Pudding
Some musicians have forged such an enduring image and reputation that they have somehow achieved [more]
NEWS:TELEMAN - NEW SINGLE ‘STREAM TRAIN GIRL’ + SUEDE SUPPORT
Teleman have announced that their new single ‘Steam Train Girl’ will be released on July 1st through the [more]
NEWS: KULT COUNTRY - NEW SINGLE 'AMONGST THE DEAD FOREVER'
Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week [more]
Album Review: Hunter Valentine - Collide and Conquer
Hunter Valentine are a three-piece female rock band with catchy songs and a lot of [more]
LIVE: BEACH FOSSILS – 15/05/2013
- THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER -
In the past few years there has been a rise in [more]
LIVE: THE COMPUTERS – 11/05/2013
- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -
I find it hard to be critical of any band [more]
- THE RITZ, MANCHESTER -
**WARNING** This review will be two things: 1) quite gushing, and [more]
Album Review: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Haunted Head
After well-known spells in respected bands such as The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick [more]
Album Review: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Alarms bells rang the moment I read Ezra Koenig's interview in the NME a few [more]
LIVE: VONDELPARK / BLOOM – 09/05/2013
- ISLINGTON MILL, MANCHESTER -
Islington Mill tends to be home to the more freaky, experimental [more]
Album Review: Mikal Cronin - MCII
For those who closely follow the fuzzy haze of the lo-fi scene, Mikal Cronin is no stranger. Having [more]
Album Review: Small Black - Limits of Desire
Ah Brooklyn, that supposed musical paradise in a land far away. I am always a [more]
NEWS: CLOUD BOAT 'YOUTHERN' VIDEO + LP
With a debut album ‘Book of Hours’ released 27th May, Cloud Boat unveil the video [more]
NEWS: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS ‘MERMAIDS’ OUT 20th May + VIDEO
The new video for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ upcoming new single ‘Mermaids’ is [more]
LIVE: LAURA MVULA – 07/05/2013
- GORILLA, MANCHESTER -
Laura Mvula steps onto Gorilla’s stage, its backdrop a strange assemblage of [more]
NEWS: MAJICAL CLOUDZ – NEW ALBUM ‘IMPERSONATOR’
Majical Cloudz is the voice of Montreal songwriter Devon Welsh exploring the negative space within [more]
NEWS: DEAP VALLY – VIDEO FOR ‘BABY, I CALL HELL’ + LP RELEASE
Ahead of the release of their debut album 'Sistrionix' on June 24th, Deap Vally have unveiled the [more]
NEWS: A GRAVE WITH NO NAME – ALBUM, TOUR AND FREE SAMPLE
On Monday 1st July A Grave With No Name will return with a new album [more]
NEWS: SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH JOHN COOPER CLARKE
The extraordinary poet John Cooper Clarke will tread the boards at London’s Palladium for his [more]
LIVE: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - 06/05/2013
- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -
Rushing over from Salford's Media City following a live set [more]
NEWS: FAIR OHS - NEW ALBUM + UK LIVE DATES
Fair Ohs release their second full length, Jungle Cats on 28th May and just for [more]
EP Review: Death To The Strange - Sign On
As someone who grew up with the screams of Kurt Cobain in one ear and [more]
NEWS: DATE PALMS - LIVE VIDEO FOR 'DUSTED DOWN'
Date Palms revolves around the core duo of Gregg Kowalsky (keyboards, electronics) and Marielle Jakobsons [more]