Peter Rea
Website: http://www.twitter.com/PeterRea_13
Profile: My enthusiasm for sharing new music and an interest in descriptive writing has led me here. I've always admired Manchester for having great and varied venues, which are full of 'up-for-it' music fans, who create a great atmosphere. I moved to Manchester from Sussex in 1998 to attend the School of Sound Recording. After graduating, I decided to stay up north partly because of the buzzing music scene. I've been through a lot of different music phases since being a 90's teen, from rock and pop and grunge to most types of dance music, drum and bass, nu jazz, hip hop, soul, dubstep, blues and folk. My Last.FM page: http://www.last.fm/user/StuntMonkey13 I started writing gig reviews for fun in the days of Myspace and then I bumped into Simon (the editor). I'm a big fan of Piccadilly Records and BBC 6 music and prefer smaller gigs that feature fresh, up and coming bands.
Posts by Peter Rea:
- LIVE: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – 06/05/2013
- ALBUM REVIEW: SAVAGES – SILENCE YOURSELF
- LIVE: MMOTHS – 07/03/2013
- LIVE: WHP X RBMA – 09/11/2012
- LIVE: BO NINGEN – 17/10/2012
- LIVE: TAMARYN – 14/10/2012
- ALBUM REVIEW: TOY – ‘TOY’
- ALBUM: CAT POWER – ‘SUN’
- LIVE: ESBEN AND THE WITCH – 30/08/2012
- LIVE: DARK DARK DARK – 19/08/2012
- LIVE: BRITISH SEA POWER – 03/08/2012
- LIVE: SAVAGES – 24/07/2012
- ALBUM: PURITY RING ‘SHRINES’
- LIVE: EASTER – 22/06/2012
- LIVE: GHXST – 21/06/2012
- VIDEO: BIRDS Vs PLANES ‘WE GET TO DROP’ (LIVE)
- LIVE: BEST COAST – 17/06/2012
- ALBUM: TY SEGALL BAND ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE’
- ALBUM: SQUAREPUSHER – ‘UFABULUM’
- ALBUM: DEPAKOTE – ‘I LIVE TO DIE AND I DIE TO LIVE’
- LIVE: POND – 26/05/2012
- LIVE: ∆ (ALT-J) – 18/05/2012
- LIVE: SHARON VAN ETTEN – 17/05/2012
- LIVE: NEDRY – 28/04/2012
- LIVE: ODONIS ODONIS – 18/04/2012
- LIVE: 2:54 – 04/04/2012
- ALBUM REVIEW: ORBITAL – WONKY
- LIVE: BRETON – 29/03/2012
- LIVE: DRIVER DRIVE FASTER – 23/03/2012
- LIVE: GANG COLOURS – 07/03/2012
- SINGLE REVIEW: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG – ANNA
- LIVE: PEAKING LIGHTS – 10/12/2011
- LIVE: I BREAK HORSES – 03/12/2011
- LIVE: FIONN REGAN – 01/12/2011
- LIVE: WIDOWSPEAK – 27/11/2011
- LIVE: THE BESNARD LAKES – 18/11/2011
- LIVE: ST. VINCENT – 12/11/2011
- LIVE: CASHIER NO.9 – 09/11/2011
- LIVE: TWIN SISTER – 07/11/2011
- LIVE: OTHER LIVES & YOUNG GALAXY – 30/10/2011
- LIVE: NEDRY – 05/11/2011
- LIVE: SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA – 03/10/2011
- LIVE: SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP – 18/09/11
- LIVE: DJ SHADOW – 17/09/2011
- LIVE: JUNIP – 07/09/11
- ALBUM: DJ SHADOW – THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE BETTER
- LIVE: WYE OAK – 22/08/2011
- LIVE: WILD NOTHING – 21/08/2011
- LIVE: WASHED OUT – 08/08/11
- NEWS: TWIN SISTER VIDEO AND TOUR DATES
- ALBUM: I BREAK HORSES – HEARTS
- LIVE: TAME IMPALA / WOLF PEOPLE – 06/07/2011
- ALBUM: VANDAVEER – DIG DOWN DEEP
- LIVE: BJORK – BIOPHILIA 27/06/2011
- LIVE: CRYSTAL STILTS – 24/06/2011
- LIVE: DRIVER DRIVE FASTER – 17/06/2011
- ALBUM: CASHIER NO.9 – TO THE DEATH OF FUN
- LIVE: SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP – 29/05/2011
- LIVE: THE KILLS – 27/05/2011
- LIVE: WARPAINT – 14/05/2011
- LIVE: ESBEN & THE WITCH – 08/04/2011
- LIVE: DEERHUNTER – 30/03/2011
- LIVE: JAMES BLAKE – 26/02/2011
- LIVE: THE WALKMEN – 20/01/2011
- LIVE: RINGO DEATHSTARR – 25/11/2010
- LIVE: BATHS – 19/11/2010
- LIVE: GOLD PANDA – 15/11/2010
- LIVE: DENIS JONES/NANCY ELIZABETH/HOMELIFE – 09/09/2010
- LIVE: WOMEN/ZOLA JESUS/IDIOT GLEE – 02/09/2010
- LIVE: THE MISERABLE RICH – 08/06/2010
- LIVE: DEAD MEADOW – 27/05/2010
- LIVE: THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – 17/05/2010
- LIVE: FOALS – 04/05/2010
- LIVE: GOOD SHOES – 28/04/2010
- LIVE: CHRIS CUNNINGHAM – 22/04/2010
- LIVE: CYRIL SNEAR AND GALLOPS – 05/03/2010
- LIVE: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND – 03/03/2010
- LIVE: FIELD MUSIC – 26/02/2010
- LIVE: MIDLAKE – 17/02/2010
- LIVE: SPOON/WHITE RABBITS – 15/02/2010
- LIVE: LIAM FROST – 11/02/2010
- LIVE: DAG FOR DAG/THAO with THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN – 02/02/2010
- LIVE: DENIS JONES – 16/01/2010
- LIVE: PLACEBO – 11/12/2009
- LIVE: BROADCAST – 08/12/2009
- LIVE: SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – 03/12/2009




























