To start with a cliché, when I was young Bruce Springsteen was so ubiquitous, so well-established that the only thing I could do, as an angst-y sixteen-year-old, was to disregard him. To me he was nothing more than a crusty, jingoistic, cheese-peddler who clashed badly with my nascent nihilism. But time changes everything, and ten years on my feelings are far more ambivalent. I’m still convinced that “The Boss” (how unbelievably inappropriate... Read More
- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -
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LIVE: CHARLIE BOYER AND THE VOYEURS – 21/05/2013
- SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER -
I think we’re all starting to lose count of the number [more]
LIVE: THE POSTAL SERVICE – 18/05/2013
- ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER -
This year, electronic pop gods, The Postal Service celebrate the 10th [more]
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Album Review: The National - Trouble Will Find Me
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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]
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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]
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- WHITWORTH GALLERY, MANCHESTER -
I’m a relative latecomer to the stylised, lo-fi R&B sounds of [more]
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Album Review: Hunter Valentine - Collide and Conquer
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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]
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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
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