ALBUM REVIEW: ZOLA JESUS – OKOVI

Nika Roza Danilova, better known as Zola Jesus, returned to her native woods of Wisconsin, built a house mere steps away from her semi-dilapidated childhood tree-fort and watched it slowly give itself back to the earth while raising her sixth offering in ‘Okovi’. Over the course of what she describes as “a profound meditation on […]

ALBUM REVIEW: TURNOVER – GOOD NATURE

“I always remember things better than they were and miss people more than I should,” explains Austin Getz, frontman of  amber-drunk sun-seekers Turnover, when speaking of the mournful thinking behind the band’s fractured, Will Yip-produced breakthrough ‘Peripheral Vision’. Hyper-confessional meditations on sex, obsession, and loss ran through the self-crucifying offering, but where Getz sourced ‘Peripheral […]

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LIVE: CHARLY BLISS – 19/09/2017

-THE EAGLE INN, SALFORD- The only people in Salford’s hidden pearl The Eagle Inn tonight who are shocked by the high turnout are the band themselves. Several times throughout their brisk, whistle-stop set, the Brooklyn quartet appear charmingly elated by the fact that a hundred or so strangers from such a faraway place know about […]

LIVE: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – 16/09/2017

-STORE STREET WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER- Now and again I can be prone to hyperbole when talking about music, such is my enthusiasm for certain bands. But, dear reader, hear me out here: LCD Soundsystem have just won music with their first night (of two) opening this year’s Warehouse Project season. Everyone else should just pack up […]

LIVE: RYAN ADAMS – 14/09/2017

-APOLLO, MANCHESTER- WARNING: I am a Ryan Adams fan boy, so this review will mainly be a gushing fan letter to one of the greatest songwriters of the last 20 years. With that out the way, and you duly forewarned, let’s continue… I love Ryan Adams. There, I said it. He came into my life […]

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THE GOLDEN LION – A CULTURAL HUB IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE

BIT OF A CHAT: RUSSELL MAEL OF SPARKS

Some questions are easy to answer, some not so, but some are so easy to answer they are referred to as a no brainer, and this was the case when I was asked if I’d be interested in talking to Russell Mael, one half the sibling duo Sparks ahead of their first album in eight […]

LIVE: ALVVAYS – 07/09/2017

-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- On the eve of the release of their second album ‘Antisocialites’, Canadian dream-poppers Alvvays (pronounced “Always”, as you would imagine) are stopping off at the wonderful Gorilla to give us a preview of their new material. Not having heard anything from the new LP but the couple of singles they’ve released over the […]

ALBUM HOPES FOR 2017

PRS FOUNDATION’S ‘KEYCHANGE’ ANNOUNCE THEIR 60 FEMALE ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS

HOT OFF THE PRESS: OFF THE RECORD CONFERENCE LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT

YUMMY… MONSTER TREASURE RELEASE ‘BUTTERCREAM’ VIDEO AHEAD OF ALBUM RELEASE & UK TOUR

KIRAN LEONARD SHARES ‘LIVING WITH YOUR AILMENTS’ FILM

ALBUM: L.A. WITCH – L.A. WITCH

Los Angeles three-piece LA Witch’s initial aspirations were humble: “We never really thought we would or could release an album, we were really just finding each other and finding our sound.” But following touring non-stop for the last three-years and a slew of singles on underground labels, their eponymous debut has now arrived and a […]

VALPARAISO DEBUT ALBUM ‘BROKEN HOMELAND’ RELEASED THIS FRIDAY – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR RISING TIDES’ NOW

JUJU SHARES ‘PATRICK’ FROM NEW LP AHEAD OF LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK

‘PLAYING DEAD’ – WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE DESERT’S SECOND SINGLE NOW

JULIA JACKLIN REVEALS ‘COLD CALLER’ – TAKE A LISTEN THEN CHECK OUT HER NOVEMBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES

LIVE: INTERPOL – 03/09/2017

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- New York City in 2002 and Interpol released their debut album, Turn on The Bright Lights. I wasn’t there. It’s hardly surprising considering I was eight at the time and over three thousand miles away. Say what you will about anniversary tours, but it gives fans like me a chance to see something we’d […]

LIVE: DEAP VALLY / PINS – 30/08/2017

-THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER- One hundred days on from the Manchester Arena Attack, which tragically took the lives of many music fans, the Ruby Lounge plays host to a band who epitomise the comeback music in this city has made. Since the bombing, gigs and live music events have continued without issue and show a […]

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DINNER SHARES ‘SIREN SONG’ VIDEO AHEAD OF NOVEMBER UK TOUR DATES

FLAT WORMS OCTOBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES HERE

HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR TREATMENT AND PURCHASE ‘THE BEES KNEES: A COMPILATION FOR DAN’

BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING HOSTS AMPLIFY ANNOUNCES FULL LINE-UP AND DAYS SPLITS

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