LIVE: MR. BEN & THE BENS – 14/09/2018

-GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER- Tonight Gulliver’s has been taken over by Lancastrian label, Bingo Records for their first year anniversary, a birthday bash! The record label consists of a menagerie of interwoven bands, with label mates performing under a number of different guises and playing multiple instruments. The room is filled with affiliates, friends, family (a lovely […]

LIVE: KIRAN LEONARD/CULT PARTY – 08/09/2018

– Partisan, Manchester – When I arrive, Partisan offers us a quarter circle of sofas for viewing. Behind that, more chairs of plush and non-plush kinds. Though there’s a sizeable free space on the floor, with people clustering around the edges. I’m admittedly entering with some bias and expectation. I saw Cult Party (the collective […]

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LIVE: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS – 13/09/2018

– Gulliver’s, Manchester – Debuting the UK and Europe in a manner that can only be described as storming are Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. Selling out almost every show on a tour that is witnessing the band for the first time is a fantastic achievement but one that is worth every penny. Gulliver’s is a […]

ALBUM: SPIRITUALIZED – AND NOTHING HURT

Apparently this was going to be the last album Jason Pierce (J Spaceman) was ever going to make as Spiritualized, such was the sheer effort involved, both mentally and physically. Six long years in the making, ‘And Nothing Hurt’ is the sound of the spaceman coming to terms with life as a middle aged family […]

LIVE: ICEAGE – 09/09/2018

– Gorilla, Manchester – Let’s get this out of the way upfront: I have the biggest man crush on Iceage front man Elias Bender Rønnenfelt. He’s possibly the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen in real life, and his brooding, pouting, strong silent type stage persona (and off stage persona if his interviews are anything […]

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LIVE: SOCCER MOMMY – 05/09/2018

– The Deaf Institute, Manchester – Entry number 48 in the series ‘How Much Are Young Women With Guitars Kicking Ass Right Now?’ featuring Sophie Allison aka Soccer Mommy. You may have read number 47 in this series a couple of weeks back after I went to see the brilliant Phoebe Bridgers, and I’ll probably […]

ALBUM: SAUNA YOUTH – DEATHS

Riddled with angst, Sauna Youth express their feelings in a quite British 70’s fashion, spitting South East accent vocals over a ‘The Jam’ like setup. This, a follow-up to their 2015 debut album ‘Distractions’ strikes a similar chord, but they’re still pushing the envelope. The album explores the theme of death in a very literal […]

INTERVIEW (IN A CHIPPY): THE CHARLATANS

THE BREEDERS RELEASE HOMEMADE VIDEO FOR ‘NERVOUS MARY’

APHEX TWIN- COLLAPSE EP- HOOF VIDEO FOR T69 COLLAPSE NOW

SLEAFORD MODS – HEAR NEW TRACK + NEW EP DETAILS

CASSETTE STORE DAY 2018 RETURNS 13TH OCTOBER

LIVE: TITUS ANDRONICUS – 03/09/2018

– Soup Kitchen, Manchester – This is, hands down, one of the odder shows I’ve been to in recent times. Billed as ‘Titus Andronicus Acoustic’, ‘the band’ are playing much smaller venues than they have done on previous tours in support of their new album A Productive Cough, and the reason is immediately clear: this […]

SINGLE: ROOTNOTES – MOVE TO THIS

WATCH FATHER JOHN MISTY’S BONKERS VIDEO FOR ‘DATE NIGHT’

THE BLINDERS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR + DETAILS OF DEBUT ALBUM

MEXRRISSEY TO PLAY HOMETOWN GIG (SORT OF)

LIVE: CAMP COPE – 31/08/2018

-SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER- Last night I went to see Spike Lee’s new film Blackkklansman, and it’s pretty brilliant. It’s very funny, and, as you might expect, it packs a hell of a social conscious punch in it. I also felt extremely uncomfortable as a white man, in a cinema full of middle class white people, […]

ALBUM: IDLES – JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

– A Celebration of Vulnerability – The highly anticipated second album by Idles is pure vigour underneath a bunch of songs where the guts, the cries and the sing & shout still prevail from their outstanding debut Brutalism. The Bristol based outfit’s new record, Joy as an Act of Resistance, is due on Friday 31st […]

PIRATE PRODIGIES WHO ARE YA TAKE OVER – JAMES HOLT

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UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘HUNNYBEE’

TEEN CREEPS – NEW VIDEO AND UK TOUR DATES

CHRIS HAWKINS TO JOIN SILENT RADIO FOR SOUND CITY+ SESSION

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