LIVE: SNAIL MAIL – 20/05/2018

-GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER- A warm summer’s evening walk to Gullivers tonight, as Snail Mail play their first ever gig in Manchester. The small venue from the outside, makes you question if you’re at the right place, surely the gig isn’t here? But once you walk through that door, the pub becomes a Tardis. The trendy and […]

LIVE: THE BLUETONES / JORDAN ALLEN / THE GALLERYS – 17/05/2018

-O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER- O2 Ritz is one of those places that takes on whichever band or artist is playing – the vibe is set by the music, the crowd and how excitable they are. So I’m a bit unsure what to expect from 90s Britpoppers The Bluetones on Thursday – a bit of an institution […]

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LIVE: JUNGLE – 10/05/2018

-THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- “We did our first live show in Manchester,” beams Jungle’s Josh Lloyd-Watson mid-set, with evident pride. And tonight they’re back, bringing the urban beat to the urbane heart of Manchester, organic beats emerging from our concrete jungle. Together with childhood friend, school pal and one-time next-door neighbour Tom McFarland, the duo formed […]

LIVE: PETE ASTOR / SKI SAIGON – 12/05/2018

-THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Pete Astor was once labelled the next ‘Dylan’ by Creation Records head honcho Alan McGhee who signed Astor’s then band The Loft to McGhee’s fledgling record company in 1984. Unfortunately following the demise of The Loft and his second band, The Weather Prophets, the latter being signed to the major label […]

LIVE: KAMASI WASHINGTON – 04/05/2018

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- “Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope,” speaks Los Angeles-born saxophonist Kamasi Washington, who since the age of three has been an obsessive practicing musician, and with 34-years of experience now behind him, can site Kendrick Lamar and Ryan Adams as collaborators while still […]

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ALBUM: ARCTIC MONKEYS – TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO

Tranquility Base was a name given to the section of the moon where in 1969 the Apollo 11 astronauts landed, and the idea of a hotel and casino on the exact spot on the moon, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked, is as bonkers as the rest of this album! The sixth Arctic Monkeys […]

LIVE: STELLA DONNELLY – 07/05/2018

-THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Tonight is an exciting night for me for two reasons. Firstly, I have patronised the Castle Hotel on a few evenings, but have never ventured past the cosy piano room. Tonight I get to visit door number 2, joyfully adding another Manchester music venue to my ever growing list. Upon entering, […]

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CHRIS HAWKINS TO JOIN SILENT RADIO FOR SOUND CITY+ SESSION

MEXRRISSEY TO PLAY HOMETOWN GIG (SORT OF)

HINDS RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘FINALLY FLOATING’ + UK LIVE DATES

WARMDUSCHER’S NEW SINGLE ‘STANDING ON THE CORNER’ + UK LIVE DATES

LIVE: WE ARE SCIENTISTS – 09/05/2018

-RITZ, MANCHESTER- Out of that mid noughties indie disco scene, there haven’t been many bands that have stood their ground and kept going in the same way that We Are Scientists have. Keith and Chris have just released their sixth long player Megaplex, which sees the band take a more electronically infused tone to their indie […]

FRANZ FERDINAND TO HEADLINE THE BRITISH SOUND PROJECT 2018

SNAPPED ANKLES RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘CIA MAN (NSA MAN VIOLATION)’

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING RELEASE NEW EP ‘A DEEPER SEA’

HINDS: NEW ALBUM / UK TOUR DATES + WATCH THE VIDEO TO ‘NEW FOR YOU’

LIVE: SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY 2018 – 06/05/2018

-VARIOUS, SALFORD- Once a year the incredible people behind Sounds From The Other City (SFTOC) turn a section of Chapel Street and the surrounding area into an oasis of the best new music in the country that’s like a playground to explore and discover your next favourite band. Over 130 acts play across 20 odd […]

LIVE: WYE OAK – 04/05/2018

-DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner tells us that she and her fellow American bandmates started their day in London, completing a radio session at a BBC studio for Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show. Departing for Manchester in the van at around 2pm, for reasons of Bank Holiday traffic it was only by the […]

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FRANCOBOLLO RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘HOO HA’

DRINKS (CATE LE BON AND TIM PRESLEY OF WHITE FENCE) ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘HIPPO LITE’

THE LOVELY EGGS ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES & SHARE VIDEO FOR ‘WIGGY GIGGY’

ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF SHARES ‘THE TRUTH, THE GLOW, THE FALL’

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