LONELADY UNVEILS NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM
LoneLady has shared a video for the latest single to be taken from her forthcoming album, Hinterland. The video for Bunkerpop features LoneLady, aka Julie Campbell, exploring the bunker, a brutalist structure built during World War One and used in World War Two on Hull’s coastline.It was directed by actor, theatre director and filmmaker Juliet Ellis and artist Graham Clayton Chance, who has collaborated on video projects for REM and I Am Kloot. LoneLady, from Manchester,... Read More
THE ROADHOUSE SET TO CLOSE DOWN IN MAY
The Roadhouse, in Newton Street. Image courtesy of Google Maps Iconic Manchester venue The Roadhouse is set to close, it has been announced. The Newton Street venue, which has been open for 22 years, is set to close its doors for the final time on June 1. The venue will hold a series of special one off gigs and club nights, before the final show will be held on May 31. The venue has played host to the great and the good of rock over its more than two decades, including Muse, The... Read More
DU BLONDE, AKA BETH JEANS HOUGHTON, UNVEILS NEW SINGLE AND TOUR
Du Blonde, the new project of Beth Jeans Houghton, has unveiled the first single from her new album. Black Flag is now available as a free download from her official website, and is taken from her forthcoming album, Welcome Back to Milk, which is released on Mute on May 18.The single, as well as much of the album, was produced by Bad Seed and Grinderman member Jim Sclavunos, whose previous production credits include The Jim Jones Revue and The Horrors. Du Blonde has also announced... Read More
LIVE: KIRAN LEONARD – 17/03/2015
Kiran Leonard – GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – Tonight, we are part of a chosen few who are lucky enough to hear songs from Kiran Leonard’s new album Grapefruit, coming later this year, for the first time. There is no better audience to unleash a set of new songs at like a hometown audience and that is exactly what Saddleworth-born Kiran is doing tonight. In fact, even his family have made the journey to respond enthusiastically to every new and, as yet, unheard song. His... Read More
DUTCH UNCLES SHARE NEW VIDEO AHEAD OF UK DATES
Dutch Uncles have released a video for their latest single, ahead of live dates later this month. The band have released a video shot in Llandudno to accompany Decided Knowledge, which is taken from O Shudder, which is available now on Memphis Industries.The video depicts frontman Duncan Wallis – or ‘Muncan’, to give this character its proper name – in puppet form with a startling attention to detail: authentic shirt, earring and idiosyncratic dance moves... Read More
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING SHARE NEW VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES
Everything Everything have shared the latest single from their new album, which will be released on June 15. The Manchester based four-piece have also released an accompanying video for the track, Distant Past, which is taken from their third album Get To Heaven, which will be released through RCA Records.The video was directed by the band’s lead singer, Jonathan Higgs. The group have also announced two shows in advance of the album’s release, including a show at... Read More
LIVE: VESSELS – 16/03/2015
Vessels – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – Vessels’ recently released album Dilate is something of a departure from their lean, guitar-focussed Slint-via-Radiohead post-rock stylings. Previous record Helioscope is a brilliant, greyscale exercise in tension and release and where Dilate still uses similar dynamics in terms of building layers to a dramatic climax, this time it’s in glorious electronic Technicolor. It’s no coincidence that the band are all... Read More
WET BLANKETS SHARE TRACK FROM DEBUT EP
Wet Blanklets have shared a track from their debut EP, Rise of Wet Blankets. The EP by the Australian three piece, formed by 15-year-old guitarist and frontman Zane Gardner in August 2013, is available now on Agitated Records. The band have made the track Fridge Too Far available to listen to now.The frenetically paced 11 track EP, which was recorded in West Geelong, a suburb of Victoria, is just 18 minutes long. Zane, who counts The Ramones, Dead Kennedys and The Reatards among... Read More
LIVE: JOSE GONZALEZ / OLOF ARNALDS – 14/03/2015
José González – ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – It could be that I’m biased in favour of anything Nordic, but it seems to me that Northern Europe always walks proudly on an independent path, away from mainstream styles, genres and attitudes. Tonight at the Academy 2 (justifiably sold out) I am blessed with the experience of Swedish-Argentinian singer and songwriter José González and his band, supported by Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Ólöf Arnalds. Not only is the... Read More
DEMOB HAPPY ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF DEBUT EP
Demob Happy will release their debut EP on Record Store Day, April 18. The Brighton four piece will release the four track EP, which was recorded in the Welsh countryside, on Milk Parlour Records / So Recordings. The band have also released a video for the EP’s lead single, Young and Numb.The EP follows last year’s debut single Succubus, which also features on the EP, and the band will hit the road for a UK tour starting on March 29 in Bristol. Demob Happy will play: March 29th... Read More
