NEWS: BAD GRAMMAR SET TO RELEASE ‘FORCED FUN’ EP + WATCH NEW VIDEO TO ‘TEMPER TEMPER’
Bad Grammar kicked off 2014 with the news of their soon to be released EP ‘Forced Fun’. The Manchester based two-piece consisting of Ben Forrester on guitar and Lucy Brown on drums, have so far shared the stage with bands such as Dinosaur Pile-Up, Future Of The Left and Drenge to name but a few. After a hectic run of live dates they are now set to release the ‘Forced Run’ EP on March 31st via Flatpack Records.Armed with meaty riffs aplenty the EP features four tracks,... Read More
VIDEO: POSTCARDS FROM JEFF ‘AWAKE’
Whether channelling a small-budget British independent film or an epic million pound widescreen wonder, if there’s one thing multi-instrumentalist and sonic explorer Postcards From Jeff knows it’s how to be cinematic. ‘Awake’, the next track to be taken from his self- titled debut EP is a classic but thoroughly modern film noir offering about one man’s attempt at bringing order to a chaotic life.Continuing to work in his rural Yorkshire recording studio hideaway... Read More
Live: Metronomy – 16/03/2014
Metronomy – THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – If Metronomy’s primary lyrical concern is the closed-mindedness of the parochially trapped and entrapping, then music, their music, is the escape route. Even as the protagonists in songs like ‘The Look’ and ‘Corinne’ turn their woes over and over without resolution, the music tears off in a direction that is positively liberating. The synth solo that lights up ‘The Look’ is apparently very... Read More
15/03/2014 with Kiran Leonard
For our first ever radio show we were super happy to have been joined by the extremely talented Kiran Leonard in the studio, plus we have a whole host of other music from the bands playing Manchester in the coming seven days. TRACK LISTING Lee Scratch Perry – Time To Party / Notwist – 7 Hour Drive / Ellen and the Escapades – I’ll Keep You Warm / Johnny Foreigner – Le Sigh / LVLS – Echoes / Kiran Leonard – Geraldo’s Farm... Read More
NEWS: BRETON RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ’15 MINUTES’
Breton will release their new single ‘Fifteen Minutes’ on 14th April 2014 through Cut Tooth/Believe Recordings. ‘Fiften Minutes’ is taken from their recently released second album ‘War Room Stories’ and is a highly charged track that captures the spirited energy of the band. The song is written around a field recording of a fierce argument between a couple in a damaged relationship. The video was directed by long time collaborator and friend of the band,... Read More
LIVE: WE ARE SCIENTISTS – 09/03/2014
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It’s Sunday night at The Ritz, and a pretty much packed house are eagerly anticipating effortlessly cool American indie rockers We Are Scientists. Then it happens. Out of the speakers blares the distinct 80’s stadium rock styling of soft rock aficionado’s REO Speedwagon, with their smash hit ‘Keep on Loving You’ and out they come – Devilishly handsome best buds Chris Cain and Keith Murray take to the stage... Read More
LIVE: PATTERNS – 07/03/2014
– ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH, SALFORD – Any gig in this venue, which sparkles with beauty, takes on a certain significance but none more so than one, that is the culmination of what has been in preparation for over a year, and truly sees the launch of a debut album by a band in their home city; tonight was nothing more than the launch-pad for a band on the periphery of their music career. Support band, Beaty Heart did nothing to lower the temperature, throwing down... Read More
LIVE: HAIM – 08/03/2014
– ACADEMY, MANCHESTER – I’ve got a good marching pace on with Days Are Gone firming planted in my ear holes. Hmm… there’s something of ironic justice happening as I stride across Trinity Way and a group of lads jeer out of their car. God knows what they’re shouting at me. The thought goes through my mind… I wonder what the Haim sisters would do? My money is on bassist Este top trumping the macho catcalling with some kinda Greek arm salute.... Read More
LIVE: POSTCARDS FROM JEFF – 08/03/2014
– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – The French, cigarette smoking, beret toting sock puppet poet that greets me as I enter the Soup Kitchen (though he wasn’t literally working on the door) is not the same one that finishes the support slot around 20 minutes later. Oh no, we are treated to a merry-go-round of comedic footwear ranging from a squeaky butter wouldn’t melt mini frog telling an extended joke about choking people in a well-known supermarket to a talking... Read More
Album Review: Metronomy – Love Letters
It is a seldom seen occurrence when a band – over a period as long as the best part of a decade – achieves the critics’ holy grail that is a steady progression to mainstream success without sacrificing what was originally considered their original, signature sound. Even more of a surprise is when – somewhat paradoxically – said band reinvents their sound for every record, again, without losing that intangible thing that makes them distinctly and exclusively that band. Metronomy’s... Read More
