SEPTEMBER 2017
FREE GIG GUIDE ANDROID APP HEREWe have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list. It has been compiled by the ears of our editors and not by any promoters, band’s management or PR’s. If we’ve missed anything please feel free... Read More
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING ANNOUNCE THEIR BIGGEST EVER TOUR FOR SPRING 2018
Everything Everything Everything Everything have announced their latest UK and Ireland tour, kicking off in February 2018 at Dublin Olympia before culminating on 10 March at Alexandra Palace in London. Pre-sale available from 9am Wednesday 30th August: sign up here. General on-sale from 9am Fri Sept 1st from everything-everything.co.uk. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING 2018 UK TOUR DATES Wed 28th Feb Dublin Olympia Fri 2nd Mar Norwich UEA Sat 3rd Mar Birmingham 02 Academy 1 Mon 5th Mar Bristol... Read More
LIVE: COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – 24/08/2017
Courtney Marie Andrews -DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- “Living on the road, my friend, was gonna keep you free and clean/But now you wear your skin like iron and your breath’s as hard as kerosene.” Townes Van Zandt – ‘Pancho and Lefty’ If Courtney Marie Andrews’ admiration of Van Zandt’s records goes back far enough, to when she was 16, perhaps she paid heed to the warning implicit in that opening line after she left the family home in Phoenix, AZ to busk around the... Read More
NOT WAVING + MARIE DAVIDSON TO CO-HEADLINE SOUP KITCHEN THIS SEPTEMBER
Marie Davidson Soup Kitchen present Not Waving + Marie Davidson Soup Kitchen, Manchester Tuesday 26th September 2017 Doors 8pm Tickets £8 (EXCL FEES) Marie Davidson Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
LIVE: FRANK TURNER / FELIX HAGAN & THE FAMILY / OUR FOLD – 24/08/2017
Frank Turner -THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Scrolling through tweets when I get home from the bang that was the Big Issue North Street Noise, I find a post that sums it up perfectly. The body of the tweet said something like “Yeah a quiet acoustic Frank Turner gig, that’ll be nice and chill.” Embedded in the post, a video of the aforementioned Frank crowd surfing and screaming into the mic. Oooooh the irony. Amazing. Speaking of lines that sum the important evening up, Frank Turner... Read More
LIVE: CULTURE ABUSE – 23/08/2017
Culture Abuse -DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- The artwork adorning the Culture Abuse T-shirts and hoodies for sale at the merch table depicts harsh wire fences, but the San Francisco Bay Area five-piece is at heart a party band, and the price list placed alongside the merch states that booze and weed are accepted methods of payment. Second of three tonight at The Deaf Institute, sandwiched between Muskets and Tigers Jaw, Culture Abuse’s four musicians are ready to go as fifth member,... Read More
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘TURN NO MORE’
‘Turn No More’ is the third single to be taken from Public Service Broadcasting’s new album Every Valley, which charted at #4 in the UK album charts in July. Joining them on this single is Manic Street Preachers’ frontman James Dean Bradfield. J. Willgoose Esq. says of the single and how it fits into the story painted in Every Valley, “I wanted the track to have a restrained, plaintive, defiant but still angry feel, and working with James’ voice and the source... Read More
CASSETTE STORE DAY REVEALS FIRST WAVE OF RELEASES
Cassette Store Day is back this autumn on Saturday 14th October 2017 with a day of global celebrations, and all in honour of the humble cassette tape. The first list of UK releases is as follows: • Strange Collective – Surf Odyssey (Salvation) • Trojan Horse – Fukushima Surfer Boys (This City Is Ours) • AlgernonCornelius – Radio (This City Is Ours) • untitled band – badly poured beer (untitled band project) • worriedaboutsatan – Blank... Read More
SNAPPED ANKLES UNLEASH NEW SINGLE ‘HANGING WITH THE MOON’ AHEAD OF THEIR SEPTEMBER DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE
Come Play The Trees by Snapped Ankles Snapped Ankles have unleashed another log jam ahead of their debut album, Come Play The Trees – out on Friday 29th September 2017. Ever wondered what it would be like to befriend a lunar body? Me neither. Still, you can listen to ‘Hanging With The Moon’ now. Snapped Ankles Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
LIVE: ROB CROW’S GLOOMY PLACE / SWEET DEALS ON SURGERY / MINNA – 22/08/2017
Rob Crow -DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- Something which has never happened in the history of live music is happening: a gig is running early. Yes, early. This means that we miss a couple of Minna‘s early offerings, but they make a tremendous racket. Information is non-existent on the presumably local trio, the drummer in a constant whirr while his face contorts as though he’s having his elbows pulled out of their sockets. The bassist is as dexterous as Frankie Boyle’s... Read More
