LIVE: THE GORIES / THE HIPSHAKES – 29/07/2015
The Gories – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – The Hipshakes are like those kids you see hanging around the hallway in High School at the beginning of a John Hughes movie. They don’t figure in the main plot, but they’re far more interesting. They ain’t nerds and they aren’t jocks, they are the music obsessive vinyl collectors who can’t find anyone local who plays the music they dig, so they form their own group. The Hipshakes have been around a while now, and... Read More
30/08/2014 with Purple Heart Parade
Guests on the show were Keith Pleasant & Peter Cowap of Purple Heart Parade. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Baxter Dury – Palm Trees / Marissa Nadler – Was It A Dream / White Sands – The Wait / Perfume Genius – Queen / Jonathan Boulet – Set It Off / This Will Destroy You – Freedom Blade / Fever The Ghost – Calico / Cuban Boys – The Nation Needs You /... Read More
BAXTER DURY’S NEW SINGLE ‘PALM TREES’
‘Palm Trees’, the second single to be taken from soon to be released new album ‘It’s A Pleasure’ was released this week.The single follows debut track, ‘Pleasure’ which had accompanying it an extraordinary video featuring Baxter crossing the Millennium Bridge, having just escaped from hospital in circumstances unexplained. Filmed in rush hour in approximately 4 takes using a focus puller, a steady cam and a makeup assistant who had a small bucket of fake excrement,... Read More
TOM VEK SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘PUSHING YOUR LUCK’
London director Paxi’s second video for Tom Vek emulates a giant fruit machine using a split screen and rolling footage, highlighting Tom’s multi-instrumentalism for the first times in one of his videos. Will you hit the jackpot? You’ll have to watch the hypnotic video to find out…The single is taken from new album, Luck, out now on Moshi Moshi. Tom Vek will undertake a 10-date tour this Autumn. October 3 – Falmouth (Pavilions) 4 – Oxford (The Art Bar) 6... Read More
THE JIM JONES REVUE ANNOUNCE FAREWELL UK TOUR
The Jim Jones Revue will cease playing live and recording in October 2014. To celebrate 7 raucous years of blowing apart venues around the world & reinventing the rocknroll wheel with 3 skull cracking studio albums The JJR will embark on a final UK tour. The Last Hurrah tour will blast through JJR strong holds Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Brighton and Norwich before reaching critical mass at The JJRs biggest ever headlining show at The Forum in London on... Read More
GIG GUIDE – SEPTEMBER 2014
We 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. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many of them can say they have actually listened to every single band/act listed? Well to be honest we don’t know the answer to that, but we’d guess not many, if any at all. Anyway, this is exactly... Read More
LIVE: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE – 26/08/2014
Acid Mothers Temple – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Good grief. Even the most seasoned gig-goer would be forgiven for taking an extra moment to process proceedings when Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (to give them their full title) roll into town. The veteran free-form progressive psychedelic experimental rock group, or as they would have it ‘soul collective’, returned to Manchester just as it was starting to recover from their last visit. First... Read More
THE WAR ON DRUGS UNVEIL VIDEO FOR ‘UNDER THE PRESSURE’
Having released one of the most acclaimed albums of 2014 with Lost In The Dream there are now just a few tickets remaining for the band’s Autumn UK tour, with their shows in London, Manchester, and Glasgow having long-since sold-out. Now following the success of first dingle ‘Red Eyes’ the band is excited to bring focus to another of Lost In The Dream’s excellent songs with the video for ‘Under The Pressure’, the album’s majestic opening track.... Read More
THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS ANNOUNCE FIRST UK/EUROPEAN TOUR
The John Steel Singers Fresh from releasing their much praised debut UK release, the album ‘Everything’s A Thread’ on Full Time Hobby, Brisbane based THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS are making the long trip over from Australia’s East Coast for their first proper jaunt around Europe. Keyboardist and singer Peter Benoth is looking forward to the trip to say the least- “I’m so excited that I’m conveniently ignoring the fact that we have to travel... Read More
SLEAFORD MODS SHORT FILM
Sleaford Mods are a true Marmite band, people love them or hate them, but either way they get a reaction, which is what music and lyrics should do. Ahead of their visit to Manchester’s Academy 3 on the 19th of September a short film has been released.Sleaford Mods Official | Facebook | Twitter Read More
