LIVE: GRUFF RHYS – 10/09/2014

Gruff Rhys – RNCM, MANCHESTER –  American Interior is the name of the new album by former Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys. It is also the name of his new book, his new film and his new app – he has, in essence, made a multimedia art project. It details his quest to track down his ancestor John Evans, who in the 18th Century set out to America in search of a fabled, semi-mythic Welsh Prince known as Madog, who according to the legend established a Welsh... Read More

LIVE: GET CAPE, WEAR CAPE, FLY – 28/08/2014

Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly – THE NIGHT & DAY CAFÉ, MANCHESTER – I’m not even at Night & Day, and yet I somehow seem to have implicated myself in a drink with the cast of the kids’ TV show The 4 O’ Clock Club.  The reasons are too convoluted to go into, but it gets even more twisted from there because I was once – and completely coincidentally – an extra on the show, playing an angry dad.  And that’s even weirder because that is essentially... Read More

LIVE: THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER (GOASTT) – 08/09/2014

Photo’s: Peter Rea – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – I guess being the son of one of the most iconic musicians of the 20th century and an internationally renowned avant-garde artist, brings with it a lot of expectation concerning your creative talents. Sean Lennon, whose godfather is Elton John – who appeared in Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker – who co-wrote a song with Lenny Kravitz that appeared on the album ‘Mama Said’ when he was... Read More

06/09/2014 with Blood Sport

Guest on the show was Alex Keegan of Blood Sport. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger – Too Deep / Fat White Family – I Am Mark E Smith / Steven James Adams – Tears Of Happiness / Louis Barabbas And The Bedlam Six – I Want To Know More / Cate Le Bon – Duke / Elevant – Damage / Playlounge – Daisy Chain / Gruff Rhys – American Interior... Read More

LIVE: MARISSA NADLER – 03/09/2014

Marissa Nadler – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – I have to confess, there was a period where I fell out of love with Marissa Nadler. I was pretty obsessed with her 2009 album Little Hells which, in my eyes, is about as perfect as a singer songwriter album can possibly be. Then she released a couple of so-so albums over the next few years that lost my interest, not that they were necessarily bad albums, they just weren’t Little Hells, so I couldn’t get on with them... Read More

FEAR OF MEN ANNOUNCE INTIMATE MANCHESTER GIG

Manchester promoters Northern Noise and Forced Fun are thrilled to announce that their next show will be on September 28th with the fantastic Brighton three-piece, Fear Of Men. They’ll be playing Manchester’s Castle Hotel, an 80 capacity venue for a one-off special show to celebrate the launch of debut album Loom. The band will be no strangers to those who enjoy Manchester’s vibrant grass roots music scene. They’ve played here numerous times, one even with scene stalwarts... Read More

LIVE: PERFUME GENIUS – 02/09/2014

Perfume Genius – BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Perfume Genius, or Mike Hadreas as his friends probably call him, has the audience of a sweltering Band On The Wall in the palm of his hand. Every person in the room is silent, in absolute awe of the beautiful, frequently devastatingly show he’s putting on tonight, and no one wants to break the spell. No one except the dude who somehow crashes into a table full of beer bottles and plastic cups, sending them tumbling... Read More

FEVER THE GHOST ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP + WATCH THE CRAZY VIDEO TO ‘CALICO’

Hailing from Los Angeles, Fever The Ghost are Heavenly Recordings latest signings after the label chanced upon them at this year’s SxSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Their debut 5-track EP, Crab In Honey, will be released on Monday 29th September 2014. Produced and recorded by the band and Victor Indrizzo, then mastered by Bob Ludwig (David Bowie, Nirvana, Radiohead), the EP is available as a limited edition coloured vinyl 12”, which also comes with a download code for 8-bit... Read More

LIVE: THIS WILL DESTROY YOU – 02/09/2014

This Will Destroy You – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – So I’ve just spent the weekend traipsing around a field in Bristol for ArcTanGent festival, geeking out over riffs, reverb pedals and weird time signatures; that’s right, ArcTanGent is the UK’s only math/post rock festival. I’ve been pretty much on a post rock binge since returning back to reality, and find myself relieved to be watching Texas post-rock mavericks This Will Destroy You... Read More

FAT WHITE FAMILY – NEW SINGLE ‘I AM MARK E SMITH’

Fat White Family have announced details of the release of the first single on their new label, Without Consent – I Am Mark E Smith is released on Monday October 27th 2014. The single, available on 10” and download, will also feature the track I Am Joseph Stalin. Additionally, their debut album, Champagne Holocaust, originally released in the summer of 2013 is being re-released by Trashmouth Records on Monday September 15th 2014. The re-release will include a bonus 10-track... Read More