LIVE: THE KVB / PINS / MENACE BEACH – 28/08/2015
The KVB – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – So, its just gone 7pm on this Friday night and I’m stuck in work. I have that Friday feeling though so all is good! I get a text from my mate to say that the first of three bands that I’m due to go and see after work, are on at half past! My heroic manager lets me off and I practically jump from my office into the Soup Kitchen, just in time for band one. Tonight is part of a series of shows put together by the good people... Read More
FALSE ADVERTISING ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND HOMETOWN LIVE DATES
False Advertising At False Advertising’s core runs an integral songwriting relationship between vocalists Jen Hingley and Chris Warr that sparks the band’s creativity and surges their will power. Friends for years, the pair bonded through playing separately, then together on Manchester’s open mic circuit. Jen found her songwriting confidence in mid 2013, which marked the start of what would eventually become False Advertising. Fuzzy demos recorded in her studio flat... Read More
KAGOULE RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘MADE OF CONCRETE’
Nottingham’s Kagoule release their debut album Urth this Friday and are streaming the self-made video to their BBC Radio 6Music playlisted single ‘Made of Concrete’. Devised, shot and edited by the band in one day, the DIY video is an ode to David Lynch that asks a lot more questions than it answers.Their Debut album Urth is released 21st August 2015 via Earache. Kagoule also announce some new tour dates, including upcoming shows with METZ and Sleaford Mods. Urth can... Read More
OCTOBER 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: THE HORRORS – 27/09/2014
– THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – A strange conflict lies at the heart of The Horrors. There’s no question that in their best moments they have an urgency and intensity that few of their contemporaries can match. But when that white heat is not apparent – and for nearly an hour tonight it wasn’t – what remains has the ring of inauthenticity about it. From the very outset, The Horrors had a whiff of novelty about them. Of course, many bands can be accused of relying... Read More
LIVE: ANGEL OLSEN – 23/09/2014
Angel Olsen – GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Angel Olsen is pissed off with Manchester tonight, despite the sweatshop that is Gorilla being packed to the rafters with people from far and wide; some of whom had got the bus and were willing to risk missing the last one in order to see an artist they obviously admire (you’ll hear more on this later). Despite, Angel’s distinctive yodelling voice perfectly falling and rising in sync on opening songs “Drunk and with Dreams”... Read More
27/09/2014 with RÜFÜS
Guests in the studio were John George and James Hunt of RÜFÜS. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Fear of Men – Waterfall / The Fall – Jawbone & The Rifle / SBTRKT – New Dorp / Joel Gion – YES / Lust For Youth – Epoetin Alfa / Andrew Jackson Jihad – Brave As A Noun / Apes – Seven / RÜFÜS – Sundream / RÜFÜS – Desert Night / Gulp – Vast... Read More
LIVE: YANN TIERSEN – 24/09/2014
Yann Tierson – MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – Yann Tiersen must have taken quite a fancy to Manchester Cathedral. 3 years after his Dust Lane tour, he has returned to the enchanting venue that befits him so perfectly. His latest album Infinity, has been labelled an experimental ‘mini masterpiece’ and whilst at first listen it may seem sporadic and jumbled, the Cathedral setting translates it in a way that no home stereo ever could. Walking out to the... Read More
LIVE: JAWS – 22/09/2014
JAWS – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – A plethora of giddy teenagers outside the venue make me feel ancient but inside I feel quite smug. I’m quietly confident that tonight in the tiny but charming confines of the Deaf Institute will be a triumphant success for JAWS and that I will have managed to take this all in prior to the wider media octopus clutching its tentacles around them. JAWS caught my attention last year with the release of their Milkshake EP which,... Read More
LIVE: FIRST AID KIT – 20/09/2014
Jo Rose – THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – Tonight, a sold out Albert Hall plays host to Swedish sisters First Aid Kit. I arrive at the venue shortly before the emergence of support act Jo Rose and already the room is filling up fast. It’s not long before space becomes very limited. I enjoyed a support set from Jo Rose across town in Takk only 10 days ago. Despite tonight being in a far larger venue, he enters stage appearing even more assured than he did... Read More
