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
ROYAL BLOOD ANNOUNCE UK LIVE DATES
Fresh from the news that their self-titled debut album went straight to #1 with first week sales of 65,000 copies, Royal Blood can now confirm details of a new European tour which includes their first ever London headline shows at the Electric Ballroom. Recently seen at the Reading, Leeds and Download festivals as well as guests to Arctic Monkeys at two huge shows in London’s Finsbury Park and at Dublin’s Marlay Park, Royal Blood’s reputation is building internationally... Read More
LIVE: BC CAMPLIGHT – 28/09/2013
BC CAMPLIGHT – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – I love a good story me, and boy, does Brian Christinzio aka BC Camplight, come laden with a whole heap of baggage. Namely the few the suitcases he packed in 2011, when he upped sticks from Philadelphia to set up home here, in Manchester. “Someday the press will awake to the fact, already known abroad and to some few of us in England, that the living centre of music in Great Britain is not London, but somewhere further North.”... Read More
Album Review: Haim – Days Are Gone
The three Californian sisters that seem to be everywhere right now have finally dropped their long awaited debut album Days Are Gone. They already have a string of hit singles, massive tours and a Glastonbury main stage set under their belt, and since their debut three-track EP, Forever, Haim has been the word on everyone’s lips. Topping the prestigious BBC ‘ Sound of 2013 Award’, they have a lot to live up to with this release. Originally from LA, Este, Danielle and... Read More
OCTOBER 2013
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 they have listed? Well to be honest we don’t know the answer to that, but we’d guess not many, if any at all. Anyway,... Read More
LIVE: WIRE – 26/09/2013
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Wire are one of those bands that you discover through reading reviews of other bands. For me it happened in the earlier 2000’s, when ‘art-rock’ was making big waves through bands such as Franz Ferdinand and The Futureheads, and every review seemed to reference these bands from days of yore called ‘Wire’ and ‘Television’, and most of the reviews pointed in the direction of the album Pink Flag. Being young... Read More
