MAKEMAKE SHARE VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE ‘I’M THE FORM IN THE WAY’ – WATCH HERE
Manchester’s Makemake shares the video for debut single ‘I’m The Form In The Way’ released through Low Four Records. Makemake is the new solo project from avant-pop producer Brendan Williams (GoGo Penguin, Dutch Uncles, Kiran Leonard). Introducing Williams as an artist in his own right, the single and accompanying video – directed by Jimmy Welch – deals with notions of duality via glimpses of stasi-esque bureaucracy, set against a backdrop... Read More
CIGARETTES AFTER SEX UK TOUR TO START NEXT MONTH WITH MANCHESTER RITZ SHOW
Cigarettes After Sex 18 months since they made their London debut, with a headline show at The Lexington, Cigarettes After Sex are set to return. CIGARETTES AFTER SEX NOVEMBER 2017 TOUR DATES Sun 12 – Nottingham – Rock City Mon 13 – Leeds – Stylus Tue 14 – Glasgow – QMU Thur 16 – Belfast – Limelight Sun 19 – Manchester – Ritz Mon 20 – London – Roundhouse **SOLD OUT** For tickets go to cigarettesaftersex.com. Cigarettes... Read More
SEXTILE ANNOUNCE JANUARY 2018 UK TOUR DATES PLUS NEW VIDEO ‘RIPPED’ SHARED
Following the release of their second album Albeit Living in July on Felte Recordings, L.A. punk/EBM band Sextile, have announced plans for an extensive European tour at the start of 2018 and have also shared a new video. The band’s first ever European tour will kick off with two weeks of dates across the UK, before heading into Europe to play throughout February. UK dates below. They celebrate the news with a suitably anarchic video to accompany album track ‘Ripped’,... Read More
Silent Radio – 21st October 2017 – MCR Live Resident
Come join Silent Vic, Adam & Max for two hours of great music made up of the acts gigging in Manchester this week, plus a smattering of new releases. A bit of music news about two festivals, one this year and one next with a huge headliner announcement. Also a bit of radio silence from Vic when she locked herself out of the studio, luckily the boys were on hand to fill in and eventually let her back in. The Silent Radio Show goes out live every Saturday from 5-7. Tune in... Read More
LIVE: LAMB – 16/10/2017
Lamb -MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL- When I listened to Lamb‘s best of album, Best Kept Secrets, in 1999 it was the musical equivalent to Tiger Balm on tired muscles after a marathon, considering I was listening to Korn and Wu-Tang Clan albums playing on rotation. Lamb opened my mind to music beyond that made by ploddy, Britpop indie bands or, in my case, angry Californians, and it certainly felt more interesting and spirited than the trip-hop coming out of Bristol although the trip-hop... Read More
SON LUX SIGN TO CITY SLANG ANNOUNCING FEBRUARY 2018 ALBUM AND NEW TRACK ‘DREAM STATE’ – LISTEN NOW
Son Lux join the City Slang fold for their new album, Brighter Wounds, confirmed for Friday 9th February 2018 release. The announcement comes with a first track from the album and accompanying lyric video, ‘Dream State’. Brighter Wounds tracklisting: A1. Forty Screams A2. Dream State A3. Labor A4. Slowly A5. The Fool You Need B6. All Directions B7. Aquatic B8. Surrounded B9. Young B10. Resurrection Son Lux Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
DJANGO DJANGO LAUNCH BRAND NEW 2018 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT ‘MARBLE SKIES’ WITH THEIR NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE ‘TIC TAC TOE’
Django Django are set to release their brand new album Marble Skies on Friday 26th January 2018, on Because Music. The album recently launched its first single ‘Tic Tac Toe’, a rousing, trippy upbeat rock track. The accompanying video for ‘Tic Tac Toe’ was directed by John Maclean, brother of Django Django drummer/producer David Maclean and director of modernist western ‘Slow West’. It depicts vocalist/guitarist Vincent Neff enjoying a rapid-fire day-trip to Hastings... Read More
JEN CLOHER IS FOREVER A ‘STRONG WOMAN’ IN HER NEW VIDEO – WITH FEBRUARY 2018 UK DATES TO SHOW FOR IT
Jen Cloher’s new video for single ‘Strong Woman’ was filmed just weeks ago in a London warehouse during a whirlwind sold-out tour of the UK and Europe. The video is the result of a back-to-basics approach – a two-camera crew captured Cloher and her band blitzing through one of the album’s highlights. The song itself serves as an exploration of gendered identity in Cloher’s childhood in 1980’s Adelaide, and a celebration of Cloher’s unique matriarchal... Read More
HANNE HUKKELBERG PLAYS WITH SIZE AND PERSPECTIVE IN HER NEW VIDEO ‘EMBROIDERY’
Hanne Hukkelberg releases her new album, and first in 5 years, Trust tomorrow. She has recently shared her video for latest single ‘Embroidery’. The video plays with size and perspective, investigating the idea of digital stitching, a reference to the song name. Trust tracklisting: 1. Europium Heights 2. IRL 3. The Whip 4. Embroidery 5. Fall 6. Raindrops 7. Silverhaired 8. Alone Together 9. Duper Hanne Hukkelberg Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
LIVE: BETH DITTO – 17/10/2017
Beth Ditto -ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- The final night of any artist’s tour is bound to be an emotional one, so heading along to see the tiny songstress Beth Ditto at the stunning Albert Hall on Tuesday I knew I would be in for a treat – she’s wrapping up over a dozen nights across Europe in Manchester. Known for courting controversy during Gossip’s days, the front woman has often made headlines for everything but her vocal skill. This is a true travesty when you hear... Read More
