LIVE: DESMADRADOS SOLDADOS DE VENTURA – 05/10/2016
Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – Tonight’s Manchester psych band Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura’s have bulked out their music since their debut record, a two-sided eponymously-titled cassette released nearly four years ago. Few current bands can claim to have put out a 4LP edition, but such is the case with DSDV’s most recent release The Grand Celestial Purge, with its minimum track length reaching 7:51 and the maximum an impressive... Read More
The Silent Radio Show 08/10/2016
After a week off the Silent Radio show is back with another live instalment bringing yet more great music from the acts playing Manchester this week, some new releases making the Silent Radio website and a selection of picks from the Cassette Store Day releases. Next weekend will see the start of Manchester’s ‘A Carefully Planned Festival #6’, so organisers Matthew Boycott-Garnett and Jessica Flavell popped in to tell what’s in store. This is our weekly... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: BLAK HAND RECORDS – HIDE AND PSYCH
Hide and Psych It’s great that we live in an age where indie labels are running supreme. The majors will always be there, ready to entice the unsuspecting but to the core of it, underground music and the DIY aesthetic seems to be a fiercer proposition more than ever at the moment. Blak Hand Records are a cassette based label from Liverpool who have seemed to have gone from strength to strength over the years with a strong roster of garage rock and psych bands, releasing... Read More
LIVE: BLOSSOMS – 30/09/2016
Blossoms – ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – Making my way into the cramped hole that is the Academy, I begin to feel a sense of fear and excitement, not quite sure what to expect from tonight’s affair. The venue is filled to bursting point and I feel that maybe it is too small for the hundreds of fans thriving inside its delicate four walls. The crowd is erratic, bouncing around as they all anticipate the arrival of the five lads from Stockport. Straight off the back of... Read More
LIVE: THE KILLS – 29/09/2016
The Kills – THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – So The Kills have a similar name to The Killers which is confusing especially as they were making music around the same time, but The Kills are way cooler by virtue of many things including their line- up, a guy and a girl, the fact that the guitarist Jamie Hince was married to Kate Moss and of course their sound. Search any search engine and it will tell you The Kills are a Garage Rock/Blues hybrid but I’m not entirely sure... Read More
LIVE: ALL THEM WITCHES – 03/10/2016
All Them Witches photo by Le Crowley – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – All Them Witches offer up a powerfully hypnotic blend of psychedelia, blues and hard rock to create a potion of staggering proportions. The four piece hailing from Nashville, USA grace the UK with their latest tour and Manchester’s Deaf Institute is their home for the evening. Their latest tour comes on the back of the release of a live album on 16th September 2016; the 14 track offering was... Read More
BAND OF THE MOMENT CABBAGE ANNOUNCE NEW EP
Cabbage Cabbage have released their new four-track EP ‘Uber Capitalist Death Trade’ on James Skelly’s Skeleton Key Records, the original home of Blossoms and home of She Drew the Gun. The EP is the first of three upcoming EP releases by the hotly-tipped Manchester five-piece, with the second EP due next month. ‘Uber Capitalist Death Trade EP’ follows the recent single ‘Dinner Lady’, released as a 7 inch on Tim Burgess’s Ogenesis Recordings. Cabbage are Lee Broadbent... Read More
THEE OH SEES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM – AN ODD ENTRANCES
Thee Oh Sees – An Odd Entrances From the same misty mountain top tape spool as August’s “A Weird Exits”, Thee Oh Sees bring us a companion LP titled An Odd Entrances. Delving more towards the contemplative side than the face-skinning aspects of A Weird Exits, An Odd Entrances is a cosmic exercise en plein aire with Dwyer and co double drum shuffling, lounging with cellos, following a flute around the groove, and spooling a few Grimm-dark lullabies along the way. Lurking... Read More
INTRODUCING: THE BEAT ESCAPE
The Beat Escape Bella Union announce their newest recruits The Beat Escape, an electronic duo hailing from Montreal. Their debut single ‘Seeing Is Forgetting’, will be released on 12″ vinyl via Bella Union on October 21st and is available to order now here on vinyl. You can hear the ‘Seeing Is Forgetting’ below. Here are some words from the duo on the process and timeline of making their debut single “Seeing Is Forgetting”:8:36... Read More
THE ORIELLES SET FOR FALLOW CAFÉ TAKEOVER
The finest surf-pop band in all of Halifax, The Orielles are curating a weekend at Fallow Café on the 25th and 26th of November. The catchily titled Late Night with Jimmy Fallow will see them headline both nights. On Friday the 25th they’ll be accompanied by ZuZu, Party Hardly and The Roasts while Saturday will see them supported by the Fentonville Street Band, Corey Bowen and one more to be announced. To celebrate, they’ve released a live video of new song ‘Krewcut’... Read More
