TY SEGALL SHARES NEW VIDEO AHEAD OF MANCHESTER DATE
Ty Segall has showcased a new video for his single The Singer, ahead of his show in Manchester on November 10. The Singer is taken from his seventh studio album Manipulator, which was released in August, with the video being directed by Matt Yoka. The video cuts to Segall performing in a basement, featuring ghostly appearances from his bandmates.Segall will tour the UK to promote the record, stopping off at Gorilla on November 10. He plays: November 10th – Gorilla, Manchester 11th... Read More
Album Review: The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends
While the Beatles are remembered as a band that recorded staggeringly good albums, it is in the live arena that the Flaming Lips truly excel. Their shows are magical and euphoric, whereas even their best albums – The Soft Bulletin (1999) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) – are patchy. In short, they are yet to record their masterpiece. And this isn’t it. Twenty years ago Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was widely revered as the best album ever. Today most... Read More
LIVE: ST. VINCENT – 22/10/2014
St Vincent at Albert Hall by Francesca Nottola– ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – It is now almost a year since Black Francis appeared at Albert Hall to mark my first live event here at this Wesleyan chapel that had been largely hidden away and out of public consciousness for four decades. But it is only really in 2014 that the building has been fully resurrected and promoted as a music hall, and what a year it has been so far. The romance of this old building has attracted... Read More
LIVE: HOW TO DRESS WELL – 23/10/2014
How To Dress Well – ST PHILIP’S CHURCH, SALFORD – On How To Dress Well’s (aka Tom Krell) second album Total Loss, there’s a song called ’Say My Name Or Whatever’ that opens with a spoken word monologue from a boy that ends with the line ‘the only bad thing about flying is having to come back down to the fucking world’, and that’s exactly how I feel tonight when leaving this wonderful show. I just wish I could have stayed in St Philip’s Church... Read More
25/10/2014 with Shield Patterns and The Wave Pictures in the studio
Not one, but two sets of guests on this show. We were joined in the studio by the wonderful Shield Patterns and The Wave Pictures. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING 65daysofstatic – Piano Fights / Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap (John Peel Session – 18/12/2002) / The Watchmakers – The 7th Step / Shield Patterns – Dust Hung Heavy / Shield Patterns –... Read More
LIVE: WOLF ALICE – 22/10/2014
Wolf Alice – CLUB ACADEMY, MANCHESTER – Manchester is often a tough crowd for bands. The city’s arguably unparalleled musical heritage means us Mancunian folk expect a lot when we venture out on a wet Wednesday evening. But Wolf Alice have no problems with that. The London four-piece are welcomed to Club Academy like returning heroes, with an adulation often reserved for groups who wore their short trousers in this fine city. The group, comprised of lead singer... Read More
NATALIE BANG BANG PREVIEWS NEW SPEEDY WUNDERGROUND SINGLE
London based singer Natalie Bang Bang will release her new single Dangerous When Wet through Speedy Wunderground on November 3. The single by Natalie Bang Bang, real name Natalie Chahal, is the label’s ninth release, which will be available on a limited edition 7 inch.Citing Patti Smith, Talking Heads and The Velvet Underground as influences, Natalie grew up playing in punk bands but has now gone solo. Speedy Wunderground is the brainchild of producer Dan Carey, who produces... Read More
LIVE: DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 – 21/10/2014
Death From Above 1979 – GORILLA, MANCHESTER – May 4th, 2011. I’m off to the big smoke to see the reformed Death From Above 1979 play the HMV Forum – A band adored by many, but one whose future looked bleak. At the time of their departure from the music world in 2006, the much loved Canadian punk rock duo hated each other. They were through as a band and moved onto other projects. Then they announced their reformation and the music world went a little potty. So... Read More
Album Review: The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave Seven years and four studio albums have been punctured by shape-shifting releases in between. …Killed my Parents and Hit the Road was a stripped back b-side to the critically acclaimed Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, as was often the case with companion E.P. Here, It Never Snowed, Afterwards It Did. No One Can Ever Know spawned an album of remixes. The band are difficult to pin down, transmuting... Read More
GUY GARVEY, TIM BURGESS AND EDWYN COLLINS SET TO APPEAR AT LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL
Guy Garvey, Edwyn Collins and Tim Burgess are the among the big names set to appear at the second Louder than Words festival in Manchester next month. The festival, which is a collection of talks, discussion events and live gigs, takes place at the Palace Hotel, on November 14, 15 and 16. Highlights of the festival include interviews featuring Tim Burgess, Kevin Cummins, Viv Albertine and John Bramwell, as well as a literary discussion on the music of The Fall, featuring former... Read More