THE FALL ‘IT’S NOT REPETITION, IT’S DISCIPLINE’
Twisted Reel have announced the Manchester premier screening of a brand new unofficial documentary about Mark E Smith and The Fall. Featuring extensive exclusive interviews with Mark E Smith and John Peel as well as many many more including Thurston Moore, John Cooper Clarke, Henry Rollins, Stephen Malkmus, Grant Showbiz, Dee Dee Ramone. A tribute to The Fall’s unique working methods and relentless refusal to be anything but themselves. This film explores the narrative methods... Read More
11/10/2014
No guests on this show, but we managed to fit in 16 great tracks. Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa – Pale Tone WiFi / Vashti Bunyan – Diamond Day / Public Service Broadcasting – Spitfire (& preview from 2nd album) / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Blameless / Shiny Darkly – Soft Skin / Erland & The Carnival – Wrong / Natalie Bang... Read More
LIVE: TOM VEK – 08/10/2014
Tom Vek – GORILLA, MANCHESTER – In another world, Tom Vek probably deserves to be massive. His recorded output is always unique and interesting: Plumbing the archives of electronic pop, he can achieve melodic dissonance, looped grunge and electro-wobble in the space of a single album, and this is enough to tempt me to Gorilla to see if he can transition from studio to stage. His brand of dance rock should translate brilliantly live, but sadly tonight I am disappointed.... Read More
BASS DRUM OF DEATH RELEASES VIDEO TO ‘LEFT FOR DEAD’
Ahead of the release of their new album Rip This, Bass Drum of Death is back sharing the video for early single ‘Left For Dead’. The NSFW Dick Thompson-directed clip documents a day in the life of an eligible bachelor whose home is filled with a veritable harem of dangerous women. Its release comes in the midst of Bass Drum of Death streaming Rip This via a call-in phone number, 1-855-RIP-THIS, advertised with pull tab flyers around major US cities. All of this comes... Read More
LIVE: BILL RYDER-JONES WITH MANCHESTER CAMERATA – 09/10/2014
Bill Ryder-Jones – MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL , MANCHESTER – Manchester Cathedral plays host to the debut performance of Bill Ryder-Jones’s excellent debut album If…, recorded in 2011 as a hypothetical film score to the novel ‘If on a Winters Night a Traveler’, by Italo Calvino. The book itself is an experimental work, featuring ten chapters each of two parts – the first is a continuous narrative about reading a book, then the second part is the first... Read More
LIVE: TALL SHIPS – 08/10/2014
Tall Ships – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – A few years back, I had the pleasure of seeing Tall Ships play to a packed out crowd at Soup Kitchen, as part of the annual Carefully Planned Festival. I’ve been a big fan of Tall Ships for a while now, so I was delighted to hear they were coming back to Manchester, even more so that they would be playing that very same venue. Back then, they were closing the weekend of a great festival. Tonight they’re going off their own... Read More
THE WAVE PICTURES ANNOUNCE NEW COLLABORATION ALBUM WITH BILLY CHILDISH
The Wave Pictures The Wave Pictures have announced their brand new album, Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon, which was created in collaboration with one of their all-time heroes, Billy Childish. Bursting with energy and ignited with a garage-rock spark, the album rings loud and bold, showcasing Dave Tattersall’s searing guitar solos and sharp lyrical wit. The album will be released via Moshi Moshi on 16th February. ‘Pea Green Coat’ is the last song on the record, but... Read More
FICTION NEW EP ‘IN REAL LIFE’ + HEAR FIRST TRACK
Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album The Big Other, London based Fiction announce a new EP on November 3rd via Vaguely Pagan/Tip Top Recordings. The In Real Life EP – named after the web-chat acronym IRL – forms a compelling bridge between their debut and their forthcoming second LP which is due for release in 2015.Fiction formed in South West London in the late-2000’s by brothers Mike and Nick Barrett and friend James Howard. Their... Read More
LIVE: FUTURE OF THE LEFT – 05/10/2014
Future of the Left – THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER – Andrew ‘Falco’ Falkous is an angry man. The Future of the Left singer is not only responsible for some of the best straight up rock music this country has produced in the last decade, but also a misanthropic outpouring that could make Charlie Brooker blush. Tonight the welsh band hit The Roadhouse, and while it’s a little bigger than their last outing at Soup Kitchen it’s nowhere near the following the band deserve. The... Read More
LIVE: THE TWILIGHT SAD – 05/10/2014
The Twilight Sad – SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – I’ve spent the past few days downing lemsip, using all the toilet roll and refusing to take off my coat. Winter is here folks. Despite my immune system being at its weakest, there is something about this time of year that I love. There seem to be a few bands that I’d cite as ‘winter bands’, making theatrical, dark, atmospheric music to sooth me on this harsher, colder days. Scottish outfit The Twilight... Read More
