OFF THE RECORD: PHOTO GALLERY

Here’s an opinion – if you aren’t going to go to a gig, don’t buy a gig ticket. Doesn’t really seem very controversial, does it? But as demonstrated by the selling-out of the Flight of the Conchords tour this morning and the speed at which these tickets appeared on re-sales sites for up to £500 […]

THAT’S THE TICKET: IS THE TICKETING SYSTEM BROKEN?

WHO ARE YA? DECO

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]

WHO ARE YA? GAFFA TAPE SANDY

INTERVIEW: SEAN PECKNOLD

Sean Pecknold is a director and visual artist from Seattle, now based in Los Angeles. Starting out in stop-motion, the multi-dimensions artist has spent a life-time expanding his poignant perspective – letting the colours of his understated world run from rich animation into grand, live-action. Here, he speaks to his beginnings in videography, how geography has […]
Everyone knows how brilliant Manchester is for music, culture and arts, but take a train half-an-hour out of the city and there’s something bubbling under in an unlikely place. Todmorden is a town on the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire and in the last few years, a magical thing has been happening there. It’s an […]

THE GOLDEN LION – A CULTURAL HUB IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE

INTERVIEW: TOM HICKOX

I meet Tom Hickox in Ye Olde Cock Inn, an old, country-style pub whose exterior belies its location just a short walk from Didsbury village. This part of town was of the singer’s choosing, returning to his student base where he spent three and a half years studying English Literature. “I haven’t been in here […]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves  your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]

WHO ARE YA? THE GNARWHALS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MIXTAPE

When we looked through the top played acts and some of our previous guests on our weekly live radio show we couldn’t resist putting a mixtape together for International Women’s Day. Without women in music, our show would be severely lacking in quality and with this mixtape we salute them all. Just look at the […]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves  your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]

WHO ARE YA? JAMES HOLT