Bluedot Festival has announced Steve Davis, Beth Orton, The Membranes, Tim Burgess, Stephen Morris, Nzca Lines, I Like Trains, Shaun Keaveny, Una Bombers, DJ Cheeba and many more to it’s line-up. Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot has revealed a host […]
Soup Kitchen have announced a show from New York based musician Alexandra Drewchin, aka Eartheater. Also known for fronting Guardian Alien, Drewchin released one of FACT Magazine’s albums of 2015 in RIP Chrysalis. October 2015 saw the release of her second album in the same year on Hausu Mountain, RIP Chrysalis. Flowing perfectly from here […]
Jenny Hval has announced her new album Blood Bitch, due Sept 30th, via Sacred Bones Records, and shares the first single ‘Female Vampire’. As well as various European festival slots, the Norwegian artist is also set to tour the UK in October this year including Manchester. In the words of Jenny Hval herself: “Blood Bitch is an […]
Following the announcement last month that Neighbourhood Festival will be taking over Manchester City Centre on Saturday 8th October for a full day of incredible live music; the first wave of artists have now been confirmed. Headlining the inaugural event are acclaimed indie quartet Circa Waves and Scottish rock band Twin Atlantic. Also […]
The acclaimed psych-rock quartet, Wooden Shjips will be sailing across the atlantic sea and returning for a 15-date European tour later this year. It will be their first tour in Europe since 2014. Wooden Shjips’ rise to prominence from the psychedelic underground to the rock ‘n’ roll overground success they are now has been a steady […]
The Stairs are back from 20 years of hibernation, refreshed and once again armed with their exciting hybrid of cosmic psychedelia, raucous rhythm and blues and 60’s west coast garage sounds. Reforming for a one-off show in their hometown of Liverpool back in November 2015, The Stairs; lead by bassist / vocalist Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones […]
Holy Fuck are gearing up to release their new album Congrats later this month via Innovative Leisure. In support of the forthcoming new LP, the band have released a video for the track Xed Eyes The video was made by Chad VanGaalen: “I really wanted to cram as much visual mayhem into this video as […]
Following a sold-out Jan & Feb tour in support of third album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, and soon to return to these shores for more headline and festival dates, JOHN GRANT has today unveiled a video to new single ‘Voodoo Doll‘, the album’s freakiest and funkiest track. Directed by The Diamond Brothers, an identical twin directing team known for the Danko […]
CHAMELEONS VOX have revealed they will be returning to Manchester Academy for their third annual hometown celebration. The Home Is Where The Heart Is series has seen the Chameleons Vox mastermind Mark Burgess unearth forgotten gems and glittering rarities from the band’s back catalogue for these annual shows. Promising a cathartic exploration through the band’s […]
Following a most sketchy tour of the United States in February and March which included stops at populist TV programs The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and CONAN, Ty Segall and The Muggers went underground. Coinciding with warmer weather elevating the city’s ripe sewer stench, they’ve re-emerged, grimier and bleaker than ever – even more suitable for the great unwashed […]












