LIVE REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: MANCHESTER RITZ – 10/11/2025

When tickets for Jane Remover’s show went on sale a few months ago – the designated venue given as Band on the Wall – I jumped at the opportunity. This is, after all, one of the most exciting musicians currently in the business – I couldn’t not go and see them. Within a few minutes, […]
Despite having released music for over a decade, as well as being a long-time collaborator of Wyatt and Fletcher Shears (of The Garden, Enjoy and Puzzle), Slater is still quite underrated. Those who have happened to check out his colourful and confident discography, though, have discovered in him an artist brimming with charm and flare. […]

LIVE REVIEW – SLATER + SUNNBRELLA: SOUP – 08/11/2025

LIVE REVIEW – HARD LIFE: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 06/11/2025

Is there anything as beautiful as a comeback? From this summer’s swaggeringly assured Oasis reunion, also known as Armistice Day for Adidas-wearers, to the slightly more unsteady reappearance of Catfish and The Bottlemen – a very slow-hatching but tardily rewarding cocoon – this last year has been all about musicians returning to the ring. The […]
Ghostwoman is a Canada and Belgium based duo who produce a potent brew of garage psych, country, Krautrock, blues and Americana. Following the September release of their seriously impressive ‘Welcome to the Civilized World’ album, they are on tour and came to Leeds Brudenell Social Club on 25 October. Mat Coffey was there to photograph […]

LIVE IN PICTURES – GHOSTWOMAN: LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB – 25/10/2025

LIVE REVIEW – THE STRANGLERS + BUZZCOCKS: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 18/10/2025

When my Editor invited me to this event and stated that I’m in for a good night filled with original punk rock bands, they were not wrong! This gig couldn’t have been more perfect for my own comeback in reviewing, since moving into the outer skirts of Manchester I crave going back to the city. […]
The Wedding Present are one of those bands who have soundtracked a vast part of my life, from dancing at indie discos as a teen to well pretty much doing the same around the kitchen at a recent 50th birthday do. It’s safe to say the huge crowd assembled in The Ritz tonight probably identify […]

LIVE: THE WEDDING PRESENT – THE RITZ, MANCHESTER 10/10/2025

LIVE REVIEW – SELF ESTEEM: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 29/09/2025

It’s a mundane Monday, and the humdrum normality of everyday life is reaching out for some form of escapism. Seeking music as the solution, I, along with just over 2000 other people will congregate within the walls of Manchester Academy, where Rebecca Lucy Taylor (better known as Self Esteem) will perform for the third (sold-out) […]
There is an old saying about a picture being worth a 1,000 words so by that measurement, here is a dissertation length photographic review of LA Witch. Dive in and capture the atmosphere as the trio blast out their melange of darkwave, punk and psychedelia through Mat Coffey’s photos.  

LIVE IN PICTURES – LA WITCH: LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB – 23/09/2025

LIVE REVIEW – BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL – 13/09/25

A young man with long hair stands right at the front of the crowd, centre stage. He sings every word of every song, seeming to conduct the band, his hands as batons. He looks like he got to the Albert Hall about a week before the gig and would have willingly fought anyone in the […]
From the front, Hallé St Michaels is an inconspicuous building: nestled in a picturesque residential area of Ancoats, it is easily missed or, if seen, mistaken as any old church. ‘Any old’ it is not, though, given the concert it hosted on Thursday 28th August. As one would expect in an old church building, this […]

LIVE REVIEW – HAYDEN PEDIGO: ST MICHAELS, ANCOATS- 28/08/2025