REVIEW: BIRDSONG – STORIES FROM PRIPYAT FT. SCORE BY ROBIN RICHARDS

– HOME, MANCHESTER – I’m watching Example’s 2006 documentary about Pripyat in Chernobyl. Tonight, I’ll be watching Clara Casian’s documentary Birdsong: Stories from Pripyat, which is being screened at HOME with a brand new score by Robin Richards performed live. But that isn’t for a few hours yet, so currently I’m watching Example’s documentary instead. […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Formed only in 2014 Ultimate Painting have been very busy since their birth, having released an impressive 3 albums, 2014’s self-titled Ultimate Painting, 2015’s Green Landings and this year’s Dusk. Today they play Manchester’s Deaf Institute and the gig coincides nicely with their 3rd album release date. The band, made […]

LIVE: ULTIMATE PAINTING – 30/09/2016

LIVE: LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE – 29/09/2016

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It’s been some two and a half years since Manchester last had the pleasure of the company of Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, a Mexican psych shoegaze outfit, so their return with a new album and a mammoth string of live dates is most welcome.  In the heart of […]
– THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – One thing is guaranteed when you go and see Moderat: they will bring it. Regardless of the setting, be it a festival, a club or a gig like tonight, they will not fuck about; they will put on a show and bring a sweaty, German techno basement to whatever […]

LIVE: MODERAT – 28/09/2016

LIVE: LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST (2nd opinion) – 23+24/09/2016

– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL – Headliners Super Furry Animals and The Horrors merely scratch the surface of the psychedelic universe; there’s a wide range of sub-genre’s that cross-breed and intermingle, spawning a hugely diverse array of artists and musicians that unite under a common crusade, for escapism. From minimal electro, shoegaze, kitsch pop and […]
– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – The Manchester rain is unrelenting this Monday evening. It’s as if nature has given us an unusually long summer in order to reserve all its rain for the time new students move to the city, giving them a true taste of what they’re in for. In most cities, this would […]

LIVE: THE INVISIBLE – 26/09/2016

LIVE: LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST – 23+24/09/2016

– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL –  It’s 3pm on a schoolday and the walls are cracking, the ground is fracturing, and my brain is thudding against my skull – it must be the fifth edition of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Over 100 bands are assembling over two days across four stages in the […]
– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – I’m surrounded by lots of exceptionally tall men. A mix of the Irish. And a spattering of Spanish. I wonder if the Spanish and Irish have a general population filled with extremely tall people. It’s making it extremely difficult to see, anything. I couldn’t particularly tell you then exactly […]

LIVE: GUADALUPE PLATA – 15/09/2016

LIVE: FESTIVAL NO. 6

THE ULTIMATE MIDDLECLASS FUCKFEST Arriving on a gloomy Friday morning in the land of dragons, sheep and people who hiss, Festival No. 6 instantly comes across as the sort of festival I shouldn’t be at. The quirky signs welcome you in as the weight of 20 cans teases a crippling crush on my struggling wrists, […]
– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – “I love camaraderie” asserts Danny George Wilson. Attending a live show with his fantastic band (The Champions of the World, no need to be humble at this point) is enough to prove his point. The always warm and cosy venue at Northern Quarter’s Gullivers is quite packed, mostly with a nice […]

LIVE: DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD – 06/09/2016