– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – I’ve been thinking all weekend about the horrors of the gig two nights ago at Le Bataclan, so it’s with mixed emotions that I head over to Gorilla to see one of my very favourite bands, The Mountain Goats. It’s a strange feeling to be going to a concert in the […]
– ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – It’s a typical damp and rainy evening in Manchester and Scottish rockers The Fratellis are in town. It’s my first time at the Academy 2 and it’s an incredibly weird venue. To me, it seems like an old library from the outside and then once you venture up the stairs […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – This is the most fun I’ve had at a gig in a long time. Titus Andronicus, the world’s greatest punk rock bar band have brought their show supporting their 92-min, 3 LP/2 CD rock opera about mental illness (yes, really) The Most Lamentable Tragedy, to Manchester’s Deaf Institute, and […]
– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – When you walk into a Jenny Hval show, you know it’s going to be weird. Last time she graced a stage in Manchester, there were pouting girls, live iPad visuals and some fun karaoke competitions. So, tonight when she walks on stage in a yoga outfit clutching a half deflated […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It’s Monday and I’m still wondering where did I lose my last handful of neurons, but hey, breakfast with philosophy: life is just so serious to take it seriously, innit? Flashback to Saturday night. The Ritz is packed and a cheerfully anxious crowd waits for Eagles Of Death Metal’s entertaining […]
– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – Jupiter C seem to be experiencing a slow but sustained rise in popularity. Positive reviews of their live shows are starting to appear in more and more publications and they seem to be courting the love of other musicians, culminating in what might be their most high profile support slot with […]
– NIGHT AND DAY, MANCHESTER – Manchester’s Psych scene continues to thrive with a string of quality international bands constantly streaming through the city, and heavy support comes from local talent. Interstellar Overdrive are one of the main promoters that we have to thank for this, and tonight they bring us Freakout Honey, a band who stray […]
– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – To me, certain bands remind me of certain seasons and Autumn is definitely the season I listen to Death Cab For Cutie. Maybe it’s the autumnal scene on the front cover of their 2005 album Plans that links this idea but I think there’s just something very warming about their […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – I think I might have written this in a review recently, but as I get older I seem to want to listen to more noisier, discordant music. I’ve always been a fan of loud music but lately all I want is to get my head caved in by pummeling drums, earth […]
– FALLOW CAFE, MANCHESTER – Trips to this small converted terraced house in the heart of Studentsville are becoming quite a regular occurrence for me. They continue to host a production line of talented and fresh new bands, a lot of whom are locally based. It’s a cold and dark foggy night, like one you’d see in […]
GIG GUIDE
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ALBUM REVIEW - AMINE: 13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE
ALBUM REVIEW – LAVINIA BLACKWALL: THE MAKING
ALBUM REVIEW - RIVERS OF NIHIL: RIVERS OF NIHIL
ALBUM REVIEW: STEREOLAB- INSTANT HOLOGRAMS ON METAL FILM
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 23 MAY 2025
SINGLE REVIEW - THE KOWLOONS: I DON'T CARE
LIVE REVIEW – EZRA FURMAN: LIVERPOOL ROUGH TRADE – 21/05/2025
INTERVIEW - AMMAR 808
ALBUM REVIEW – AMMAR 808: CLUB TOUNSI
ALBUM REVIEW - SPORTS TEAM: BOYS THESE DAYS
