SINGLE: THE HORNBLOWER BROTHERS – GIVE & RECEIVERS/GHOST OF KEROUAC

Damn, blast and bother! The Hornblower Brothers have gone and given me a bit of a dilemma (no not one of those cars similar to a Jaguar, although that would be nice). I have a playlist on my Ipod for my walk to work every morning and there is only one rule, and that rule […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – With the students at home on their Easter break, and some football match in Salford apparently piquing the interest of anyone left behind, Oxford Road is deathly quiet. So too is the normally heaving Deaf Institute, and it’s to a practically deserted ballroom that tight-trousered local foursome, Hey Zeus! […]

LIVE: ROYAL BANGS – 07/04/2010

ALBUM: Starkey – Ear Drums & Black Holes

Starkey raises the bar to new heights with this release. His second studio album to date “Ear Drums & Black Holes” is nothing short of perfect and reinforces why Starkey, the pioneer of his self coined “Street Bass” sound, is at the top of his game right now. The album shines through the saturated world of […]
In Jules Verne’s famed novel Phileas Fogg is an isolated character, a man obsessed by routine and order who breaks from a lifetime of conformity to win a twenty thousand pound wager.  He is a cold character who rarely displays any emotion but full belief in his cause.  It is therefore appropriate that a man […]

ALBUM: Mr Fogg – Moving Parts

LIVE: MOUNT EERIE – 05/04/2010

– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Though performing with a backing band, Mount Eerie is at its crux the creative outlet of Phil Elvrum. Formerly operating as The Microphones, he ditched this moniker for the current one in 2004, even if he still occasionally dabbles under the previous name. Infusing the wholly characterless Ruby Lounge […]
– THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT, MANCHESTER – I’ve not had it for a while – that tingle that tinkles down the back of your neck as you approach the door that separates you from your night out, from your disco destiny. But this is a big one and my neck’s tingling like Cheryl Tweedy herself were […]

LIVE: CARL COX – 03/04/2010

LIVE: 1913 – 02/04/2010

– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – I slowly sink into my couch with each stylish pair of killer heels that totter by. It’s not so much the thought of being stood in the mosh pit with four inch spikes wielding down on my toes. No, it is the glares from my wife searing into my […]
UK Funky meets Grime in this explosive dance floor track. Planet Mu switches direction with its latest release, blowing a hole in the dance floor, and standing proud for its biggest triumph of 2010 yet. This, a label debut from Rossi B & Luca “E10 b/w Police Ar Come Run”, features the powerful locals of […]

SINGLE: Rossi B & Luca ft. Killa P – E10 Riddim

ALBUM: Noisia – Split the Atom

I’ll never forget the first time I heard a Noisia track. I literally stopped mid sentence. I was so gripped by what I was hearing. The track stood out like a sore thumb and everything else I heard that night paled in comparison. It was so crisp, so precise, structured so perfectly. How do you […]
– THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER – Alarm bells are ringing. A respected character from British music history has been given the budget and stage space to indulge a passion. Yep, in every pop band there is a Damon Albarn, desperate to elevate out of the pop sphere, to do something “serious”, something “worthy”. Jerry Dammers […]

LIVE: JERRY DAMMER’S SPATIAL A.K.A. ORCHESTRA – 30/03/2010