LIVE: CASIOKIDS – 20/01/2012

– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – When a press release came through a few months ago saying that Casiokids were to play a handful of live dates in the UK, I was to say the least, rather giddy. But giddyness was short lived, as I glanced down the list of towns and cities to be visited […]
Sleigh Bells will release their sophomore album, entitled Reign of Terror, on February 14th, 2012 on Mom + Pop Music.  Produced by guitarist Derek Miller, and written by Miller and singer Alexis Krauss, Reign of Terror is the highly anticipated follow up to 2010’s Treats. Prior to Reign of Terror’s release, Sleigh Bells will embark […]

NEWS: SLEIGH BELLS – ALBUM DETAILS (HEAR A TRACK IN FULL) + UK LIVE DATES

Rough Trade Shops – Electronic 11

The London-based label has unleashed it’s annual hardware upgrade of all things electronic and this year features everything from Nicolas Jaar to Rustie to the already legendary collab between Flying Lotus and Thom Yorke, but also the likes of Solar Bears, Ayshay, Modeselektor and Hercules & LoveAffair. For specifics you can find the track listing […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Ok so the idea is simple: choose an artist who samples other people’s records to make their own music. Let’s use Mr Scruff as an example. Perfect. Then find a band who performs his back catalogue but subtract the samplers and play every note live. So it’s songs […]

LIVE: INTRODUCING TAKE ON MR. SCRUFF – 14/01/2012

Album Review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook

It’s a neat conceit. In a cramped marketplace of ever diminishing record store shelves; in a world where established artists continually look to re-interpret their back catalogue, to breathe life into old songs, it can be hard to divine an original approach. Some artists strip their songs down to their naked nuts and bolts, some […]
Grinderman are pleased to announce the release of ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ – a collection of remixes, reinterpretations & collaborations based on the songs contained in the band’s 2010 critically celebrated album ‘Grinderman 2’.   Out on Mute on 12th March, ‘Grinderman 2 RMX’ marks the first time all these tracks have been collected together. The album […]

NEWS: GRINDERMAN – GRINDERMAN 2 REMIX ALBUM + HEAR NICK ZINNER’S ‘BELLRINGER BLUES’ REMIX

LIVE: FOALS – 31/12/2011

– THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT, MANCHESTER – I enter the Warehouse Project’s Store Street venue a little late, and on my own and so have to somehow find my friends- this is no easy task in the refurbished car park, which looks as much like a done up archaeological dig as it does a music venue. […]
London UK’s dark electronic trio Nedry announce the spring 2012 release of their sophomore album ‘In A Dim Light’ worldwide via Monotreme Records. In anticipation of this release, two album tracks, the eerily sinister ‘Float’ and surrealistically soaring ‘Post Six’ are available today to stream/download below. Drawing on the gothic undertones of David Lynch – […]

NEWS: NEDRY – ALBUM DETAILS + TWO FREE ADVANCE TRACKS

NEWS: VERONICA FALLS – 2012 TOUR DATES & FREE MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD

October saw the long-awaited release of Veronica Falls’ self-titled debut album on Bella Union, and very special it was too – a beautifully concise collection of brilliant yet blighted pop songs, like Beat Happening with a dark mind, or the Pastels after the werewolf’s bite. The record quickly found admirers both here (Loud and Quiet, […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – I like gigs at the Ritz in Manchester. They’re more like events, the ones you should have been at. They are the ones your mates talk about in the pub while you look glumly into your beer. It must be something to do with the history of the place. It’s […]

LIVE: NEW MODEL ARMY – 15/12/2011