NEWS: HYDE & BEAST – NEW VIDEO, SINGLE AND DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS

Following a string of successful shows and support from Lauren Laverne and Marc Riley, The Futureheads’ side-project Hyde & Beast have announced that their debut album, ‘Slow Down’ will be released on August 15th on their very own label, Tail Feather Records! One week before on August 8th, the single ‘Never Come Back’ will be […]
Kendal Calling Festival has sold out in record time this year! With two and a half months still to go before the event, tickets have been snapped up quicker than ever. Organisers are reminding ticket buyers purchasing tickets through the deposit scheme to pay for their ticket before Wednesday 1st June to secure their pass. “The Glastonbury of […]

NEWS: KENDAL CALLING – TICKETS SOLD OUT AND MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED

LIVE: JOHN BUTLER TRIO – 07/07/2011

– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – Opportunities to impress people with your knowledge of Burkina Faso are few and far between – as are summer gigs, especially ones of such quality as John Butler Trio, so I’m surprised to score on both counts tonight. I missed JBT last year, as I was at the Soundwave festival […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Tonight’s early attendees watch support act Star Slinger while sat on the stepped area at the back of the Deaf Institute hall. The Mancunian beatsmith makes an impression, however, and the dancefloor steadily fills during his half-hour on stage as the crowd gets into his skittering, tuneful mixcraft. He […]

LIVE: MEMORY TAPES – 07/07/2011

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Chester Rocks – 03/07/2011

– Chester Racecourse – Thousands of revellers are enjoying the sunny weather for the inaugural Chester Rocks festival. The two-day event at Chester Racecourse, treats music fans to big name bands such as McFly, The Wanted, The Saturdays, Iggy And The Stooges, Lightning Seeds, Shaun Ryder, Australian Pink Floyd as well as promising local acts. […]
– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – Okay, I’ll be honest. When I got the message I’d been called up to review Death Cab For Cutie’s Manchester gig at Academy 1 at four hours’ notice, I could only have told you the name of one of their songs and probably hummed you the chorus if I tried. […]

LIVE: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – 04/07/2011

LIVE: TV ON THE RADIO – 27/06/2011

– ACADEMY2, MANCHESTER – From their debut album, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, to their recent release, Nine Types Of Light, there is something deeply unsatisfying about much of TV On The Radio’s mercurial, recorded output. They are, at times, ludicrously experimental. There are few genres that they do not try to incorporate into their template, […]
Following the recent announcement of their O2 Academy Brixton headline show and their support slots on the Arctic Monkeys arena tour, The Vaccines have announced a run of U.K. headline shows in November / December. These shows will be their biggest U.K. gigs to date. Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday 1st […]

NEWS: THE VACCINES – HEADLINE UK TOUR DATES

LIVE: BJORK – BIOPHILIA 27/06/2011

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL – CAMPFIELD MARKET HALL (MOSI), MANCHESTER – The festival that promises nothing but original work continues to draw an impressive list of international a-list artists, inspired by the concept. Maybe it’s the creative freedom that they are entrusted with that beckons these already world famous names to step out of their comfort zones […]