LIVE: DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL – 24/05/2019

-VARIOUS VENUES, MANCHESTER- For this bank holiday Friday, Dot To Dot is back in Manchester to celebrate its 15th anniversary. In 19 venues over Manchester city centre, several dozens of artists of different genres are performing. The first gig I decide to see is Northern indie rock band Broke Casino at The Venue. So far, […]

-AATMA, MANCHESTER- A lovely little surprise greets me as I head into Aatma on Thursday night. I’ve only ever been here on metal nights so the acoustic sounds of Joe Smith, who I can only presume is the son of the headliner we’re here to see, gets me settled straight away. The lights are brighter […]

LIVE: T.V. SMITH / HARVEY’S RABBIT / JOE SMITH – 24/05/2018

HOT OFF THE PRESS: OFF THE RECORD CONFERENCE LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT

Off The Record, launched by three of the UK’s premiere independent music festivals, Kendal Calling, Sound City and Bluedot, and music site Louder Than War, is all about innovative ideas, new music and emerging artists. By day, it features a music conference at the Methodist Central Hall, curated by Sound City and Louder Than War, […]

Having just released his debut LP on Fuzz Club, Stockholm-based post-punk project NONN (the moniker of Christian Eldefors, also of The Orange Revival) is back with a brand new video for ‘Hills’ and a run of UK tour dates, including a stop at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Taken from NONN’s self-titled debut, ‘Hills’ is shot through a minimalistic […]

HEAD FOR THE ‘HILLS’ NONN SHARES HIS NEW VIDEO

LIVE: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS / THE 99 DEGREE – 04/02/2017

– AATMA, MANCHESTER – Death Valley Girls are a band who have steadily been attracting more and more attention over the last few years, securing key festival appearances as well as other extensive tour schedules across Europe; their presence in Manchester tonight is therefore much welcomed. Opening this evening at Aatma, the Northern Quarter’s best […]

– The Northern Quarter, Manchester 04/11/2016 – GIGS: Influencers in the music industry have been brought together in Manchester’s Northern Quarter today to share their knowledge and instill confidence in a new generation, with advice on how to attain your dream job, start your own label, or get your band noticed. Champions of fresh talent […]

LIVE: OFF THE RECORD – 04/11/2016

NOW CLOSED – FANCY 2 FREE TICKETS TO OFF THE RECORD MANCHESTER?

– EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, DAVE HASLAM, SILENT RADIO & BRIAN CANNON AMONGST PANEL SPEAKERS CONFIRMED AT OFF THE RECORD – Brand new emerging artist multi-venue music event and conference, Off The Record confirms Mercury Music Prize nominees, Everything Everything, as its special keynote speaker as part of the conference element of the event held in Manchester […]

Three of the UK’s premier independent music festivals – Kendal Calling, Sound City and Bluedot – have teamed up with fellow music lovers Louder Than War in launching a brand new emerging multi venue music event and conference in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, the heart of what has been ranked as the best city in the […]

OFF THE RECORD: A NEW EMERGING MULTI-VENUE MUSIC EVENT AND CONFERENCE

LIVE: ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY – 15/06/2016

– AATMA, MANCHESTER – “You know we pass from death to life, because we love each other. ” sings South Carolina native Mat Cothran on Elvis Depressedly’s lethargic ballad ‘Thou Shall Not Murder’. Such a cutting introduction to the ethanolic track not only serves to highlight the honest and bare atmosphere that colours the evening, […]

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE/AATMA, MANCHESTER – Sunny Saturday afternoon in Manchester (yes!) and it’s so tempting to leave everything behind and have a healthy sunbath. Duty calls however and when I get to Aatma, it feels like joining a vampires’ meeting. A nice crowd dances to the temperamental Psyblings. Sweet young insanity comes in […]