-YES (THE BASEMENT), MANCHESTER- Locomotion across these fair Isles carries risks varied in quantity; the expense of purse, untimely demise (Ringo Starr’s narration would be of little use here), disorientation (route discernment failure typically), contributing to the coffers of the faceless conglomerates, and in the case of this narrative impeding one’s travel with the unfortunate […]
-THE PEER HAT, MANCHESTER- Blanketman Entering the all too familiar Peer Hat basement, I learn this evening has something memorable and exclusive for all spectators present; acting on instinct, I forsake my typical rule of live reviews (to the detriment of my cellular battery). Taking the front compartment in this limited edition anthology packaging, Blanketman […]
-SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER- Chew Magna The first to grace the Soup Kitchen ‘stage’ consists of a band whose central methodology involves making their guitarists clash against one another’s grain, stout basslines whose texture can’t quite pierce the evident sound mixing issues and drums (loose cymbals sink beats) that serve their purpose, perhaps content in their […]
-NIGHT PEOPLE, MANCHESTER- More often than not, when a band attempts to surgically graft differing influences together, the difficulty in pulling it off can present a scenario of grave inconsistency. Typically, the final product emerges as a badly rearranged skeletal entity, the kind of which would be best left in some remote, poorly lit cave […]
GIG GUIDE
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NEW SONG 'GROUND' FROM NICK RIFKEN IS OUT NOW
VELVET STARLINGS RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SONG 'KARMIC LEMONADE'
THE LOVELY EGGS RELEASE NEW CLAYMATION VIDEO FOR 'LONG STEM CARNATIONS'
NEW DECLAN MCKENNA SINGLE 'DANIEL YOU'RE STILL A CHILD' OUT NOW
THE LEMON TWIGS NEW SINGLE 'LIVE IN FAVOR OF TOMORROW' RELEASED AHEAD OF THEIR THIRD ALBUM
MARTHA ROSE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'UNDRESS & DIVE AFTER'
FUTURE ISLANDS RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST NEW SONG IN THREE YEARS
NEW ASYLUMS ALBUM 'GENETIC CABARET' TO BE RELEASED JULY 17TH
CARDIFF'S KEYS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE WRITTEN AND RECORDED WHILE STUCK AT HOME
RIDE FRONTMAN ANDY BELL RELEASES HIS FIRST SOLO SONGS
WYE OAK ANNOUNCE NEW EP TO BE RELEASED JULY 31ST
LONDON DUO DOLLS ARE BREAKING 'EGGSHELLS'
SIR WAS + CASPER CLAUSEN SHARE NEW COLLABORATION 'FLYDER'
EMMY THE GREAT RETURNS WITH NEW SONG 'DANDELIONS / LIMINAL' + ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT
LONDON TRIO BAXTR WANT TO SEE YOU 'BLOOM'
SAN DIEGO'S THE VERIGOLDS UNVEIL THEIR LATEST SINGLE 'JULIA'
NEW SINGLE 'KELPIUS' FROM SYLVETTE IS OUT NOW
THE OBGMS RELEASE THEIR SECOND SINGLE OF THE SUMMER 'NOT AGAIN'
I LIKE TRAINS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'DIG IN' AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM RELEASE NEXT MONTH
ALBUM REVIEW: HAIM - WOMEN IN MUSIC PART III
NEW SONG 'GROUND' FROM NICK RIFKEN IS OUT NOW
