FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE 2018 TOUR WHILE TICKETS FOR THIS YEAR’S MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL PERFORMANCE STILL AVAILABLE

Field Music, helmed by brothers Peter and David Brewis, have just announced a series of UK shows for 2018. The dates include a special night at the Barbican in London with strings, horns, woodwind and assorted percussion provided by the Open Here Orchestra. A new Field Music album – set to the be the group’s […]
The brand new 3 day festival to take place at Jodrell Bank Observatory has announced the headliners will be Caribou, Underworld and a UK festival exclusive from Jean-Michel Jarre. Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot is a festival of discovery that […]

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL AT JODRELL BANK LINE UP ANNOUNCED: HEADLINERS CARIBOU / UNDERWORLD / JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

END OF YEAR 2015 – BOBBY COLCOMBE

ALBUMS Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home The Seattle band’s second LP is a brilliant testament to drunken mayhem and pondering self-reflection. Sounding a little like an all female version of DIIV. It is lyrically very open to confronting past regrets whilst, at the same time, feeling sedated to them and looking forward. Chiming […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – British Sea Power are somewhat of a cult these days, a reputation for doing a lot for their fans, most of which are quite mad. Their online merchandise shop is, without doubt, one of the best in the world. They harbour the biggest range of band t-shirts known to man […]

LIVE: BRITISH SEA POWER – 12/06/2015

LIVE: BRITISH SEA POWER – 12/04/2013

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – “Is that a Polar Bear!!!” There is a subtle beauty that British Sea Power have always commanded and a fan base that understands this beauty and what it means. The opening ‘quiet set’ affirms this beauty with a warmth of songs like Salty Water that make you feel all fluffy inside. […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Krankenhaus Mankenhaus! British Sea Power take the fun and frivolity of their monthly Brighton residency on tour as they venture north for the first Krankenhaus to be staged outside of East Sussex. The intriguing line-up includes a DJ set from Duncan of Dutch Uncles, a ventriloquism act from locally based BBC 6 Music radio hero […]

LIVE: BRITISH SEA POWER – 03/08/2012

ALBUM: British Sea Power – Valhalla Dancehall

Hats off to any band who call their own debut album The Decline of British Sea Power – although you’d imagine they were really referring to the waterborne capability of our nation, rather than their own musical fortunes. Which brings us to 2011.  Somehow strange to realise that Valhalla Dancehall is the band’s fifth long player; they seem somehow fresh […]