LIVE: DJANGO DJANGO – 23/10/2012

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – The night is brisk and the age range trickling into the Ritz are almost as many balding heads in number as there are sprouting ones, at least at first. Django Django are following up the release of their long awaited, self-titled album, with a UK tour. The second night of […]
The lead track from the mini-album, ‘Relics’ has been given the Egyptian Hip Hop treatment which, as RCRDLBL explain, involved the track being “melted into a bloopy goop punctuated by springs, wobbles and cumulous FX”. As well as being released on all the normal formats, the Scots are reviving the VHS. Each track on the […]

NEWS: ERRORS – ‘RELICS’ REMIXED BY EGYPTIAN HIP HOP

LIVE: EGYPTIAN HIP HOP – 09/10/2012

– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – Looks can be deceiving. I remember seeing a picture of Manchester based outfit Egyptian Hip Hop before hearing them and with their angular haircuts and flamboyant vintage outfits I was expecting to hear something loud, noisy and full of youthful exuberance. Instead, I heard perfect pop songs with electro tinges, […]
– VARIOUS VENUES, CHAPEL STREET, SALFORD – I’ve queued up and got my wristband so I’m off to my first port of call for this mammoth day of live music. It’s now around four o’clock and I’m sat upstairs in The Old Pint Pot. It’s pretty quiet with just a handful of people hanging around, […]

LIVE: SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY – 02/05/2010