– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – Standing, as if to attention, the drummer lifted a clarinet to his mouth enchantingly joining forces with the trumpet of the co-lead singer, spiralling mournful notes around the fittingly haunting back room at The Castle, with its wooden-clad tremulous chandelier and high roof, which amputates and ghoulishly echoes the […]
GIG GUIDE
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ALBUM REVIEW - HAIM: I QUIT
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 27 JUNE 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - ANNAHSTASIA: TETHER
ALBUM REVIEW – TIAN QIYI: SONGS FOR WORKERS
ALBUM REVIEW - FRANKIE COSMOS: DIFFERENT TALKING
ALBUM REVIEW - LOYLE CARNER: HOPEFULLY!
EP REVIEW - DEADLANDS: SEVEN
INTERVIEW - BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL
ALBUM REVIEW – BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL: SUNWISE
LIVE REVIEW – SPARKS: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 22/06/2025
