– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Walking from the centre of town Sound Control feels like an expedition tonight. It’s that time of year when pretty much the whole of Manchester feel that getting wrecked on a school night is acceptable ‘cos its Christmas’. I dodge several drunken parties this evening, swigging lager and chanting latter […]
– THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER – Andrew ‘Falco’ Falkous is an angry man. The Future of the Left singer is not only responsible for some of the best straight up rock music this country has produced in the last decade, but also a misanthropic outpouring that could make Charlie Brooker blush. Tonight the welsh band hit […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Intense, heavy rock can often be a po-faced affair with little room for humour or playfulness, so what better way to obliterate any lingering post-Christmas blues than a couple of hours in the company of Kong and Future Of The Left, two bands who are fully capable of creating […]
GIG GUIDE
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INTERVIEW - CERYS HAFANA - HARPIST
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 22 AUGUST 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - MODERN NATURE: THE HEAT WARPS
ALBUM REVIEW - BOBBY CONN: BOBBY'S PLACE
ALBUM REVIEW - WATCHHOUSE: RITUALS
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 15 AUGUST 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - SUNYEARS: THE SONG FORLORN
ALBUM REVIEW – PROLAPSE: I WONDER WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO DESTROY YOUR FACE
INTERVIEW: MANCHESTER PSYCHFEST RETURNS - WE CATCH UP WITH PROMOTERS NOW WAVE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT
INTERVIEW - NERVES
