YOUNG FATHERS SHARE NEW TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Young Fathers have shared a new track from their forthcoming second album, White Men Are Black Men Too. The Edinburgh based hip hop trio will release the album on April 6, the follow up to last year’s Mercury Prize winning debut, Dead. The track Rain or Shine is available to listen to now. Addressing the […]
Slaves have announced a new headline tour for May. The London based duo will head out on a nine date UK tour, including a date at Gorilla in Manchester on Saturday, May 9. The gigs come before the release of their debut album, Are You Satisfied, which will hit the shelves on June 1 through […]

SLAVES ANNOUNCE NEW UK HEADLINE TOUR

BLOSSOMS ADD SECOND MANCHESTER DATE ON UK TOUR

Blossoms have added another Manchester date to their UK after their previously announced show sold out. The Stockport five-piece will now play a gig at Club Academy on Friday, May 29, the day after they have played their sell out show at Gorilla. The psych-pop group are currently on the road around the UK, having […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Talented is a word we often use when describing musicians, and rightly so. It is only right that we shine a light on the ability of those who put themselves out there for our entertainment. Anyone who has ever performed, or has even been around performers will testify that it takes […]

LIVE: GALLERY CIRCUS – 14/02/2015

LIVE: GAZ COOMBES – 11/02/2015

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Last time I was at Gorilla, I was watching Neneh Cherry kick out ‘Buffalo Stance’. Tonight it’s former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, who begins his set with none other than, Buffalo. An apt continuum, indeed. Make no bones about it though – unlike Cherry who belted out a few former big […]
Mariachi El Bronx have shared their new single ahead of a UK tour. New Beat is taken from Mariachi El Bronx (III), with both the album and single available now through ATO Records. The seven-piece, who recently supported Gogol Bordello, will play Gorilla in Manchester on Thursday (February 5) as part of the tour. The […]

MARIACHI EL BRONX SHARE NEW SINGLE BEFORE UK DATES

LIVE: NENEH CHERRY – 29/01/2015

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – “I’m one happy grandma!” shouts Neneh Cherry, Addidas clad and writhing for joy. Now 50, the Swedish-born singer has more sass and attitude than some of today’s stars half her age.  I’m 24, and I feel exhausted watching her. 26 years since the release of her biggest-selling album, Raw Like Sushi […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – What’s in my head right now is trying to suss out the connection between a potential Mancunian slow dance and a gorgeously dreamy Californian sound. I’m a bit off kilter on both counts. BC Camplight’s latest album title ’How to Die in the North’ (out now on Bella Union) would give […]

LIVE: BC CAMPLIGHT (ALBUM LAUNCH) – 23/01/2015

BLOSSOMS ANNOUNCE EXTENSIVE UK TOUR

Stockport band Blossoms have announced an extensive tour to coincide with the release of their new single. The psych-pop five piece will start in Hebden Bridge in January and tour throughout February and March before a gig at Gorilla in Manchester. The band, who have recently played high profile support slots with James and The […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – I like Gorilla a lot, but I also like the Salisbury pub around the corner, which is why I miss the first support band Shinies: too busy propping up the bar with a pint of Old Peculiar while I wait for my mate to turn up. I’ve seen Shinies before a […]

LIVE: PULLED APART BY HORSES – 21/11/2014