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

LIVE: BEN FROST – 14/11/2014

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – I think Ben Frost has change my basic constitution tonight. The Iceland-dwelling-Aussie delivers a show that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go of you until the very last shaking note. It’s quite the experience, and throughout the evening I’m never really sure whether I’m enjoying it or not, […]
Reunited rockers Death from Above 1979 will return to Manchester as part of a UK tour next year. Jesse F Keeler and Sebastien Grainger will play The Ritz on Tuesday, February 24 to promote their second album, The Physical World. The gig follows last month’s sold out show at Gorilla, with this website’s reviewer reporting that the […]

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 SET FOR MORE UK LIVE DATES

TY SEGALL SHARES NEW VIDEO AHEAD OF MANCHESTER DATE

Ty Segall has showcased a new video for his single The Singer, ahead of his show in Manchester on November 10. The Singer is taken from his seventh studio album Manipulator, which was released in August, with the video being directed by Matt Yoka. The video cuts to Segall performing in a basement, featuring ghostly […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – May 4th, 2011. I’m off to the big smoke to see the reformed Death From Above 1979 play the HMV Forum – A band adored by many, but one whose future looked bleak. At the time of their departure from the music world in 2006, the much loved Canadian punk rock […]

LIVE: DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 – 21/10/2014

LIVE: TOM VEK – 08/10/2014

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – In another world, Tom Vek probably deserves to be massive.  His recorded output is always unique and interesting: Plumbing the archives of electronic pop, he can achieve melodic dissonance, looped grunge and electro-wobble in the space of a single album, and this is enough to tempt me to Gorilla to see […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Angel Olsen is pissed off with Manchester tonight, despite the sweatshop that is Gorilla being packed to the rafters with people from far and wide; some of whom had got the bus and were willing to risk missing the last one in order to see an artist they obviously admire (you’ll […]

LIVE: ANGEL OLSEN – 23/09/2014