LIVE: SAVAGES / HIGH PLACES / DIE HEXEN – 30/05/2012

– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – Savages, an all-girl four-piece based in London, has been much-hyped in some quarters, but as I head to Salford’s Islington Mill for the band’s second gig in the city within the space of a month, I’m determined to keep an open mind. Despite the girls only playing their first gig […]
– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – By going through these doors, we agree to let ourselves be filmed for a commercial. I was under the impression that this gig would be a little shy on punters tonight, so the scenes inside the mill come as a complete surprise. Breton‘s debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ was released through […]

LIVE: BRETON – 29/03/2012

Live: DJ Derek – 23/12/2011

– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – Friday 23rd December: the night before the night before Christmas. The party season is well and truly under way, but it’s not really Christmas yet. There’s no sitting around, feeling bored and consuming more food in one day than you have done all week. This is the fun bit of Christmas, […]
– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – Salford: Home of The Smiths, LS Lowry and at one time The Ting Tings! Their original home was Islington Mill a converted mill founded by Bill Campbell as a space for artists and musicians with a performance area on the ground floor. This year Campbell received an honorary MA from The […]

LIVE: OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – 22/07/2011

LIVE REVIEW: Group Doueh/Brothers Unconnected – 11/05/2011

– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – There is activity across the city/cities tonight owing to this year’s Future Everything Festival which is running throughout the week. In fact, I could’ve been somewhere else tonight as Gang Gang Dance are over at the Ruby Lounge (also reviewed on the site). But there are very few things which […]
– 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

LIVE: THE HORNBLOWER BROTHERS – 05/03/2010

– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – It was a normal weekday evening back in November of last year. I’d returned home from work and was listening to Marc Riley’s show on BBC 6 Music. As always there were some great tunes played as is expected, but on this particular night I was stood at the kitchen […]
– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – It’s another dark and rainy night in the back streets of Salford. Islington Mill is packed, Marc Riley (#saveBBC6music) is here and there’s a buzzing atmosphere. The filler CD fades down and is replaced by what sounds like a secret sample recording from an empty concert hall. A note is […]

LIVE: FIELD MUSIC – 26/02/2010

LIVE: BEACH HOUSE / LAWRENCE ARABIA – 11/02/2010

– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – There is something wonderfully mysterious about attending a gig at the Islington Mill. Everyone has heard of it before but no one is sure if it still exists or if it does where exactly it is. Every taxi I clamber in to I am faced with a driver who dithers […]
 – ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – This is my first visit to Islington Mill, the hub for creative minds in Salford is difficult to find in the dark. It is understated to say the least, in an ‘affordable for artists’ kind of way. Four bands are on the bill tonight, organized by WOTGODFORGOT. Irma Vep kick […]

LIVE: SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – 03/12/2009