LIVE: J MASCIS / LULUC – 10/01/2015

– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – My friend and I arrive at The Ruby Lounge very early, so we are able to enjoy watching the flow of the incoming crowd, with the sounds of Pavement and Sonic Youth in the background. The gig is sold out and the venue starts getting populated after 7.30. While […]
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis will play The Ruby Lounge in Manchester as part of a UK tour next month. The tour follows the release of Mascis’s latest solo album, Tied to a Star, through Sub Pop Records last summer. The record sees Mascis ditch the signature overdriven riffs of his original band, in favour […]

J MASCIS ANNOUNCES MANCHESTER DATE AS PART OF UK TOUR

LIVE: J. MASCIS & THE FOG/DEAD CONFEDERATE – 07/12/2009

– MOHO LIVE, MANCHESTER – Dead Confederate make a mountainous racket. The Georgian quintet, resplendent in their gas pump attendant chic, stay rooted to the spot while dry ice as choking as their riffs floods the venue, the only flickers of movement on stage coming where guitars and drums meet in perfect torrents of noise, […]