– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Kurt Viles’ music for the gentle outlaw is a soothing painkiller for these days of daze and outrage. Some kind of warm beneath your iced bones. The Ritz is packed and I can’t help smiling as in a happy-go-lucky TV commercial. It’s just great to see that we all gathered […]
Kurt Vile has announced details of a new album and new tour, including a Manchester date. b’lieve i’m goin down… has not been given an exact release date but is expected to be out on Matador Records sometime in the autumn. The album will be his sixth full length effort, and will follow 2013’s Walkin […]
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ALBUM REVIEW - SLEEP THEORY: AFTERGLOW
ALBUM REVIEW - EZRA FURMAN: GOODBYE SMALL HEAD
LIVE REVIEW - BRYAN ADAMS: MANCHESTER ARENA - 09/05/2025
ALBUM REVIEW - CAR SEAT HEADREST: THE SCHOLARS
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 MAY 2025
LIVE REVIEW - HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF: AVIVA STUDIOS - 07/05/2025
ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY ALEXANDER + THE HEAVY LIDDERS: SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
ALBUM REVIEW - THE KOOKS: NEVER/KNOW
ALBUM REVIEW - VARIOUS ARTISTS: TRUE NAMES
ALBUM REVIEW - TIDE LINES: GLASGOW LOVE STORY
