LIVE: LOW / KATHRYN JOSEPH – 16/10/2018

-MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL- Low are back once again in the majestic surrounding of Manchester Cathedral to promote their latest album, Double Negative. It is an album which has divided their loyal fan base due to the songs within being immersed in layers of static noise, drones and pulsating beats, which at times threaten to drown out […]

-MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL- When I listened to Lamb‘s best of album, Best Kept Secrets, in 1999 it was the musical equivalent to Tiger Balm on tired muscles after a marathon, considering I was listening to Korn and Wu-Tang Clan albums playing on rotation. Lamb opened my mind to music beyond that made by ploddy, Britpop indie […]

LIVE: LAMB – 16/10/2017

LIVE: BONOBO / SANDUNES – 04/07/2017

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – Bonobo at Manchester Cathedral was nothing short of an absolutely stunning show. The Manchester Cathedral was an extremely interesting choice of venue but it was the perfect place for the Manchester International Festival to showcase the electronic sensation that is Bonobo. The combination of music and light made this a […]

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL – On a particularly memorable trip into town on the 216 bus, and before losing me briefly in Kendals, my grandfather took me during junior-school holidays for my first exploratory visit of Manchester Cathedral and other local historical sites. Since then, and though largely unchanged physically, of course, this imposing building, now […]

LIVE: JULIA HOLTER – 15/11/2016

FRIGHTENED RABBIT ANNOUNCES WINTER UK TOUR

Frightened Rabbit have announced a Winter UK tour of their album “Painting of a Panic Attack’, including Manchester Catherdral on 30th November. Tickets are available to fans via a mailing list only pre-sale on Wednesday 15th June, and are on general sale from Friday 17th June. Mailing list sign up and tickets on sale here […]

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – The stained glass breaks sundown into a deep palette of colour on the stone floor of Manchester’s Cathedral. Soon enough the evening light disappears, and all that’s left to illuminate the space is a collection of neon indigos and deep mauves – dancing with the grandeur. Two figures step onto […]

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN – 19/04/2016

LIVE: FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS – 26/02/2016

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL – “You must be crazy coming to see the Fun Lovin’ Criminals in a church on a Friday night, but that’s what I like about you,” the charismatic Huey Morgan says to the massed ranks of his congregation. Crazy or not, there is no hotter ticket in town tonight – the touts […]

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – Tonight’s line-up in the celestial surrounds of Manchester Cathedral would have been on my fantasy gig list as a student in the early 2000s. The crowd tonight reflects that age range – seasoned indie brooders making a twilight trip outdoors for what is an unusually long set in a slightly […]

LIVE: LOW – 07/10/2015

LOW ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND UK TOUR

Low will release their 11th album Ones and Sixes on Sub Pop on September 11. The US three piece, who originally formed in 1993, have also announced a European tour including a date at Manchester Cathedral in October. The album was co-produced by the band and engineer BJ Burton at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studios in […]

– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – Tonight’s show does nothing but confirm that Django Django entirely deserve the unexpected (by them) hype currently surrounding them. They arrive on stage soon after 21.30, facing a seriously raving crowd. I had a feeling they were popular, but not that they could cause a Beatles effect, with ultrasound screams […]