– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – I arrive at Night & Day on Manchester’s trendy Oldham Street wondering why one of my favourite bands and 2007 Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominees are playing a small venue normally reserved for up and coming bands. It turns out this is a warm up before the release of […]
New Young Pony Club, who play Manchester’s Mojo Live on Saturday 20th March as part of a tour of several Euopean countries, have just released their second album – the optimistically-titled ‘The Optimist’. When you live in the middle of a recession in a United Kingdom whose Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have not spoken […]
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EP REVIEW - NORMAL SERVICE: SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS
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ALBUM REVIEW - TYLER BALLGAME: FOR THE FIRST TIME, AGAIN
FEATURE: RETROSPECTIVE - DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL - DUSK AND SUMMER: CAUGHT BY EMOTION
ALBUM REVIEW - THE HARA: THE FALLOUT
LIVE REVIEW - SUPERHEAVEN: MANCHESTER RITZ - 17/01/2026
ALBUM REVIEW - PLANTOID: FLARE
ALBUM REVIEW - LEXA GATES: I AM
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