OFF THE RECORD: A NEW EMERGING MULTI-VENUE MUSIC EVENT AND CONFERENCE

Three of the UK’s premier independent music festivals – Kendal Calling, Sound City and Bluedot – have teamed up with fellow music lovers Louder Than War in launching a brand new emerging multi venue music event and conference in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, the heart of what has been ranked as the best city in the […]

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It pretty much feels like a showcase of up-and-coming bands here at Night and Day, and with each band it just seems to get better and better as the night goes on. We’re entertained by self described ‘multi-instrumental-ising, loop pedal driving duo based in Manchester’ band The Vanity […]

LIVE: FIELD STUDIES – 08/04/2016

LIVE: THEN THICKENS – 29/10/2015

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – I arrive at Night and Day Cafe this evening wearing a unnecessarily big coat and I’ve somehow managed to scratch my forehead, so I’ve got a big red mark right between my eyes. It is safe to say I am feeling uncomfortable and I all I want is […]

– THE NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – As I make the trip to Manchester tonight to finally see Clinic perform, it occurs to me that the Liverpool band of electro-psyche obscurists have always been on the periphery of my musical ‘default setting’. What I mean is, I listen to quite a lot of music […]

LIVE: CLINIC – 13/03/2015

LIVE: FRANK TURNER – 28/01/2015

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It’s Independent Venue Week this week and four Manchester venues are taking part in hosting shows before it comes to an end. Tonight, Night & Day is hosting its first of three IVW shows as Frank Turner comes to town. Just under a year ago Turner was headlining […]

– NIGHT AND DAY, MANCHESTER – Psych! A few years ago, if you’d asked me to define the genre, I’d have had an easier job. It seems the category now encompasses any new band that’s influenced by anything from the 60’s and early 70’s; no longer restricted to the output of those on hallucinogenic drugs, or who sought spiritual enlightenment… […]