Optional Wallace, the brooding post-punk trio from Manchester, are releasing ‘Generation’ as a free download on November the 7th. Recent supports with The Fall and Chapel Club are a good starting point for the band’s sound, with the live favourite and Steve Lamacq-championed ‘Generation’ available from http://www.optionalwallace.com/. The release comes with an acoustic recording of […]
– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – The usual step up from headlining your own small intimate gigs will see you generally filling the support slots for bigger names. The main change will be that you now know the audience are not there to see you and have in all honesty, probably never heard of you. Even […]
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INTERVIEW - CERYS HAFANA - HARPIST
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 22 AUGUST 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - MODERN NATURE: THE HEAT WARPS
ALBUM REVIEW - BOBBY CONN: BOBBY'S PLACE
ALBUM REVIEW - WATCHHOUSE: RITUALS
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 15 AUGUST 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - SUNYEARS: THE SONG FORLORN
ALBUM REVIEW – PROLAPSE: I WONDER WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO DESTROY YOUR FACE
INTERVIEW: MANCHESTER PSYCHFEST RETURNS - WE CATCH UP WITH PROMOTERS NOW WAVE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT
INTERVIEW - NERVES
