The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. This year it will take place between Friday 10th to Sunday 12th November 2017 at the Principal Hotel, Manchester, and is now in its fifth edition; this remains the only festival that delves into our enduring love affair between music and the written word. […]
This week marks the 6th anniversary of punk icon Poly Styrene’s tragic passing, leaving behind a truly unique legacy, an inspiration to countless people across the world from all walks of life. To coincide with this and the 40th anniversary of the seminal X-Ray Spex album Germfree Adolescents, a new film called Poly Styrene: I […]
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the seminal X-Ray Spex album Germfree Adolescents, a new film titled ‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ is in the works. Fund-raising begun recently via Indiegogo, with a cinema release date set for November 2018. Watch the funding trailer for it below. Bi-racial, female, working class and possessing […]
Goldblade have re-released their Christmas single, a duet featuring frontman John Robb and the late and great Poly Styrene on Damaged Goods Records. ‘City of Christmas Ghosts’, a minor hit on it’s release in 2008, has been re-released due to pubic demand and is Goldblade’s lament to lost friends and a celebration of the former […]
GIG GUIDE
Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list.
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 MAY 2025
EP REVIEW - FARMER’S WIFE: FAINT ILLUSIONS
ALBUM REVIEW - SHUNKAN: KAMIKAZE GIRL
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
