-THE PRINCIPAL HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Recent years have brought changes to the top of Oxford Road. The Cornerhouse is now a university building and The Palace hotel has become The Principal. As I pass the legendary former cinema en route to this weekend’s Louder Than Words festival just across the road, on the strange alternate-reality scale […]
Louder Than Words celebrates that essential, magical relationship between music and writing. Whether it’s Guy Garvey talking lyrics; Edwyn Collins performing his own music or Hugh Cornwell talking about life in The Stranglers, the Festival has something for anyone with a love for music, and the way words are used to inform and contribute to […]
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. […]
GIG GUIDE
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LIVE: EELS – 15/09/19
LIVE: MODERN NATURE – 17/09/2019
LIVE: TANGERINECAT / SLOW KNIFE / FACTORY ACTS / TIN MOLE - 07/09/2019
LIVE: GLOVE / CHINA MOON / FURROWED BROW - 06/09/2019
LIVE: SASAMI - 04/09/2019
LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST 2019
LIVE: THE BETHS - 31/08/2019
V FEST 97 – LEEDS 2019: A LOOK AT FESTIVALS THEN AND NOW
ISOBEL CAMPBELL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM WITH RELEASE OF LEAD SINGLE ‘ANT LIFE’
ALBUM REVIEW: PARSNIP - WHEN THE TREE BEARS FRUIT
SEPTEMBER 2019
MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND
LIVE: WHITE FENCE / ESYA / THE STARLIGHT MAGIC HOUR - 17/08/2019
LIVE: RUSSIAN CIRCLES - 13/08/2019
ALBUM REVIEW: THE MURDER CAPITAL - WHEN I HAVE FEARS
ALBUM REVIEW: SLEATER KINNEY – THE CENTER WON’T HOLD
ALBUM REVIEWS ROUND UP - THE REST OF THE BEST NEW RELEASES FROM THE LAST MONTH
ALBUM REVIEW: COMPILATION - OPTIMISM/REJECT (PUNK AND POST PUNK)
AUGUST 2019
EP REVIEW: JOHN MYRTLE - HERE'S JOHN MYRTLE
LIVE: EELS – 15/09/19
