LIVE: THE MOONLANDINGZ / GOAT GIRL – 30/03/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – It seems no coincidence that on one of the hottest days of the year to date, one of the hottest bands currently around hit Manchester. The Moonlandingz, a super band featuring members of Fat White Family, Slow Club and Eccentronic Research Council, have arrived fresh from the recent release of their […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – The dulcet tones of the Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke, drift over Band on the Wall’s PA as we wait for the arrival of Slow Club. They stride onto stage and start, appropriately enough, with ‘Come On Poet’, the brooding centrepiece of this year’s album One Day […]

LIVE: SLOW CLUB – 28/10/2016

LIVE: SLOW CLUB – 12/07/2014

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Slow Club are one of those bands that slowly (pardon the pun) but surely generate a loyal fan base throughout their music career. The multi-instrumentalist duo, Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor originate from Sheffield and have been around since 2006 with three albums under their belt. In fact, their latest offering, […]
 – THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – So it is Easter Sunday and I am waiting. Jesus did a lot of waiting, but on Easter Sunday he spectacularly came back to Earth and most people turned around and said, “Oh… well that was worth the wait.” So you see it is good to make people wait, […]

LIVE: SLOW CLUB – 08/04/2012

LIVE : SLOW CLUB – 15/12/2011

– ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH, SALFORD – Lovely as this ecclesiastical venue is, my view is partially blocked by a sizeable eagle carving near the chancel, so what follows is filtered via a large, wooden bird of prey. I’m assuming it’s an eagle anyway – if you happen to know, don’t write in. Unperturbed by raptor-based […]