LIVE: THE JIM JONES REVUE – 28/09/2014

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – In an era when music is increasingly subjugated to seamless production, studio chicanery and the pursuit of a flawless product, it is refreshing to find a band who still celebrate the raw ebullience of a live performance, and find their triumph with the masses and not behind a studio mixing […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER –  Before we get going, I’ll admit it – I’ve not really paid attention to pop-punk-esque bands since I left Uni, and even then I’d not listened to much since College…But if a band is good, chances are they’re likely to seep through, and it’s this very seeping that lead me […]

INTERVIEW/REVIEW: DECADE / BRAWLERS – 22/05/2014

NEWS: THE MINX – WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘(CAN YOU FIND) MY HEAD?’

Smiths legend Johnny Marr has thrown his support behind them, John Robb has named them “the best new band in Manchester” and having stared in Dr Martens‘ current advertising campaign, Manchester’s The Minx have announced their new thrill-a-minute single, (Can You Find) My Head? And ‘(Can You Find) My Head?’ is accompanied by a brilliant […]
Hot on the heels of supporting Jake Bugg and Miles Kane and a full-on festival assault which included Reading & Leeds, Secret Garden Party and Ibiza Rocks, the one woman powerhouse that is Findlay delivers more passionate, filthy musings on forthcoming ‘Greasy Love’ EP, which is released on Polydor on 25th November. She has also announced a full UK tour to coincide with this release. With producer […]

NEWS: FINDLAY – UK TOUR + EP

LIVE: SCHOLARS – 4/10/2013

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – The last time Watford based outfit Scholars hit Manchester was back in April at The Roadhouse just as they were about to drop their long awaited debut album Always Lead, Never Follow. Business has been pretty normal since then as the band have pretty much been constantly on the road, […]
 – SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER –  About 10 years ago as a younger, thinner gig goer I saw Allister play in Manchester supporting their then new release Last Stop Suburbia. A decade later Allister are playing that album in full, plus more. It’s at Sound Control, a venue I’ve heard about but actually not been too […]

LIVE: ALLISTER – 30/5/2013

LIVE: NOMEANSNO – 22/05/2013

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – There aren’t many bands that have been playing to mosh pits around the world for longer than I’ve been alive, but NoMeansNo are one of that distinguished few. Having formed in 1979, and released their first record in 1980, NoMeansNo have been a dark undercurrent in the world of rock […]
The last I heard of No Means No was the album ‘One’ blasting out of my flatmate’s room until 2am, pretty much every day of 2001. It was a disturbing, sleep-depriving experience, and one that pretty much explains why it’s taken me over a decade to listen to the band again, as well as my […]

YES, NO MEANS NO ARE BACK

LIVE: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – 14/05/2013

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER –  Over ten mock TVs are set up around the stage of Sound Control tonight, each hidden beneath vintage drapery, giving away any and all clues that this gig is going to be so much more than just an audio experience. Surfacing the unearthed propaganda material of the yesteryears, Public Service […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Nocturne was one of my favourite albums of last year, and is certainly my favourite jangly-American-indie album of 2013. I only heard it in about October, so for such a summer-y album the climate at the time felt a bit at odds with the tunes within, but I fell hard […]

LIVE: WILD NOTHING – 19/03/2013