‘G Stands For Go-Betweens’ is the recently released boxset from the group that helped to define the sound of indie guitar bands, Sadly with the passing of founder member Grant McLennan, The Go-Betweens ceased in 2006, but the phenomenal songwriting partnership of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan is immortalised in the latest edition of the […]
In an ideal world, The Go-Betweens should have been as big as REM – they had melodies bursting from their pores, and in the songwriting partnership of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, two of the finest songsmiths around. They wrote tunes that shimmered with guitar riffs jangling, and tales of love won, lost and yearned […]
-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 […]
GIG GUIDE
Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
NEW SINGLE 'CRANIUM' RELEASED BY LA-BY-WAY-OF-NYC BAND SLOTHRUST
FLOCK OF DIMES AKA WYE OAK'S JENN WASNER SHARES 'PRICE OF BLUE' SINGLE
ELECTRONIC ARTIST HAINBACH TO RELEASE ARTISTIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATION ALBUM
MOJO JNR UNVEILS NEW SINGLE 'YOU GOT IT (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)'
ALBUM REVIEW: DJANGO DJANGO - GLOWING IN THE DARK
ALBUM REVIEW: FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI - LEGACY +
