LIVE: TINFOILS / CHUPA CABRA / PAGANS S.O.H. / BLANKETMAN – 07/03/2019

-THE PEER HAT, MANCHESTER- Blanketman Entering the all too familiar Peer Hat basement, I learn this evening has something memorable and exclusive for all spectators present; acting on instinct, I forsake my typical rule of live reviews (to the detriment of my cellular battery). Taking the front compartment in this limited edition anthology packaging, Blanketman […]
Typically I don’t normally care for socio-political jabs in rock n’ roll; the commentary almost always finds itself doing a literal moon walk straight into the sanctimonious tavern of raised eyebrows (a real venue = nope). In this instance however, the Tinfoils pull an evasive manoeuvre on the aforementioned metaphor by the injecting the lyrics […]

SINGLE REVIEW: TINFOILS – ROYAL BABY MACHINE

LIVE: THE ONE EYED GENERAL’S BANDIT / THE TINFOILS / NEPHEW RAILS – 25/01/2019

-GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER- Nephew Rails We commence with a quintet (right word?), whose live debut is somewhat respectable, if a little underwhelming; a steady approach, with a few interesting tempo changes here and there that show evidence of something interesting as their set stumbles on, rendering them the perfect fit for being the quintessential ‘opening act’. […]