– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – In another world, Tom Vek probably deserves to be massive. His recorded output is always unique and interesting: Plumbing the archives of electronic pop, he can achieve melodic dissonance, looped grunge and electro-wobble in the space of a single album, and this is enough to tempt me to Gorilla to see […]
London director Paxi’s second video for Tom Vek emulates a giant fruit machine using a split screen and rolling footage, highlighting Tom’s multi-instrumentalism for the first times in one of his videos. Will you hit the jackpot? You’ll have to watch the hypnotic video to find out… The single is taken from new album, Luck, […]
After a triumphant, packed and sweaty sold out show at London’s XOYO last month, today cult artist Tom Vek announces an October tour, more festival dates added to the diary, and new single ‘Pushing Your Luck’ (due 25th August) – this is the second single from his third and highly anticipated album ‘Luck’. ‘Pushing Your […]
It’s quite crazy to think that we’re nearly at the 10 year anniversary of the début Tom Vek album We Have Sound. Even though it fitted in with the punk funk scene of the time, it still lived in its own little world and remains one of most unique sounding débuts of its time. Shortly […]
As he prepares to drop his third album ‘Luck’, Tom Vek has announced a new video for his forthcoming Single ‘Sherman (Animals in the jungle)’, which is due for release on the 9th of June on Moshi Moshi Records. Inspired by Tom Wolfe’s novel, the Bonfire of the Vanities, it’s described as a searing comment […]
North London’s finest, Bombay Bicycle Club, have sold out of more than 10,000 tickets to their local homecoming gig at Alexandra Palace on Saturday April 28 2012. In recent years the legendary venue has become famous for hosting notable shows by the likes of Jay-Z, Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys while their date follows on […]
– THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT, MANCHESTER – I enter the Warehouse Project’s Store Street venue a little late, and on my own and so have to somehow find my friends- this is no easy task in the refurbished car park, which looks as much like a done up archaeological dig as it does a music venue. […]
Producer, DJ, and remixer Tim “Love” Lee (a.k.a. Fully Bearded) released his new album recently, titled Fully Bearded: 15 Years of Tummy Touch Records in Dub. The album commemorates the first 15 years of Tummy Touch Records, the label founded by Lee. It features his dub mixes of tracks by past and present artists on […]
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.
ALBUM REVIEW: DESCENDENTS - 9TH & WALNUT
ALBUM REVIEW: PHILIP TABANE - THE INDIGENOUS AFRO-JAZZ SOUNDS OF PHILIP TABANE AND HIS MALOMBO JAZZMAN
ALBUM PREMIERE: BREATHLESS - BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND HEARTACHE DELUXE 30TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE + Q&A WITH ARI NEUFELD
LIVE REVIEW: DAMON ALBARN - MANCHESTER CENTRAL: MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
ALUM REVIEW: JOHN GRANT - BOY FROM MICHIGAN
ALBUM REVIEW: DRUG STORE ROMEOS - THE WORLD WITHIN OUR BEDROOMS
EP REVIEW: BEABADOOBEE - OUR EXTENDED PLAY EP
