LIVE: SOULWAX – 09/04/2017

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Soulwax’s 2004 album Any Minute Now was a bit of a seminal album for a 20 year old me. My previous excursions into electronic music had started at Radiohead’s Kid A and finished at Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works – they were literally the only two electronic type albums I […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – There is something undeniably special about a hometown gig. Adopted hometown it may be, but it is no less special to see Californian Chorlton-dweller Jesca Hoop on her own stomping ground. It’s certainly been a journey getting here for the American. A Mormon upbringing, a spell as nanny to Tom Waits’ […]

LIVE: JESCA HOOP – 06/04/2017

LIVE: AMY MACDONALD / NEWTON FAULKNER – 06/04/2017

– THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER – The last time I was at The Bridgewater Hall was well over half a decade ago for my graduation, so it feels like a special occasion of sorts. It doesn’t look too much different from what I remember – and I don’t remember much, I hardly remember it being a […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – The winter bite has recently left the Manchester air and the newfound glow of spring is still a novelty tonight. Ideally, the visit of Ibibio Sound Machine, one of the country’s most vibrant and buoyant bands, would have been a great excuse to cash in on the seasonal […]

LIVE: IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE – 28/03/2017

LIVE: FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS – 29/03/2017

– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER – On the day the UK formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave the EU, Manchester is out in force at Soup Kitchen for Frenchman François Marry’s show with his pop band Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains. Like for many of us, the events of the day have […]
– 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 […]

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

LIVE: THE LEMON TWIGS – 28/03/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – The Lemon Twigs are a New York band fronted by brothers Brian D’Addario and Michael D’Addario, and for their tours at least, joined by Megan Zeankowski on bass and Danny Ayala on keys and backing vox. Although their debut album Do Hollywood was released back in October 2016, it’s difficult to […]
– ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – Let’s get a couple of things out of the way right up front here guys: 1) I am a massive Grandaddy fan-boy who has been waiting to see them for around 15 years, and 2) I cry a lot. I cry at things I find joyous, I cry at things […]

LIVE: GRANDADDY – 28/03/2017

LIVE: CAR SEAT HEADREST – 24/03/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Will Toledo and the rest of Car Seat Headrest have quite the following in Manchester, if I’m honest it was totally unexpected. I know they’re a great young band with two fantastic albums under their belt, Teens of Style (2015) and Teens of Denial (2016), but I had no idea how […]
– ACADEMY, MANCHESTER – The Jesus and Mary Chain became a household name in 1985 when they released their critically acclaimed debut album Psychocandy. The East Kilbride outfit, formed by brothers Jim and William Reid in 1983, recorded a series of six studio albums before disbanding in 1999. The band briefly reformed in 2007 to […]

LIVE: THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN – 25/03/2017