FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE FIRST UK TOUR IN FOUR YEARS

Field Music have announced their first UK tour since 2012 25 Feb – Newcastle, The Cluny 26 Feb – Newcastle, The Cluny 28 Feb – York, The Duchess 03 Mar – Cardiff, The Globe 04 Mar – Exeter Phoenix, Exeter 05 Mar – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 10 Mar – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 11 Mar […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – After a wonderful intro from Positive Force, bandleader Femi Kuti tells the audience that he is going to take us on a tour of afrobeat (or a crash course for the uninitiated) from the early music of his father Fela Kuti, through the present and into the future. […]

LIVE: FEMI KUTI AND POSITIVE FORCE – 16/17/2015

LIVE: THE BLOCKHEADS – 10/07/2015

– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – “Stay alive!” Astonishing bass (and showman) Norman Watt-Roy gives us a hint to understand the enduring success of this legendary band, The Blockheads. This one and only funky band have been alive and kicking since 1977, and they have honourably survived several split ups, deaths and some other twists […]
Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay is the first film to trace the origins of industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America’s thriving avant-garde scene. Featuring acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, SPK, Test Dept, Clock DVA, Re/Search, Z’EV, Click Click, Sordide Sentimental, Hula, […]

MANCHESTER SCREENING OF NEW MUSIC DOCUMENTARY ‘INDUSTRIAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE URBAN DECAY’ WITH DIRECTORS Q&A

INTERVIEW: STEALING SHEEP

Stealing Sheep’s infectious nature is immediate when they walk in the Band of The Wall dressing room. At first, Lucy (drums) and Emily (guitar and pretty much everything else) arrive, before Rebecca (keys and most of the vocals) join us. Rebecca sits right next to me and eyes me cautiously, ‘You look like so many […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Band on The Wall has filled up nicely in the last few minutes as the anticipation for the first showing of Stealing Sheep’s well-received new album Not Real grows. Ironically, the Liverpool band open tonight’s set with what was potentially the most popular song off their debut album, […]

LIVE: STEALING SHEEP – 24/04/2015

LIVE: CHERRY GHOST – 21/12/2014

– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER –  Since fate conspired against me last year and made me miss Bolton’s Cherry Ghost playing a couple of Christmas-time concerts at Hallé St. Peter’s, I’m grateful for the opportunity to make up for it tonight at Band on the Wall. Billed as a ‘festive special’, hopefully a seasonal […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER –  Not many rock bands have a motto, and those that do seldom live out their philosophy with the dedication of Pere Ubu.  “Ars longa, spectatores fugaces” translates as “Art is forever, the audience comes and goes”. and tonight it proves to be a perfect articulation of the Pere […]

LIVE: PERE UBU / THE PERE UBU MOON UNIT – 15/11/2014

LIVE: PERFUME GENIUS – 02/09/2014

– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Perfume Genius, or Mike Hadreas as his friends probably call him, has the audience of a sweltering Band On The Wall in the palm of his hand. Every person in the room is silent, in absolute awe of the beautiful, frequently devastatingly show he’s putting on tonight, and […]
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and it is said that at any given moment, someone, somewhere is listening to the album. The purveyors of this fact haven’t mentioned whether any of these people are under the age […]

LIVE: EASY STAR ALL-STARS – 07/08/2014