Blossoms are back! The five piece band from Stockport who made it big with their self-titled debut in 2016 with an unashamedly pop driven and anthemic album that captured people’s attention. 2018’s follow up ‘Cool Like You’ delivered much of the same with added synths. Now comes this, their third album titled ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’. […]
Courteeners and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been announced to headline Neighbourhood Weekender, Victoria Park, Warrington Bank Holiday Weekend 26th and 27th May 2018. Following last week’s announcement of the brand new outdoor festival, the line up also includes acclaimed live artists Blossoms, Jake Bugg, Kodaline, Editors, The Coral, Circa Waves, Miles Kane, The […]
Marking 10 years of BBC Music Introducing, Amplify is the biggest new music business event ever to be held in the UK and a must attend for all musicians and anyone looking for a career in music. With over 100 sessions and 250 speakers, Amplify will feature some of the biggest names in the business […]
Cabbage have today released Necroflat In The Palace EP on James Skelly’s Skeleton Key Records, the original home of Blossoms and home of She Drew the Gun. The four track EP is the second in a series of three EP’s from the hotly tipped Manchester five-piece, and follows the release of Uber Capitalist Death Trade […]
– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – Making my way into the cramped hole that is the Academy, I begin to feel a sense of fear and excitement, not quite sure what to expect from tonight’s affair. The venue is filled to bursting point and I feel that maybe it is too small for the hundreds of […]
BLOSSOMS WHITE LIES FENECH SOLER // THE PIGEON DETECTIVES // JONES // VAULTS // SHOCK MACHINE + MORE ADDED TO THE BILL Stockport’s finest number one selling band Blossoms along with the critically acclaimed White Lies have been announced as daytime headliners for Manchester’s new multi-venue festival Neighbourhood taking place on Saturday 8th October. This […]
– THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – ‘Hello Manchester, we’re Blossoms from Stockport.’ A swelling of lights, then smoke fills the bosom of The Albert Hall. From the balcony, straps that hold the bulge of the room, I scream back ‘SK2’. This is postcode code. We can locate Blossoms more precisely than Stockport. These blossoms sprouted […]
This year’s festival from North Wales has announced Hot Chip, Bastille and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds as headliners this year. The festival has commissioned No.6 composer-in-residence Joe Duddell to work with the world-class Manchester Camerata chamber orchestra on an exclusive David Bowie Reimagined performance. Joe and Manchester Camerata’s last collaboration was providing the strings for New Order’s incredible new album Music:Complete. Their exclusive No.6 performance will feature arrangements of […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Whilst Blossoms may have named themselves after a historic pub in Stockport, I highly doubt they’ve been popping in for a pint very much recently. After a string of massively successful festival appearances, recordings for Radio 1 and being labelled Radio X’s ‘Record Of The Week,’ they’ve acquired a very […]
– THE BUNGALOW CLUB, STOCKPORT – The Bungalow Club in Stockport is the stuff music video dreams are made of. You know the sort, sticky floors, tiny stage flooded with huge illuminated Christmas decoration style moons and a Stockport local drinking too many pints and dancing Bez style at the back. It seems a custom […]