ALBUM REVIEW – BO NINGEN: THE HOLY MOUNTAIN LIVE SCORE

Have you ever watched cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s seminal film ‘The Holy Mountain’ or even heard of it? I doubt it. So to save you from watching it, I watched it for you and to summate it’s really weird. Like think of the oddest, strangest thing and then turn the dial on that up until […]
Side projects offer the ideal space for artists to reveal previously unseen aspects of their musical fascinations. The band Bo Ningen is associated with brutal slabs of heavy psychedelic guitar assaults but the first release from Chela allows their guitar mangler and synth wrangler Kohhei Matsuda to reveal a more experimental side. On ’Diagonal Drift’ […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CHELA: DIAGONAL DRIFT

BO NINGEN AND BOBBY GILLESPIE JOIN FORCES ON NEW SINGLE ‘MINIMAL’

London-based Japanese alternative-rock band BO NINGEN have revealed their new single ‘Minimal’ which features a guest vocal appearance from Bobby Gillespie of Scottish rock icons Primal Scream. The track is the latest single to be taken from their forthcoming new album Sudden Fictions. The album is set for release on 26th June 2020 via Alcopop! […]
One of the most thrilling live bands on the psych scene, Girl Band, headline Manchester Psych Fest on Saturday 2nd September 2017. Spread across three leading Northern Quarter venues – Band on the Wall, Night & Day Café, and Soup Kitchen, this year sees the largest Manchester Psych Fest yet, with a line-up boasting Girl […]

MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST THIS SEPTEMBER – GIRL BAND TO HEADLINE – LINE-UP HERE

NOW CLOSED – COMPETITION: WRONG FESTIVAL: A FESTIVAL FOR THE FREAKSCENE – GUESTLIST GIVEAWAY

North West independent record label Loner Noise are proud to present WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene; a one day happening on the 22nd April 2017 at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. Aiming to create something truly unique and very special for the first time in Liverpool, organisers are proud to announce […]
North West independent record label Loner Noise present WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene; a one day festival happening on Saturday 22nd April 2017, at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. WRONG intends to be the first festival in the city to tie together Liverpool’s extremely talented, ever-growing pool of […]

LONER NOISE PRESENTS: WRONG FESTIVAL – A FESTIVAL FOR THE FREAKSCENE

LIVE: SAVAGES – 22/02/2016

– ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – The chances of being bored at a Savages gig are small, but when we arrive at the Albert Hall and situate ourselves in the upper echelons we’d be forgiven for thinking we’re at a Daniel O’Donnell concert. Shining out through the gloom are lots of little lights with people staring […]
– ISLINGTON MILL, SALFORD – After seeing London based Japanese ‘acid punk’ 4-piece Bo Ningen at The Ruby Lounge almost exactly 4 years ago, I left the venue in some kind of state of shock. The words that I wrote about the event (review) could not convey with enough fervency just how great I thought the gig was, and […]

LIVE: BO NINGEN / THE PIQNIC- 28/10/2015

BO NINGEN ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘KAIFUKU’ & SAVAGES COLLABORATION

Bo Ningen release new single ‘Kaifuku’ via Stolen Recordings on September 8th. ‘Kaifuku’ is taken from their third album ‘III’.  In what is fast becoming a breakthrough year for the group, following spectacular reaction to their debut shows in the States earlier this year and a series of breath-taking festival appearances including supporting Black Sabbath […]
– DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – I’m late getting to the venue tonight – yet another title winners celebration in central Manchester – and only catch the end of the opening set by The Scenes.  First impressions are, there are a lot of them: A six piece crammed on the stage, leaving little room for manoeuvre for […]

LIVE: BO NINGEN – 12/05/2014