LIVE: DEAFHEAVEN – 24/04/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Let’s get this out of the way upfront: Deafheaven are not a black metal band. Guitarist Kerry McCoy said that although clearly influenced by the sub-genre, they don’t really have “the ethos, the aesthetic or really the sound of one”. So there you have it: Deafheaven are not a black metal […]
– 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: THE MOONLANDINGZ / GOAT GIRL – 30/03/2017

– 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 […]
– 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 […]

LIVE: THE LEMON TWIGS – 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 […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – I first recall listening to Stephen Bruner, alias Thundercat, in 2014, accompanying Taylor McFerrin (child of Bobby) on his debut album Early Riser, released on Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label. It was only upon further investigation that I clocked he was, sub-rosa, in my record (and, admittedly, CD) collection. In 2008 and […]

LIVE: THUNDERCAT – 23/03/2017

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ALONGSIDE NEW SINGLE ‘APOCALYPSE’

Soon to embark on a sold-out UK tour Cigarettes After Sex have today announced the release of their much-anticipated self-titled debut album, Cigarettes After Sex, which will be available Friday 9th June 2017 via Partisan Records. Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez had a clear vision for his band’s gorgeously cinematic debut album. After the […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – It’s always a good vibe when a band you dig announce a tour with an equally excellent support, so tonight I excitedly make it down nice and early to see Indiana based three piece Cloakroom open up for instrumental mavericks Russian Circles. Cloakroom is a name I’ve heard a lot over […]

LIVE: RUSSIAN CIRCLES / CLOAKROOM – 20/03/2017

LIVE: HAMILTON LEITHAUSER – 10/03/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – When you think of the New York City indie rock scene, you instantly recall bands like The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs surfacing in the first knockings of the new millennium. Before that Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground and Blondie pioneered the movement in The Big Apple. […]
Having recently unveiled details of their forthcoming album The Weather, Perth’s Pond have announced a UK & European tour, taking place this May and June 2017. The run of dates includes the band’s biggest UK headline show to date, taking place at London’s The O2 Forum on Friday 16th June 2017. The tour announcement follows […]

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