LIVE: PALEHOUND – 01/03/2016

– GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER – Palehound is the alias of Ellen Kempner – an unflinching female guitarist and singer unafraid to lay bare her insecurities and imperfections through her music. Tonight is both a strange and special night for Ellen and her band, special as it is their first ever show in the UK, strange as […]
 – GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER – Heady psychedelia & Southern sweet-sour blues? I can’t think of a better match. Apart from gin & tonic, I mean. We are getting far from 9.30pm at a cramped Gulliver’s Victorian ballroom, when a silent guy with a plain ‘Maine’ cup enters the stage and starts checking the keys. He disappears […]

LIVE: ALL THEM WITCHES – 29/02/2016

LIVE: YAK / SWEDISH DEATH CANDY – 03/02/2016

 – GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – Swedish Death Candy for me stole the show. I’m sorry Yak, but their psychedelic musings were a lot more stimulating tonight than your visceral 2 minute “songs”. And Rory Wynne, I like that Heart Of Stone song you played at the end and your comment about how “amazing” we were as […]
 – GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER – A nearly annual event now, this night is a chance for former Wu Lyf man Francis Lung and others, selected by him, to come together to show us their individual musical gifts just in time for Christmas. Tonight’s feast is far better than your average Christmas dinner though, with indie rock […]
Francis Lung

LIVE: A FRANCIS LUNG CHRISTMAS – 13/12/2015

LIVE: DEMOB HAPPY – 04/12/2015

 – GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER – It’s a rather windy night as I catch the train to the ever impressively bustling city of Manchester, looking forward to a gang of Geordies putting on a heavy, sweaty and no doubt exciting show. Accompanied by yet another beautiful female companion, I have no idea why she agreed to come […]
 – GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – It’s a very damp evening in Manchester but that doesn’t stop the fans turning out in the Northern Quarter, where Hey Manchester! have put on a fantastic bill this evening. Opening we have TVAM, the work of one man from Wigan. Having been recently released on a compilation cassette via Blak […]

LIVE: HATCHAM SOCIAL – 24/11/2015

MANCHESTER SCREENING ‘POSITIVE FORCE: MORE THAN A WITNESS: 30 YEARS OF PUNK POLITICS IN ACTION’ WITH DIRECTOR Q&A

After a complete sell out of their recent Sleaford Mods Invisible Britain film screening, Twisted Reel, the Northern Quarter’s irregular film night, are to show ‘Positive Force: More than a Witness (30 Years of Punk Politics in Action)’. As well as the screening, there’ll be a post film Q&A with the film maker Robin Bell. “When Operation Desert […]
– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER –  Jupiter C seem to be experiencing a slow but sustained rise in popularity. Positive reviews of their live shows are starting to appear in more and more publications and they seem to be courting the love of other musicians, culminating in what might be their most high profile support slot with […]
Jupiter C

LIVE: JUPITER C – 07/11/2015

SLEAFORD MODS: INVISIBLE BRITAIN – MANCHESTER SCREENING

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain isn’t just a documentary about the Nottingham duo, it’s also looks at the current state of the nation. The film makers took to the road to follow Sleaford Mods as they embarked on a tour that would take them to the smaller, ignored, less toured and boarded up parts of the […]
– VARIOUS VENUES, MANCHESTER – It’s been a hard week, and as I get to Manchester’s gem The Northern Quarter, I doubt whether I’ll be able to fulfill the rather ambitious programme that I’ve arranged for A Carefully Planned Festival. It’s bloody Sunday and I feel so bloody tired, but I come across with a bizarre […]

LIVE: A CAREFULLY PLANNED FESTIVAL #5 – 18/10/2015