LIVE: HOT CHIP – 25/10/2019

-VICTORIA WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER- Somehow I’ve never managed to see Hot Chip live, despite them being one of my all time favourite bands. I was, like many, caught hook, line and sinker by the majestic ‘Over & Over’, that monkey with its miniature cymbal burrowing its way into my brain like the world’s most potent ear […]
-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- Thursday Arriving at the festival late Thursday afternoon, we are just in time for Emma Gene Thackery. After finding a space in the busy camping ground to pitch, we make our first journey through the festival grounds. The festival is full, ready for the Halle Orchestra who are just as much […]

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2019

LIVE: FESTIVAL NO. 6

THE ULTIMATE MIDDLECLASS FUCKFEST Arriving on a gloomy Friday morning in the land of dragons, sheep and people who hiss, Festival No. 6 instantly comes across as the sort of festival I shouldn’t be at. The quirky signs welcome you in as the weight of 20 cans teases a crippling crush on my struggling wrists, […]
– BRAMLEY-MOORE DOCK, LIVERPOOL – The Merseyside festival is back and it seems to have cemented itself a place as one of the more popular smaller festivals – just a year after its relocation to Bramley-Moore dock.  Last year’s festival saw three days of talent whereas this year saw just the two days of live […]

LIVE: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY – 28-29/05/2016

FESTIVAL NO. 6 ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS FOR 2016

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 […]
Having already announced The Coral as a headliner, the festival has revealed that Catfish and the Bottlemen is the second headliner.  The festival is also declaring an exciting new partnership with hugely innovative dance music promoters Freeze who will bring Hot Chip (DJ set) and Leftfield (Live) to one of the UK’s most vibrant and […]

CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN RETURN TO SOUND CITY

2015 END OF YEAR – PADDY KINSELLA

ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly These Walls Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross Beach house – Depression Cherry Space Song Bjork – Vulnicura Lionsong Grimes – Art Angels Realiti Roisin Murphy – Hairless Toys Evil Eyes Hot Chip – Why Make Sense Huarache Lights Courtney Barnett […]
Hot Chip have announced a new UK tour in support of their new album, Why Make Sense? The electro-pop five-piece will play three UK dates in May, including a gig at Gorilla in Manchester. Their sixth album, which was recorded in Oxfordshire and London and produced by the band with Mark Ralph, will be released […]

HOT CHIP ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR INCLUDING MANCHESTER GORILLA DATE

ROYAL BLOOD, THE WAR AND DRUGS, THE CHARLATANS AND MORE FOR 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL

Royal Blood, The War on Drugs and The Charlatans are among the acts to be announced for the second BBC Radio 6 Music festival. This year’s festival will be held on Tyneside, at the O2 Academy in Newcastle and the Sage in Gateshead on February 21, 22 and 23. Last year’s inaugural festival was held […]
Boxed In’s debut single ‘All Your Love Is Gone’ has already won him lots of fans, stacking up an impressive play count and winning praise across the web, radio and press. Now, with the 7” and digital download set for release through Moshi Moshi, Boxed In (AKA London’s Oli Bayston) releases a video, directed by […]

NEWS: BOXED IN – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ALL YOUR LOVE IS GONE’