-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- First on stage tonight at Gorilla are Nottingham-based four piece Do Nothing, a post-punk band utilising the talk-singing style that is quickly rising back into fashion within the indie scene. Singer Chris Bailey’s live rambling talk/shout vocal style, along with easy comparisons of Talk Show and Dry Cleaning, reminds me of a mix between […]
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 […]
Marika Hackman’s freshly released, raucous new album, I’m Not Your Man (AMF Records and Sub Pop (US)), is sure to erase any falsehood of Marika as some fey folkie. Marika 2:0 is uncompromising, uninhibited, and shamelessly free. I’m Not Your Man is not afraid to call out the big questions around femininity, sexual identity, millennial ennui, the pressures of living in […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Kicking off her set with new, and at this point unheard, album tacks ‘Good Intentions’ and ‘Eastbound Train’, Marika Hackman’s sounding noisier than you might expect. Once proclaimed as a folk heroine, it seems she’s dusted off a distortion pedal and run with it to the finish line – […]