LIVE: DEAP VALLY – 26/07/2016

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – Deap Vally from California make abrasive rock music, combining the riffs of Arctic Monkeys’ humbug days with vocals not unlike those of Alabama Shakes. Their songs are instantaneous, with catchy choruses smacked right up against razor teeth sharp guitar shredding. Just three songs in, Lindsey Troy the lead […]
 – NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – I have always been drawn to Get Cape. Wear Cape, Fly and thought it was a great name for a musician, but I have never seen Sam Duckworth live before tonight. After putting an end to the Get Cape. Wear Cape, Fly project in 2014, Sam Duckworth has […]

LIVE: RECREATIONS – 25/04/2016

LIVE: JEFF WOOTTON – 23/03/2016

– NIGHT & DAY CAFÉ, MANCHESTER – Tonight at Night and Day Café is introduced to us by Nev Cottee, he is calming and soothing with notes that are reminiscent of being at the beach, relaxing with the lapping of the ocean. Though between his deep voice and his music, it seems apt to query […]
 – NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – The simplistic red fairy lights strung up along the walls of the cosy Night and Day Café make the perfect setting for tonight’s intimate affair. All of the proceedings from tonight are split and donated to charities close to the heart of current events. The first charity is […]

LIVE: MAN MADE – 02/03/2016

SWEET BABOO ANNOUNCES NEW ‘DENNIS’ EP

After releasing his acclaimed third album The Boombox Ballads earlier this year, Sweet Baboo is pleased to announce a new EP alongside a UK tour for 2016. Additionally Stephen Black will be starring in the new Gruff Rhys play The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion this Christmas in Cardiff. Entitled ‘Dennis’, the 6-track EP will be released […]
 – NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It’s hard to completely get a handle on Whyte Horses, and that, in itself is quite revitalising. There’s a definite mystique that surrounds them – a band with minimal online presence, having released a few songs over the past twelve months and live performances are also somewhat of […]

LIVE: WHYTE HORSES – 26/11/2015

LIVE: FREAKOUT HONEY – 07/11/2015

– NIGHT AND DAY, MANCHESTER – Manchester’s Psych scene continues to thrive with a string of quality international bands constantly streaming through the city, and heavy support comes from local talent. Interstellar Overdrive are one of the main promoters that we have to thank for this, and tonight they bring us Freakout Honey, a band who stray […]
– 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

LIVE: SUMMER CAMP – 28/09/2015

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It’s a cold September night. I arrive at my destination, squeezing past two chaps busking quite literally on the door step of The Night & Day Café. It’s one way to get yourself on the bill I suppose. ‘You must be freezing,’ I say. ‘You must be mad,’ […]
Night &  Day Café, Manchester – 10/08/2015 Before playing to an excited Night and Day audience Frank Turner took time out from his busy schedule to speak to Silent Radio’s Paul Clark about his new album Positive Songs for Negative People. It had already been a busy day for Frank Turner by the time I […]

INTERVIEW: FRANK TURNER