LIVE: OMD – 01/11/2019

– The Apollo, Manchester – There’s a giddy atmosphere from the moment you step into the Apollo tonight, a sense that there’s a party about to unfold, but OMD celebrating forty years of being a band is much more than just a nostalgia trip. Make no mistake, this is a band that are still capable […]
-APOLLO, MANCHESTER- I first listened to The National’s music at my brother’s place in Leeds not long after the band’s third album Alligator had come out. Heading out afterwards into that Saturday afternoon’s bright sunlight I couldn’t stop singing the “sunglasses” line from the record’s opening track ‘Secret Meeting’. And that’s how it is with […]

LIVE: THE NATIONAL – 22/09/2017

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING ANNOUNCE THEIR BIGGEST EVER TOUR FOR SPRING 2018

Everything Everything have announced their latest UK and Ireland tour, kicking off in February 2018 at Dublin Olympia before culminating on 10 March at Alexandra Palace in London. Pre-sale available from 9am Wednesday 30th August: sign up here. General on-sale from 9am Fri Sept 1st from everything-everything.co.uk. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING 2018 UK TOUR DATES Wed 28th […]
–  APOLLO, MANCHESTER – Travelling from the promised land that is Warrington to a city of extreme hustle and bustle called Manchester, two things are crossing my mind. The first, could I have done more to keep The Maccabees from “calling it a day”? The second, I wonder how I’m going to deal with the […]

LIVE: THE MACCABEES – 27/06/2017

WOLF ALICE ARE HOWLING ABOUT THEIR NEW MUSIC & AUTUMN TOUR

Wolf Alice, have announced their eagerly anticipated return, with new album Visions Of A Life and a run of shows worldwide, including a UK & European tour for the autumn. See the UK tour dates listing below. Visions Of A Life will be released on Friday 29th September 2017 via Dirty Hit. Tracklisting details can […]
– O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER – Music forms the soundtrack to our lives, the bedrock beats that orientate us through relationships, friendships, heartache, like fluorescent buoys in the sea. An example. I began (re)dating my high schoool sweetheart in early 2006 – around 25 years after the first time – and just around the time the […]

LIVE: ELBOW – 19/03/2017

LIVE: RUDIMENTAL – 08/03/2016

 – THE APOLLO, MANCHESTER – As the O2 Apollo is filling to bursting point, DJ M.A.X has been tasked with delighting the crowd for about an hour. He’s not what you’d call ‘easy listening’ but he’s definitely got talent. His mixing style and obvious passion for music can’t be faulted. He even sneaks in a […]