LIVE: METZ / PROTOMARTYR – 04/11/2015

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – I think I might have written this in a review recently, but as I get older I seem to want to listen to more noisier, discordant music. I’ve always been a fan of loud music but lately all I want is to get my head caved in by pummeling drums, earth […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Wouldn’t it be just nice to burst in your boss/tutor/whoever-who-call-the shots’ office and shout out: “Blues explosion!”? And then, just to clarify your position in front of a very much likely puzzled face: “Uh!” “Ah!” “Oh, yeah!” “C’mon!” “Let’s GO!” Yeahh… I picture the deliciously funny scene while I let […]

LIVE: THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – 22/10/2015

LIVE: JIM JONES AND THE RIGHTEOUS MIND – 01/10/2015

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – “Get involved!!!” screams Jim Jones to the audience who are just a few centimetres from the stage, asking us to get even closer. Yet, there are some fellows amongst the crowd with their shiny smartphones and cameras, trying to digitally grab the moment. I understand the temptation, souvenirs for the future. But […]
Manchester based four-piece Flesh have announced details of their first headline tour. The 11 date tour will take in London, Glasgow and Sheffield as well as a hometown show at Sound Control on September 29. The tour follows the release of singles W8 4 ME and Vauxhall Casanova, which you can listen to below. Flesh […]

MANCHESTER QUARTET FLESH ANNOUNCE DEBUT TOUR

LIVE: KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD – 08/07/2015

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Tonight we have two of Heavenly Recordings finest acts on display and the event is sure to be packed. Arriving at the venue early, the room already has a good number of people milling about and that increases when Hooton Tennis Club take to the stage. The Liverpudlian quartet have […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – My mate Danny is a terrible influence on me. By the time we arrive at Sound Control he’s already five pints deep and complaining that it’s £2.50 more on the door than it was in advance. It’s worth it for Trust Fund though. I first saw them play at the […]

LIVE: LOS CAMPESINOS! – 04/12/2014

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE AND UK TOUR

New York based noise rock trio A Place To Bury Strangers have shared the first single from their new fourth album Transfixiation, which will be released on February 17 through Dead Oceans. Straight is the first cut from the follow up to Worship, which was released in 2012, and comes after two years of non-stop […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER –  It’s always a winning moment when you first get into a band to discover that they’re playing near you that week. This is what happened when I first heard the well praised debut long player from Montreal based quartet Ought. I remember thinking ‘this is really cool, I wonder if […]

LIVE: OUGHT – 18/11/2014

LIVE: EAGULLS – 01/11/2014

– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – Like many a Manchester punk gig, the floor is sticky. The bottom of your shoes squelch and a giddy swirl of shaved heads and Doc Martens spring as if in slow motion at the front. This scene, I have only ever witnessed in flashback programmes to the Wilson era. A […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – If you’ve been any rock festival or gig in the past 12 months, chances are you’ve seen Baby Godzilla. The Nottingham-based foursome have been working super hard on the live front this year, playing absolutely anywhere they’re asked to and with an army of fans growing at each gig and […]

LIVE: BABY GODZILLA – 20/10/2014