LIVE: THE ORIELLES – 05/03/2020

– The Ritz, Manchester – This is being billed as a homecoming gig of sorts for The Orielles. By ‘homecoming’, I think people mean ‘big gig up north’, as the band hail from Halifax on the wrong side of the Pennines to Manchester, but we’ll let that slide; the excitement amongst a near to sellout […]
-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

DOT TO DOT RETURNS TO MANCHESTER THIS WEEKEND

Touring multi-venue festival Dot to Dot is returning to Manchester this bank holiday weekend. On Friday 24th May, numerous emerging and established artists from around the world will be playing at dozens of venues across the Northern Quarter and beyond. After kicking off in Manchester, the festival, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, will […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Disclaimer: yesterday I hit myself on the head embarrassingly forcefully. With that mild concussion in mind, I’ll be keeping this brief. The album sleeve for The Orielles’ Silver Dollar Moment is smears and dabs of bright colours. For myself, and maybe others, the record came along without warning. From nowhere, the chimes of […]

LIVE: THE ORIELLES – 14/04/2018

LIVE: THE ORIELLES / BOY AZOOGA / ILAND TAIPAN – 08/12/2017

-DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- It’s already bleak December, but we may have a new festival favourite to watch in 2018. Usually that’s a precipitous view; what, dear reader, can align for the soft whiff of cow fields and the clink of tinnies in a rucksack whilst winter is still nipping our bones? Well, personally, it’s the […]
The first bands revealed to feature at Liverpool Sound City 2018 are alt-psych rock band Peace, and guitar-electro poppers The Slow Readers Club. They will rub shoulders with Eno Williams’ African and electronic clash Ibibio Sound Machine, and Baxter Dury who weaves sparse yet touching lyrics through his music. Arch social commentators Idles chronicle the […]

SOUND CITY REVEAL PEACE, SLOW READERS CLUB, IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE, BAXTER DURY, IDLES, JAWS, LOW ISLAND, CASSIA, THE ORIELLES AND ZUZU

NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL 2017 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

Manchester’s multi-venue Neighbourhood Festival is back! Over 100 artists and bands from all around the world will be performing across Manchester’s best and most iconic music venues the south side of the city on Saturday 7th October 2017. Headlining the festival are acclaimed live favourites Peace, and Rat Boy, along with some of the country’s […]
– DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – For a lot of people, the new year takes a few weeks to get properly started. But with the cobwebs cleared and the post-Christmas diets given up on, Trof and The Skinny have joined heads to get the 2017 live music year up and running for good. Following on from […]

LIVE: STAY FRESH FEST 2 – 28/01/2017

NOW CLOSED – TICKET GIVEAWAY: PAIR OF TICKETS (AND A MEAL) FOR STAY FRESH FEST II

September 2016 saw the first Stay Fresh Fest take over two floors of one of Manchester’s favourite venues The Deaf Institute. The all-dayer which hosted eight emerging acts from around the North West was such a success that Stay Fresh Fest II is ready to roll again on the 28th of January. This time round […]
Brand new emerging multi-venue music event and conference Off The Record have revealed the until now under wraps line-up of new artists performing across 6 venues in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on 4th November. Below is the full line-up of emerging artists listed by performance venue and set times, detailing which curator chose them to perform […]

OFF THE RECORD: LINE-UP OF ARTISTS REVEALED