Tag: manchester

Discovery of the Week: Mowbird

Often the theme of an evening when you head over to “a mate’s gig” is generally their dodgy band’s first ever performance. This usually involves someone spilling their beer on a pedal board, getting punched, or general shit going down….

INTERVIEW: The Tapestry

Manchester’s The Tapestry have been feted by a number of musical luminaries including Liam Gallagher and Gaz Coombes and are co-headlining the inaugural ‘Gigslutz Presents…’ night on Saturday 18th July at the New Cross Inn, London. We caught up with Liam, Katy…

Discovery of the Week: Furnsss

Connecticut rockers, Furnsss – not Furns (for anyone interested Furns make Danish synth pop) – have been churning out albums and EPs of fuzzy indie since 2012, of which I’ve been delving into this past week. Their last album Silent Gold…

INTERVIEW: Man Made

Undoubtedly one of the hottest bands in Manchester right now, Man Made is the name on the tips of many tongues. Making an impact across the whole of the country, as well as one of the greatest cities, by producing music…

BOOK: ‘Electrochoc’ by Laurent Garnier

This autobiography starts with a memory in Manchester’s legendary Hacienda club and ends with a promise that the party will go on. If anything, the words of Laurent Garnier will go on. Electrochoc was first published in 2003 in French….

EP: Scarlet ‘Fishes’

Rating: Fishes. The debut EP from Jessie Robinson’s alt-pop brainchild Scarlet. It’s quite simply majestically dark alt-pop at it’s pulsy and vibrant best. The EPs opener is also its lead single ‘Anyway’. The track was played by BBC Radio 6 Music in the wake of it’s release…