Discovery of the Week: Clay
Clay are all about the mystery. I’m not sure if it’s on purpose or not, but the internet seems to be a vast chasm where information about these guys should be, well that’s what I’ve found anyway. What I can say…
Clay are all about the mystery. I’m not sure if it’s on purpose or not, but the internet seems to be a vast chasm where information about these guys should be, well that’s what I’ve found anyway. What I can say…
Glass Animals headlined Manchester’s Gorilla tonight as part of their almost totally sold out UK tour. After the well-received release of debut album, Zaba, this isn’t a great surprise. To support tonight is Tropics, or Chris Ward to his friends. Ward suits…
I was jealous of Jasia before I’d even heard how talented he was musically. He’d lived in Jamaica, the U.S and Australia all by the age of 18, whereas I’ve been in Manchester for my entire 18 years – I…
There was a whole load of great gigs on tonight all over town, from the NME Awards Tour at the Ritz to Algernon Doll at The Star and Garter but I decided to sack them both off for Until The…
At 16, I was pretending to care about my GCSEs, going to the park and just generally being not very productive. Declan Mckenna is 16 and he’s already getting spot plays on Radio 1. I definitely need to try harder….
I walk into Gorilla as support band Gallery Circus are already playing their first song, they’re hella loud and it’s hella sweaty. As a Newcastle alternative rock duo – who are twins – they’ve already got their USP sorted. Gallery…
As we all know, some of the best music around these days is underground and unsigned artists. The only downside to this is that there’s no record label to invest into our favourite new music and help them reach their…
The snow and sleet has abandoned Manchester’s city streets to be replaced by a thick fog. A creepy walk down Oxford Road to the Academy is eased by the thought of the upcoming performance from Hudson Taylor. The Irish sibling…
Although I didn’t realise it, my life was seriously lacking some complex string orchestra-based alternative music until now. Since my discovery of Sasha Siem, this void in life has been completed. Her classically trained musical background forms the main unique…
‘Carsick Cars’ is the latest and best single so far from Manchester indie trio Man Made. Starting as Nile Marr’s solo project, Man Made has progressed over the years into the fully developed and slick band they are today. The…