Name: Together The People. Where: Preston Park, Brighton. Headliners: Brian Wilson (performing the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds in full) and Suede. Also Featuring: The Horrors, Peter Hook and The Light (Best Of Joy Division and New Order set), Gaz Coombes, Fickle Friends,…
Following the release of his magnificent album Grapefruit earlier this year, Manchester’s Kiran Leonard has now shared a brand new track – the first since the release of the LP. ‘Coyoacan’ tells the tale of “Trotsky and his wife, at…
Shed Seven stamped their name into the book of indie folklore during the famous 1990s Britpop era. The band are still touring today, currently with Ocean Colour Scene and preparing to play the Shiiine On Weekender in November. We spoke…
Bestival is hurtling headlong into The Future, with an incredible cast of musical pioneers, forward thinking funksters and precognitive pop stars, including The Cure, Major Lazer, Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Hot Chip, Fatboy Slim, Bastille, Years & Years, Skepta, Katy…
Nine years ago today (10/08/2007) we lost the man who had fronted the Manchester music revolution through the ‘70s and ‘80s. Tony Wilson’s life work reads as a precisely calculated pathway, leading Manchester towards the epicentre of pop culture. In…
With memories of last year’s Visions Festival still fresh in my mind – of hugging Shamir before dancing wildly to his vibrant tunes, and singing along to the uptempo sunny garage-rock of Hinds – I was very much looking forward…
Now in it’s 11th year, Y Not Festival has come far from it’s overspilled house party beginnings. This year saw another sell-out for the line-up including the likes of Noel Gallagher, Editors, Madness and many more. So with so many acts…
The Sherlocks have been making waves through the indie music scene lately, establishing themselves as one of Sheffield’s coolest new bands. The band is made up of brothers Kiaran and Brandon Crook, and Josh and Andy Davidson. We spoke to…
Rating: Blossoms have undoubtedly been the most exciting band of 2016, potential and prospect have followed them around since their first gig at Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe back in 2013. Their first single, ‘Blow’, saw success with interest coming…
Rating: A sex glorifying, woman yearning, ego-filled yet ego-squashed album is not a shock coming from the already notorious Wild Beasts. Stripped further back from their previous album, Present Tense, Bassist Tom Fleming recently said to NME that “The last record…