“We are The Cribs and we are from Wakefield.” After the line was said – the iconic songs began to be sung and the crowd for the bands’ third night of their residency at Manchester’s Gorilla, on Sunday December 10,…
Think Madchester: think The Charlatans. The homecoming gig whilst touring their thirteenth studio album Different Days was well awaited and their return to the Apollo theatre, brought this venue back to it’s former glory of stand out, unapologetically “we are…
Since her twirl as a Burberry model and the beauty of her nu-folk inspired debut album We Slept at Last, Marika Hackman has delved through the main realms that an aspiring artist must take. Having expanded her sound and broadened…
Last week, the new music & conference showcase Off The Record returned to Manchester, bringing with it a whole load of new music, as well as talks about the music industry from the likes of Cabbage, False Heads and countless…
On another Saturday which saw Scruff Of The Neck take over Manchester’s Oldham Street, we headed to Night & Day to catch Tuscan Sun, Indigo Velvet and Affairs. Following sets from both Tuscan Sun and Indigo Velvet that could have…
Marking the end of a rather tumultuous summer, Festival Nº6 provided a welcome weekend of escape from the real world. Indeed, the disassociation from reality that comes with being in a field with a bunch of strangers for a weekend…
Although it’s bound to be difficult to top past Visions Festival highlights of 2015’s hug from Shamir, or last year’s discovery of my love of Bleached, this year’s line up is looking pretty sweet… Kicking off the typically sunny day’s…
If you grew up in the nineties, you’ll sure feel nostalgic when there’s any mention of Blink 182. Hits such as ‘All The Small Things’ and ‘I Miss You’ have featured in pretty much every Hollywood teen film that we…
Detroit’s place as one of the centres of US pop music in the ’60s is well-known. Along with the Motown hit factory, Detroit’s garage rock scene produced some of the most important groups of the era: The MC5, The Stooges…
The ‘Sounds of the City’ gigs at Castlefield Bowl are arguably the finest few days in Manchester’s live music calendar and 2017 hasn’t failed to impress so far. Tonight, Canada’s Arcade Fire bring their carnival of insanely talented, genre-spanning musicians…