When Parallel Lines first announced Beckie Margaret’s debut London gig at The Waiting Room earlier this year, I immediately scrawled it in to my diary (using ink, none of that pencil nonsense). As an avid fan of Cool Thing Records (the…
The organisers at On Blackheath Festival should be proud of themselves. They have created a cracking little festival that certainly aims to please a wide demographic. It ticked all of the important boxes, which should from now on include having…
Festival season has now certainly finished across the UK as Bestival pulls down the curtain on what’s been a pretty poor season for festivals – and unfortunately Bestival didn’t do much to change that. I’ve visited Bestival previously in 2015,…
Since its 10th birthday last year, This Feeling has grown bigger and better, its live shows becoming notorious ‘I was there’ moments. Such was The Blinders’ night at Jimmy’s – the first of two consecutive gigs at the new Manchester…
Sigala played at London’s iconic Koko last week, and it seemed like most of the crowd were acting as if it was the first gig that they’d ever been to; offering a chorus of “ooooo, woaaahhh, woahhh oaaahhhh” every time…
Following the release of his new album Tail Of Lions, Alex Clare is currently touring across the UK and Europe. The album was recorded on a narrow boat on the River Lea with Chris Hargreaves and recorded in just a…
I’ve ended up seeing The Coral four times this year. Unintentionally, perhaps, but I’m by no means complaining; every time has been fantastic. What I’ve also noticed is that while various people who I’ve seen them with claim to only…
If you ever wondered what happened to those mid-90s indie-haircut-wearing, gig-going devotees, they were in all in Liverpool’s Echo Arena last week. It’s not your average December Wednesday up north; it’s 16 degrees Celsius and one of the UK’s most…
There’s something very strange about Pete Doherty’s gigs. Nowhere else do you find as many rumours flying around about the mental state of whoever you’re about to see, and as soon as it gets to 10 minutes past when he’s…
Six venues across Manchester’s North Quarter showcased exciting new talent last Friday for music event Off The Record, a collaboration between the organisers of Bluedot, Sound City and Kendal Calling. Earlier in the day, the Methodist Central hosted a series…