Tag: manchester

Tame Impala LIVE @ The Albert Hall, Manchester 12.7.14

Rating: More cynically-minded Tame Impala fans might’ve walked out of the Manchester Albert Hall last night wondering what the point of all that was. More than a year and a half after second album Lonerism was released, the Australian psych-rock…

Top 10 Morrissey Songs

Enigmatic purveyor of the songs that saved your life, avowed celibate humasexual and esteemed Penguin author, put your hands together for Steven Patrick Morrissey. In anticipation of the release of his forthcoming LP, World Peace is None of Your Business,…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Bedroom Hour – ‘Hinterland’

Rating: It’s amazing when you consider the amount of millions of pounds floating around the music world, with big money record deals being signed left right and centre. However, some unsigned acts rely on the faithful support of their fans…

The Twang LIVE @ Ruby Lounge Manchester 19/02/2014

The Twang have coined this tour ‘intimate’. Well if you consider a cramming a few hundred club kids, football hooligans and lairy couples into a beer soaked underground intimate…well maybe we need to redefine intimate. As a group they are…

Gigslutz Interview: GIANT STAR

Giant Star, they have balls and seemingly pretty large ones.  Their first album ‘Year Of The Snake’ takes on terrorists, the government and Rupert Murdoch.  Not only that but it sounds pretty awesome too.  Style and substance, you betcha!  We…

Alice In Chains LIVE @ Manchester Academy 11.11.13

One of the things I love about Grunge was that it is so astoundingly of its time that even a few chords can evoke epic montages of 90’s pop culture.  Images of MTV Unplugged, Beavis and Butthead, Lollapalooza, Sonic Youth…

The National LIVE @ Manchester Apollo 11.11.13

Brooklyn based band ‘The National’ are over in the UK for some much anticipated shows following the release of one of this year’s more exciting albums ‘Trouble Will Find Me.’ The opportunity to see them in the UK was too much…

Jay Z LIVE @ Manchester Arena 3.10.13

Without a doubt, this man is one the biggest name in hip hop and one of the biggest in music today.  A career spanning almost 20 years, 12 albums, numerous collaborations, billions of dollars in net worth, gets to touch…