PET NEEDS New Single “Lost Again” Video
If you’re off to see the Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls tour, make sure you get there early to see Essex 4 piece, Pet Needs and their 90 mph power pop-punk set. Check this video for their new single “Lost Again” taken from their excellent Primetime Entertainment album. And if you’re not lucky enough …
The Lemonheads – O2 Ritz Manchester Preview
Evan Dando and the gang return to Manchester on Sat 8th Oct 2022, to play their classic 1992 album, It’s A Shame About Ray in it’s entirety. 30 years on the album, is widely regarded as one of the best 90s albums ever and broke the band in the UK, despite not actually denting the …
Live Review: Thumper – Night & Day – 6-10-22
Irish Pop Punk Sextet THUMPER bounce into Manchester Thurs 6th Oct at Night & Day Cafe. 3 years since their last visit to the City, the two drummer, four guitarist outfit will cram onto the stage at Oldham Street’s Night & Day Cafe to promote their debut album Delusions Of Grandeur. While it features plenty …
Book Review //80’s Sound & Vision – Sheila Rock
Francis Lincoln Publishers – Out Now Away from the cut and thrust of the “3 songs no flash” world of live music photography, exists a more sedate, more creative side to image making. Capturing the movers and shakers or whoever the scene holds aloft, as trendsetters and influencers. Social Media did not invent influencers, but …
ASH // Free All Angels 21st Anniversary – O2 Ritz, Manchester
Yet another “album anniversary” tour rolls into town. In general these events are a stark reminder that not all of the featured album was up to snuff. Indeed sometimes these tours are the very first outings for those tracks, never having made it into the live set back in the day and rarely played since, …
New Century Hall – Iconic 60’s Venue Reopens
This week sees the reopening of an iconic music venue in Manchester, with a series of gigs by the likes of Dr John Cooper Clarke and The Charlatans, the first since 2013. Originally built in 1962 for the Co-operative Insurance Company, it saw musical legends such as The Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, …
Bauhaus – Brixton Academy Fri 19th Aug 2022
Bauhaus gigs are like Goth buses. Wait patiently for ages for something to appear out of the darkness, and then 2 come swooping along at once, in less than a year, lighting the way before slinking off into the night, leaving you pondering if you’ll ever see their like again. Ok, a little melodramatic I …
Rebellion Festival //Blackpool// Day 1
Rebellion Festival is a strange beast. Due to the enormous diversity of acts performing across the multiple stages, no two people’s experiences are the same. There will be many people who read this, for whom it bears no resemblance to their own festival experience. Spread over 4 days at Blackpool’s iconic Winter Gardens complex and …
La La Love You – Pixies Play Intimate Manchester Show
The internet suffered a minor meltdown on morning of 18th July, as the news dropped that next day, Boston’s finest noise merchants would be playing a show at the iconic Band On The Wall, a newly refurbished 500 capacity venue in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. This, only 2 weeks after having played Castlefield Bowl, as part …
Archers Of Loaf Announce New LP After 24 Years
24 years after the release of their last LP, White Trash Heroes, North Carolina’s finest, Archers Of Loaf have announced the release of a new album Reason In Decline, on Merge Records, to hit the shops and digital platforms on October 21st 2022. To promote the release they have a short East Coast US Tour, …