Manchester
Live Review: Tarja / Temperance / Beneath The Embers – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 04.02.2023
With the night finally here, I once again made my way across the Pennines, excited for the much delayed Tarja gig and this was going to be one of epic proportions I was sure. Set in the modest Academy two, I made it through the ‘late doors’ just in time to secure a spot and …
Live Review: Apocalyptica & Epica (The Epic Apocalypse Tour) Manchester Academy, Manchester 03.02.23
Numerous complications and difficulties left me fighting a losing battle to get to the Academy on time to catch prog metal band, Wheel, although from what I heard they fought their corner and put on an admirable display for those in attendance. Absolutely gutted, note to self, must try harder! With the now pretty full …
Say Psych: Live Review: Avalanche Party / Nara @ Big Hands, Manchester 01.02.2023
Independent Venue Week is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. Over 200 independent venues take part in our annual Celebration and the number keeps growing every year. One such venue is Manchester’s Big Hands. With its low ceilings, epic club …
Live Review: Hot Milk / As December Falls / Jools / Clarence & The Modern Life – O2 Ritz, Manchester 03.02.23
By Sian Connolly For two nights and two nights only, Manchester’s very own, Hot Milk, perform two of their biggest headlining shows titled “England’s Screaming”. Last night, the band took over the London venue, Koko, creating nothing but chaos. But tonight, it was anarchy at the Ritz. Eagerly waiting for the venue to open, an …
Live review + Gallery: Maruja sell-out debut gig in Scotland
The big gig in Glasgow tonight was arguably The Viagra Boys at Barrowlands. It sold out almost immediately. However there was another sold out gig in the city on this particular Saturday night. Manchester jazz punks Maruja were playing their first gig in Scotland. With just five tracks released in the last couple of years …
Interview: Volk Soup
Manchester’s underground has never been short of bands, but recently a new breed is emerging. I had a chat with Volk Soup, a multi-city-based offering who have played a few times in these parts recently and have caused quite a stir; partly for their chaotic performances and partly because of the sheer quality that’s on …
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest Announce First Bands for 2023
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest has announced the first wave of acts for its 10th edition and biggest edition of the one-day event to date, with over 60 live acts taking place on 2nd September 2023. With headliners still to be announced in the new year, Manchester Psych Fest …
Live Review: New Model Army / Zen Baseball Bat – The Ritz, Manchester 03.12.2022
It was refreshing to get across the Pennines fairly smoothly with almost no hold ups at all, a feat which I haven’t been able to achieve in the last eight or nine attempts of trying in recent weeks, I was also pleasantly surprised to find a fairly relaxed atmosphere amongst the Ritz congregation when I …
Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquility / Nailed To Obscurity – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2022
By Sian Connolly It was a Thursday evening in Manchester and the venue we are in tonight is the amazing o2 Ritz, welcoming not one, not two, but four incredible metal bands to get the party started! Kicking off the night with the likes of “Black Forest” and “Liquid Mourning”, German death metal band, Nailed …
Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2022
By the time I’d battled across the Pennines, in the now all too familiar tailbacks and gridlocks of the M62 and Manchester City Centre, I arrived at the Ritz just as the closing chords of the mighty Nailed To Obscurity were ringing out. I was absolutely gutted as I had been really keen to catch …