Live Review: Enter Shikari Residency Reflections
Eight shows on the same tour, watching the same band seems excessive to some, but I knew from that first night in London that I had to see Enter Shikari again.
Tag: Manchester
Punk needs more bongos: NOBRO, Pom Pom Squad and PUP @ O2 Ritz Manchester
With songs that are relatively simple in structure I wasn’t overly excited for NOBRO’s performance, but their energy and stage presence makes them a band you won’t want to miss out on hearing live. If you ever want to stir...
The 1975 emit warmth and a refined sophistication on new album Being Funny In A Foreign Language
The 1975 have returned with the 11-track masterpiece Being Funny In A Foreign Language, which is available on all major platforms now via Dirty Hit. The alternative quartet are back and boasting their unique sonic colour better than ever. There...
I’d get a heart tattoo for Joyce Manor: Sincere Engineer, Joyce Manor, and the Menzingers @ Manchester Academy 07/10/22
It’s rare that you see three major bands in the alternative scene touring together in the UK, and after a long year’s wait since the Menzingers + Joyce Manor + Sincere Engineer European tour was announced I could finally experience...
Engines Made from Soup 1990s compendium, including their independent “Better EP” from 1996
Many decades have a sound; a style that permeated the charts and stands out with the passage of time. The opening bars of this album took me right back to the “Street Sounds” compilation that was what indie pop-rock was...
Heavy Salad “Cult Casual” album release 25 September 2020 through Dipped In Gold Recordings
After discovering Ten Foot Wizard as a KISS / stoner-rock driven psychedelic Manchester-based outfit, I am now steered into the direction of Heavy Salad whose single It’s OK To Bleed is the precursor for this month’s debut album “Cult Casual”...
Ten Foot Wizard “Get Out Of Your Mind” album on Beard Of Zeus Records released 10 July 2020
Ahh Manchester! Where it all was all happening in the 1980s and 1990s; where names like the Inspiral Carpets, JAMES, the Happy Mondays, and the Stone Roses helped to move British music slightly to the north of its hitherto centre....