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LIVE: UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS – 19/11/2015
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – GORILLA, MANCHESTER –Valkyriesque, thunderous background music foretells a rumbling horror show tonight at Manchester’s Gorilla. Straight from “Hell, Cambridge”, Uncle...
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THE SYNTH SYMPOSIUM – 01/12/2015
– FACTORY 251, MANCHESTER –The Synth Symposium“The new instrument for the new music”. That was the slogan for the synthetisers back in the early 70s. Shortly after, the American Minimoog set “an...
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LIVE: LOUIS BERRY – 22/01/2016
Louis Berry – THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER –This naughty boy from another planet (although it is said he comes from Kirkby, Liverpool) causes a real mess here at The Castle Hotel. Judging by his...
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LIVE: THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT – 24/01/2016
The Temperance Movement – ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER –Great and wild Phil Campbell has this voice, so manly, so pleasantly throaty, that one could be watching his performance for countless hours. Even if...
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LIVE: ALL THEM WITCHES – 29/02/2016
All Them Witches – GULLIVER’S, MANCHESTER –Heady psychedelia & Southern sweet-sour blues? I can’t think of a better match. Apart from gin & tonic, I mean.We are getting far from 9.30pm at a...
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LIVE: LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY – 15/03/2016
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – “Sometimes I pretend to be normal but it gets boring so I go back to being me”. The statement sums up the legendary Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s vital...
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE DANDY WARHOLS – DISTORTLAND
The Dandy Warhols – Distortland‘Distortland’ seems an apt title for an album of these (strange) days. The latest album by The Dandy Warhols will be available on CD, (poly)vinyl, digital and, guess...
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LIVE: BAD MANNERS – 07/05/2016
Bad Manners– ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER –“You Fat Bastard!” Bad Manners’ war-cry will be constantly chorused all the gig long, both by the crowd and the larger-than-life, charismatic frontman Buster...
View ArticleFOURTH MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND
Aatma or Night & Day? That will be the question this Saturday 14th May. Given the Manchester Psych Fest stage times, it’s just military planning left. Again, I’ll do my best to be Schrödinger’s...
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LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST IV – 14/05/2016
Clinic– NIGHT & DAY CAFE/AATMA, MANCHESTER –Sunny Saturday afternoon in Manchester (yes!) and it’s so tempting to leave everything behind and have a healthy sunbath. Duty calls however and when I...
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LIVE: BLACK LIPS – 20/05/2016
Black Lips– GORILLA, MANCHESTER –Rowdy Black Lips enter the stage among chilly gusts and misty fog, perfect set for their opening track ‘Sea Of Blasphemy’. “Sea of vandal/Lost my candle…”. Pure classic...
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INTERVIEW: HOWE GELB
Howe Gelb“When the planet glows dim, things tend to get more intimate”Parishioners at St. Michael’s Church in Ancoats can expect to hear tomorrow (24th June 2016) some music “never heard before as if...
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LIVE: LOVE REVISITED – 23/06/2016
Love Revisited– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER –It’s a suspiciously warm evening on the eve of the so-called ‘Independence Day’. The storm, in every single sense, is dangerously approaching.After a proper...
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LIVE: ED HARCOURT – 29/06/2016
Ed Harcourt– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER –The world certainly seems to be on fire, as Ed Harcourt warns a lurking crowd. He and his band – with silent John J Presley guest starring, are warmly...
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LIVE: TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS – 10/09/2016
Toots and the Maytals– ACADEMY, MANCHESTER –Ska is sadly mourning when Toots & The Maytals arrive at Manchester’s Academy. Prince Buster has just died and a vivid legend is born. What a better way...
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LIVE: DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD – 06/09/2016
Danny & The Champions Of The World– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER –“I love camaraderie” asserts Danny George Wilson. Attending a live show with his fantastic band (The Champions of the World, no need to be...
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REVIEW: OFF THE RECORD 2016
Off The Record– The Northern Quarter, Manchester 04/11/2016 –CONFERENCE: “Discover your new favourite band”. Off The Record Conference & Gig Festival’s slogan couldn’t be more appealing. It’s 10am...
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LIVE: BAD MANNERS – 07/05/2016
Bad Manners – ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – “You Fat Bastard!” Bad Manners’ war-cry will be constantly chorused all the gig long, both by the crowd and the larger-than-life, charismatic frontman Buster...
View ArticleFOURTH MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND
Aatma or Night & Day? That will be the question this Saturday 14th May. Given the Manchester Psych Fest stage times, it’s just military planning left. Again, I’ll do my best to be Schrödinger’s...
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LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST IV – 14/05/2016
Clinic – NIGHT & DAY CAFE/AATMA, MANCHESTER – Sunny Saturday afternoon in Manchester (yes!) and it’s so tempting to leave everything behind and have a healthy sunbath. Duty calls however and when I...
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