Night & Day Café, Manchester
Review by Ian Burke
What better way to continue City’s post-parade celebrations than with a good old gig at the good old Night & Day, eh? Read the rest of this entry »
LIVE REVIEW: Three Trapped Tigers 23/05/2011
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LIVE REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens 19/05/2011
25 05 2011
The Apollo, Manchester
Review by Jack Carolan
Somewhere near the beginning of Sufjan Stevens’ awesome spectacle of a performance he introduces himself as the entertainment for the night and promises a journey through space: the space of the exterior; the cosmos, and the space of the interior; the body, in the spaceship Apollo. Read the rest of this entry »
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LIVE REVIEW: Okkyung Lee and John Butcher/Open Eye Quartet 20/05/2011
24 05 2011
St. Margaret’s Church, Whalley Range, Manchester
Review by Daniel Ladd
Improvised music can be a nightmare. Overwhelming in terms of scope and size as a ‘genre’; seeming to require an encyclopaedic set of references; over-intellectualised; pretentious; snobbish and cliquey; perplexingly theoretical. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Alice Gold
23 05 2011
Video + UK Support Tour
Alice Gold will play a set of dates across the UK in support of The Bookhouse Boys. Shortlisted for Q magazine’s Next Big Thing award, Alice releases her first fully available single, ‘Runaway Love’, on April 18th. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Chad Vangaalen
23 05 2011
New Album + Free Download
Every so often, Chad VanGaalen emerges from his bunker in Calgary with a batch of songs, giving us a window into his private world. With new album Diaper Island, released on June 13th through Sub Pop, VanGaalen distils his approach, producing the closet thing he has done to a rock album. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Bon Iver
22 05 2011
New Album + UK Tour + Free Download
Bon Iver have confirmed their first UK tour dates since 2009. This news precedes the release of second album ‘Bon Iver’ out June 20th via 4AD. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWS: Waldner
22 05 2011
Gives Away New Single As Free Download
Canadian-born songwriter Waldner has announced that he’ll be giving away ‘Going Up Against Goliath’, the opening track from his forthcoming debut album, Found & Lost, Read the rest of this entry »
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