News: Wibbling rivalry – Liam steals a march on brother Noel with “Definitely Maybe” 30th anniversary UK tour
Image Credit: Jill Furmanovsky The Gallagher brothers are showing no evidence that there is any Oasis reunion in the pipeline. Liam has just stolen a march on his older sibling by announcing a 12 date UK tour to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut LP “Definitely Maybe”, playing the album in full along with …
Album Review: Twin Temple – God Is Dead
Satanic doo-wop is certainly not a genre I’ve reviewed before, but Twin Temple have corrected that with this, their second studio album God Is Dead. Self proclaimed practicing satanists, the husband and wife duo of vocalist Alexandra James and guitarist Zachary James, formed Twin Temples in 2017 in an attempt to challenge the dominance that …
News: Noah & The Loners – “Hell of A Day” (Marshall Amplification)
Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography. All Rights Reserved Back in July, we tipped Noah And The Loners as one of the 50 artists to watch at this year’s Rebellion Punk Festival at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. That feeling was purely based on two YouTube videos that I stumbled across whilst doing my research. 4th August 2023 …
News: The Battery Farm – House Of Pain (Rare Vitamin Records)
Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography – All Rights Reserved It’s been a pretty successful last 18 months for Manchester “gutter punks”, The Battery Farm. Signing to Rare Vitamin Records, releasing a couple of EPs, a debut LP “Flies” and an appearance at Rebellion Punk Festival. All bucket list stuff in the eyes of lead singer …
Track: Desperate Measures announce video for new single “Sublime Destruction”
Pic Credit: Louise Phillips New Zealand born, London based rockers Desperate Measures return October 13th with a banging brand-new thrill ride titled ‘Sublime Destruction’. A high-voltage, hook-laden smasher, it comes firing out of the traps, all guns blazing and all speakers blaring. Guitarist Gaff is really at the top of his game on this, a …
New: Beyond The Music – Changemaking music conference and new music festival 11-14 Oct
Last week it was the Tories and next week Manchester is being taken over by Beyond The Music. It promises to be one of the most important events of it’s kind ever held in the city. Covering subjects ranging from the use of AI and it’s implications for the music industry, diversity and sustainability surrounding …
News: London Records release live LP by The Redskins – These Furious Flames 1985/1986
In the mid-1980’s the UK was pretty much where it is now. Strikes, a widely unpopular government in power and a country struggling to heal itself, but being divided at every turn. Billy Bragg set up Red Wedge, along with Paul Weller and Jimmy Somerville, ostensibly to encourage the younger generation to register to vote …
Live Review: Lovejoy @ Brighton Dome
All Words And Pictures by Henry Groves On the back end of their UK tour, supporting the release of their latest EP ‘Wake Up and It’s Over’, Lovejoy were playing in their hometown Brighton and the infamous Brighton Dome. For a band with only EPs to date, playing a sold out Brighton Dome is nothing …
Live Review: PJ Harvey @ Albert Hall Manchester 2/10/23
Words & Images by Andi Callen (All rights reserved) Tonight, saw the return of PJ Harvey to Manchester after an absence of 7 years. Back in 2016 it was the cavernous Victoria Warehouse, this time it’s the wonderful Albert Hall, with two sold out shows. PJ’s got ahead of the curve this time. Where bands …
Live Review: PiL & Meryl Streek – O2 Ritz Manchester Sept 22nd 2023
John Lydon has history with Manchester. The two Free Trade Hall gigs with his band Sex Pistols, back in the summer of 1976. Those spawned a whole host of punk and thereafter, post-punk bands and of course the bands first live TV performance on Tony Wilson’s Granada TV show, “So It Goes”. There’s a good …