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 …
News: The K’s announce release their debut album “I Wonder If The World Knows?”
Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography – All Rights Reserved. This is a Good News/Bad News announcement! Good news – just as they are about to head out on their tour supporting The Reytons, Warrington’s very own The K’s, have today announced the impending release of their long awaited debut LP, I Wonder If The World …
News: Rocket Pengwin releases debut album “Polar Opposites”
Rocket Pengwin isn’t a band, rather the creation of New York’s Multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter, and visual artist Eddie Sears. Today sees the release of his debut album “Polar Opposites”, a clever wordplay comparing and contrasting New York with Antarctica. Let Eddie describe it in his own words…As the story goes, the Penguin is from Antarctica …
News: Exhibition by world renowned music photographer Karen McBride “Just South of Memphis”
If you like Blues & Americana music and photography, then you need to get yourself to Leek next week, where artist and photographer Karen McBride, is showcasing a special exhibition at the Foxlowe Arts Centre to coincide with the 2023 Leek Blues & Americana Festival. Titled ‘Just South of Memphis’ it is a unique exhibition …
Track: Mike Skinner reveals new song in collaboration with 1800 Tequila brand
Musical collaborations have always been a thing in music, but now more and more artists, have commercial tie-ins with major clothing, sportswear and drink brands. Terrorvision sang about it in the 90’s and now Brummie rapper and producer Mike Skinner—of genre-defining and multi-award-winning The Streets— has joined forces with 1800 Tequila, who have just revealed the video for …
News: MPF 2024 – First line-up announcement released
TNS Records have just announced the first acts confirmed for Manchester Punk Festival 2024. Held over the Easter weekend, at various venues off Oxford Road, bands from all over the world descend for 3 days of punk mayhem. Pretty much every sub-genre from Hardcore to Skacore are represented. Already announced, Hot Water Music, Pissed Jeans, …