Millie Manders & The Shutup
The band bring their infectious blend of Ska & Punk to a venue near you in March & April, when they’re tour support for the legendary US Ska Punkers Less…
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Album Review: Silverbacks – Archive Material
Every so often a country, city or a scene throws up a couple of acts, that has the A&R men scrambling for their company credit cards, an A-Z (usually a…
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IDLES – Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 29/01/2022
A complete contrast to last night’s Half Man Half Biscuit gig, where the moshpit was populated by Blue Badge holders, hoping that the DWP weren’t watching and waiting to take…
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Live Review: Eagles Of Death Metal – O2 Ritz Manchester 5.12.2021
There’s a perceived wisdom with us Brits, that Americans don’t get irony. This is of course not true. It shows up in whipsmart network comedies like Seinfeld or Curb Your…
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Live Review: Shame – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2021 plus gallery
Scene in the Steen household at the end of another day at the coal face. “Hi dear, did you slay the masses again with your angular post punk tunes”? Charlie:…
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Live Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Albert Hall, Manchester 23.11.2021 plus gallery
If you’ve ever wondered, and to be fair it’s extremely unlikely, what Harry Enfield’s 80’s creation, Stavros, would look like fronting a doom metal band, then look no further than…
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Live Review: The Jesus And Mary Chain – Albert Hall, Manchester 18.11.2021
I’m not sure who first came up with the concept of the “Classic Album Tour”, whereby an artist plays the whole LP, track by track in the running order, in which it…
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Live Review: The Charlatans – Manchester Gorilla, 15.11.2021
If you asked the average music fan what Fatboy Slim, JLS, Rick Astley, Manic Street Preachers and Liam Gallagher have in common, it’s unlikely that their answer would be that…
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