Manchester
Live Review: The European Siege Featuring Behemoth / Arch Enemy / Carcass / Unto Others – Manchester Apollo, Manchester 30.09.2022
When you have a four-band card, and 3 of those are uber major players in the metal league, then you need an early door time in order to cram in sets of colossal size and nature. That was exactly what we got with the late afternoon time of 17.30 yet the only downfall with an …
TRACK: Manchester’s cruush release new single False Start
The Manchester 4-piece cruush have been described as shoegaze but on the evidence of this track their sound is much more complex. The haunting vocals of vocalist Amber Warren weave through the guitars which are urgent and raw rather than melancholy. ‘False Start‘ is an atmospheric track which captivates with the guitar reverbing over the …
Live Review: The Viking And Lionhearts Tour Machine Head / Amon Amarth / The Halo Effect – AO Arena, Manchester 12.09.2022
As the majority of the festivals close their doors on yet another season, what could possibly lift us out of these doldrums and inject a much-needed spark of metal mayhem back into our lives? A colossal co-headlining tour from 2 demigods of the extreme music landscape, Amon Amarth and Machine Head, oh and throw in …
Say Psych: Live Review: Manchester Psych Fest 03.09.2022
The UK’s leading psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest returned this year for its 9th and biggest event to date. After some problems with logistics last year, largely due to COVID-19 restrictions being in place, this years event had a lot of weight on its shoulders. The day starts for me with Winsford’s Déjà Vega. …
Live Review: Primal Scream & The Mysterines @ Castlefield Bowl 09.07.2022
Photos by Olivia Kenny Primal Scream stunned many when they announced the latest incarnation of Screamadelica Live, a series of live dates that sees the Scottish band playing the seminal album in full and saw them close out the Sounds of the City event at Castlefield Bowl. Formed in Glasgow in 1982 the band began …
Say Psych: Track Review: San Pedro Collective – Nightcruising
San Pedro Collective is a 7-piece melting pot of mostly Mancunian musicians with a revolving door policy. Formed in 2018 with ex Paris Angel Rikki Turner and ex Fall/Ian Brown drummer Simon Wolstencroft amongst others, the band have slowly built a respectable following especially after their previous release ’Time’, on which Jasmine Needham took on …
Live Review: The Libertines @ Castlefield Bowl, Manchester 01.07.2022
Photos by Olivia Kenny The Libertines commence celebrations for the 20th anniversary of their era-defining debut album Up The Bracket with four headline shows, the first of which took place tonight at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl. Up The Bracket was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash and took listeners then, and now, on a journey …
Live Review: Pond – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 18.06.2022
By Olivia Kenny Manchester’s Academy 2 was flooded with energy on Saturday night when the Australian psych-rock band Pond took to the stage for the last night of their UK and European Tour. The band played a good mix of tracks, going back to their early releases with a medley of Moth Wings, Eye Pattern Blindness and Giant …
Say Psych: Live Review: Viagra Boys @ Albert Hall, Manchester 08.05.2022
Viagra Boys are a band who have seemingly become infamous almost overnight, but their story goes back to 2015 when they formed in a Stockholm suburb. Their appearance in Manchester tonight has been hotly anticipated for over 18 months; the small matter of a world pandemic getting in the way. After a series of venue …
Live Review: Helloween / Hammerfall – Manchester Academy, Manchester 04.05.2022
As is becoming an annoying tradition of late, the traffic over the Pennines to Manchester was ridiculous, and this coupled together with an early door time meant that I arrived at the Academy with Hammerfall in full flow. On entering the Academy I was hit with a wall of bodies, it was well and truly …