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ALBUM REVIEW: Temples – Hot Motion

ALBUM REVIEW: Temples – Hot Motion

Temples return with their third album Hot Motion on ATO Records, their first on this label. First appearing on the…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Black Futures – Never Not Nothing

It’s hard to believe that Black Futures is just two people with the trippy names of Space and Vibes. They…

5 years ago

TRACK OF THE DAY: Cold Water Swimmers – Burn Your Idols

Hot off the heels of their previous single in March the delicious Summer Breeze, Cold Water Swimmers release their new…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Richard Hawley – Further

2019 is quite a year for Richard Hawley. As well as releasing his eighth studio album Further, a musical has…

5 years ago

FEATURE: You Are Not Alone Festival (YANA) this Saturday March 30th, Manchester

This coming Saturday, March 30th Manchester plays host to a multi-venue event in aid of Manchester Mind (the not-for-profit based…

5 years ago

REVIEW: Cold Water Swimmers Double A-Side ‘Summer Breeze’ / ‘I’ll Be Your Witness’ – Listen Now

The Cold Water Swimmers played their debut gig in May 2018 in Manchester’s Northern Quarter area which I attended. At…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Ever since the 1990s, The Brian Jonestown Massacre have released an inexhaustible discography with their psychedelic 60s soaked music. They…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Ten Fé – ‘Future Perfect, Present Tense’

Two years on from the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Hit the Light, Ten Fe are back with…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Telekinesis – Effluxion

According to the Oxford English Dictionary Effluxion means the action of flowing out. And when Michael Benjamin Lerner aka Telekinesis…

5 years ago

TRACK OF THE DAY: Catfish and the Bottlemen – ‘Longshot’ – Listen Now

Catfish and the Bottlemen are back with their latest single Longshot. The single is released Tuesday 8th January 2019 ahead…

5 years ago

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT Rockarchive Exhibition now at Manchester Central Library

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is a free exhibition running at Manchester Central Library celebrating the famous…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (20th Anniversary Edition)

On December 7th 2018, the Manic Street Preachers release a 20th Year Collector’s Edition of their fifth album, This Is…

5 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Brix & the Extricated – Breaking State

Breaking State is the follow-up album to last year’s highly awaited debut album Part 2 from Brix and the Extricated,…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Mole – Danger Island

Danger Island is the debut solo album from singer-songwriter MOLE. A double album of 21 tracks, that has taken more…

6 years ago

REVIEW: The Slow Readers Club –  For All Here To Observe EP

Manchester indie-electronic favourites The Slow Readers Club have released a new acoustic EP, For All Here To Observe, this month on…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Vryll Society – Course of the Satellite

Liverpool’s The Vryll Society have played the long game. In 2015 they released their debut single Deep Blue Skies on…

6 years ago

REVIEW: Cold Water Swimmers – ‘She’s Falling Apart / Everything We’ve Ever Had (we’ve had to fight for)’

“You begin to hyperventilate, within seconds your heart begins to race and your blood pressure spikes....” Cold Water Swimmers were formed…

6 years ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Alarm – Equals

Since their formation in 1981 in the Welsh town of Rhyl the Alarm has sold six million albums and managed…

6 years ago

TRACK OF THE DAY: Polar States New Single – ‘ROADS’

Polar States release their new single Roads alongside their music video this month (24th May). This is their first release…

6 years ago

PSYCH ICONS: An Exhibition by DUNSTAN DOODLES Foundation Coffee House, Manchester – Thursday 10th May

The first time I came across Dunstan Doodles’ work (aka Dunstan Carter) was last March when I reviewed the Grafters…

6 years ago