Stop me if you’ve heard this one… an Englishman, a German, and an American went into the Manchester Academy – and blew the bloody roof off! For those who don’t know them, The Aristocrats are an alliterative super-trio of musicians comprising of Bryan Beller (bass), Marco Minnemann (drums) and Guthrie Govan (guitar). No vocals, just […]
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Flame Of Life released their new album, “Red Sunset” on December 25, 2019.The band was inactive for more than a year since releasing their last self-titled album. In early 2019 they came together again to create new songs. The band was joined by the Cowboy as drummer and started working.“Red Sunset” consists of 25 crazy […]
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Canadian Fashion-rock trio PALAYE ROYALE have announced their return to the UK in February 2020, with a five date headline run that includes London’s famous O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Starting 2019 with a mammoth UK run supporting ENTER SHIKARI, the (now) LA based three piece kicked the summer off with a wild, electric set at […]
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2020 is looking good for Sinead O’Brien. Her first headline London show of the year is sold out already, she’s on many tip lists including NME’s Top 100 fresh talent, and named in the top 25 acts at last week’s Eurosonic showcase festival in the Netherlands. Not bad work, seeing as we’re only three weeks […]
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In 2017 Nada Surf celebrated the 15th anniversary of their breakthrough album ‘Let Go’. Now, three years later they’re set to release their ninth studio album, ‘Never Not Together’ on City Slang. The album brings together a wide-ranging variety of songs that clearly show the bands ability to bring up grand, often fragile and tangled […]
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Together for a few years now The White Ribbons formed to help spread the word on behalf of www.whiteribbon.org.uk , to stand up against bullying, harassment and violence against women by males. They’ve played Rebellion Punk Festival twice, in 2018 and 2019 and recently announced they’ll be returning in 2020. My first introduction to them […]
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Buzzcocks + Shanghai TreasonGorilla, 54-56 Whitworth St, Manchester M1 5WWSunday 15th December 2019 41 years ago, at the age of just 13, my life took a completely new direction when sitting at a friends party an older sibling walked in, took the pop song off the turntable, replaced it with ‘What Do I Get’ and […]
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Psycho Comedy burst out of the starting blocks with their new single STANDIN’, and you’ll be singing it for a week. You’re welcome. The Merseyside band have pulled inspiration for their 2:44 track from the more glittery side of rock, echoing hints of T-Rex and Iggy and combining it with a blend of Oas-ish intentionally whiny […]
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The last time I saw Stealing Sheep – Rebecca Hawley (vocals, keys), Emily Lansley (vocals, guitar) and Lucy Mercer (vocals, drums/percussion)– play live was two years ago, at Buyers Club on Hardman Street. The trio road tested songs for third album Big Wows to an excited audience thrilled to be hearing the new material for […]
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It’s 8:30 pm in Brighton, Fat white family stroll onto the stage to their instruments, casually slinging them on before pulling into line. 90 seconds later singer lias Saudi is wading into the sold out crowd. After a year of extensive touring and the release of 3rd album ‘serfs up’ to much acclaim I was […]
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