Friday 26 April 2013

James - Manchester Evening News Arena - 26th April 2013

James

Manchester Evening News Arena

26th April 2013

James completed a sold-out ten date tour of the UK with a show at Manchester’s MEN Arena last night. We were there to witness a triumphant homecoming of a band looking backwards to move on with old favourites and future classics. 

Thursday 25 April 2013

Ryan Jarvis - Outside This Town - EP review

Ryan Jarvis’s debut EP Outside This Town demonstrates a song-writing ability beyond his eighteen years and the potential to follow in the long line of great Mancunian songwriters that tell of life and love in a Northern town.

Saturday 13 April 2013

James - Stirling Tolbooth - 12th April 2013

James

Stirling Tolbooth

12th April 2013

James make a low-key but triumphant return to the live stage, debuting four new songs, throwing a few curveballs and finishing with some classics.

Saturday 6 April 2013

The Minx - Interview

The Minx are an exciting new five-piece band from Manchester.  They released debut single No Friends in July last year and have just finished a tour with Inspiral Carpets. 

Keeping The Circle Around - The Return Of Playtime Records

There’s been a trend in recent years for bands from the 1980s and 1990s to reform, but Playtime Records are taking things a step further by becoming the first record label to reform to release some of their classic lost back catalogue.

Friday 5 April 2013

Liam Frost / Tokolosh - Interview

Liam Frost burst onto the music scene with his debut album Show Me How The Spectres Dance in 2006 and followed it with We Ain’t Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain in 2009.  He’s been relatively quiet since then, but is now back with two projects - a new band called Tokolosh and plans for his third solo album.  David Brown from Louder Than War caught up him for a chat about his plans.

Andy Diagram (Spaceheads / James) - Interview

Spaceheads are a drum and trumpet duo featuring Richard Harrison and Andy Diagram and are releasing their new EP Sun Radar next week. David Brown from Louder Than War met Andy, better known as the trumpet player with James, in a London pub to talk about the EP, the band’s history and their plans for the future.

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Emma Stevens - Dreaming Tree - EP review

Emma Stevens’ 2nd EP Dreaming Trees may just be the perfect antidote to our freezing weather, X Factor culture and the doom and gloom that seems to be enveloping everyone.

Monday 1 April 2013

John Mackie - Manchester Black Dog Ballroom - 31st March 2013

John Mackie

Manchester Black Dog Ballroom

31st March 2013

John Mackie has been around the Manchester music scene for what seems like forever.  He's played a solo artist, he's sung with next-big-things-that-never-happened The Broadcast and The Vortex and he's been out on the road with Bonehead.  Yet you never shake the feeling with John that he's at his best when it's just him and his guitar.