Advertised as their "first final reunion show" Mold made a one-off return to the live stage on Friday night headlining the monthly Entertainment Club "Multi-Genre Hell Cabaret" event in the beautiful theatre of the Kings Arms in Salford.
EVEN THE STARS
Sunday, 7 August 2022
Saturday, 6 August 2022
Pixies / The Slow Readers Club - Glasgow Kelvingrove Bandstand - 4th August 2022
Daisy Valentine / SKIES / The A.V. Club - Stockport Bask - 4th August 2022
Sunday, 31 July 2022
Liam Frost - Manchester Piccadilly Records - 31st July 2022
Desperate Journalist / The Empty Page - Manchester Night And Day - 30th July 2022
It's an impressive feat that Desperate Journalist and The Empty Page have sold out Night And Day in an environment where gig attendances are through the floor and a significant element of the Manchester gig going community are on their annual pilgrimage to the Lakes for Kendal Calling where Desperate Journalist are playing the following day. The Night And Day is consequently a sweat box with a fan on stage for the headliner to keep it barely manageable for them, but once the music started people were oblivious to it.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
The House Of Love - Burn Down The World (8 CD boxset)
Formed in London in 1986, The House of Love were one of the most respected and revered bands of the late 80s and early 90s. Starting their career on Creation, at a time when the label wasn’t really big enough to take bands like The House of Love into the charts, they signed to a major in 1989 and chart success soon followed. This impressive box set takes us through that period and leaves no stone unturned. This is a mightily impressive collection and fans new and old should cherish it. Starting with their self titled 1990 album before moving on to Babe Rainbow (1992), Audience With The Mind (1993) and a whole host of studio and live extras across eight discs, with over 130 tracks included.
John Bramwell - Atherton The Snug - 27th July 2022
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Charm Of Finches / Megan Dixon-Hood - Manchester Gullivers - 24th July 2022
Melbourne sisters Charm Of Finches' long European tour is drawing to a close and Sunday night saw them pay their first ever visit to Manchester for a ninety-minute set in the ballroom above Gullivers pub in the Northern Quarter where Mabel and Ivy held an audience's attention captive for an hour and a half. Support came from closer to home in the form of Megan Dixon-Hood.
Saturday, 23 July 2022
James / Orla Gartland / Coach Party / Lime Garden / Baby Queen - Sheffield Tramlines - 22nd July 2022
Friday, 22 July 2022
Scarlet - Manchester Night And Day Cafe - 21st July 2022
Little Sparrow - Sale Waterside Refract Festival - 21st July 2022
Thursday, 21 July 2022
TRACK OF THE DAY : The Murder Capital - Only Good Things
The Murder Capital have released Only Good Things, the first taste of their forthcoming second album. The song represents a significant departure from the dark sound of their debut When I Have Fears focusing on celebrating those that are still with us rather than those we have lost.
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
TRACK OF THE DAY : Thousand Yard Stare - Isadora
Pixies - Manchester Band On The Wall - 19th July 2022
Pixies' shows in Manchester in the late 1980s at the International and International II are the stuff of legend and we never believed we'd see them in such intimate surroundings again. However, a 9am Monday morning alert set up their smallest show anywhere in years on the hottest day of the year in the five-hundred capacity Band On The Wall packed with devotees who reveled in a forty-one song two-hour career spanning set that will be talked about for years.
Monday, 18 July 2022
The John Hall Foundation Launch (Déjà Vega / The Goa Express / Yellow Brain / The Red Stains / Peacock Method / Maddy Storm / James Holt) - Manchester Band On The Wall / Rose And Monkey - 16th July 2022
Thursday, 14 July 2022
TRACK OF THE DAY : Needle - Manual Breathing
Monday, 11 July 2022
Ist Ist / The Jade Assembly / The Empty Page / Cowtown - Bolton Right To Roam Festival - 9th July 2022
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Pixies / The Slow Readers Club / Klangstof - Manchester Castlefield Bowl - 5th July 2022
Monday, 4 July 2022
James - Manchester Castlefield Bowl - 2nd July 2022
One of the things that separates James from other bands is that we, the audience, never ever know what we are going to get when we go and see them. To celebrate their 40th year, James announced two special gigs; last month’s Edinburgh show was a celebration of a Barrowland "Best Of" era gig (from 1998) and then at the wonderful Castlefield Bowl tonight. We knew exactly what we were going to get - twenty-two songs from the massive 1992 Alton Towers show that made for a curious evening. The band pulled out all the stops, truly testing themselves by revisiting some songs they haven’t played in decades. What followed was a truly stunning performance.
Friday, 1 July 2022
TRACK OF THE DAY : SKIES - Deconstruction
Thursday, 30 June 2022
James / Seb Lowe - Warrington Parr Hall - 29th June 2022
Saturday, 18 June 2022
The Blinders / Uninvited - Hebden Bridge Trades Club - 17th June 2022
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Stephen Fretwell / Later Youth - Hebden Bridge Trades Club - 15th June 2022
Stephen Fretwell is coming to the end of the second of his tours around his very long-awaited comeback album Busy Guy. A sold-out Trades Club stood bewitched by his spell as he ran through a marathon twenty-three song set taken from all three of his albums interspersed with irreverent chat, audience participation and a wit that made it into a truly special evening.
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Spud Cannon / Junk Spirits / Concrete Club - Manchester Peer Hat - 14th June 2022
Spud Cannon brought their short UK tour to a close on Tuesday night in the intimate surroundings of The Peer Hat in Manchester. With three albums already under their belt they delivered a fourteen song forty five minute set of three minute gems that touched all bases to an audience that they had eating out the palms of their hands by the end of the night.
Sunday, 12 June 2022
Keane / Flyte / Michael Conryan - Cannock Chase - 11th June 2022
Saturday, 11 June 2022
James / The Charlatans / Maximo Park - London Kenwood House - 10th June 2022
Thursday, 9 June 2022
James Holt - Manchester Night And Day Cafe - 8th June 2022
The Red Stains - Manchester Castle Hotel - 8th June 2022
Monday, 6 June 2022
Blossoms - Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - 5th June 2022
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Odd Morris / Bleach Boy - Manchester Castle Hotel - 31st May 2022
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Yard Act / Nuha Ruby Ra - Warrington Friars Court - 23rd May 2022
It's not often you catch a band that was involved in a chart battle at the very top end of the album charts in a small venue, but Monday night saw Yard Act hit Warrington and the intimate surroundings of Friars Court for a special set featuring tracks from that album The Overload as well as a few crowd favourites and a special guest appearance.
Monday, 23 May 2022
Proletariat - Manchester Gorilla - 21st May 2022
Sunday, 22 May 2022
John Bramwell And The Full Harmonic Convergence - Castleton Peak Cavern (The Devil's Arse) - 20th May 2022
John Bramwell brought his Full Harmonic Convergence to the picturesque and unique setting of the Devil’s Arse Peak Cavern in Castleton for an exceptionally special long-delayed two hour set primarily featuring songs from their upcoming album The Light Fantastic interspersed with tracks from his Leave Alone The Empty Spaces solo album and his I Am Kloot back catalogue.
Friday, 20 May 2022
Ryley Walker / Simon Joyner - Manchester Yes - 19th May 2022
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Travis / Ben Ottewell - Manchester Albert Hall - 17th May 2022
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Momma - Manchester Yes Basement - 14th May 2022
Momma are about to release their third album Household Name on July 1st and this Manchester show, as part of the ongoing Mood Swings events, is the final stop on a whistlestop tour that coincided with The Great Escape in Brighton and the release of Speeding 72, the third single to be taken from the album.
Friday, 6 May 2022
Ist Ist - Huddersfield Parish - 5th May 2022
Ist Ist's short UK tour made a stop off at the impressive Parish in Huddersfield on Thursday night for a set that spanned their two albums Architecture and The Art Of Lying and previewed three tracks from their third album.
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
Blossoms - Stockport Plaza - 3rd May 2022
Sunday, 1 May 2022
Blossoms - Manchester Band On The Wall - 30th April 2022
To celebrate the release of their fourth studio album Ribbon Around The Bomb Blossoms played two intimate shows at Manchester’s Band On The Wall on Saturday debuting songs from the album as well as running through old favourites from their first three records to an adoring crowd.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Molly Nilsson - Manchester Soup - 29th April 2022
Friday, 29 April 2022
Blossoms - Ribbon Around The Bomb
Kristin Hersh Electric Trio - Manchester Band On The Wall - 28th April 2022
Saturday, 23 April 2022
James / The Slow Readers Club / Surma - Lisbon Campo Pequeno - 22nd April 2022
Friday, 22 April 2022
James / The Slow Readers Club / Surma - Porto Superbock Arena - 21st April 2022
Sunday, 17 April 2022
The Silver Bars / Civic Green / First Lady - Manchester Retro - 16th April 2022
Saturday, 16 April 2022
The Mission / Ist Ist / The Rose Of Avalanche - Manchester Ritz - 14th April 2022
Saturday, 9 April 2022
Crows / Splint - Manchester Yes - 8th April 2022
Friday, 8 April 2022
Folly Group / Qlowski - Manchester Gullivers - 7th April 2022
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Tom Hingley - Edinburgh Old Dr Bell’s Baths - 3rd April 2022
Tom Hingley brought his solo show to the east coast of Scotland this week. Stuart Ralston went to Leith for a stunning career spanning set, not only celebrating his past but also celebrating his future with a clutch of brand new songs. Although there was a stage with a PA, Tom took the decision to body swerve it and pull up a chair in front of the audience, delivering a more personal, revealing and intimate show.