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My excuse for missing The Magnetic Fields at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2004 was attending the wedding reception of my first girlfriend. As apt an excuse as any for missing the Magnetic Fields…but considering I’d gone out with her for just a couple of months 10 years … Read on
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Shinies have announced a series of tour dates over the next few months, beginning with a performance at Sounds From The Other Festival, before then proceeding with support slots for the likes of Said the Whale, Oberhofer, and Milk Maid. With the release of their debut 7″ single ‘Shola/Pillow Talk’ … Read on
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Oh my lamb rogan GOSH! By now you must know that we adore the activities of Underachievers, Please Try Harder, the best clubnight and one of the finest promoters within these city walls. In that case, you will know that we are forever on hand to film their … Read on
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Having been together for less than a year and already building strong support in native Manchester, Doctrines are set for a late June release of their second excellently crafted EP, ‘ZE’, this time through indie-bopping label, Alcopop! and the masters of bespoke packaging AC/Dsleeve.
Doctrines’ infectious brand of raucous, … Read on
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Hailing from Crumpsall, North Manchester, Thomas Long’s Easter have been blowing hats off heads at live shows for the past few years, and now, with the beautiful EP ‘Hob Talk’ under their belt, they have announced the release of debut album, ‘Innocence Man’ on White Box Recordings.
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Back in the 70s and 80s, ITV had a talent show called New Faces – a kind of precursor to Britain’s Got Talent which took the best (and worst) of the acts doing the club circuits and showed them off for the delight of the audience and the derision … Read on
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In the glitchy sink, some chick’s reverberating “Yeahs” bounce off the cocaine-sprinkled porcelain. You raise your head to meet the gaze of your own psychotic pin-prick pupils in the mirror. You’re King of this City; Sure, you may enjoy a bit of a ruckus, maybe even half-inched … Read on
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Manchester’s balls to the wind, fuzz-psych gladiators Milk Maid are set to release their second album, ‘Mostly No’, on the wonderful FatCat Records this summer, and to celebrate they have lovingly prepared an album teaser featuring the infectious fuzzy pop song ‘Do Right’, which incidentally, is available for free download! … Read on
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Bringing together two of Manchester’s most promising and invigorating breakout bands of recent times, the latest offering from Manchester based micro-label, Icecapades, crams 12 minutes of classic, hook-laden pop precision onto both sides of this 45rpm 7”.
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DOT TO DOT Festival, the event that aims to showcase some of the best indie acts around, as well as catapolt the latest wave of talked about talent into the stratosphere has put together a delightful teaser to get our juices bubbling in the musical pan. Check it out!
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