Posts by Month: June 2012

Performing in front of an estimated 2 billion people at the 2010 World Cup Opening Ceremony and astonishing audiences at Glastonbury with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express, Band on the Wall presents Femi Kuti – one of Africa’s biggest stars – live at The HMV Ritz, Manchester.

Emerging from the … Read on

Active Child is the project of Pat Grossi, resident of Los Angeles, native of New Jersey. Inspired by his days as a choir boy and epic nights as a member of the band Weight Room, Grossi combines his soaring vocals and crunching analogue synths with the honey drip drop … Read on

From Saturday 25th to Sunday 26th August, Fat Out Fest, the Manchester-based, DIY festival, returns to Islington Mill for its second year, with a dark and electrifying storm of a line-up set to blast away the other summer festivals.

Weekend tickets cost £25 and give full access to two … Read on

British Sea Power presents Krankenhaus Mankenhaus

“Nocturnal music and arts for all sexes and ethnic profiles featuring amplified sound, fully stocked beer bar plus humane installation of cats listening to Mastodon in wheelie bins.

After BSP relocated to Brighton at the start of this century, their Club Sea Power … Read on

Everyone has a favourite band. One they followed since their first gig all the way to stadium domination. Elbow are mine and I’m all the luckier for it.

I first came across them during the “In the City” festival of 1998. They were playing to a packed Dry Bar … Read on