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They’ve been rocking the folk out of our tiny minds since records began, and now Manchester’s psychedelic folk-rockers The Travelling Band are about to release their third album through Pledge Music, and they need the help of their beautiful fans.
They even gone and made a video to pitch … Read on
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The extortionate price of a dodgy European pils beer aside, downstairs at Soup Kitchen is a good place to see bands. There’s a wide stage, and the room is uncluttered, meaning there’s plenty of space to get a good view. I imagine it’s a good place to play too, … Read on
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Back in 2005-06, in my heady university days, a friend of mine took me to a gig at The Cockpit in Leeds, saying he’d ‘heard good things about this band, iLiKETRAiNS’. Whether he expanded on the capital letters / lowercase ‘i’s thing at that stage, I don’t remember. In … Read on
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There’s a huge black and white face blu tacked to the wall in Strangeways Studios Unit 3. Ernest Hemmingway, I’m reliably informed. You could draw tenuous symbolic links between its vaguely Orwellian presence, the proximity of Her Majesty’s Prison Manchester and ‘The Current State Of The Music Industry’, if … Read on
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Three years on from his first solo album, here we have Paul Banks releasing the first record under his actual name. “Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper” showed us another side to the New Yorker (born in Essex), who is so often known as the gothic, baritone driving force behind the … Read on
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CANTALOUPE
Cantaloupe is a trio from Nottingham. Formed in January 2011 the band consists of ex-Souvaris members John Simson, Aaron Doyle and David Stockwell. Together they combine synth pop, Afropop and Krautrock to create a sound crammed with the kind of charm and catchiness you’d associate with acts such … Read on
Last Harbour are an expansive collective playing ‘swooning dustbowl baroque’ (Plan B) that come from ‘the same tangled patch of briar as The Bad Seeds and Tindersticks‘ (Uncut). The only claims they make for their music are that it be honest and searching. From dusty laments to doom-filled rock, … Read on
Canada’s METZ are a return to everything that’s good about loud, ecstatic live music; a frantic nod to Nation of Ulysses, Shellac, The Pixies, The Jesus Lizard, and Public Image Ltd. at their most vicious, while carving out some heavy new business.
METZ have been around for … Read on
These Brooklyn dreamers have been somewhat elusive for myself since the release of their stunning debut album. Not anymore. Well played to the Ruby Lounge, who have lined up a superb run of shows in the lead up to the festive season.
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Thursdays are wholly underrated. Thursday’s are pub quiz, nearly weekend, half-decent TV days. This Thursday (18th October) sees Karima Francis, flanked by Bill Orrick and Georgie Rose at The Ruby Lounge. It’s in aid of Oxjam; Oxfam’s cooler, musical little brother, brought to you by writers-turned-promoters It Sounded Sweet. … Read on
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