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Dinosaur Pile-Up + Bad Grammar : Live Review
My ears are still ringing. They don’t take high levels of distortion like they used to.
Mainly, I blame the sound engineering, which was pretty atrocious all night. Vocals … Read on
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra: Live Review
“You’re lucky tonight, fortunately she’s fine with stuff like this” says a doorman after the obligatory rifle through my bag in which I routinely point out the camera that … Read on
Ghost Outfit ‘I Want You To Destroy Me’ : Album Review
Music is passion. It is fire and splendour and vital, visceral life. It lives and breathes and sings out the joys and heartbreaks of humanity and it rages against … Read on
Boards Of Canada: ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ – Album Review
‘Good’ commentary of ‘good’ music has conventional methods of operation. It opens with an elliptical and acute observation about the relevance of the band within their socioeconomic context. There … Read on
Tunng ‘Turbines’ – Album Review
Concept albums are dangerous things. They smack of musicians who, tired of the world around them, disappear up their own orifices to invent somewhere they can indulge their every overblown
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Spectrals: ‘Sob Story’ – Album Review
Potential is too often a word used in reviews of bands that are taking their first tentative steps into the twisted world of the music industry. It can be … Read on
Mount Eerie: Live Review
Sometimes, against their better judgment, people guess their way through a situation. Sometimes they guess their way through their whole lives. Sometimes they guess their way through a few … Read on
Phosphorescent: Live Review
Matthew Houck possesses all the required potential to bring to a close a blissful Manchester bank holiday weekend. His (mildly) psychedelic folk rock (which fist came to the attention … Read on
Public Service Broadcasting: Live Review
It’s been 12 months of hard work for the members of Public Service Broadcasting since the release of their widely touted ‘The War Room’ E,P in 2012. The current … Read on
Die Hexen, Bernard + Edith & Shield Patterns: Live Review
The third edition of Tru Luv, at the Dulcimer in Chorlton hosted acts Shield Patterns, Bernard + Edith, and headliner DIE HEXEN, with resident DJs Break Dance Not … Read on
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