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Dinosaur Jr

Dinosaur Jr: Live Review

HMV Ritz, Friday 1st February, 2013

 

All my friends love Dinosaur Jr. I like what I’ve heard; Sitting watching Alien Workshop skate DVDs with my spotty weeded up mates, moshing my little nut of a … Read on

By: Sam Alder on 03/02/2013. Tags: dinosaur jr
Christopher Owens Lysandre

Christopher Owens: Lysandre – Album Review

Fat Possum / Turnstile

 

At a glance it would appear that Christopher Owens is out to test the loyalty of his devoted fans: having jumped ship as Girls grew dangerously close to celebrating  … Read on

By: Ben Woods on 01/02/2013. Tags: Christopher Owens, Girls, Lysandre
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Rae Morris: ‘Grow’ EP Review

Atlantic Records

 

 

“Music is me in my rawest state” writes Rae Morris, one of the North’s brightest lights.

Following a whirlwind tour of BBC adverts, a commissioned song for Skins, tours … Read on

By: Adam Keyworth on 27/01/2013. Tags: grow, rae morris
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Blood Red Shoes: ‘Water’ EP Review

V2 Records

 

For Blood Red Shoes 2012 has, by all accounts, been their busiest year yet; releasing third album ‘In Time To Voices’, touring extensively and playing their largest shows to … Read on

By: Rebecca Stephens on 23/01/2013. Tags: blood red shoes, water
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Weird Era + Mistoa Polsta & Temple Songs: Live Review

Fuel, Friday 18th January 2013

 

Fuel Bar Café; vendor of animal, vegetable and musical philanthropy, and Withington’s answer to several questions that are yet to be asked, is twenty-two bus stops from Manchester city … Read on

By: Lucy Holt on 23/01/2013. Tags: fuel, temple songs, weird era
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Brown Brogues: Live Review

+ Queer'd Science, The Roadhouse 12.01.13

 

In the usual damp sweatiness of Manchester’s underground Roadhouse, Wigan’s finest Brown Brogues staged their eagerly anticipated album launch. The debut album; Born To Lose, from Ultra Cool Records … Read on

By: Adam Keyworth on 16/01/2013. Tags: Brown Brogues, Queer'd Science
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Ren Harvieu and Friends Christmas Show: Live Review

The Ruby Lounge, Sunday 23rd December 2012

 

Fronting the eternally rouge curtained stage, which was tonight lit by thick candles and bright flowers, Ren Harvieu casts her sensual spell once more upon the packed out underground … Read on

By: Adam Keyworth on 10/01/2013. Tags: Christmas, ren harvieu, Ren Harvieu and Friends, the ruby lounge
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PINS: Live Review

+ 'King DJ & Female Band, The Bunker, Friday 21st December 2012

 

6 months after a defining gig with Savages, PINS once again storm SWAYS Records’ incredible Fuhrer Bunker. Within deep Mancunian suburbia and down many a dodgy road lies the … Read on

By: Adam Keyworth on 10/01/2013. Tags: Fuhrer Bunker, pins, the bunker
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‘Psychmare’ Kult Country, Hookworms, Francis Lung: Live Review

Soup Kitchen, Thursday 20th December 2012

 

A Thursday evening in pursuit of the grime de la crop of Manchester’s ambassadors of psycadellica and vendors of the bizarre took place within a setting of atmospheric grimness. … Read on

By: Lucy Holt on 09/01/2013. Tags: francis lung, hookworms, Kult Country, Psychmare, Psychmare before christmas
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Yeasayer: Live Review

+ Glass Animals, Academy 2, Monday 3rd December 2012

 

Glass Animals are a neat, precise little band, who savour in the modernness of their set up. For the most part, the singer is accompanied by two synth players, … Read on

By: Jonathan Rathbone on 24/12/2012. Tags: Academy 2, Manchester Academy 2, Yesayer