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Posts by Month February 2011
Video: Mammal Club
Review: The Hold Steady // Wintersleep – The Ritz – 13.02.11
The smoking ban may have done our ailing immune systems and faltering lung capacity the world of good. But Unfortunately the smoky, nicotine tinted air of our clubs and venues has now been filled, not by seemingly virgin and pure O2, but the stench ... Read on
Read on...Review: T.G. Elias – ‘The Man In The Iron Cage’ & ‘God’s Own Land’ Review
WORDS by Chris Mitchell
For those of you who don’t know much about T.G. Elias, the Manchester based singer songwriter has a voice that is somewhere between Tennessee and Wigan. His double album release, The Man in the Iron Cage and God’s Own Land portrays someone who has lived ... Read on
Read on...Video: The Phantom Band
Review: HURTS//SAINT SAVIOUR – Manchester Academy – 08.02.11
“This is the proudest moment of our lives.”
Only last year, this synth-pop duo was sitting in a flat in Rusholme Manchester, songwriting a sample set of tunes. A year later, signed to RCA records, “HURTS” is an internationally recognized formation topping charts and touring like there’s ... Read on
Read on...Video: Patterns
Review: Shockwaves NME Awards Tour
Shoulders hunched over our braced arms, we trudged through the much missed Manchester rain with little expectation other than Manchester’s golden boys, Everything Everything, showing us what great musicians playing constantly for the last year could achieve.
We were met with the harrowing rattle of the extractor fans which ... Read on
Read on...Review: Christopher Eatough ‘A Creek In The Cold’ Album Review
Armed acoustically with intent to break your heart, Christopher Eatough presents his debut album A Creak in the Cold. Released under the aptly named Pull Yourself Together records, it would be fair to say the majority of listeners will need to do just that ... Read on
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