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ReviewsLittle Boots @ Gorilla, Manchester, 14 May
Doubters wondered whether Victoria Hesketh had been too easily distracted from her to-do list in the four years since debut Hands, but new album Nocturnes sc... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
ReviewsSounds from the Other City, Various Venues (Salford), 5 May
From psych rock howled out over a United-Chelsea game to a goth samba band in the street, two intrepid explorers enjoy the inherently bonkers offerings at Salford's ninth annual DIY all-dayer, Sounds from the Other City Read more »| 14 May 2013 -
ReviewsDeafheaven / The Secret / No Island @ Ivory Blacks, 7 May
No Island's simplistic approach to aggressive music is at odds with the heavily textured nature of our headliners, but these local noisemakers aren't fazed; ... Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
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Death Grips @ SWG3, 30 April
A question is circulating through the crowd – where is the drum kit? Unfortunately, the answer is probably 'Sacramento.' Zach Hill's barefoot... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
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Low @ The Classic Grand, 27 April
Ten minutes before tonight’s headline set is scheduled to start, a projected clock commences a countdown. With fifteen seconds left, Low take... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
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Matthew E. White @ The Arches, 24 April
For whatever reason, it seems to take Matthew E White a couple of songs to find his feet tonight. Opener Will You Love Me waltzes past with negligi... Read more »| 02 May 2013
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ReviewsSerafina Steer @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 April
Serafina Steer's third and latest album, the Jarvis Cocker-produced The Moths Are Real, confirmed the young harpist as an artist of vision and depth. Measure... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
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Patterns @ The Roadhouse, Manchester, 13 April
Do you remember your fifth birthday? No, me neither, but I presume it was dire; someone will have thrown a tantrum and it was most probably a wholly regretta... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Reviews...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Turbowolf @ SWG3, 20 April
For starters tonight, Turbowolf serve up a psychedelic punk rock stew laced with chugging, down-tuned riffs, screechy, discordant soloing and rumbl... Read more »| 25 Apr 2013 -
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Edwyn Collins @ O2 ABC, 18 April
When Edwyn Collins walks onstage, the lights are still up and background music continues to play quietly through the PA. Yet his supporting cane casts a dist... Read more »| 25 Apr 2013 -
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Pere Ubu / Variety Lights @ Mono, 17 April
Seminal is an overused word, but it can be fairly applied to both Pere Ubu and the earlier work of Variety Lights’ David Baker: as the original fr... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
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Shield Patterns @ The Castle Hotel, Manchester, 17 April
You'd be forgiven for not realising that this is only Shield Patterns' second show: Claire Brentnall's porcelain songs arrive seemingly complete and finalise... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
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Daughter @ Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, 22 April
With a predilection for knotty, staccato rhythms and minimal melodies, Daughter strive to avoid standard indie tropes – and recent debut If You Leave s... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
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Team Ghost / Sonic Hearts Foundation @ Broadcast, 10 April
Despite the entire evening being beset with technical problems – vocals drift in and out, disappearing behind squalls of guitar feedback, and the ... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
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Steve Mason @ King Tuts, Glasgow, 9 April
By his own estimation, Steve Mason is operating at about 80% strength tonight due to a lousy start-of-tour cold. But, he adds, “that’s still enou... Read more »| 15 Apr 2013