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ReviewsPixies @ Apollo, Manchester, 4 Dec
Everyone loves The Pixies. Right? Everyone. They have a back catalogue to die for, and a humble story of producing amazing albums that didn’t make them... Read more »| 12 Dec 2016 -
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Talib Kweli @ HiFi Club, Leeds, 2 Dec
“You see, I don’t really know what that is,” admits a bemused Talib Kweli to the brim-full basement of HiFi. We’re half-way through t... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsPsychic Ills @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 30 Nov
Psych-pop. Desert blues. Country jams. Experimental rock. It's fair to say that multiple genre labels have been applied to NYC group Psychic Ills. A decade o... Read more »| 08 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsTeenage Fanclub @ Barrowlands, 3 Dec
In a year poisoned by loss and conflict, Teenage Fanclub's soothing aural embrace became more necessary than ever. September saw the group release its tenth ... Read more »| 08 Dec 2016 -
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Jesus & His Judgemental Father @ Maguire's, 1 Dec
On this bitterly cold December evening, the back room of Maguires provides the perfect setting for a DIY punk show to raise the temperature. Red Winter warm ... Read more »| 08 Dec 2016 -
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Oozing Wound @ Star & Garter, Manchester, 1 Dec
For all the talk of the importance of progress in pop music, it’s worth remembering that some genres are celebrated not for their forward-thinking evol... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016
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Kate Tempest / All We Are @ The Art School, 1 Dec
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts' graduates All We Are put in a peppy turn, drawing the attention of a chatty, full capacity Art School with rich voca... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsLush @ Academy, Manchester, 25 Nov
"Shoegaze!" Tonight's audience – the last audience Lush will ever play to – expresses its in-the-moment-joy, its abiding love and... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
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Hinds @ Manchester Academy 2, 26 Nov
If we could join any band, it’d be Hinds: these Madrileñas are the coolest garage pop girls in town. Dreams come true, then, during their M... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
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How To Dress Well @ Stereo, 23 Nov
Despite the iced streets outside, How To Dress Well – aka Tom Krell – and his touring band thawed a frozen Wednesday evening, imbuing Stereo&rsqu... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
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The Front Bottoms @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 22 Nov
Glancing over the O2 Ritz’s crowd of teen scene kids (dressed top to toe in black band merch) gives you a good idea of what The Front Bottoms are about... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
Festivals
Le Guess Who? 2016 – The Review
We delve into a land of churches, cutting-edge music and festivals within festivals at Le Guess Who? in Utrecht Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
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Honeyblood @ O2 Academy 2, Liverpool, 18 Nov
Liverpool three-piece Trudy and the Romance kick things off with disjointed riffs accompanied by doo-wop style vocals and raucous, sludgy guitar, creati... Read more »| 25 Nov 2016 -
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Anaïs Mitchell @ La Belle Angèle, 20 Nov
For the past few years, it’s seemed like Anaïs Mitchell has been ascending, and tonight, closing out her tour in Edinburgh, it genuinely feels lik... Read more »| 24 Nov 2016 -
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Kristin Hersh @ Gorilla, Manchester, 13 Nov
From up on Gorilla's balcony, minutes before Kristin Hersh takes to the stage, a genuine and perfectly reasonable question from the young sound guy: "Have yo... Read more »| 24 Nov 2016