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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 -
ReviewsHinds @ 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 -
ReviewsHow 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 -
FestivalsLe 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 -
ReviewsKristin 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 -
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Julia Holter @ Cathedral, Manchester, 15 Nov
The Californian pop firebrand brings her vitally diverse live show to historic surroundings in Manchester Read more »| 24 Nov 2016 -
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RM Hubbert @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 21 Nov
The parts shouldn't really add up to the whole. Man with acoustic guitar, playing music derived from flamenco stylings and the dynamics of mid-90s post-rock,... Read more »| 23 Nov 2016 -
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Wilco @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 18 Nov
There aren't many bands who own their back catalogue like Wilco. Where other acts might spurn their earliest releases, Wilco retrieve theirs like parts of su... Read more »| 22 Nov 2016 -
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Julia Jacklin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 8 Nov
It's not that Julia Jacklin has to silence the doubters: the response to her recent debut Don't Let the Kids Win was overwhelmingly positive, lauding the dep... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
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Peaches @ Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, 11 Nov
Peaches' arrival in Liverpool just a couple of days after America had voted in potentially the most divisive President in their history is a welcome diversio... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
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Black Mountain @ Stereo, Glasgow, 14 Nov
Black Mountain are a band you need to see live in order to truly appreciate their magic. On record, the Canadian five-piece have near perfected the art of st... Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
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Slaves @ Barrowlands, 18 Nov
Garage punk duo Slaves have certainly come a long way since the wider public first started paying attention, following their performance on Later with Jools ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2016