Reviews
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ReviewsKamasi Washington @ Manchester Academy 2, 28 June
Though he may be best known to many as the saxophonist who helped flesh out Kendrick Lamar’s game-changing To Pimp a Butterfly, Kamasi Washin... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
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Saint Etienne/The Pastels @ The Art School, 23 June
So the referendum popped round and did a massive Brexit, right then and there on the living room carpet. It didn’t have to be this way, and both The Pa... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
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Car Seat Headrest @ Broadcast, 23 June
James Hindle of The Pooches has left his bandmates at home for his opening set tonight. The songwriter has just an acoustic guitar for company, but fills the... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsTy Segall & The Muggers @ The Art School, 22 June
The trauma begins with the delinquent racket of Ausmuteants. The four-piece rip through a short, sharp support set heavy on primitive rhymes, synth blasts an... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsWild Nothing @ CCA Glasgow, 15 June
Pop music is a tricky beast; a delicate dance between panache and authenticity. Fear Of Men take both qualities by the horns, delivering up an impassioned pe... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
ReviewsMbongwana Star @ Band On The Wall, 23 June
Occasionally, events don’t unfold in the way you expect them to. Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is an eerie, innovative, moody, nocturnal LP, dra... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016
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Parquet Courts @ La Belle Angele, 16 June
A near sell-out La Belle Angele crowd is struggling to make up its mind about Housewives. The London group are flexing their muscles and dealing out some ind... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Parklife 2016: The Review
Manchester's flagship celebration of dance, electro, pop and rock returns to Heaton Park for a fourth year in fine form Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
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Ben Folds and yMusic @ Usher Hall, 14 June
“Every year, I make up 12 or 13 new songs,” Ben Folds explains dryly. “That means we’ve got... 11 more to go.” We’re two ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2016 -
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Royal Headache / The #1s @ Broadcast, 14 June
Two different shades of punk rock come to Broadcast. Dublin's #1s (or 'Number Ones' if you prefer; they're not fussy) are up first, and they're the ones who ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Field Day 2016: The Review
Field Day rings in 10 years with celebratory headline turns from James Blake, PJ Harvey and some almighty storm clouds. Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound 2016: The Review
For British music festival veterans wearily accustomed to watching live music from under the hood of a dripping anorak, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound – a festival effectively located on a Mediterranean beach – is something of a sunny novelty Read more »| 13 Jun 2016 -
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Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves @ The Hug and Pint, 4 June
Whoever released Kaspar Hauser from their box is certain to be looking sheepish. Loud, unctuous, and wielding darkwave hooks straight out of some 1983 nether... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
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Zyna Hel @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 3 June
Whisper it, but there’s something of the am-dram to tonight. Which sounds catty and mealy-mouthed when it isn’t designed to be; it’s just t... Read more »| 09 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Brew At The Bog 2016: The Review
Sunshine is here – cue the annual slew of summer festivals vying for our holiday time (and a big slice of our bank accounts). With a multitude of event... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016