Opinion
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MusicThe Kazimier is set to close: Liverpool reacts
As one of Liverpool's most iconic venues of recent times announces its closure later this year, we ask participants in the local scene what this will mean for the city Read more »| 13 Apr 2015 -
MusicNorthwest Music News – 9 Apr: Other Worlds Festival, The Kazimier Closing and more
Other Worlds Festival – Five To Watch Blackpool isn't hugely renowned for its experimental music scene, but in curating the first ever Other Worl... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
SXSW Music Diary: The Austin Invasion, Rhymesayers 20th, and Swervedriver's survival guide
Unrelenting rain thins the numbers and shows our schedule the window when the festival should be in full swing. There’s an appointment to keep wit... Read more »| 21 Mar 2015 -
OpinionUnder the Influence: Warpaint's Jenny Lee Lindberg
From Aphex to Siouxsie, Warpaint’s bass player goes rummaging through the record bag and tells a potted history of her musical education Read more »| 16 Mar 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News — 12 March | Red Deer Clubs Turns 10, New Hartheim + More
Red Deer Club Turns 10 Starting out as a semi-regular live evening in the upstairs of intimate Withington vegetarian cafe-cum-live space Fuel, Red Deer Club... Read more »| 12 Mar 2015 -
Opinion
Under the Influence: Korn's James "Munky" Shaffer
The Korn seven-stringer recalls some of the most potent records in his collection, from West Coast classics to a band of fellow malcontents they're currently on the road with Read more »| 06 Jan 2015
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FestivalsTrans Musicales 2014, Rennes 4-7 December
Trans Musicales is renowned for its originality and variety. 2014's edition doesn't disappoint Read more »| 19 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014: And the runners-up were...
You've read about our top ten favourite albums of the year – but who was floating under the radar? Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#1): Warpaint – Warpaint (Rough Trade)
Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa on re-thinking and re-imagining Warpaint, the band's most effusively eclectic record to date Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#2): The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave (Fat Cat)
Down but far from out, The Twilight Sad have recovered from “tough times” and delivered their finest album to date. James Graham explains where things go from here Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#3) : The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)
They might've sounded like Dylan and Springsteen to many, but Adam Granduciel ensured the War On Drugs adopted classic tropes in order to ultimately do their own thing Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#4): St. Vincent – St. Vincent
A confident fourth album, a fierce new visual style, a band that is – by one account – the best in the world... Annie Clark has had a pretty good year, all told Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#5): Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
With her second album winning over UK audiences, Angel Olsen explains how collaboration is the key that unlocks her singular vision Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#6): Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Rock Action)
Mogwai's latest opus Rave Tapes saw them applying electronic menace to their beguiling post-rock template, before unexpectedly yet heroically gatecrashing the charts. Stuart Braithwaite discusses the album and beyond Read more »| 02 Dec 2014 -
Albums Of The Year
Albums of 2014 (#7): FKA Twigs – LP1 (Young Turks)
Six months on, FKA Twigs' commanding debut LP1 will still make you work for it. Complicated, heated and completely rewarding, Twigs transcends R&B in her “own damn way” Read more »| 02 Dec 2014