Music Archive
29th March 2016
Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die” – A Modern Feminist Masterpiece?
19 years since Biggie Smalls’ death, can we interpret one of rap’s classics as an unlikely take on feminism?
29th March 2016
With A Little Help From My Friends: A Tribute To George Martin (1926-2016)
A reflection on the legacy of Beatles producer George Martin
29th March 2016
Interview: Swim Deep
Meg Roberts interviews Birmingham five-piece Swim Deep, and explores their radical move from lo-fi dream pop to psychedelic house
29th March 2016
Review: Swim Deep
Swim Deep Manchester Academy 1 Thursday 10th March 2016 7/10 As a seasoned Swim Deep gig-goer, you’d think I know the drill by now. Five gigs in and it’d all be pretty predictable. Not this time. Swim Deep were my sixth-form band, they were my first proper gig, and they were the first band that […]
17th March 2016
Red Bull Culture Clash – Manchester
Manchester hosts “the world’s biggest music battle”, the Red Bull Culture Clash 2016—featuring Manchester-based acts Made in Manchester, LEVELZ, Dub Smugglers and BASSTRONIC fronted by A Guy Called Gerald
17th March 2016
Live review: Red Bull Culture Clash
Manchester hosts the semi-final of the nation’s most manic live music competition. The winner takes all—including a claim to best new act in the city. There can only be one
17th March 2016
Q&A: Eton Messy
Off the launch of their label and their compilation release, Eton Messy had a quick chat with us in the lead up to their secret warehouse show in Manchester
16th March 2016
Cavern of Anti-Matter: Void Beats/Invocation Hex
Born from the ashes of Stereolab, Cavern of Anti-Matter have delivered a glorious retro-futurist bolt of energy
15th March 2016
Watch the Tapes: Are Cassettes Making a Comeback?
Cassette tape sales are the highest in decades. But what is drawing people back to the much-maligned medium?
14th March 2016
Album – Kendrick Lamar: Untitled Unmastered
Kendrick Lamar’s surprise release consolidates the scat-like techniques we loved on TPAB, and then some
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14th March 2016
Record Reappraisal: Arthur Russell – World of Echo
Much of Arthur Russell’s work may not command the listener’s attention, but it certainly deserves it
8th March 2016
Interview: Bloom Twins
Supporting Duran Duran on their UK arena tour, Bloom Twins speak to Paul Norris about their native Ukraine and its effect on their music and lives
8th March 2016
Album: Wild Nothing – Life of Pause
On his third album as Wild Nothing, Jack Tatum is “terrified of being any one thing”. Therein lies the problem
8th March 2016
Album: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
The 1975 deliver a gluttonously self-indulgent new album
8th March 2016
Floating Points – A Tale of Two Sets
Manchester-born Floating Points takes on the challenge of a live set followed by four hours at Hidden in the space of one night. But who would prevail: the producer, or the DJ?
8th March 2016
Live: Lucy Rose, supporting City and Colour
Distinctively inoffensive yet extremely catchy and relaxed
8th March 2016
Live: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
For those wanting something that sounds a bit like Tame Impala on steroids, these are your guys
8th March 2016
Record reappraisal: Virgo Four – Virgo
Virgo Four’s version of Chicago house was always a little more offbeat and introverted than their peers, but it was just as futuristic and innovative
8th March 2016
Live: Bloom Twins (supporting Duran Duran)
The connection between the twins translates beautifully into their music
5th March 2016
Preview – SIDEXSIDE (2nd April 2016)
An all-star line up of DJs in one of the coolest venues in London, SIDEXSIDE Festival is set to add a bit of spice to the Easter Holidays