Culture Archive
5th December 2011
Album: Drake – Take Care
That difficult second album cliché proves its truth this time around.
5th December 2011
Live: Aphex Twin @ Warehouse Project
A 5 star review for the Irish-born producer’s second set on British soil in over a year.
5th December 2011
Live: A Day To Remember @ Academy 1
ADTR are breaking down borders and redefining genres to create the music they and their fans want.
5th December 2011
Live: Wild Beasts
Both band and venue remain amongst the live circuit’s best-kept secrets. On tonight’s evidence though, they surely won’t be secrets for much longer.
5th December 2011
Live: The Staves @ Sacred Trinity Church
Angelic voices, folky tones and complex harmonies make up this choir of 3 young sisters’ sound.
5th December 2011
Live: Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore’s new album, Demolished Thoughts, has been lost somewhat in the live translation.
5th December 2011
Arts Council Internship Guidelines: step towards change or façade of equality?
Becky Williams discusses internships in the Arts
5th December 2011
Interview: Lisa Hannigan @ St. Phillips Church
As lovely as gigs in churches can be, Lisa Hannigan’s set needs less restriction and more sweatiness.
4th December 2011
Live: Madina Lake @ Academy 2
Bassist Matthew Leone’s fight for his life last year has only made Madina Lake more appreciative of what they’ve got.
30th November 2011
Preview: Fenech-Soler
In preparation for their Apollo gig, Phoebe Clarke has a chat with Fenech-Soler’s Ben Duffy.
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28th November 2011
Interview: Alabama 3
The bizarre fusion between country and acid house makes Alabama 3 an intriguing act.
28th November 2011
Manchester’s MadLab is alive and cooking
The lab where science and art are fused: bonkers, but brilliant.
28th November 2011
Album: A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
Sam Flynn remembers classic hip hop album, The Low End Theory, and why it was once termed “the Sgt. Pepper of hip hop”.
28th November 2011
Spektrast Magazine
Spektrast is a fairly new enterprise with the goal to be a space where creative talent can be show-cased, and invalidate the general opinion that students are lazy so-and-so’s, which none of us have ever been or ever will be. Fact. Set up by Steph Whalley, a second year Film and Sociology student at University […]
28th November 2011
Air Pressure: fight or flight…or farm?
Whitworth Art Gallery’s latest installation
28th November 2011
Noel’s latest chapter
Fielding sticks it to the virtual and hits a home run for the tangible
26th November 2011
Album: The Wombles – The W Factor
Pointy-nose, furry creatures return with their very own recycled rubbish.
26th November 2011
Live: King Charles @ Roadhouse
The regally named King Charles conquers the hearts of girls across the nation.
26th November 2011
Live: Red Hot Chili Peppers @ MEN Arena
If RHCP can no longer put on a show like this one, that’ll be when to call it a day. Until then though, it’d be criminal for them to stop.
26th November 2011
Live- Anna Calvi @ Manchester Cathedral
An accomplished and interesting live show, Anna Calvi is an act that could restore your faith in British music.