Music Archive
Preview: Parklife Festival
Only a few weeks left now until what will most likely be the third-annual sold out Parklife Weekender.
Preview: Latitude Festival
Complete with neon sheep and extensive arts events across the site, there’s more than a weekend’s worth to get involved with.
Preview: Hideout Festival
Set to become a mainstay on the overseas festival circuit, Hideout can surely equal anything a UK festival can offer, and then some.
Preview: Download Festival
Loud, crammed and for the most part jolly, though there may be a few more shouts of “SLAYER!!!” at 5am.
Live: Steps @ MEN Arena
There are certainly much worse ways to spend a Thursday night in Manchester.
Live: Ladyhawke @ Ruby Lounge
This down to earth starlet performs effortlessly yet impeccably.
Preview: Benicassim festival
Forget partying with the post-AS level results crowd at Leeds or trawling through the routine Glastonbury mud, make your festival experience this year Benicassim.
The Generation of Idiots
As the Beach Boys celebrate their 50th anniversary tour, trawling the length and breadth of America and Europe off the back of their 30th studio album, one must hark back to pop music’s golden age. The Beach Boys were once part of one of pop music’s most notorious duels, in constant competition with four mop-haired […]
Feature: Good looking music
New albums just don’t have the same impact anymore because the music is all too easy to come by.
Live: Dry The River
It’s nice to hear from a band that are capable of putting their own stamp on current trends rather than merely diluting them.
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Live: The Dandy Warhols @ Academy 2
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the majority of this gig was spent waiting for ‘that song’.
Classic album: Deep Purple – Machine Head
Machine Head is a heavy rock milestone that should be in everyone’s collection.
Feature: The Haçienda: 30 Years On
Its creation gave the house movement a home in Manchester, and its legacy remains to this day.
Live: The Futureheads @ RNCM
Full of theatrics and refreshing anecdotes, The Futureheads have thrown off the necessity to fit into the indie scene.
Interview and Live: Seye
Lovely chap, Seye, sits down with Jonathon Lewis to talk about his continual rise to fame.
Classic album: Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye is more than ‘Sexual Healing’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’, as this classic album demonstrates.
Interview: Scroobius Pip
Scroobius Pip chats to Elisha Mansuroglu about Beach Break, Celebrity Big Brother and the possibility of shaving his beard off.
Live: The Resurrection of Warehouse Project
I’m very sorry but the title of this year’s ‘Most Anticipated Resurrection’ must go to the revival of Warehouse Project.
Interview: Rival Sons
Tom Ingham catches up with Rival Sons bassist Robin Everhart to discuss their debut album and life on the road.
Live: Steel Panther @ Academy 1
Steel Panther’s Balls Out tour was possibly the best gig I’ve ever been to – and I’ve seen Meatloaf live.