Casiokids
Trof Grosvenor Street (The Deaf Institute), Manchester
Friday January 21, 2012
As one might expect from a band who once performed in a hot air balloon, Casiokids' otherwise conventional stage layout has two noticeable additions - a newspaper supplement and a pitta bread.
The Big Pink - Future This (4AD)
January 16, 2012
5.2/6.0
A record bursting with ideas - refreshingly different, yet familiar at the same time
Hawk Eyes - Mindhammer EP (Brew Records)
December 12, 2011
5.0/6.0
You can't help but admire the band’s ability to put together watertight studio arrangements that still pack a massive punch.
Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour
January 16, 2012
1.5/6.0
Unfortunately, A Flash Flood of Colour is an anaemic blend of bro-step and metal that falls short of its historic forebears.
Vintage Trouble Club Academy, Manchester Tuesday November 15, 2011 The account Vintage Read more »
Find out where to pick up a copy of our (delayed) review of 2011, starring Tune-Yards, Ghosting Season, The History of Apple Pie and Dry the River.
It's only Franz bloody Ferdinand and they're only bloody well headlining Field Day 2012! Kate names five old songs she'd like to see them play...
The Miserable Rich with Alabaster DePlume
St Phillips Church Salford
Thursday November 3, 2011
As James de Malplaquet’s voice projects a capella around the room, you realise this has been a real feast of the senses.
