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Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny with Goodbye Lenin
Trof Grosvenor Street (The Deaf Institute), Manchester
Wednesday 22nd February, 2012
Beth and the band have no need for samples, synthesisers or Apple Mac trickery. Her voice alone is as joyous and dizzying as a white knuckle ride.
Benjamin selects his four favourite Manic Street Preachers singles (and a fifth which he deems worthy of a single release) as they announce a very special festive show at The O2...
Aloe Blacc
Academy 3, Manchester
Wednesday April 27, 2011
As Aloe Blacc himself describes it, this is a party, not merely a concert.
Esben and the Witch – Violet Cries (Matador)
January 31st, 2011
4.2/6.0
Violet Cries is not the cult modern classic which E&TW so clearly possess the potential to create. But it disappoints only when judged by the high ambitions and expectations which the artists have set for themselves and their audience.
Benjamin looks across the Pennines to the best of the lineup from this weekend's Constellations Festival...
Ah, Side B of Benjamin's Bestival mixtape...probably the only compilation to feature Roxy Music, The Prodigy and Rolf Harris(!).
With just over two weeks to go until the Motel heads to Robin Hill Country Park en masse, here's the first half of Benjamin's mixtape - featuring Dizzee Rascal, Fever Ray and Darwin Deez...
Benjamin's Field Day mixtape, featuring Memory Tapes, Beth Jeans Houghton, and Phoenix (naturellement).
NME Radar Tour featuring Hurts, Everything Everything and Darwin Deez
Academy 3, Manchester
Wednesday April 28th, 2010
Not content with its weekly magazine, website and online radio station, NME is back on the road. The Radar Tour, a less prestigious little sibling of the NME Awards Tour which has previously launched the careers of Arctic Monkeys amongst others, brings four emerging bands to Manchester tonight.
We Have Band with The Switch
Sound Control, Manchester
Thursday, April 1st 2010
Tonight is a homecoming show for one third of We Have Band. So it's no surprise that Dede, a native of Manchester, has invited her friends and family to join the party.
