Team Ghost
Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Despite their leader's well documented musical ancestry, Team Ghost are far from being a one-man band.
James Blake, Team Ghost and more feature in Benjamin's Take Five touring roundup special for April.
Rebekka Karijord
The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The force which unites the two extremes of power and fragility is a voice of awesome eccentricity and uniqueness... as heavy snow falls outside, her icy sound provides an ideal soundtrack to the inclement conditions.
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.
Jabez Clegg and Krobar, Manchester, January 30th 2009 A festival? In winter? It's a crazy idea, but if anyone can make it work, then Friends...
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Higher Than The Stars EP (Fortuna POP!)
November 9th, 2009
4.8/6.0
Love 'em or hate 'em, and most music fans these days seem to fall into the former category, you have to commend The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart for their prolificness and sense of timing. Within weeks of their self titled album being demoted to the bargain bins of hipster supermarket Urban Outfitters, they're back with a new EP in advance of their December UK tour.
"Excuse me," asks a wide-eyed chap I encounter near Lost and Found, "do you think there's a stove in Outer Space?" Why, I'm not sure, I reply, realising I'm stood next to a sign bearing the words Outer Space... Said gentleman dives inside a piece of corrugated tubing at my feet and wriggles through... like he's auditioning for the Krypton Factor.
OK. Make yourselves comfortable, it's time for the biggest Fugitive Motel about-face in our short and chequered history.
