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
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Big Beats, Big Ideas
Eyes For Some Noise
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.
Saintly and Ghostly
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.
Devilry on Devils’ Night
Fucked Up with Eagulls
Sunday October 30, 2011
Sound Control, Manchester
The lofty attic space of Sound Control is sporting decorations of the season as we arrive for what promises to be an evening of uncompromising loud noise.
An Autumn Delight
Veronica Falls with Waiters
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Sunday October 23, 2011
It’s been short but sweet, and as the audience spills out into the autumn evening, Veronica Falls have done everything to satisfy them.
An All Hallows Farewell
Dananananaykroyd
Trof Grosvenor Street, Manchester
Monday October 31, 2011
Despite calling time on a short career, they remain the champions of their unique brand of party hardcore. From the moment they take to a Manchester stage for the last time, we are in for another fantastic show.
Packing Sweet Punches
The Duke Spirit - Bruiser (Universal Records/Fiction)
September 19, 2011
5.2/6.0
This should be the record that all future releases are compared to, and if there is any justice in music at all, should bring major acclaim.
A Return with a Purpose
Emmy The Great- Virtue (Close Harbour)
June 13, 2011
5.3/6.0
When circumstance and personal heartache lead an artist of the talent of Emmy the Great into the kind of soul searching seclusion and reflection experienced in the writing process of Virtue, history tells us that the results can be quite special.
A Festival Mixtape – Tramlines Festival 2011
Rock on to South Yorkshire with Steve's gloriously loud Tramlines mixtape preview. Make sure your speakers are turned up to 15 for this one...
