Next in Up and Becoming we have 5 brilliant tracks from: FEVER, Dirty Laces, Strange Hellos and Professor Yaffle. As per usual, there will be a link to a playlist of all the songs at the end of the post. Lets drive straight in with this weeks tracks. FEVER: Honesty Read more…
I started following Bloxx all the way back in 2017 when they only had 4 songs released, and their cover art still had a consistent hand drawn look to it. Flash forward 3 years, and I finally have an album to enjoy. Over the years I had seen their sound Read more…
This is another album I had recommended to me. Before this point I hadn’t yet had the pleasure of discovering the bliss of a Willie J Healey record. After a couple of runs through, I felt obligated to feature this LP on Gigmouths’ “Album Highlight”. Album Run Through Album opener Read more…
For the first post of the Up and Becoming series we feature songs from James Holt, Columbia, Neon Waltz and Howie Payne. A playlist of all the songs will be linked below. So without wasting any time, lets get into the tracks you should be adding to your playlists: James Read more…
Now that Le-gig-cy has concluded, It’s time to announce the new blog series which will be taking its place. Sadly live music is still postponed and still looks to be for a while yet, therefore “Artist of the Week” is also going to have to stay postponed for now. In Read more…
For the final post in the Le-gig-cy series, I take a look at a double-serving of Bloxx. As both gigs were memorable, I thought best to combine them into one last article. The structure will be similar to previous Le-gig-cy posts, but will have a double “The Gig” section. Before Read more…
If you read my previous Le-gig-cy article about The Lathums, you’ll know just how highly I rate these guys. I would go as far to as say these are my biggest tip for the next massive guitar band. They’re already selling out 1000+ capacity venues in under an hour, without Read more…
Four days ago, I wrote an article about the imminent closure to two of Manchester’s music institutions. In the article I talked about the losses to the culture and nightlife of the city. However, I also said there was hope. For once the hope was well placed. My Original Article Read more…
For the 4th le-gig-cy post, I write about seeing The Wombats’ Matt Murphy (Murph’s) solo project, Love Fame Tragedy, on the 29th Feb 2020. Before The Gig: As a big fan of The Wombats, it was natural I would hear about the new venture of their front man. The Wombats Read more…
As of Thursday the 16th July, two of Manchester’s best musical institutions, The Deaf Institute and Gorilla, have had to close their doors for good. The venues have provided countless amounts of entertainment from live gigs, to club nights and comedy. In doing so they have enhanced the culture of Read more…