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LIVE: PATTI SMITH – 05/06/2018
Patti Smith -APOLLO, MANCHESTER- Tucked into the modest seats of the Apollo’s circle, and the second song in is a cover of ‘Paint in Black’ by The Rolling Stones. It’s an impromptu addition. Patti...
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LIVE: BC CAMPLIGHT – 10/10/2018
BC Camplight -GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Half way through proceedings – a sweaty, sleazy gorgeous romp of a night – and Brian Christinzio takes off his lounge lizard jacket to reveal a T-shirt with the...
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LIVE: JANE WEAVER – 21/10/2018
Jane Weaver -ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, MANCHESTER- Not much about tonight feels of this world and that’s OK. Normal is over-rated. Normal is terra firma and not is more about a kind of astral ascendency....
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LIVE: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – 25/01/2019
Death Cab For Cutie -ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- Ben Gibbard is modest with his ‘between-song’ banter tonight, but at one point the Death Cab frontman tells Manchester that this is their favourite city to...
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LIVE: THE SLOW READERS CLUB / LIAM FROST – 11/04/2019
The Slow Readers Club -GORILLA, MANCHESTER- “REEE-DERS! REEE-DERS! REEE-DERS” Between songs, this low-lung call rings out around the walls of Gorilla like a football chant, like Utd fans singing...
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INTERVIEW: DONALD JOHNSON (A CERTAIN RATIO)
A Certain Ratio One ratio is certain. ACR are 40 years old. And to celebrate, the band – via their latest record label Mute – have released ACR:BOX – an absolutely engorged collection of 50-odd...
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LIVE: MANIC STREET PREACHERS / GWENNO – 20/05/2019
Manic Street Preachers -THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- “C’mon everyone… sing along!” Normally at a charged, fizzing, visceral gig like the Manics in the rather cosy environs of The Ritz, a call to arms such as...
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LIVE: A CERTAIN RATIO – 24/05/2019
A Certain Ratio -YES, MANCHESTER- The whistles chirrup, as though there are unseen urban disco crickets stalking the dancefloor of the Pink Room at Yes, rubbing their legs in celebration at the...
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LIVE: RICHARD HAWLEY – 07/10/2019
Richard Hawley -ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- In the words of Chandler Bing, could things BE anymore Manchester, as I step out of my apartment building and step pretty straight into John Thomson, walking...
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LIVE: BC CAMPLIGHT – 29/11/2019
BC Camplight -YES, MANCHESTER- “I think we’ve got just enough time for one more”. Brian Christinzio, AKA BC Camplight, mumble-growls from somewhere deep within this thick trucker beard, from out...
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