Jake Bugg wows Manchester
The crowd here at Manchester’s Ritz is a right old mix – there are your 17-year-old girls obviously (and no shortage of 17-year-old boys, I have to say) but also folk old enough to be Jake Bugg’s grandparents....
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Primal Scream
In the mid to late 90s I must’ve seen just about every indie band going, but for some unknown reason I had never managed to catch Primal Scream live. This gig at Manchester Academy, their last of the year, showed me just...
Read MoreIt’s got to be…the Perfect Eddi Reader
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” This (now, somewhat clichéd) sentiment by...
Read MoreCall the cops: Happy Mondays are back in town
From the darkness appears a shaman anointing the air with his beaded rattle, his trancelike state allowing him access to the spirit worlds where he channels the crowds’ energies into his own ritualistic ecstasy. He shakes...
Read MoreNorthern Soul meets Harp and a Monkey
They have been described as ‘Elbow for seafarers and ramblers’ and have made a name for themselves as electro-folk storytellers. Ahead of their new album, All Life is Here, Ramsbottom-based Harp and a Monkey talk to...
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