It is a cold, wet and windy night in Hebden Bridge. This Yorkshire town is a mere stone’s throw across the beautiful moors from Haworth where the Brontë sisters lived in virtual seclusion at the Parsonage during...
Read MoreNot many gigs start with a Tibetan bloke ringing a bell over some beats. But this is CocoRosie, an integral part of the New York art rock scene. Based around the talents of sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady, CocoRosie has...
Read MoreSome acts are seen as uncompromising and then there are The Tiger Lillies who seem to make a fetish out of pushing boundaries. It helps that frontman Martyn Jacques has developed a unique falsetto that underpins the macabre,...
Read MoreIf the Hacienda was the clubbing mecca for Madchester then Blow Up performed the same function when Britpop fever took over the nation. Blow Up is still pulling in London’s cool crowd two decades after it started but now founder...
Read MoreWhen a band kicks off its set with a piece of indolent pop perfection like Boredom, you know they must have tons of classics tucked up their sleeves. Anyone who has a copy of Singles Going Steady is well aware that Mancunian...
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