Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon is set to return to Gorilla after a sold out show in 2014 with new album Crab Day and a new show including a visual concept from a short film she has been working on. The artist will release her fourth album, Crab Day, on 15 April via Turnstile on LP, CD and download….
Having caught False Advertising performing at the Deaf Institute before Christmas, it’s fair to say that I expected a high quality performance. It’s also fair to say that they delivered just that. Gullivers may be smaller as a venue and the crowd a couple of hundred lighter, but False Advertising still pack a punch. And…
The Halle is set to perform a series of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in March including their specials, Classical Greats and Oscars for Orchestra. Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm Hallé Pops – Classical Greats Programme: Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Elgar Chello Concerto; Copland Fanfare for the Common Man; Barber Adagio…
Nashville psych crew All Them Witches offered the first taste of their new album Dying Surfer Meets His Maker with Dirt Preachers, which was recently released. Heavy, heady and hypnotic, within each build-up, breakdown, riff and groove lays an iconoclastic blend of rock music’s furthest reaches. Tree-top flying through doom-blues pastures and stoned, desert-rock passageways…
Emilie & Ogden, aka Emilie Kahn and her harp, Ogden, is set to perform at Manchester’s The Castle on 2 March as part of a brief run of dates for the Montreal artist, who released her debut album 10 000 on 20 November 2015 through Secret City Records. Emilie discovered the harp when The Barr…
Following his Top 20 debut album, Man Like I, Natty is back with his highly anticipated second album Release The Fear, a future-roots, concept album addressing love, redemption, self-identity and unity. It has been seven years since the north London artist who blends soul and reggae with the revolutionary spirit of the 60s and 70s…
Tori Kelly returns to the UK for a headline tour, following hugely successful appearances in London last year and a supporting slot on Sam Smith’s UK dates. Tori Kelly has enjoyed a rapid rise, culminating in a highly successful 2015 for the Californian singer. The year saw her release her debut album Unbreakable Smile, an…
The last twelve months has seen a number of high-profile gigs and appearances for Sound of the Sirens, building a substantial media interest and fanbase. Appearances at festivals including Glastonbury, Boardmasters and Carfest helped build this throughout the Summer, before a performance on the first episode of the returning TFI Friday on Channel 4 in…
RIBA Competitions and the Hallé Concerts Society are pleased to announce that the competition to extend its Hallé St Peter’s facility in Ancoats (Manchester) has been won by a design team led by Stephenson Studio. This proposed new-build extension will form the second phase of the project to transform the Grade II listed former church…
There is a very good possibility that you may have seen or heard of the terrific musical collective known as Postmodern Jukebox on an array of social media platforms. These clever and talented performances have likely shown up on Facebook walls, twitter pages and more, no doubt captioned with glowing praises for their uncanny ability…
