THE PLAYGROUND have just launched their festival for 2013 bringing together a long list of forward thinking producers and artists including the likes of DIGITALISM, GARY NUMAN, [UNKLE] James Lavelle, BOOKA SHADE, JAMES ZABIELA, MODEL 500, DERRICK MAY, KEVIN SAUNDERSON, PANTHA DU PRINCE + many more. And us at Quenched Music are going to be [...]

He’s a former member of the Happy Mondays. Knows a thing or two about a Bic razor. But doesn’t feel he’s worthy of getting in Mick Jagger’s pants! KAV, real name Kav Sandhu, has formulated a band he believes will deliver the “live energy” previous group members have failed to capture. The Guardian once quoted him as [...]

Today Quenched music caught up with Gareth Chubb the bookings and promotions manager for Joshua Brooks ahead of them being nominated for the second time for the best small venue by DJ Mag, which is such an achievement in itself, highlighting how far Joshua Brooks as a venue has come.  Once again putting Manchester in [...]

Quenched Music catch up with the people behind presenting at KOKO on Saturday 10th November w/ SEBASTIAN, UNICORN KID LIVE, SURKIN, GIRL UNIT, HAEZER, HACKMAN, TRUMPDISCO & THE C90S++ We caught up  with James Barker, one of the people behind the night from Playground. Hi James this sounds like a great line up by the way how did you get all these acts together [...]

Sometime, around now, we start discussing talent that will embrace the circuit for next year. There’s already been a bubbling array of talent surfacing to grab the bait of gongs and thongs. I’m starting with MAYER. A cool Mancunian who quite simply, will be a hot tip for music scene 13. Keeping it cool, here’s my ten minutes with Manchester’s newest kid [...]

Dan Le Sac (Daniel Stephens) is better known for his musical collaborations with friend and fellow hip-hop and electronic beats sidekick, Scroobius Pip. The pair have become a nailed force since linking arms in 2006 after previously being solo artists. Now, six years down the line, Dan Le Sac has released his debut album, Space Between The Words. An album that took him by surprise after [...]

So here we are Quenched music and Stealing Sheep, must say I am a fan of live stock however how did your name come about? Stealing Sheep:- Well I’m afraid it’s got nothing to do with how much we love sheep… It came from a friend of Becky’s who was talking about the newspaper headlines [...]

Meet Manchester’s latest darlings The Heartbreaks, a four piece Indie band who have made their home in our fair/rainy city. Their debut album ‘Funtimes’ has been making waves with it’s mix of Johnny Marr-esque guitar janglings and retro stylings and the band, buoyed by this success, are about to hit the road once again for [...]

With the bank holiday fast approaching I want something different enter Ravelength Festival a three day festival at Retro Bar, we caught up with Ste the organiser. Hi Ste, you’ve been running great nights all around the North for a while, but have you ever taken on anything like this before? Ste-This will be the [...]

Today Quenched Music is joined by Bradley Thompson and Luke Bainbridge (Observer Journalist), Festival Director and Head of arts and culture of Festival No.6, one of the UK’s newest festivals, which is based in picturesque Portmeirion and has captured the imagination of the public. As a massive fan of the idea of this festival and massive fan [...]