Hidden down a back alley in the depths of the Northern Quarter in the former squat know to many as Kraak Gallery I stood with a crowd of merely 20 people waiting patiently to see East India Youth aka William Doyle. If you haven’t heard of East India Youth don’t be dismayed as material only [...]

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 [...]

It seems indie has taken a back seat on the music scene of late; true indie giants such as Tegan and Sara or Fugazi seem to have been lost in the ether. However this has not let Palomino simply sit back and accept indie’s death with their EP ‘We Were Doldrums’. There’s a much more delicate quality to the [...]

In a week where one of the biggest news stories was that of the 2014 referendum to vote on Scottish independence, it almost seems as if Manchester has become the unofficial home of all those seeking to take asylum in the UK, making a break for the border before Alex Salmond begins rebuilding Hadrian’s Wall. [...]

Since its madder days, the Manchester music scene appears to have lost much of its buzz with London and Birmingham seemingly leading the way with a brief early naughties emergence in the North of the country. Stalagmites from Salford are bringing the scene back to where it should be with a post Oasis style that [...]

Today I have been shouting. Not in a crazy-guy-on-market-street kind of way but shouting nonetheless, brought upon by a bout of temporary deafness. And who is to blame for this deafness? I’ll tell you who. Scottish people. A few years ago I went watching post-rock outfit Mogwai performing at Manchester Academy. To cut a long [...]

Mother Nature’s Candy is as sweet as its title, a little too sweet at times but overall a lovely little pop EP. Mother Nature’s Candy sticks to a methodical formula of a vocal harmony intro followed by acoustic guitar with a gentle pop beat on the drums and power out with a simple riff, at [...]

As soon as I received this album in the post I was excited as I have scene Robert John a lot live and I knew this to be the first thing from him recorded that had been packaged. Lets just say I was not disappointed in fact the complete opposite, not only was the album [...]

I press play and the sound of a flute glides into the room, followed swiftly by Ríoghnach’s honeyed voice glazed with a subtle menace. I first heard Ríoghnach Connolly’s voice over a bedroom recording about six years ago and I was awestruck even then. An accomplished flautist she matches her instruments stylistic approach to her [...]

Remember ‘that’ band Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong? me too. Baffling, right?  Well, three of TOY’s psych line-up consist of that youthful blunder. A blunder who decided they wanted to punch the indie big time, and actually, ended up with a deserved kick in the balls. Anyway, sometimes we forgive and it’s fair to say they have thrown the [...]