Live: Band of Skulls@ HMV Ritz-5th December 2012 After the release of their second album Sweet Sour in February 2012, Band of Skulls have been touring extensively across the globe. This time it was Manchester’s turn to feel their rumbling desert-rock riffs. First up was Manchester locals Folks which quite frankly seemed like a bit [...]

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 [...]

From: Manchestaaaa Members: Steven Dobb (Vox and Guitars), Lorna Blundell (Drums), Ollie Smith (Bass), Sally Mason (guest vocals) Look Like: Nice People. Look, they’ve got woolly hats on in their pictures on Facebook and everything. They must be some kind of folk band that sell potted jam to keep their hippy van topped up with [...]

Initially feeling slightly out of my element here, I warmed up pretty quickly and even had a little mosh in the end. I stayed clear of the pit action though, something tells me it’s not advisable to join in with a pen in your hand. We arrived just in time to join Jucifer on the [...]

The 3 man outfit from Leeds, Irish Joe on vocals, Lee Turner on guitar and Dom McCready keeping pace on drums. A collaboration born out of bands like Jon Jones and the Beatniks Movement, The Bacchae and Black Moth; not content with keeping within the parameters of metal, they know what they want however and [...]

Have you ever noticed when either listening to music online or downloading it, sometimes the genre categories can seem, well, a bit rubbish? I once downloaded an album by Explosions In The Sky and was recommended to buy ‘21’ by Adele as they were both classed as ‘Alternative’. I know right? So when I went [...]

I cannot stress the importance of face time doing the ground work online or by phone is great, but face time is where it is at people love to identity words, pictures and ethic to a face. The amount of work I have got purely because I’ve sat down for a brew. On a different [...]

Suck the life is the debut four track EP from the new look Deaf Sirens. They were once a promising acoustic five piece, which at the time I was very impressed with and wanted to see what else they could achieve. With a lot of hard work as well as re-jigging the line up they [...]

Stone Antica, chose they’re name because it sounded cool – a good enough reason for any I guess. Thankfully a little more effort was put into their debut album, 2 years in fact and the dedication doesn’t go unheard, this is polished without sounding too processed. Their first release will be ‘They’ll Strike You Out’ [...]