Mark Wynn’s album ‘James Dean makes me insecure, why does he have to be so shexy’ is a woven narrative detailing the highs and lows of every day life. It will strike a chord with folk, wherever you are. Be we drinking tea in the morning, waiting for the bus, or eating hot food from [...]

In a time when musicians try their hand at anything to make their music matter, Dave Baxter has definitely sprung his determined spirit effectively. The idea to release debut album ‘Our New Life Above Ground’, for free, seems to be a great idea of tactical wit. Originally from the UK, Dave moved to New Zealand [...]

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 [...]

Speeding through straight from work I came half equipped, lets face a pen is pretty much a necessity for a writer, so for this gig I decided to interpret as best I could through the ancient art of origami – then I asked the bar to lend me a pen. Glass Ankle may be small [...]

More like high noon with the opening, get your pistols ready… Developed from their earlier tracks I’ve heard and for the better if I may say. Thankfully for us they have dropped the indie-paint-by-numbers, Jace and the lads have fully embraced a Rockabilly Western style which makes me feel like, slinging on some chaps and [...]

Hanging up my cape is the perfect accompaniment to a glorious summer’s day and antidote for a particular gloomy one. Sitting at home on Valentines Day; an archaic holiday that I really don’t care about of course, and I really don’t care that my only Valentine came from my big sister…. I was moping around, [...]

An unfortunate name, only by if you type Drink and Drive into a search engine a horror of government safety bulletins await you and don’t be mislead into thinking that these four chaps from Oldham advocate any such thing, far from it indeed. In times of hardship with mounds of the over processed suit-written soulless [...]

  Get Me Out This Box is the mixtape by female rapper A Me B the artist is based in the North West has been applying her trade from a very young age, boasting varies BBC introducing events as well as the very polished supports slot with Tynchy Stryder and Akala, which was fresh after [...]

Rhythm and Blues doesn’t circulate as well as it maybe should in Manchester. Rock ‘n’ Roll however, is a major part of the cities paintwork.  So, combine the two with Tom Byrne and Friends and you have a band that is trying to achieve something a little different to your average, everyday music scene. You [...]

Rise is the four track EP from Manchester four piece Mancini Fires, the band of late have been doing a lot on the Manchester unsigned gig scene and 2011 could be a very big year for them. With the EP out this could add momentum to their already growing amounts of gigs this year. Their [...]