This was the first time in a very long while that Quenched Music had stepped into Manchester’s Soup Kitchen, for live music rather than their famous DJ nights. Let’s just say the night did not disappoint. Even when we first arrived there was a buzz around the venue with spectators and musicians mingling and soaking [...]

The Ritz was busy. In the darkened gloom of the cavernous room, people stood about, talking in low tones. Onstage, four piece band 14th had set up and began their set. 14th are made up of a violinist, cellist, singer and electronics. They played a few of their own tracks, some cover versions, all low [...]

Saturday Night. Tele? Pfft. But as I am hanging out with the Mrs we decide, sod it, lets see whats on. To her delight, a programme about Eurovision comes on. Now, I am not Eurovision’s biggest fan, in fact I think it’s dated. But it did make me think a lot about what was sat [...]

The key to a good e.p and an e.p that keeps our burgeoning interest and intrigue waning like an overweight mop haired rocker who has been receiving a handful of naughty messages from a Mila Kunis lookalike from Bolton, is to keep it cool. Keep it short. But keep it big. Hailing from Anglesey and [...]

Rolling in off the crest of a potentially over hyped wave of modern day melody fuelled indie pop, New York City based Darwin Deez strolled back into town to treat an ever appreciative Manchester crowd. My ever lasting impression of The Ritz is one of blokes getting into fights as their girlfriends jump into a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Massive launch gig at the Kraak Gallery; Revolutionary rapper, and BBC Radio 1 Fire in the Booth star Jun Tzu is set to perform in Manchester on 24th January. He will be joined by anticapitalist hip hop collective Broken Dialect, and local musicians Prose, Bamo and Shem. The event has been organised to celebrate the [...]

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 still feels like yesterday when I used to go to varies open mics around Manchester and the North-West and I would see Josephine tuning up ready to play. It has been great to see her go from beginning to where she is now. I would hazard a guess that this is only the beginning [...]