A small crowd part filled the Roadhouse basement. Gary Sloan was playing music to an empty dancefloor. It didn’t take long for people to start dancing. He played dark, discombobulated sounds. For a warm-up, the temperature was already set high. Throughout the night this would increase to a feverish intensity. Manchester based techno outfitters AnD [...]

Heads up. There’s a Zeppelin coming down! New Ivory played their debut Manchester gig tonight. In front of a kind, justifiable gathering, there was very little signification that this three piece could do anything more than swelter in their own body language. Throw out the biscuit tin rattle that prevailed (and the eagerness to blow ear drums rather [...]

The crowd at this point is keeping its distance which is not all that surprising. There’s something lacking from this area at the roadhouse, I can’t quite put my finger on it, you feel removed from the artist; the giant speakers or barriers perhaps. For some performers I could see this set up feeling pretty [...]

  The opening day started with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere for the screening of Mogwai Burning video, which was dark, yet beautifully delicious. Then I spied a random music video being made by Dog is dead in The Corner Barber shop, I stumbled onto Matt and Phreds near the end of the night, it [...]

Make Memories is the four track self produced EP from Drake’s Rebellion, this five piece band based in Manchester have had a busy 2010 doing numerous gigs and most notably performing at The Roadhouse during The Hungry Pigeon Festival. Drake’s Rebellion are a female led five-piece band their sound varies from a British sounding No [...]

This was a somewhat quieter night at the Roadhouse, this was accompanied by two bands who will remain nameless deciding not to play and drive back to London. There is clearly no kinship between folk anymore as this was not a sight I was happy to witness. I, myself no matter the state of crowd [...]