The evening at Takk in Manchester is both as far away from Icelandic as you might imagine, and as Icelandic as much of England can get. The heat is uncharacteristic for the so-far non-existent British
Club Smith are going through a bit of a transformation. Their drummer Vijay has moved on to pastures new, and the rest of the band are keen to use the opportunity to explore their sound
So you’re a music fan, eager for new sounds. You’ve heard Iceland’s pretty cool and that it has more to offer than than Björkish brilliance and Sigur Rós serenity. You may even have ventured beyond
I met with Neil Hanson, Bart Pettman, Drew Lunn and Declan Hogan from Leeds historical rock scamps Kleine Schweine. I say scamps, for that’s what you’d be forgiven for thinking if you’re familiar with Neil Hanson
Summer Sundae is an eclectic little festival, part party in the park, part city festival, part proper potential mudfest. It’s drawn several comparisons over the years, but the one I like best is as one
A quick glance at Diagrams’ blog, and you notice the number of pictures involving open spaces. It’s a testament (intentionally or not, I don’t know) to what one imagines to be inspiration for many of
It’s quite a surprise to turn up relatively early at the Cockpit on a Sunday evening, expecting to be home for 10pm, to find four bands on the bill (one of which having already been
Exeter’s The Computers are not what you expect. In their pristine white wardrobe and slicked quiffs, they do not give the impression that they are about to give by-now veterans of raw live carnage Pulled
The Brudenell is buzzing with love for South Yorkshire. Supporting Sheffield’s Slow Club are Rotherham’s Mad Colours (almost-freshly reincarnated from The Heebie Jeebies), and bassist Del Hoyle is energetic enough for all his bandmates, as
So it’s November, the nights are drawing in. The days of lying face down in a boggy campsite to the sound of your favourite band playing in a tent 3 fields away are but a
Sheffield’s finest hardcore daughter and sons Rolo Tomassi, once again plucked the cream of screamo to play Sunday’s Tramlines New Music Stage. From Three Trapped Tigers’ animated, menacing experimentalism, Errors’ energetic electro-rock through to the
So ya missed out on Glastonbury? Grateful to have avoided all the mainstream headliners and the “long-dead hippy commune crap”? Or gutted to have missed all the cool, creative and original arts and sounds that
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