Category: Live

British indie-rock royalty Wolf Alice hit up the Gorilla in Manchester for a special intimate show for War Child and the BRIT Awards. Cass Hyde writes: As part of the legendary series of gigs raising money for War Child, hundreds of lucky fans from across the country made their way to Gorilla in Manchester to…

The quirky cult Leeds maestros Hookworms return to Liverpool this Friday (23rd) in support of their acclaimed third album Microshift. The visicral live act are set to bring Microshift, the acclaimed third album from the five-piece that has gained full marks across the board, to the Invisible Wind Factory courtesy of Harvest Sun. The band’s…

The final night in a venue is sad, usually rowdy for the sake of it, but tonight it was the band’s domain, and that band was Cabbage. The Magnet bids farewell, bon voyage, fucking off to become a laughable comedy venue. It’s a sad day for the local music scene when a decent venue ditches…

It ends as it began, a perfect bookend. The disparate quintet, having bared souls to one another over the past hour or so, go their separate ways, back to their lives. A narration plays- the very words spoken during the opening- written to appease their captor, simultaneously an act of subservience and defiance. The piece…

35 years in the game, synth-pop icons Erasure have never left and their constant, somehow always relevant sound, alongside a marathon set and the dynamic Andy Bell, makes tonight’s show a smash. Opening the night were Welsh electronic band Bright Light Bright Light, who if they had been dueling during the same age as Erasure…

Three years ago, Sean Martin, lead singer of The Night Café, was barred from the East Village Arts Club. Three years later, he’s back with his band who have sold out the place. In a venue where confetti always seems to be falling down from the roof, The Night Café bring their show home for…

The start of February 2018 has proven to be a rather special time in term of astrology, with a Super Blue Blood Moon hanging in the sky. There are all manner of extraordinary implications within this phenomena that resonates strongly in psychedelia, everything from witchcraft through to astral projection- and the aptly named Moon Duo…

A seemingly innocuous location, the back room of a small public house, atop a hardwood stage not more than inches high- intimacy defined. Los Angeles post-punk garage-rock outfit Sextile, showcasing their new album Albeit Living, thrive in this environment. Their sound attuned to densely-packed smoky backrooms rather than the golden Californian skies of their hometown,…

Seemingly the Met Office warned that Christmas wouldn’t hit Liverpool until Slade arrived this past Friday and without hesitation Del Pike, doing his final review before he takes his well-earned break, dove to Hanger34 for some cheer.  It’s Christmaaaaaaassss!!!! Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Noddy Holder’s rally cry to the last-minute shoppers, and Slade…

A Michael Head gig in Liverpool is always going to be special but tonight’s mass gathering at Invisible Wind Factory surpassed all expectations. With Psycho Comedy rocking around the IWF Christmas tree, it couldn’t have started better. On proper form, a million miles away from the beautifully shambolic performance we saw at Strange Collective’s all-dayer…