Funny things, the first gig of the year. It always feels like you haven’t been to one for months (even...
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There’s a real frisson around the Ritz tonight, and it’s easy to understand why, as this evening has a pleasing...
It’s the end of the year as we know it and it’s been fine. Not one that’s been jam-packed full...
In my youth, there were only two occasions every year where the nation would stop what they were doing to...
To paraphrase Mariah Carey at this time of year, all I want for Christmas is a nightmare train trip into...
2025, what a year, eh?! That is, if you like unrelenting warfare, famine, the rise of the right, a shockingly...
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Do you like Christmas? (Never trust anyone who says no to this). And do you like The Futureheads? (trust any...
Currently coming towards the end of their biggest tour in years, Pop Will Eat Itself are back in the North...
The thought of watching the makers of one of the best albums of this year is enough to lure us...
Autumn is always a busy time for the concert attendee. whether it’s young upstarts with fresh new albums to tout...
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Having first seen them live back in 2018, in a dive bar in Manchester, supporting some Irish up-and-comers called Fontaines...
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San Francisco-born punk experimentalists Spiritual Cramp are back with their second album RUDE, which is the follow-up of their self-titled...
One of these days, I’m going to write about how 1987 is the greatest year ever in pop music. And...
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Indie-dance East London six-piece combo Home Counties return just a year after their widely-acclaimed debut long player, the tune-filled barn-stormer...
It’s a big year in the world of the great contrarians (who else would release a brand new single every...
