#273: Darlia - Soundcontrol, Manchester - (28/03/14)

Darla (w/ The Minx)

Sound Control, Manchester

March 28 2014

Photos: David Brown (The Minx), Steph Murphy (Darlia)

One of many venues situated just a stone's throw away from Oxford Road train station, Sound Control, though unassuming on the outside, plays host to an multiplicity of eclectic club nights and gigs on a weekly basis, the former often following the latter. Such is the case tonight, and as we descend the stairs in to the basement, pushing through a set of plastic strips (such as you would find in a warehouse) and being hit with a musky damp smell, you can understand why the venue hosts as many D'n'B and house nights as it does; the concrete floor and dim lighting bringing to mind my singular experience of an illegal rave.

This review was originally written for Little Indie Blogs. Click here to read in full.

#265: Maximo Park - o2 Academy, Manchester - (15/3/14)

Album review: Maximo Park - o2 Academy, Manchester - (15/3/14)

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#263: Patterns - St Philip's Church, Salford - (07/03/14)

Gig Review: Patterns - St Philip's Church, Salford - (07/03/14)

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#261: Skaters - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (04/03/14)

Gig Review: Skaters - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (04/03/14)

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#253: Puppet Rebellion - Guillver's, Manchester - 22/02/2014

Live Review

Puppet Rebellion

Gulliver's, Manchester

February 22 2014

Photos: Trust A Fox Photography

No matter what your musical persuasion, Manchester's music scene has always been an inexorable tour de force rivalled perhaps only by our country's capital. From pop to punk, hip-hop to indie, the bands which hail from the rainy city, signed or otherwise, offer Manc music fans a multiplicity of gigs and events on any given night across the city. Tonight for example sees acts like Prince, homegrown heroes Sonic Boom Six and Rudimental all vying for your attention at one venue or another. Opting for a smaller, though no less rowdy affair, we head down to Gullivers, a ramshackle spit'n'sawdust establishment in the city's Northern Quarter.

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#237: dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Academy 2, Manchester - 19/01/14

Gig Review: dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Academy 2, Manchester - 19/01/14

This review was originally written for Muso's Guide. Click the link above to read in full.