TAYLOR MOMSEN is back in the UK with her band THE PRETTY RECKLESS, this time on their Going To Hell headline tour off the back of their stunning second album of the same title. Continue reading THE PRETTY RECKLESS smash Manchester on headline UK tour →

WHITE LUNG is an exciting band and now they’re in Manchester. The Canadian four-piece, with a lead singer who now lives in LA, were recently signed by Domino and are blasting stages around the UK. They’ve curiously slipped under the radar in this country, but I’ve been tracking them for a while and have been enjoying their new album Deep Fantasy, a rollercoaster of killer punk-rock-with-a-nod-to-grunge tracks. They’re getting a reputation not only for being great value live but also for their no-nonsense lyrics, singer Mish Way enthusiastically talking to journalists about her inspiration behind the songs and her thoughts on, well, pretty much everything Continue reading WHITE LUNG show us the Way: in Manchester →

I’ve been hearing rave reviews of one-woman show THE RISE AND FALL OF A NORTHERN STAR from music friends and colleagues, and so I was delighted when I managed to catch the very last show of 2014 at The Lantern Theatre in Liverpool. For those who aren’t familiar with this extraordinary performance piece, it’s all the work of STELLA GRUNDY, actress and lead singer of ‘90s Manchester band INTASTELLA. Through her doomed protagonist Tracy Star, a budding singer seeking fame and fortune outside of her dreary urban existence, we are transported back into Manchester’s drug-filled ‘Madchester’ heyday, drawn into the magical yet corrupt world that dared to call itself the music industry. Continue reading THE RISE AND FALL OF A NOTHERN STAR: Stella Grundy closes 2014 with a bang →