With Arkells’ upcoming album Rally Cry set for release on 19 October, the band hit the UK for a run of dates just a few weeks later. Their seven date UK tour sees the Canadian 5-piece performing at Manchester’s Club Academy. And it marks a welcome return to these shores for the band who performed…
Lindsay Ell makes her welcome return to Manchester in October with a gig at the city’s Night and Day. The Manchester gig, one of two UK dates she is playing, marks her return to the city where she performed a joint headline show with Kristian Bush earlier in the year. And when we say joint…
After her stunning show at the Deaf Institute a few months back, Catherine McGrath returns to Manchester to headline at Gorilla. It’s been a whirlwind time for the singer/songwriter who has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Moving on quickly from her own debut headline tour to releasing her debut album in July and hitting the road…
It’s only a few weeks until Black Honey’s self-titled debut album is released and anticipation is certainly building. A series of festival appearances over the summer, an upcoming UK tour, taking in Manchester Academy, and the release of their truly excellent single Midnight have all helped to build momentum for the band. And now the…
Having enjoyed huge success with The Saturdays, Una Healy returned to her roots with her debut solo album The Waiting Game and recently set off on her debut UK solo headline tour. The run of intimate dates on her Voice Inside Of Me Tour included a Manchester gig at the Deaf Institute, as well as…
Both fixtures on the Manchester music scene, when Ben Williams and Hayley Williams decided to form the duo Son of William it was, quite literally, music to our ears. We caught up with the new duo to hear about their songwriting, creative process, launching their debut EP at Whiskey Jar on 27 June 2018 and…
As I sit backstage at Rebellion with Skye Sweetnam and Matt Drake of Sumo Cyco, their fondness for Manchester comes up quite a few times. In fact it’s one of the first things they mention. “We have lots of special memories (of Manchester)” declares Skye before she laughs. “And some that we’ve forgotten because we’ve…
Utah alt-pop quartet The Aces are on a roll. Their growing popularity being matched by the every increasing media approval – “Artist To Watch” plaudits were thrown their way in 2017; nods of approval have been frequent from media outlets; and after releasing the debut EP I Don’t Like Being Honest last year, the band…
It was back in 2016 when we first saw Sarah Darling live at London’s Country2Country music festival where she performed at one of the pop-up stages which act as a precursor to the main evening event. And she was in good company, with other acts gracing the free stages including Ashley Campbell (who performs at…
They’ve built a reputation on sensational live shows, so when Yonaka were announced to appear at Manchester’s The Ruby Lounge, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to catch them. We also managed to get a bit of time with them backstage to find out what makes them tick, their new EP Heavy and future plans….
