Manchester Reviews

Cherry Ghost - We Sleep on Stones

by Stephen McLeod on Tue, 2010/11/09 - 3:14am

Cherry Ghost are set to release Single ‘We Sleep on Stones’ from their melodic full-length ‘Beneath this Burning Shoreline’ on the 11th of November 2010, via Heavenly Recordings… and it’s on 12" vinyl.
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THE whip + south central

by Fran Donnelly
Hooded sci-fi gangsters, desperate clubbing revelations and sweat drenched eyeballs - it’s all in a night’s work for Fran Donnelly, as he brings us up to speed with the latest action in Manchester…
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xx teens

by Fran Donnelly
They may be Artrocker’s kings of Cool, but will XX Teens woo the Long Blondes audience in Manchester? Fran Donnelly finds out…
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THE long blondes

by Sophie Hall
Sophie Hall brings us this report on our cover stars, as they hit Manchester…
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infadels + a.human + THE real dolls

by Fran Donnelly
The Infadels were peddling modern rave in Shoreditch before the hipsters had even decided it was fashionable, and now they’re bringing it all back home. Fran Donnelly brings us this report from their gig at the Manchester Roundhouse…
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ste mccabe - pink bomb ep

by Ric Rawlins
Ubercool indie label Cherryade release this debut EP from Manchester’s ‘Queen of queer punk’. And as Ric Rawlins reveals, it’s a drum machine driven ride through some supercharged pop music…
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you say party! we say die!

by Fran Donnelly
Fran Donnelly checks into Manchester’s Night And Day to catch a “mid evening petrol bomb” of a set from our favourite Canadians…
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murder by death - live and in person

by Lewis Hingston
Lewis catches Indiana’s Murder by Death live at Bush Hall, and sneaks in a quick interview while he’s at it…
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THE isles - perfumed lands

by Jon Lawrence
Jon Lawrence reviews album from New Yorkers signed to Manchester’s Melodic label
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