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Editorial: 11.05.09May 11th, 2009
This week's editorial bids farewell to Student Direct 08-09, and looks at the exploitation of Topshop labourers and the perils of aggressive security staff. more...
General Fiasco: Something SometimeMarch 3rd, 2009
If General Fiasco have a personality, they’re hiding it pretty well at the moment. more...
Bigmouth: No Mobile Phones AllowedMarch 3rd, 2009
The near sacred experience of live music is being corrupted: by camera phones. more...
Interview: Das PopMarch 3rd, 2009
“We aim to write songs that are as shiny as Abba’s, but we end up playing them more like The Who.” more...
Interview: The King BluesFebruary 25th, 2009
"There’s a rich history of rebel music and protest music that we see ourselves coming from." more...
Bigmouth: GuitarsFebruary 25th, 2009
As we move into the last year of the decade, many may well have forgotten the axe. more...
Gigs
IT IS obvious from the mix of schoolchildren, middle-aged couples and student types who are waiting outside Academy 1 to see self-styled pop oddball Katy Perry that this is going to be no ordinary gig. Normality is left at the more...
HAVING BEEN so prominent on the music scene and so consistent with their output over the last few years, it is difficult to remember a time when Snow Patrol didnÕt exist. It is testimony to the strength of the band’s more...
The fleeting nature of their reappearance after almost 30 years makes this gig seem instantly momentous. more...
Eclecticism ranging from front man Bent’s spirited boogeying to between-song musings in delightfully not-quite-right English. more...
The predicted attendees of their Facebook event have already well exceeded the Mint Lounge's capacity. more...
At The Gates-style melodic death metal married to the cheesiest elements of power metal à la Sonata Arctica. more...
“Basically, what we want to do is bring the party back to techno, and, where we can, have some fun." more...
Electrofied isn’t for people who are afraid of stepping off the beaten track of the Manchester clubbing scene. more...
Lit from behind by three gigantic lights, they say little and focus on making fantastic music. more...
A bizarre mix of political types, blinged-up hip-hop kids, and confused-looking indie fans attended. more...
Reviews
IT IS obvious from the mix of schoolchildren, middle-aged couples and student types who are waiting outside Academy 1 to see self-styled pop oddball Katy Perry that this is going to be no ordinary gig. Normality is left at the more...
Lecture hours for Law students were replaced with “surgery hours” reducing contact time by a third in a controversial move that the Law School reasoned would increase the quality of teaching. more...
‘On and On’ blasts out of the blocks with a riff that could have been on Appetite for Destruction. more...
More accessible than Rise Against’s earlier work, at the cost of some of the band’s trademark characteristics. more...
Brakes return after their well-earned break with a heavier sound than we’ve previously heard. more...
Similar to The Shins, but with stranger tunes and lyrics and, dare I say, hints of prog-rock. more...
Rock, metal, IDM, techno... AVO skilfully skips over most genre classifications. more...
The self-titled debut ambitiously pushes the pop boundaries to their squeaky clean extremities more...
Better Than Heavy does the job of accomplishing their mission to bridge the gap between indie and other breeds of music. more...
If General Fiasco have a personality, they’re hiding it pretty well at the moment. more...
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