Leamington Spa is a picturesque little town and The Assembly, tucked unassumingly into a street littered with quaint pubs, restaurants and late night takeaways, is the perfect setting for this charity Prog all-dayer...
Periphery, The Contortionist & Destrage at The Ritz
Pinballing djent riffs leave the springy Ritz floor quivering
Be Prog! My Friend – Preview – Day One
Prog in the sun, it has to be done! We are previewing the 2017 Be Prog! My Friend festival in Barcelona at the end of June and here are the bands that make up day one...
Preview - Mishka Shubaly at the Castle Hotel
We preview musician, best-selling author and storyteller Mishka Shubaly's show at the Castle Hotel as part of his Let Me Back In tour
Katatonia at Sound Control
We volunteered the Voodoo Woman herself, Kim Jennett, to venture out to SoundControl to review prog metal masters Katatonia, read on...
Steve Hackett at the Bridgewater Hall
We become ‘a guest now in the house of dreams’ as Steve Hackett revisits Genesis’ Wind & Wuthering for it’s 40th anniversary…
Kovax – If There Was Any Ever Doubt
Commercial reaching alt rock that’s hairy and lairy
Dan Patlansky at The Deaf Institute
With the wealth of experience gained from releasing 8 albums and high level support slots with Joe Satriani and King King, it is no surprise that Dan Patlansky puts on an impressive blues fuelled show at Manchester's Deaf Institute…
Rival Bones Unleash Debut EP
Garage rock that can take on the world
Peter Hook Announces Fopp In Store Signing
His first public signing since Unknown Pleasures will mark the release of four live albums by Peter Hook & The Light on vinyl, CD and digital.
Interview with Steve Hackett...
We here at ManchesterRocks pride ourselves on asking important questions like 'is marijuana the assassin of youth?' and 'will childrens toys remain in tune?' and amazingly Steve Hackett provides answers...
Alpha Male Tea Party and Valerian Swing at Aatma
We get our calculators out for a math rock overload at Aatma...
Lonely Robot - The Big Dream - album review
Astronauts, robots, big dreams and not waking up... serious sci-fi and atmospheric cinematic soundtracks, all are parts of the new Lonely Robot album and here is our review...
Skarlett Riot Unveil New Video, Announce Satans Hollow Show
Watch the video for Feel ahead of their show at Satans Hollow in June
John Mitchell, the man with a Lonely Robot, talks to us... again!
With a new album from his Lonely Robot project called The Big Dream out soon, John Mitchell took time out from his busy schedule to speak to us again about all manner of things: from Frost* and It Bites to guitars and Lonely Robots…
Deano Silk – Trouble Lies Within EP
Jupiter Falls guitar demon Deano explores his inner being
Joe Bonamassa at Blackpool Opera House
Didn't we have a wonderful time the day we went to Blackpool,
Sandcastles, ice cream and blues rock with Joe Bonamassa....
Interview with Vodun...
Before their latest Manchester show we let the spirits move amongst us as we get all voodoo with Vodun...
Church Of The Cosmic Skull at The Ruby Lounge
The sermon has started, the congregation are transfixed, the Church of the Cosmic Skull are preaching at their debut Manchester gig...
New Joe Bonamassa album: Live At Carnegie Hall – An Acoustic Evening
Bluesman Joe Bonamassa has announced a new liive acoustic album/DVD, filmed at his shows at the world famous Carnegie Hall...