A couple of Black Star Riders rode into town and brought their acoustic guitars with them for a shoot-out at the Night People saloon! An Amorette and a Wayward Son provided backup…
Black Peaks Play A Tiny Hometown Pub
…and Manchester Rocks just happened to be there
LIVE PREVIEW - Edensong, Mothertongue & Voronoi at The Ruby Lounge
We preview the Edensong show taking place at the Ruby Lounge on Thursday 11th October with support from Mothertongue and Voronoi…
Only The Righteous – Regret/Heads Or Tails: Review
The Manchester based post hardcore/metalcore masters Only The Righteous released their brand new Double A-side single entitled Regret // Heads or Tails
Steve Hackett Revisists His Back Catalogue With Added Orchestra
Steve Hackett returned to the Bridgewater Hall for Genesis Revisited, and this time he brought an orchestra with him…
Bigfoot / Gorilla Riot / Takeaway Thieves At Rebellion Manchester: Live Review
We hot-footed it to see Bigfoot at Rebellion and we were foot tapping away to Takeway Thieves and Gorilla Riot too…
LIVE PREVIEW: Caligula's Horse Launch New Video Ahead of Nov 5th Manchester Show
Caligula’s Horse, a band at the forefront of Australia’s progressive rock scene right now, are set to begin their European ‘Aussie-Invasion’ tour imminently, and to celebrate they have launched a video for The Hands are the Hardest.
Jo Quail: Interview
With loops, triggers and an electric cello Jo Quail is able to create interesting and absorbing music. With an album due for release in November we took some time out at ArcTanGent to talk to her about Strawberry Switchblade, baggage handlers and cello vibrations…
Leprous & Agent Fresco at Gorilla: Live Review
From the euphoria and positivity of Agent Fresco to the dark and dramatic Leprous, we soak up a range of emotions as these post rock and prog metal masters hit Gorilla….
The Planet Rock Roadshow at The Deaf Institute
Were the Federal’s Charming? The Flowers Bad? The Crows Damned? These questions and more are answered in our live review…
Pain Of Salvation at Club Academy: Live Review
Disco Queens and warming fires - we review Pain Of Salvation at Manchester’s Club Academy, Kingcrow toss the pancakes…
Stevie Westwood of Bad Touch: Interview
With an upcoming tour, a record deal and a new album in the bag for Bad Touch, we have a chat with singer Stevie Westwood about Halloween and all things spooky…
Powersolo, Bones Shake, Thee Windom Earles at The Peer Hat: Live Review
An evening of garage psychobilly with a helping of punky blues and several dollops of lunacy sounded right up our street, we are not disappointed either…
Europe and King King at Academy 1: Live Review
The hairspray and spandex maybe long gone but are Europe still credible? We bob along to the Academy to find out only to discover a man in a kilt onstage…
Arcane Roots: Interview
We interviewed drummer Jack Wrench at ArcTanGent recently, which makes the sad news that Arcane Roots are calling it a day rather unexpected…
Babylon + Sparrowhawk + The Last Dregs + Serena Joy At Zombie Shack: Live Review
We hit the Zombie Shack for a trio of cocktails and a quartet of bands…
Mr.X – Icarus: Album Review
Stoner blues rock from France made us sit up and take note - Mr.X are ascending with Icarus…
Sari Schorr - Never Say Never: Album Review
“Songwriting is like runing through the sand in stilettos.” says Sari Schorr, the results on her new album are stellar…
ArcTanGent Festival: Day One
Math rock, hard rock, post rock, harcore, post hard core, prog, new prog, milk rock…. what is in a genre? Well it is all on a farm near Bath for one weekend a year… we report!
Graham Bonnet Band with Gin Annie And Doomsday Outlaw at Rebellion: Live Review
He might have been Lost In Hollywood, but Graham Bonnet and his band found their way to Rebellion. Gin Annie and Doomsday Outlaw provide additional map reading duties and they rocked us All Night Long…