Author: Will Orchard
Bestival - 2010
With the rise of the 'boutique' festival in recent years - think the vegan and marijuana corners of Glastonbury - it was inevitable one would grow to corner the market, swallowing all those in its...
Review posted on 23rd September 2010
Women - The Deaf Institute, Manchester 2/09/2010
You'd be forgiven for thinking the key to blog attention is terrible sounding material. After all, it got Sleigh Bells a tour supporting MIA, and Wavves a lucrative Mountain Dew sponsorship. But with the latter...
Review posted on 6th September 2010
Bestival - 2010
September's second weekend sees the unofficial end of the festival season, with the Rob Da Bank-curated Bestival taking over the Isle of Wight for four days and nights. Roxy Music, The Prodigy and Dizzee Rascal...
Review posted on 2nd September 2010
LCD Soundsystem - Manchester Academy, 1st May 2010
After spearheading a new generation's take on punk and penning the default floorfiller ('Daft Punk.') and, arguably, the single best track ('All My Friends') of the last ten years, the news that LCD Soundsystem's forthcoming...
Review posted on 4th May 2010
Delphic - Islington Mill, February 2nd, 2010
Review of Delphic live at Islington Mill on February 2 2010At the turn of the decade, and with the flicker of the post-Oasis fallout finally dimming, Mancunian music finds itself at a curious crossroads, torn...
Review posted on 3rd February 2010
Arctic Monkeys, MEN Arena, Saturday 21st November Live Review
Review of Arctic Monkeys live at the MEN Arena on Saturday 21st November.How to tackle the issue of becoming a household name? Milk your early efforts to keep the fans interested, at the expense of...
Review posted on 26th November 2009
Longcut - Moho, Manchester
Review of The Longcut live at Moho in Manchester on November 6th.It's little surprise that The Longcut find themselves performing to a half-empty Moho tonight - less than a month since their last gig in...
Review posted on 9th November 2009
Cold Cave - The Corner, Manchester
Review of Cold Cave live at The Corner in Manchester. On record, Cold Cave are a confusing prospect; equal parts early Depeche Mode and New Order, smothered in an often disorientating pulp of Mary Chain-meets-Telepathe...
Review posted on 9th November 2009
Fleetwood Mac - Sheffield Arena, 2nd November 09
Review of Fleetwood Mac live at Sheffield Arena on 2nd November 2009 As the first tour in their forty-year career without new material to offer, Fleetwood Mac's return to European shores is far from the...
Review posted on 4th November 2009
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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