Last night, Manchester’s Academy 3 played host to a spectacle that defied genre, gravity, and good sense – And thank the metal gods for that. Evil Scarecrow, Nottingham’s finest (and possibly only) metal parody band to have penned an ode…
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Melanie Pain, who with Phoebe Killdeer was lead singer with tonight’s headliners throughout their first half of dates on this tour, opens the evening’s entertainment as support artist with a sublime, stripped back set of songs taken mainly from her…
Lzzy Hale joins a very short list of female performers who can perfectly perform hard rock songs. Prior to tonight’s performance I was looking at a list of one – Courtney Love. Lzzy Hale has expanded that list with aplomb….
Wet Leg burst onto the scene in 2021 with the infectious Chaise Longue which ended up on President Obama’s annual playlist, well if its good enough for Obama. Then followed their acclaimed eponymous debut album in 2022 and an extensive/gruelling…
Buzzcocks, Magazine, Joy Division, New Order – growing up in Manchester it is these bands that were rarely off my turntable as a teenager and a lifelong love of all four has continued to this day. Thankfully one still tours…
A wet, windy, miserable evening sees me at The Barbican, York where within minutes of stepping through it’s doors moods are lifted, there’s a real buzz in the atmosphere and a sense of anticipation for the night’s entertainment. That entertainment…