This year marked the 10th anniversary of Irlam Live, and somehow, despite living only 40 minutes away and loving live music all my life, this was my first ever year attending. After this weekend, I can say it won’t be…
Tag: Manchester
Tonight was a local one for me. A ten minute walk along Oldham Street after getting off the Metrolink at Market Street to Gullivers, which has been part of Manchester’s musical DNA since 1865, when it first opened on as…
Somewhere in the midst of the most memorable year of 2020, a song kept appearing on Planet Rock which grabbed my attention. A catchy, hooky number called ‘Oh, Miss Carolina’ to be exact. There was something in the melody, the…
Committed to promoting independent music and culture and particularly brilliant at bringing to our attention bands that push boundaries, sounds that we might otherwise miss Louder Than War has, for over 15 years, been the website/social media place to head…
There’s a particular kind of hush that settles over a venue just before the opening act walks on. Not silence, because Mancs and the Ritz don’t do silence, but that low, curious murmur of a crowd still finding its feet,…
Walking into the Ritz last Wednesday, the space grabbed you more than anything else – Not the crowd, the stage, or even the bands, but the fact that the normally well populated balcony was closed off, reserved only for AAA…