Food Review: V Revolution, Manchester

The day before my birthday, my boyfriend surprised me with a trip to Manchester. I love Manchester it is one of my favourite cities and I'd not been in a long time, he'd planned for a day in the Northern Quarter which I was completely onboard with. After a morning of shopping and great coffee …

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new music: Altar Flowers – Bastard Song

Alternative pop band Altar Flowers from Manchester may only have formed in 2014 but they already have an abundance of tracks on their Soundcloud page as well as plenty of good reviews from critics comparing them to everyone from The Cure to Arcade Fire. Their single 'Bastard Song' is a great mix of retro tinged synth …

Manchester’s Science Festival Presents: #HookedOnMusic

A few months ago I tweeted about the #HookedOnMusic experiment that was taking place online where you could take part by listening to bits of songs and seeing if you could recognise what it was. It was quite a fun game in itself but the purpose was for scientists to see how our brains react …

Live Review: Fall Out Boy at Birmingham NIA & Manchester MEN

Fall Out BoyBirmingham NIA & Manchester MEN16th & 17th MarchAfter waiting 8 years to see one of my favourite bands that have been one of the most influential on my life, I knew these shows were going to be a huge deal for me. I experienced some pre-show excitement and set-long fangirling that has not …

Live Review: Bastille at Apollo, Manchester.

BastilleApollo, Manchester28th February 2014Bastille may have just won a Brit Award but you wouldn’t believe it with their no frills set at Manchester's Apollo last week. It was just track after track after track performed brilliantly ranging from the huge ‘Pompeii’ to the older sounds of tracks such as ‘Icarus’ to the brand new yet …

Live Review: Beyonce at MEN Arena.

Beyonce is a woman who has built up such a successful career in music over the years that when she is onstage she demands attention and attention was what she received from the sold out Manchester Arena crowd tonight. The lucky ones who managed to get tickets for tonight’s outing of The Mrs Carter Show …

music update #7

The most talked about thing in the world of music over the past week has been Paul McCartney performing with Nirvana. The news that was all over the internet and Twitter in general and had everyone talking. The Beatles bassist and solo artist who has built up a career in the music business that everyone …

saturday mash up #4

Another week has flown by full of appointments, illness and a Christmas meal with the girls. It was a lovely night and brilliant to all catch up together and see how everyone is doing and what they are getting up to now. We all can't get over how adult and grown up we are now, …

new music: swiss lips.

A couple of weeks ago I went to see Bastille in Birmingham and one of the their support acts was these guys who were really good. Discovering a new band is always amazing especially if they are something you like but discovering a new band that you like in a live setting to me seems …

Live Review: You Me At Six at Apollo, Manchester. 28th March 2012.

You Me At Six, Kids In Glass Houses. O2 Apollo, Manchester. 28th March 2012, 7pm. When two of the UK’s most exciting bands around at the moment teamed up to tour together, we all knew that it was going to be something amazing and when Kids In Glass Houses take to the stage tonight they …