Once again, travelling with Working for a Nuclear Free City is a bewildering experience, but not without its benefits.
Manchester
Anna Kashfi – Survival
Anna Kashfi hit the mark more often than not, finding themselves somewhere between Portishead and a downtrodden, downbeat, English She & Him.
Liam Frost – We Ain’t Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain
Manchester singer-songwriter Liam Frost returns with his second album. But what’s Manchester got to do with it? Catriona Boyle reviews.
Vinny Peculiar & The Blue Poppies Of Ambrosia – Sometimes I Feel Like a King
Vinny Peculiar or Vinny Ha-ha? A bit of both really. He’s not quite one of those Grumpy Old Men types, but he does live the life of a New Wave rebel gone to domesticated seed.
The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry
Manchester’s much tipped openly Strokes influenced art-popsters finally follow a long string of singles with a Dave Eringa produced debut album. Simon Tyers reviews.
Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
Something In Construction label boss David Laurie gets all excited over the new Doves album… It is absolutely, definitely, going to be in the Top 5 of the year. Everywhere.
Pop Scene // Manchester
In the second part of our tour around the UK’s thriving music scene, Tom Whyman interviews six of the bands that are causing a stir in and around his adopted home: Manchester.
