Author: manvmusic

• Now THIS was a gig!

  Jul 28

  That’s right, folks. I went to a gig over the weekend. Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham: Me and Mrs Jones, 24/07. A sunday afternoon jazz gig, no less. I had the absolute… more ›

• Viagra Boys – ‘Cave World’ album review: post-punk at its finest … and at its most unusual

  Jul 27

  Cave World. An eclectic project of stir-crazy dilution living as a hermit unbeknown to the world or aware of what surrounds it. There’s no two ways to describe Viagra Boys’… more ›

• MERCURY PRIZE 2022: First-timers join nominees as diversity is questioned…

  Jul 26

  The Mercury Prize nominees, which celebrates the best British and Irish albums of the year, have been announced with 12 shortlisted albums making up a list from all walks of… more ›

• What is your best rock & alt album of 2021?

  Jul 25

  Rock This: As we enter the uncharted territory of 2022’s summer, we look back and reflect on some of our most cherished albums that came out this time last year… more ›

• Jack White: ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ – Acoustic revision marks album number two in same year

  Jul 24

  A completion of a twin record not only satisfies most – with one charting off White’s fuzzy Stripes-chaos and the other the complimentary partner, offering curious and sugary acoustics –… more ›