Author: manvmusic

• M83: ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ review – embracing perfection

  Aug 4

  There’s not many albums that you can mark as perfection. Like a fine wine, it has to hit all the right sweet spots. All those sweet spots being a perfect… more ›

• your new rock this week.

  Aug 1

  01/08: As we stagger into August, we are hit with a final flurry of a rockin’ summer. Take a glimpse at some of our picks this week.. Kid Kapichi. 5… more ›

• 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 ›