LIVE AT LEEDS 2015 – Review
And so we kicked off the 2015 music festival season with a trip over the Pennines and attended our first ever Live At Leeds. Aside from enjoying superb music in some fantastic venues, we learnt
Reviews
Reviews of music releases, live shows, and more from the VPME
LIVE – WOLF ALICE – The Ritz – Manchester 26th March 2015
We hauled our creaking frame from our sickbed and travelled up to Manchester’s Ritz to catch the wonderful Wolf Alice. We wouldn’t do this for just any band, but Wolf Alice demonstrated yet again they aren’t just any band.
LIVE REVIEW – COVES, LUSTS, MARY JOANNA – Manchester 9th March 2015
COVES, LUSTS, MARY JOANNA – The Castle Hotel – Manchester 9th March 2015 Live music eh? At its absolute worst, it’s a bellicose, pissed up one armed bloke with a Casio keyboard playing Beatles medleys
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – PSYCHOCANDY 2015 LIVE – Liverpool and Leeds.
After sell out shows in London and Glasgow last year The Jesus And Mary Chain are currently on the road in the UK with their ‘Psychocandy 2015’ tour. We were lucky enough to join them
ALBUM REVIEW – SHINIES – ‘Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere’
A couple of years back Manchester band Shinies became something of a bête noire to the Daily Mail’s ‘we demand to be offended by EVERYTHING brigade.’ This was in the wake of a video that
BLACK HONEY LIVE – The Castle Hotel – Manchester – 5/02/2015
As one of the most blogged about new acts of 2014, it was perhaps fitting that Brighton’s hotly tipped Black Honey stopped off at Manchester’s Castle Hotel as part of their first UK headline tour.
LIVE – ALVVAYS and MOON KING – Deaf Institute Manchester – 21/01/2015
Few bands of late seem to have captured discerning indie pop fans collective hearts as quickly and as effortlessly as Canadian quintet Alvvays. Their self-titled debut album appeared in a plethora of “best of 2014”
REVIEW : MENACE BEACH – ‘Ratworld’
Leeds based Menace Beach’s debut album ‘Ratworld’ released via Memphis Industries on 19th January, embraces an admirable array of styles and influences including woozy shoegaze, incendiary garage punk, celestial dream pop and even has room
The VPME – Song, Video and Gig Of 2014
We’ve finally roused ourselves from our post Christmas torpor, to briefly reflect back one last time on 2014. We’ve already listed our albums of the year HERE and HERE, as well as our musical hopes
If You Buy One New Seasonal Album This Year … Smoke Fairies – ‘Wild Winter’
If you intend to grab a last minute Christmas album then we’d have absolutely no hesitation in recommending you get hold of this years outstanding offering from Smoke Fairies. ‘Wild Winter’ is a graceful sophisticated cocktail
Live Review: Nicole Atkins – Manchester 16/10/2014
If you get to see a better singer in the live environment than New Jersey gal Nicole Atkins, you’ll have doubtless attended a truly exceptional gig. Because as stunning as Nicole sounds on record it’s
REVIEW – Dark Horses – ‘Hail Lucid State’
Brighton art rockers Dark Horses expand their sultry fusion of kraut rock and imperious avant-garde new wave by adding flourishes of proto punk, psychedelia, and even a touch of glam rock to deliver a triumphant