The Horrors – x2 by Jill and Jo 24th March – Manchester Club Academy Looks like it’s pretty much OK to come out of the Goth closet these days. I mean, everybody’s at it. There’s a plethora of Nu-Goth bands, while the old ones are hitting the live circuit again. You can’t even switch on [...]
Travis with Brinkman
by Jill Warrington Parr Hall, 22nd March 2007 “I’m sorry that you turned to driftwood But you’ve been drifting for a long, long time” What a lot of top gigs we’re suddenly getting in Warrington! Damon Albarn’s latest project, Arctic Monkeys, Editors in a few weeks, and tonight seminal Britpop giants Travis. It’s been a [...]
Making yourself a laughing stock
by Jo The BBC, not Justin.. whatever you thought about him entering, this was a… some words fail me. After hearing all the songs, and wincing in parts, it became clear that this was a Big Brovas/Hawkins and Brown sing off. There little originality or talent elsewhere, a ripoff of the most wonderful ‘Preacher Man’.. [...]
SixSister goes to Surrey
by Jo Top Gear of the Pops. A disaster in the filming? Not quite.. Thursday night. Happily plonking along on the laptop, not a care in the world beyond the next day’s maths lesson and what on earth I was going to say about baptism by immersion. google alert Justin Hawkins. Oh yeah.. I heard [...]
Confused and possibly dazed
by Jo This is an updated article.. Since this went out , the band via Richie and Toby have issued statements apologising for something that wasn’t their fault in the first place. All respect due to them for that, it was seen to and the fans kept informed. Thank you, boys. Your input is like [...]
