Contributor Matthew Davies Lombardi
Reviews / Live
The Murder Capital’s heartbreak and despair hits Manchester on Valentine’s Day
In the city of Joy Division and The Smiths it’s not hard to see how post-punk royalty are crowned - it seems inevitable that coronation awaits.
February 18, 2020 11:39am
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Girl Band - The Talkies
Where the unlikely meets the possible.
September 27, 2019 8:00am
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Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
It’s Lana Del Rey’s world, we’re just living in it.
September 2, 2019 11:40am
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Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops
These are strange, strange times and here you have a band strange enough to capture that.
August 23, 2019 7:58am
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The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
There are a fair few legendary bands out there that were never quite as good as The Murder Capital are right now.
August 16, 2019 7:59am
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slowthai, Pusha T and The Streets bring the party to a rain-soaked Parklife
The festival is more than capable of offering unique treats in an impressive array.
June 14, 2019 4:46pm
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Drahla - Useless Coordinates
A band emerging as one of Britain’s most inspired and uncompromising.
May 3, 2019 8:00am
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HEALTH - Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear
These long-term fans of impeccable contradictions are tearing up rulebooks quicker than anyone else can write them.
February 5, 2019 1:05pm
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Impeccable, immaculate and imposing: Anna Calvi obliterates Manchester’s Ritz
Nothing is secure, no one is safe.
October 5, 2018 10:52am
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Estrons - You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough
It shouldn’t be made to look quite this easy.
October 5, 2018 7:58am
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Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop
While it won’t mean everything to everyone, it’s certain to mean everything to someone.
August 24, 2018 7:56am
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Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
Some of the most evocative and dense music Trent Reznor has made so far.
June 22, 2018 7:52am
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Preoccupations - New Material
Arguably the most whole and complete Preoccupations release to date.
March 23, 2018 10:00am
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SHIRT – Pure Beauty
Big things haven’t been delivered yet, but that doesn’t mean to say big things can’t be.
February 23, 2018 7:51am
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Run The Jewels show the quiet moments are just as important at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse
This impossibly talented juggernaut rolls on.
November 18, 2017 2:54pm
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Perfume Genius shows how he’s superstardom-bound at Manchester Gorilla
There’s not many more charismatic or enigmatic than Mike Hadreas.
November 6, 2017 11:00am
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The Horrors get iconic at intimate Liverpool date
Artfully dishevelled and shrouded in a thick fog, the frenetic figures of the band thrash through song after song, with no discernible trough or slowdown.
October 26, 2017 10:00am
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
There isn’t a shade of black in the post-punk spectrum Protomartyr can’t execute with aplomb.
September 29, 2017 7:55am
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Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun
Serene isn’t necessarily a word you would associate with this group of Scottish post-rock legends.
September 1, 2017 11:39am
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Liars - TFCF
Has he lost touch with all reality or is he just ahead of the curve?
August 25, 2017 7:51am