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Tag Archives: Manchester
Ready for re-entry and re-animation – talking Everything Everything with Jeremy Pritchard
With the release of their delayed fifth LP, Re-Animator, now barely a week away, art-rock four-piece Everything Everything are crackin gon with plans for a tie-in UK and Irish headline tour next Spring … pandemic restrictions willing. But there’s no … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Films & TV
Tagged A Fever Dream, Alex Robertshaw, Arc, Blur, Everything Everything, Genesis, Get to Heaven, Hexham, Jeremy Pritchard, Jonathan Higgs, Man Alive, Manchester, Michael Jackson, Mike Spearman, Modern Bison, Northumberland, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Re-Animator, Salford, The Police, Tunbridge Wells, Violent Sun, XTC
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The rise and rise of Fontaines D.C. – in conversation with Conor Deegan III
Technical issues ensured I was 10 minutes late getting hold of Fontaines D.C. bass player Conor Deegan III, aka Deego. But if he was rattled by that – with another appointment lined up 20 minutes later across Dublin City, the … Continue reading
Return to Orkney – back in touch with Erland Cooper
We’ll have to wait a while before we see acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper and his ensemble live again, but can at least transport ourselves to his spiritual neck of the woods in our imaginations through latest … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Band on the Wall, Bryan Ferry, Edwyn Collins, Erland Cooper, Hannah Peel, Hether Blether, John Burnside, Kathryn Joseph, King Creosote, KT Tunstall, London Contemporary Orchestra, Lottie Greenhow, Manchester, Orkney, paul weller, Peedie Breeks, Scotland, Simon Tong, Solan Goose, Sule Skerry, The Magnetic North, Tony Allen, Will Burns
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King Creosote / Fence Collective – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Writer’s note: It’s almost taken me a week to get this review together, but you’ll maybe understand why. Some things are far more important. It’s been a trying seven days, the situation changing from day to day. But this might … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Bridgewater Hall, Coronavirus, Fence Collective, From Scotland with Love, Grant Keir, Hannah Fisher, John Bramwell, Kenny Anderson, King Creosote, Lomond Campbell, Mairearad Green, Manchester, Sorren Maclean, The Amber List, Virginia Heath, Waverley Steps, West on Colfax
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Wild Wood Wonders and Wanders, via Seattle and South London – catching up with Smoke Fairies
It’s bang on seven in the evening, and Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire are at their South London gaff, doing a little further prep work for a 10-date homeland tour. Jessica: “We’re signing a huge pile of records … … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Black Angels, Bryan Ferry, Chichester, Darkness Brings the Wonders Home, FleetFoxes, Full Time Hobby, Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Jack Endino, Jessica Davies, Katherine Blamire, Manchester, Margate, Phil Ek, Richard Hawley, Seattle, Smoke Fairies, Soup Kitchen, South London, Sylvia plath, Wild Winter
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In the footsteps of Morrissey and Marr – talking The Smiths with Richard Houghton
By day a manager for a regional housing association, Richard Houghton still sees himself as ‘a frustrated journalist/author’, something he first made assured moves towards remedying five years ago, collating fans’ first-hand memories of the Rolling Stones’ live shows for … Continue reading
WriteWyattUK 2019, in quotes – the first six months
As another busy year for the WriteWyattUK website draws towards a close, an annual opportunity arises to wander back through a few of our 2019 feature/ interview highlights, with a chance to click on each highlighted link and relive those … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged A Certain Ratio, Alan McGee, Brix and the Extricated, Buzzcocks, C.P. Lee, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Chris Difford, Damian O'Neill, Dandy Warhols, David Gray, Dean Friedman, Eddi Reader, Eton Crop, Fisherman's Friends, Gary Crowley, Glenn Tilbrook, Gretchen Peters, Ian Hunter, Jeremy Brown, Jez Kerr, Jim Bob, Joe Strummer, John O'Neill, John Robb, Kirk Brandon, Manchester, Mark Radcliffe, Marvin Gaye, Mélanie Pain, Membranes, Mike Baillie, Mott the Hoople, Neville Staple, Norman Watt-Roy, North West Cancer Research, Nouvelle Vague, Pauil Hanley, Penetration, Peter Holmström, Pip Blom, Port Isaac, Skids. Pauline Murray, Squeeze, Steve Harley, The Clash, The Fall, The Pack, The Specials, The Undertones, Wilko Johnson
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Dirty Hit Tour Presents … Beabadoobee, No Rome, Oscar Lang – Gorilla, Manchester
My fifth visit to Whitworth Street West in 2019 and a second in five nights, with the clientele far younger under the Oxford Road railway arches this time. But in a similar manner to punk legends Buzzcocks on Sunday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit Records, Gorilla, Manchester, No Rome, Oscar Lang, Philippines, She Plays Bass
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Buzzcocks / Shanghai Treason – Gorilla, Manchester
It made sense to start my final week of live shows in 2019 with the Buzzcocks, my first two having involved tributes to Pete Shelley, lost to the world a few weeks before. Back then, the headliners were the Skids … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzcocks, Chris Remington, Danny Farrant, Gorilla, Harmony in my Head, Manchester, Mani Perazzoli, Penetration, Pete Shelley, Preston, Shanghai Treason, Skids, Steve Diggle
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