Folly of Youth

Tonight’s gig was not a planned outing. Meeting an old friend for a drink turned into seeing a sold out gig thanks to a kindly promoter who...

This year BBC4 are repeating, week by week, Top of the Pops from 1977 . Next January when they get to 1978 I wouldn't blink an eye to se...

Tonight’s gig opened with Jo Gillot playing finger picked acoustic folk-blues that sang of red and grey squirrels, travelling rafts and the...

In June 2010 I wrote about Laura J Martin for this esteemed organ when she only had one single to her name. By the end of 2011 that had ri...

Mikey Kenney aka Ottersgear , here performing solo, opened tonight’s Now Then Manc evening. He played an intense acoustic folk that felt qui...

There has been a raft (ouch) of one-man, two-word band name outfits surfing the spreading tail-end of chillwave in different directions: Was...

There’s a video on You Tube of A Winged Victory For The Sullen playing at Unsound Festival in Krakow. The venue is uncredited but it appear...

On last year’s two (free download) EPs, Free Swim tackled a man who decides to have two extra hands grafted on to this chest and the Himala...

What’s in a release date? The sophomore release from Standard Fare was originally slated for 12 December release last year. A home (base) to...

Definitely thinner pickings in the first month of the year but still some choice gigs this January; mainly a selection of mid-weight, mid-te...

Manchester Gigs in Music Mixtape: December 2011 Manchester Gigs in Music - January 2012 by Follyofyouth on Mixcloud Or download mixtape [...

I succumbed to the croaky cabaret songs of Benjamin Shaw (“ Born in hate and raised in Blackpool ”) earlier this year upon hearing his 2010...

Tired of lists yet? Sadly I’m not - never have been, never will. So here’s another - highly subjective – albums-of-the-year list to throw on...

So Manchester institution The Ritz has been taken over by the HMV group as part of their business diversification strategy. Architecturally...

The London indie-folk five-piece formed by ex-Fanfarlo guitarist Mark West return with their second release of the year after July’s ‘Desert...

At the start of 2011, I knew The Indelicates by name and reputation only. And my faint grasp of their reputation suggested a difficult, art...

There have been other champions of Abergele’s Gintis but the one that brought the band to my attention was Ted from the Cloud Sounds podca...