Blues – BagThing

Weekly Preview // Music, Slam Champs, Comedy, Film & Festivals // 11.07-17.07

We're deep into festival territory now, but you can still see your favourite musicians in concrete jungles as well as the fields, as Manchester's lure for summer events takes hold. In theatre, Greater Mancheste... Read More...

Competition // Win Tickets To Velvet Badger Festival

Themed as 'future funk' and sporting a cosmic coalition of intergalactic sound sculptors, the second installation of Velvet Badger lands after a successful scouting mission in 2014. Back then, the festival w... Read More...

Review // Gildings, Turf & Karen Turley @ Dulcimer

Words by Ged Camera As the sun beams down over Chorlton on a Bank Holiday weekend, catching everyone by surprise, the long, narrow, darkened room upstairs at Dulcimer is packed. The reason for this avoidance... Read More...

Weekly Preview // 06.06-12.06

This northern heatwave may be a cure for the rainy city blues, but our inclination is still towards the cooler climes of cultural venues. Hermits we may be, but after digesting the below Manchester events highl... Read More...

Interview // Federal Charm

Bringing Herculean riffs back to blues rock since even before their 2013 debut, Federal Charm are a sonic force to be reckoned with. Their upwards curve sees them rubbing shoulders with post-punk legends Magazi... Read More...