Review – BagThing

Review // Damon & Naomi @ The Night & Day Café // 18.02.2018

Since the advent of pop music, genres and subgenres have branched out as styles evolve and progress. Some are a natural reaction to the changing world, others are direct consequence to the current zeitgeist. Wh... Read More...

Review // Franz Ferdinand @ The Albert Hall // 13.02.2018

Franz Ferdinand have kicked off a world tour following the release of latest studio album 'Always Ascending', their first solo release since 2013's 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action'. Franz hit the gro... Read More...

Review // Mogwai @ The Albert Hall // 02.02.2018

Glasgow's champion post rock pioneers Mogwai returned to Manchester for the first of two dates at Albert Hall, playing to a sold out crowd in promotion of their latest studio album 'Every Country's Sun'.   F... Read More...

Review // Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Gorilla // 24.01.2018

North Carolina soul revivalists Lee Fields & The Expressions dropped into Manchester this week, bringing with them a back catalogue of soul music stretching back to the mid-1960s, and forty years experience pla... Read More...

Review // Violet Youth @ Jimmy’s // 23.01.2018

Blackburn based four-piece Violet Youth headlined Jimmy's on 23rd January, bringing with them a good dose of their “dark melancholic ambience” paired with psych rock. Having been featured on BBC Introducing las... Read More...

BagThing’s Best Albums Of 2017

There's been plenty to love this year, and we've spent a little time assembling a list of our favourite releases of the last twelve months. For your listening pleasure, we've also put together a playlist highli... Read More...

Review // A Certain Ratio @ The Ritz // 16.12.17

There’s a quote attributed to filmmaker John Ford that states that when given the choice between the fact and the legend, print the legend. Thanks in no part to the tall tales and entertaining half-truths popul... Read More...

Review // BANKS @ Manchester Academy // 24.10.17

There are a few reasons you should have Banks on your music radar; the first being she’s still fairly unknown in the UK so there’s a catalogue of hidden treasure tracks for you to go and indulge in. Secondly, e... Read More...

Review // Stay Fresh Fest 3 @ The Deaf Institute // 30.09.17

For anyone wondering if it’s still cider and sunglasses o’clock, September’s drizzle surely confirmed autumn is here with every budding raincloud. But for those of us in mourning for festival season, the Deaf ... Read More...

Review // Tim Heidecker & Neil Hamburger @ Gorilla // 03.09.17

It was to be a truly awesome show. For the sold-out crowd of adult swimmers and cult comedy fans, a special evening with Yankee clowns Tim Heidecker and Neil Hamburger was about to commence. The pair are offeri... Read More...

Review // Manchester Psych Fest 2017

As the hazy days of summer have nearly finished (remember that thing? Summer?) right at the very end Manchester gets an injection of good time vibes with the arrival of the Manchester Psych Fest. This year t... Read More...

Review // Lambchop @ Gorilla // 11.08.17

It's always felt as if Lambchop have never reached a 'peak', but have rather remained incredibly consistent in their display excellent songwriting and originality throughout a three-decade career. With roots ba... Read More...

Review // Chase City @ Gullivers // 04.08.17

Curiously funky, Aussie indie band Chase City recently announced an eighteen-date European tour to raise their profile and promote the release of their debut album ‘Pressure’. Gullivers was host to their Manche... Read More...

Review // Kikagaku Moyo @ The Deaf Institute // 21.06.17

It feels somehow right that during the 2017 Summer Solstice, a night of transcontinental psychedelia awaits the somewhat overheated throng. Japanese Kosmische Music ensemble Kikagaku Moyo are joined by North Wa... Read More...

Review // The Avalanches @ The Albert Hall // 23.06.17

Take a seminal dance album from an illusive Australian group, add a venue like Albert Hall and what do you get? An almighty gig of epic proportions, that’s what. This was one opportunity not to miss. Friday nig... Read More...

Review // Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith @ Soup Kitchen // 11.06.17

After a turbulent afternoon in Manchester that saw an already over-stretched police force doing their best to not only deal with the clash of demonstrators and protestors in the city centre, but also provide se... Read More...

Review // Dot To Dot Festival 2017 // 26.05.17

Words by Tom Frodsham The line up of Dot To Dot Festival can be a bit overwhelming at first inspection. But heaven sent an angel in the form of the Dot To Dot playlist on Spotify to help decide who to check ... Read More...

Review // Damo Suzuki @ The White Hotel // 19.05.17

Words by Wes Foster I’ve never really been able to get into Can, where do you even begin with their work and output? But I’ve always had an enormous amount of respect for their place within music, and what t... Read More...

Review // Sounds From The Other City 2017 // 30.04.17

Words and photos by Ged Camera. You might as well expect to be told that you have just missed something spectacular at this exercise in self indulgence, for it is nigh on impossible to get around to every v... Read More...

Review // Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble @ Soup Kitchen // 18.04.17

Words & Photos by Liam Moody Laetitia Sadier, and by extension her criminally underrated former band, Stereolab, are the type of artist that you may not necessarily have heard of, but you've heard them befor... Read More...

Review // Frances @ Gorilla // 03.04.17

Words by Beth Madden. Photos by Ged Camera. From the second she steps onto the stage for sprawling ballad 'Don’t Worry About Me’, Frances has the audience captivated. Seemingly to her own surprise as she com... Read More...

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