We’re throwing a birthday bash with Garlic Bread Club!

Come party with us in Manchester, with Drones, Fair Do's, Other Half, Brassick and more. We're invading Retro bar's basement on Saturday 22 January.

October 29, 2021 0

Time Doesn’t Stop #4: Loz Thackeray from Rhythmic Coughing

In the final instalment of Em Johnson's Time Doesn't Stop series, where she reflects on growing up punk, she speaks to Loz from Manchester's Rhythmic Coughing.

September 29, 2021 0

Gig Review: Garlic Bread Club @ Retro, Manchester [17/09/2021]

Redeemon, Knife Club, The Sewer Cats, Burnout and Slap Rash at Manchester's quarterly DIY punk rock gathering - the first gig review we've written since 2019!

September 20, 2021 1

Time Doesn’t Stop #2: Tony Maher on Jilly’s Rockworld & Satan’s Hollow

The second instalment in Em Johnson's series about punks growing up, featuring an interview with Tony Maher about Manchester's 00's punk scene, including Jilly's Rockworld, Roadkill Records, Satan's Hollow and Refuse to Lose club nights. "It was also nice to get back to playing music I liked, instead of being forced to pander to the shitty tastes of turbo-melts and hating every last gruelling microsecond of it."

August 19, 2021 0

Gigs Are Back: Thoughts on Live Music After Lockdown

Sarah ponders her first gig back post-pandemic, and the way the live music landscape might be changing. Featuring Incisions @ The Peer Hat in Manchester.

August 13, 2021 0

Volunteers: The Unsung Heroes of Manchester Punk Fest

Manchester Punk Festival is a large multi-venue festival taking place in April each year. Remaining fervently DIY, it is staffed by a dedicated volunteers who come back every year. As part of that group, Sarah endeavoured to find out what makes MPF's volunteer team so special.

April 25, 2020 0

Girls To The Front: Female Promoters Revitalising UK Punk Rock

We explore the recent upsurge of womxn in putting on gigs in the North of England, the ingrained sexism in the DIY community and what we can do to challenge it.

May 27, 2019 1