December 2010
4 posts
人魂 (Dave McMahon) at The Tudor 29/12/10
incoming: WHITE SWALLOW!
White Swallow are two teenagers currently based in Chorley/Leeds making 5 minute epic rock tunes. The lyrics are intelligent, the riffs are beefy and the songs they are writing make you want to dance. The unlikely duo formed from the remnants of one of Wigan/Chorleys most promising young bands (3 Black Dwarfs). Deciding that bassists were overrated, they acquired an octave pedal and donned it...
TWIN PEEEEAKS REMIX.
Brain Food Collective show da skills.
November 2010
7 posts
incoming: PADDY STEER!
This Friday sees musical leftist Paddy Steer return to The Tudor to play more delightful weirdness pertaining to genres such as jazz, hawaiian, psychedlic, electronica and folk amongst many others. He plays everything from his unique drum setup using electronics that date back to the 1960s. Once described as a ‘Zelig-like character’ (if you’re not familar with Albert Zelig you...
Boy Or Bison choose :-)
Somewhere in the depths of Leigh, Greater Manchester, three guys in their twenties decided to form a surf band inspired by Twin Peaks and their favourite do woop tunes. Boy Or Bison is the result. If you’re feeling the winter blues already and need a pick-me-up, B.O.B have that tingly warm feeling going on in their music that makes you feel as if you’re at a party on a summer...
JERAMIAH FERRARI - mighty sparrow
Beady Die?
Liam Gallagher has released a 20 second preview of his new band Beady Eye (listen above). And yes, it actually sounds as if it’s going to be even worse than we all imagined it would be..
SPECTRALS.
Extended play. Out now. Buy it.
October 2010
7 posts
incoming: APES FIGHT BACK!
We first came across Manchester - rock/noise/in-your-face - duo Apes Fight Back about two years ago when an in-the-know muso friend suggested we book them. From the moment we first saw them play we were in love with the energy and intensity in the songs; that and how they make other heavy rock bands sound like Coldplay.. After watching Titantic.. Since that first show the band have earned their...
toilet fun with BROWN BROGUES.
Brown Brogues playing in the Corners toilets in Fallowfield. (All the cool kids are doing it right now) Brown Brogues from MCR Scenewipe on Vimeo.
THIS FRIDAY.
incoming: THESE WAVES!
If you’ve been following this blog thingy there is a very good chance you’d have read about/listened too These Waves. The electrifying five piece from Derby play quirky and intense alt. rock reminiscent of At The Drive In, Les Savvy Fav and The Mars Volta and have just released their second EP. And seriously, we can’t say one bad word about them - except maybe their lateness...
incoming: THE BEAR!
Tomorrow night sees London favourites Los return to The Tudor and no band could be a more suitable support for getting the crowd in the mood than Wigan’s The Bear. They play hard energetic rock in the vain of bands like Queens of The Stone Age and And You Will Know Us By The Trial Of The Dead and have a sound that’s more in your face than, well, a bear.. The band came together from...
Spooky
September 2010
4 posts
enemy destruct!
Thee Oh Sees blowing my mind in Brooklyn.
To Those We Have Lost (well nearly)..
By Michael Pattison
A brief introduction to some classic ‘lost’ tracks from former or semi-former (if that exists) Wigan bands. This may induce the slightly more mature reader to reminisce, and/or scorn and become nasal at such a backward looking and archaic article, as well as hopefully encouraging the slightly younger reader to think that Wigan has (and can still) produced actual propa gud...
incoming: JERAMIAH FERRARI!
Hailing from Leigh, Greater Manchester, Jeramiah Ferrari could very well be the band your summers been missing. They boldly play with the reggae genre and mix it up with punk rock and quirky song structures, creating reggae inspired pop that’s as startling as your cat being binned by a postmenopausal woman.. Starting off as a covers band called Half Way To Victory the band have come along...
coming up: BLACKLISTERS.
To a Tudor near you. Date TBA.
August 2010
6 posts
GET SUM.
thumbs up for Weezer at Leeds.
Rivers Cuomo gave it his all, and more.
These Waves - These Waves (EP)
I first heard These Waves last summer and from the moment I saw them live, I was instantly hooked. What struck me most was the energy and how the band would feed off each other live. That, along with the fast paced intricate guitar playing, quirky timings and catchy pop inspired melodies - the bands appeal was flawless. But since that infamous Wigan show, they’ve had their fair share of...
incoming: ANKERKITES!
The search has been called off. Finally, a new ‘exciting’ post-rock band have surfaced to save us from the clutches of the local Paramore and Killers rip off.., wait, I won’t even go there.. Samuel Sharp have had the title of ‘best post-post alt. alt. alt. Wigan band’ (sic) crown since like, when, er - Oasis were still together and Arcade Fire were still good.....
Wavves 'King of The Beach'
I saw Wavves at The Deaf Institue last winter, and amidst the mass hype i’d already heard from hipster blogs online, it’s fair to say, they delivered and met expectations. In fact they rocked prety much most of the crowds Indie/Topman crazy socks. Off. Their sound is huge and live is ear bleedingly loud with their hardware setup not conventional to the usual fx pedal graduate....
July 2010
1 post
Well..
We’ve not been active for a while as I’ve had not internet access but we will be back..
For now enjoy these videos I took of a private gig we put on NXNW HQ..
June 2010
4 posts
coming up: MONSTER ISLAND!
The Manchester three piece play The Tudor this Friday (July 2nd)
listen here.
Support comes from Grand Park and Dragonbomb.
Free.
CASTROVALVA return to The Tudor.
Friday 9th of July.
Support comes from 3 Black Dwarfs and another band TBC.
Free.
remembering: CORINTHIANS.
Starting as a trio in late 2004, Corinthians grabbed the local music scene by the balls with their excitable mix of post punk and abrasive pop noise; kicking pretty much any other of the local bands asses who were trying to play rock music. The groups style took influence from a range of genres, including noise and avant-garde, with their songs leaning towards an angular pop style. The band...
incoming: LOS!
Los are a three-piece from London. They combine grunge, punk and soul with a raw and gutsy blues sound that’s been described as true broken heart music. Fronted by angelic looking blonde Helen Sargent, their last single was single of the week by Rock Sound, and the band have been causing a stir in venues across the UK. The band play The Tudor this Friday (11th June) and recently caught up...
May 2010
7 posts
GO TO THIS.
Duracell 27/5/10 at The Tudor
Duracell set closer -
His song based on the structure of DNA -
incoming: ANDRE DURACELL!
WMC: Hello Andre, how are you?
Andre: Hi, I’ve just woken up in Manchester and have ten minutes before leaving to Edinburgh. My ears are ringing this morning, the weather has been so good these past few days so everyone in the UK is happy.
WMC: Are you excited to be returning to Wigan?
Andre: Yes, when I mention Wigan everybody looks at me funny, but it’s one of my favourite...
*%^3!2+
Currently have no internet access. We will be back..
incoming: CHOPPING WOOD!
Chopping Wood from sean lyness on Vimeo.
Blackburn, Lancashire - name checked in ‘A Day in the Life’ by The Beatles; home to Blackburn Rovers; spawned Chopping Wood. The four-piece post-hardcore outfit are kicking up a stink in the North-West at the minute with their defined sound of punk-soaked angst rock. We don’t know that much about these four individuals bar they like...
coming up: SAC MAL DE MER!
Famous for the best song titles ever, Sac Mal De Mer return to The Tudor to play us more funk/metal tongue-in-cheek jamz. It’s a miracle this band are even still together after their history of fights and bust ups, so consider yourself lucky and be prepared to be throughly entertained by the hits such as ‘Knights of Cameltoe’, ‘Beaver Believer’ and ‘Cherry...
April 2010
15 posts
incoming: BROWN BROGUES!
Mark Vernon has been in many bands. Most probably more than most musical folk. In fact if you’re reading this, there is a good chance you’ve been in a band with him.. But with best friend Ben Mather (drums/backing vocals) - who has an uncanny resemblance to Leemun Castrovalva - he has found his musical compadre. The duo have played with other musicians but subsequently sacked each...
INCOMING: THEE OH SEES!
Hailing from San Francisco, California, Thee Oh Sees - led by musical extraordinaire John Dwyer - have a new album out titled Warm Slime. Released on In The Red Records on May 11th, the band are also back in the UK as part of their European tour. Yes, it’s time to get excited. The prolific garage/psych foursome played an intimate show in Wigan two years ago; the show is still talked about...
coming up: ANDRE DURACELL!
All the way from Lyon, France, the spectacle that is Andre Duracell is something you would have never seen before or even imagined. The frenchman who has been hailed as ‘the one man Lightning Bolt’ plays only a drum kit fitted with drum triggers and a sythesizer. His minimalistic setup consists only of a bass drum, snare drum, floor tom, and ride cymbal, all of which are triggered to...
