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Gig Review: Jim Noir @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester

by Mof Gimmers

“What’s up with you lot? You seem more nervous than me and I’m nervous as fuck!” It’s not often someone takes to the stage with that level of naked honesty and self-deprecation who has seen success like Jim Noir. Hailing from Manchester, it’d be easy (and frighteningly lazy) to lump Noir in with a whole [...]

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HecklerPlay: Wheels – New Hip Gun Slingers

by Matthew Laidlow

Prior to Wheels, the only time you’d have thought about this object musically would be the lyrics to “wheels on the bus”, which isn’t cool at all. Don’t worry; we’re not going to give you a 2010 dubstep remix complete with reggae vocals. Instead, we want to turn our attention to some young guns called [...]

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New Michael Jackson Track, ‘Breaking News’, In Quite Good Shocker

by Mof Gimmers

Even Michael Jackson haters must be intrigued as to what the recently deceased pop-stars new single was going to sound like. There was a very good chance it wasn’t going to be very good, what with MJ not being around long enough to completely finish it and polish it to an androgynous sheen. And so, [...]

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Gig Review: Linkin Park, Who Cares Where It Was? It Could’ve Been Anywhere…

by hecklerspray staff

Week after week they shuffle into the stadium. Their team no longer have anything in common with them. The ticket prices go up and up and the only thing that improves are the salaries of the players, subsidised by people who could be doing something better with the money. Their loyalty to the brand is [...]

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HecklerPlay: Music Review – Cheapskate’s ‘Knock Knock Knock’ EP

by Mof Gimmers

When the men of Britain retreat to their sheds, they like to tinker with things. And quite possibly read bongo magazines. While the majority of shed dwellers come out reeking of oil, Mr Cheapskate comes out covered in melodies and wry, sideways glaces at the world. See, Cheapskate is a purveyor of shed-pop complete with [...]

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HecklerPlay: Beastie Boys’ ‘Hello Nasty’

by Mof Gimmers

Back in ’98, the world was faced with a really weird pop landscape. Britpop was dead and nothing from the  world of rock was willing or able to come and take its place. We were left with a sea of beige rockers and the first spurts of an acoustic movement (NAM) that would ultimately prove [...]

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Unknown Covers: ‘Step On’

by Mof Gimmers

There was a brief period in pop-music history where everyone seemed to want to come from Manchester. With bands like The Stone Roses, New Order and the Happy Mondays (come on now, no-one ever liked James that much) all making waves across the country, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Manchester was alive with bright, [...]

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Album Review: Colorama ‘Box’

by Mof Gimmers

Sixties and seventies revivalism is, for the most part, such an ugly thing. As fun as the Super Furry Animals are, you have to endure the insufferable Ocean Colour Scene, Oasis and Kula Shaker (and, clearly, this requires a reviewer to be stuck in some ’90s mindset… don’t worry, it gets better). Of late though, [...]

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HecklerPlay: Radiohead’s Kid A’s Tenth Birthday Party

by Matthew Laidlow

What do we have here? Starting this week, hecklerspray has decided to branch out for the usual trawl of new artists to cover music in a broader sense – past, present and future. This week, we’re looking back at an album that made a unique mark in the musical landscape. And out of the dusty [...]

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Hipster Diary: Manchester’s In The City Festival

by hecklerspray staff

So, yeah. In the City is happening this week in Manchester. It’s like totally an important festival about music. I work in ‘media’ so managed to get a press pass for it. I hate saying it, but I’m famous on Twitter. I get spotted all the time, so the festival will do well by having [...]

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