Nine to see at Manchester’s Dot to Dot Festival

One of the granddaddies of the town festival format is the magnificent Dot to Dot with a long weekend of fun in Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham. I always regret that I’ve not organised my days to follow the D2D carnival right around the country but once again I’m going to have to content myself with […]

Live: Kashmere – Lending Room, Leeds

Fortunately for us impatient types there wasn’t long to wait. The first of the 2018 released Kashmere tracks Codeine came up second in the set list and the guys nailed it. A little later along came the second 2018 tune, Toyko, where the boys gave it a similar guitar heavy, reverb strong live rebranding. I […]

Kashmere drop great new tracks Codeine and Toyko

Our favourite Stockport electo indie doom boys Kashmere are having a busy spring. As well as drop a couple of class tunes onto an unsuspecting public, the band are currently on tour to introduce their new bassist Freddie Hughes. The April released track Toyko follows the band’s 2018 move to slightly lighter and poppish territory. This […]

Live: Kashmere – Parish, Huddersfield

Pub and bar week nights out in August student-free-zone Huddersfield are rarely notable for their banging qualities. While the H2N promoted Parish Pump event headlined by Kashmere sadly wasn’t rammed, the broad mix of music on offer and the energy of the performances gave the town a rare Thursday night exuberance, and I wish more […]

Kashmere – Hoxton

Of the few things I know about Hoxton is that it’s an area in the east end of London, it’s great for a night out, and is near to the wonderful legendary Rough Trade independent record shop. Given Stockport band Kashmere’s new single is also called Hoxton, perhaps they missed a trick by not making […]