Academy 2 (formerly MDH)
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formerly known as Manchester MDH
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The Ataris, Fabulous Disaster, Douglas at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Fri 27 Apr
I was kinda reluctant to go to this concert. I’ve been to some amazing punk shows recently –The Buggers, Pignut, Living End – and if it wasn’t for their disappointing last album ‘End Is Forever’ I would have been more than willing to go. It’s just that listening to the said album I kind of feel The Ataris are starting»
My Vitriol, Seafood, Queen Adreena at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Sat 03 Nov
Queen Adreena played with passion and vigour as the first support. The fact that they are not an incredibly young, brand new band shows how far My Vitriol has come in the way of being able to acquire quality support acts. Indeed, My Vitriol are a younger band than Queen Adreena are. Mixing her soaring »
One Minute Silence, Will Haven, SugarComa at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Thu 29 Nov
One Minute Silence have always been a notoriously crazy live act. This, of course, led to everyone looking forward to this show very, very much. With Sacramento mentalists Will Haven in support, the line-up was looking far from feeble, especially after the loud and youthful SugarComa were announc»
'A', Rival Schools, Violent Delight at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Sat 23 Feb
“This is a, err, song about finding out, like, who you are…D’ya know what I mean?” These are just a miniscule proportion of the words of Violent Delight’s skinnily charismatic rapper/screamer Rodney. The boy had spirit is all I can say. They are young. They are almost certainly »
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Thu 25 Apr
It’s almost as if I was at a Slipknot concert…the band enter the stage to a mix of fiercely understated lighting and samples and effects…but Conrad Keely is far too nice a guy to puke in a jar and throw it at the front row. He greets “Manchesterrrrr” in the way that so many foreign bands like»
SOiL at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Wed 26 Jun
Chicago. Maybe its something about coming from an industrial heartland but Chicago based bands seemed to have this machine like grind down to a art. There is a cool history in the city of balancing hard rock with something meaner and more linear, Shellac have honed it down brilliantly in whatever universe they »
Electrelane at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Mon 14 Oct
So I’m here to see Electrelane. I do this often. I go see a band. I don’t really know what to expect from it. I don’t know whether I’m going to like it. But I’m always meant to expect something. It’s what I do. It almost feels like an obligation sometimes. They told me it would be good. So I»
The Stranglers at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Sun 17 Nov
Bikers, punks, crusties, even some nu metal kidz - all the outsiders are here tonight, crammed tight into a sweat stained hall to pay homage to perhaps the most undervalued band in British pop history.
Outside there are several punters who can’t get in to see a band that, even into their thirtieth year of ex»
Sparklehorse at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Wed 27 Nov
There’s more to life than being cool. Or so we’re told. But sometimes a musician can be so carelessly unfashionable they accidentally become inspirationally hip. Take Sparklehorse architect Mark Linkous – visually a homeless Chris Cornell dressed by Bob Geldof. You get the distinct im»
Mudvayne, SikTh at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Wed 19 Feb
Shit! Who’s that? It’s Fred Durst! No wait! - he’s way cooler - there’s no camp baseball hat for a start! Man… that’s a Mudvayne t-shirt he’s wearing! It’s Mudvayne! And that’s how I spotted Mudvayne from the safety of Manchester’s larger HMV. Weird. For metalheads they seemed quite gentle»
Biffy Clyro, InMe, Colour of Fire at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Mon 24 Feb
Set the scene for me. Set the perfect scene. Dare ya. Underage girls begging for spunk? Oooh, how very fashionable. It’s still illegal ya hear me. But yeah: little semi-sluts running around gagging for demi-deity Dave’s delicious… hmmm, until they actually get it. That’s the InMe fanbase. Rig»
Anthrax, Hondo Maclean at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Thu 13 Mar
Boyband. Hondo Maclean come out onstage to those pointed fingers. They’re Welsh. Like the LostProphets – the ultimate rock boyband? Oh my god. What lazy comparisons again: a Welsh band likened to LostProphets. Stop reading now. Probably. I do it every time. Don’t I? Oh well, more about them late»
Mad Capsule Markets at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Fri 21 Mar
I’m giving this band a great review. The 60 minute techno-punk-metal-hardcore-grindcore-firedup-fuckedup-grating-adrenaline-fuelled-machine-gun-shooting-Japanese industrial set deserves no less than a write up of the utmost respect. Breakneck beats and basslines that I’m pretty sure could destroy the transport infra»
Soulfly at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Sun 23 Mar
One day you wake up and you're 14; and you want to dress in grunge. Remember that? You want a mad-core metal chain to hang from your hips; a massive one that clanks and breaks things it knocks into and gets caught up with your knees and those wide-core trousers you’ve got on when you run… away from scallies possibly. I»
Bright Eyes at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Wed 06 Aug
Some people hate Conor Oberst, y’know. Judging by a packed sweaty stripy jumper-clad crowd, quite a few love the guy too. It soon becomes apparent why Bright Eyes inspire such extremes of human emotion. At »
Dashboard Confessional, The Crimea at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Fri 07 Nov
Dawson's Creek. You heard of it? American teen drama - imagine five high school kids sat round some bonfire on Santa Barbara beach smoking moderate nondescript amounts of pot and drinking moderate smallish bottles of non descript label less beer. Wicked...Party. The soundtrack to this would of course be Dashboard Confessional.»
Pitchshifter, SikTh at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Mon 11 Oct
With an album almost finished and due for release early next year, it would be no mistake if someone was planning this to be the tour to bring Sikth out of the shadows and into the limelight.»
Hexstatic at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Fri 10 Dec
Seminal breakbeat deviants, Hexstatic are in Manchester tonight with their visceral audiovisual show.»
Fingathing at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Fri 10 Dec
Audiovisual jazz funk hip-hop hybrid Fingathing return to Manchester this evening for a homecoming show of moderate attendance. This time around the Fat City signed trio are supporting old school favourites and Richard Whitely haters Hexstatic, introducing long term vinyl junkies to their individual mix of electric jazz-influenced basslines and b-boy styled beats and tunes.»
Emanuel at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Tue 23 Aug
Kentucky’s answer to emo-rock, Emanuel, stumble onto stage in good health and heart blustering an energetic and vibrant appeal across the crowd of young punks.»
Clutch, Corrosion Of Conformity, Stinking Lizaveta at Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Manchester, Greater Manchester, Sat 21 Jan
The gig began with literally the best opening band I have ever seen. The promising tracks i'd heard on their myspace page did not prepare me for the six legged rock behemoth that greeted me as I strode into the Academy 2. The most impressive support be»
Mika at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Tue 27 Feb
The tickets said Academy 3. The website said Academy 2. And when we arrived in Manchester the bristling and expectant queue was sn»
TV On The Radio at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH), Mon 17 Nov
Whilst TV On The Radio don’t quite scale the heights of musical nirvana tonight, they come pretty close and, having only graced the stage for an hour, remain as elusive as ever.»
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