DESIGNER MAGAZINE 2011
MONTHLY UPDATES
DECEMBER* Best Of 2011 roundup - Feature
NOVEMBER
* Arctic Monkeys / The Vaccines - Manchester MEN Arena - Live Review
* Doyle & The Fourfathers - Dry Bar Manchester - Live Review
* The Gentrymen / The Royals - Club Academy Manchester - Live Review
* Givers - Manchester Academy - Live Review
* Incubus - Manchester Apollo - Live Review
* Mcfly - Battle Of The Bands - No Substitute for hard work - Read Article
* The Versions - The Girl Next Door by The Mandigans - Cover Version Video
OCTOBER
* Johnny Marr & The Healers - Live review in Manchester - Read here
* Little Comets - Live Review in Manchester - Read here
* One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Decades cover)
SEPT
* The Version plus guests - Live Review in Manchester - read here
AUGUST
* ATP Summer Tour - Boy Jumps Ship / Mimi Soya / Cuba Cuba / Hope Break Legend / Leopards - Live Review
* Better Left Alone - plus Kiss Corona / Tainted Memories / FYI / Lights Out Action - Live Review
* Kiss Corona - Doctor Doctor live in Manchester (video)
* The Union Choir - Eleanor live in Manchester (video)
JULY
* Athlete - acoustic set in Manchester (Salford) goes down a storm - Live Review
* Malokia - plus special guests Pigeons in Motion, The Goddamn Electric / Forever August / Lights Out Action - Live Review
* The Sticks - plus guests impress in a post Glastonbury landspace - Live Review
MAY
* Martin Rossiter - Gene frontman impresses on his debut solo tour - Live Review
* Ocean Colour Scene - Simon & Oscar acoustic at Bar Bliss - Live Review
* Panic! At The Disco - Can they survive without Ryan Ross? - Live Review
* Pete Doherty - Solo and Acoustic at Manchester Academy - Live Review* Ra Ra Riot / Airship - The band that should be massive - Live Review
* Scumbag Philosopher - Find out more about the band behind God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead - Interview
APRIL
* Airborne Toxic Event - Manchester Academy 2 - Live Review
* Carl Barat - Back to the solo job after the Libertines reformations - Live Review
* The Heartbreaks - Morcambe boys on a mission - Live Review
* The Royals - They weren't Alive In The 80s but they wish they were - Live Review
MARCH
* Cats Eyes - Faris Badwan's new project hit Manchester - Live Review
* Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards - Manchester Castle Review here
* Mcfly - Dougie's back girls and they hit the right mark in Manchester - Live Review
* One Direction - a zillion photos of the boys in Manchester - Gallery here
* Shaun William Ryder - Happy Mondays and now King Of the Jungle hits Manchester - Review
FEBRUARY
* All Time Low - Massive photogallery from their initmate Academy show - view here
* The Bravery - Audio interview with Sam Endicott - Listen here
* Darwin Deez - Hipsters of the world, Unite and take over - Manchester review here
* Detroit Social Club - Newcastle band head out in Manchester in support of new single I Am The Revolution - Live Review
* The Duke Spirit - An alternative valentines day in Manchester - Live Review
* Florrie - Xenomania drummer goes solo at Manchester's Ruby Loung - Live Review
* Hurts - Manchester Academy homecoming show is epic - Live Review here
* James Blunt - We tipped him before even his UK record label had heard of it - We revisit in this review in Manchester - here
* Kid British - Northern Stories EP reviewed here
* Little Comets / Big Sleep - Not so elusive any more as they hit Manchester - Live Review here
* Zapzapzap - Hot tips from Macclesfield headline Club Academy in Manchester - Live Review
JANUARY
* Buzzin - New Bands Featured Every Day - This month including Swedish Anti-Biebers, Suede sideprojects, Sheffields new answer to The Clash, Political danceable pop about Wikileaks - Read Here
* Funeral Party - could they be the next big thing? We find out here
* The Heartbreaks - massive indepth interview with the band about playing fashion shows for Bono, recording with Edwyn Collins and Morcambe - Read Here
* Metronomy - preview new album The English Riviera in Manchester - Read Here
* Napa Live - The Charlatans, Courteeners, Twisted Wheel and The Twang head up the next big foreign festival - Read our preview here
* New Bands for 2011: Brother, The Heartbreaks, Big Sleep, Heights and many more to look out for - Read our selections here
* Sleigh Bells - big noisy pop from Sleigh Bells in Manchester - Read here
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