Wayne Hoyle

28 November 2020

“Stay wonky!” is the takeaway message from this wonderfully compelling and conscientiously curated evening of the experimental and the avant garde.

1 July 2019

I feel slightly uneasy as I try to settle into an uncomfortable plastic chair in the darkened back room of Yellow Arch on a gloomy Sunday ev…

1 May 2019

I meet Johnny and Steve in a pub not far from the end of the Parkway, having been intrigued at the prospect of a new festival taking place o…

1 September 2018

"You greedy rat head fuck." Not one to mince his words and why should he? Gerald Simpson, a.k.a A Guy Called Gerald, has spent the last 30 y…

16 April 2018

I first met Mike Thompson at the first RiteTrax event in 2015, which brought together underground artists from across the city at Yellow Arc…

I first met Mike Thompson at the first RiteTrax event in 2015, which brought together underground artists from across the city at Yellow Arc

23 April 2016

A Story About Joy Division and Manchester 22 April, Leadmill Ian Curtis once remarked that, “I struggle between what I know is right in my …

A Story About Joy Division and Manchester
22 April, Leadmill

Ian Curtis once remarked that, “I struggle between what I know is right in my

20 January 2015

Over the past year, the enigmatically named K.O.G and The Zongo Brigade have brought their unique, frenetic fusion to an array of pubs, club…

Over the past year, the enigmatically named K.O.G and The Zongo Brigade have brought their unique, frenetic fusion to an array of pubs, club

13 July 2014

For the last two months, I have had the privilege of being consumed by a hugely ambitious project that unexpectedly ended up encapsulating e…

For the last two months, I have had the privilege of being consumed by a hugely ambitious project that unexpectedly ended up encapsulating e