My first gig of 2006 was OK Go at the Night And Day Cafe. They played a really cool set. I can't remember the name of the first support band - but they were good. The second weren't - but OK Go made up for that.

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I am sorry boys and girls, but I've been listening to Last.fm Radio Player over the past few weeks, and whenever I want to listen to the american-punk-rock melodies of 'Similar artists to Green Day, Sum41, blink-182, Pickled Dick' I do not expect to hear Matt Molloy.

As nice and fluent as his panpipe-flute-esque-irish-folk-sounds are - he does not sound like Green Day.

Okay, so at lunchtime in work I went out and bought The Strokes new album twice - First Impressions Of Earth - for mine and my friend Amanda's listening pleasure.

When I got back to work, I put it on and about half way through, turned it off. Oh my… I've not done that with an album for ages. I don't know whether it was just the atmosphere in work today or what - but it sounded so dull and boring - and everyone in the office (most of whom love The Strokes) agreed with me.

Anyway, tonight I…

Test-Icicles play the Night And Day Cafe in Manchester to a sold out crowd!

I met the fellas before the gig, and very nice they are too. We chatted for like, 45mins… It was good.

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Well, well. I put on my own gig. Bands playing included Make It Better Later, Pickled Dick, Mybe and Encyclopedia.

All these bands played the Night And Day Cafe to a small crowd. It cost me a bomb, and I lost out money-wise, but it was worth it.

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Belief System play The Late Room, Manchester as part of HMV Showcase 2005.

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Little Man Tate played Manchester's Night & Day Cafe to a small, but grateful crowd.

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Last night I trotted along to the Manchester Academy to see The Rakes. It was kick-ass. Click the image below to see a bunch of photos.

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