June 2023 gigs in Manchester, reviewed
However, last week, one M.E.N. reviewer had good reason to. That was to soak up the reaction - both good and bad - of Arctic Monkeys' headline Glastonbury set.
From crawling verses and thrashy choruses, to delicate melodies about love, it's not just setlists they have a knack for, but song writing, too. Beginning with 'Should I' from new LP I Am The Dog, every track from the record got its chance to shine throughout the night. With its sample lyric, 'one step forward, five steps back', it illustrates Le Tigre's reasons for revisiting their blend of politics and electro-punk in an increasingly divided world. The group, formed by Kathleen Hanna in the wake of her pioneering riot grrl outfit Bikini Kill, recorded three albums from 1999 to 2004 before taking a break until 2022, bar the odd one-off engagement, and in the interim they've built up a younger following who filled the front rows in Manchester.
The Angolan-born singer’s latest album Sakidila draws from a variety of sounds and cultures with a strong dancehall feel. It’s the sort of music you just have to dance along to - and indeed you were pretty much obliged to, as during one song Pongo came down from the stage with her dancers to teach us some of the moves with crowd enthusiast lily shaking their hips along the infection rhythm.
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