CODY SMYTH – THE INTERVIEW

Alix

Here at The Journalix Towers, we're all huge fans of The Strokes. I mean, who isn't?! Many people claim they define an era but for us they define rock n roll. The music is so special and those images of the boys in New York at the turn of the century...

GIG: LIAM GALLAGHER

Alix

We secured our tickets months ago, and watched the social media and TV coverage of all the festivals he’s played this summer. But tonight’s the night us Mancunians have been waiting for. Liam’s biggest solo gig to date. 50,000 fans, all ages, all the...

TOP 30 SONGS OF 2017

2017 hit lofty heights and delivered some devastating blows as once again music was at the centre of everything that happened, both good and bad. The tradition here at The Journalix towers, is for Joni, Una and Alix to give you 10 songs each. Nobody ...

IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY…

We've previously done playlists at the end of the year celebrating our favourite tunes of the past 12 months but this time we've decided mid-year we'd go back a bit further. Just because time moves on doesn't mean music turns bad like a rotten apple....

#PLAYLIST FOR 2015

The Journalix 3 pick out ten of their favourite songs of the year each, making our Top 30 of 2015!

COPYCATS

Joni has asked me to write about the why's and where's of musical influence, particularly in artists I respect and love. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check this out: “You Would Never Exist Without Us…” Anyway, I think what he me...

BEADY EYE – DREAMING OF SOME SPACE

Joni

And so the end has come for Beady Eye¹, the short-lived answer to Oasis without Noel. They had some relative success releasing 2 albums 2 years apart following the split of Manchester's finest in 2009. Liam's development as a songwriter had been a ...