Tuesday 20 April 2010

APOLOGIES AND NEWS


Apologies first for the lack of service in recent times. Northernights always operated with the help of just a handful of people who were also juggling other roles. Of late those responsibilities have been taking priority meaning that our little, local and lo-fi clubbing site has taken a back seat. We've also realised that it can't go on in this haphazard way.

Anyway, should you stil be reading this, we thought that we should let you know that we're currently looking for an individual, a group or some other kind of organisation to breathe new life into Northernights. This (award-winning!) project then requires someone with enthusiasm for what goes on in the city to develop what we have started.

We envisage that the right person would possibly be able to find ways to monetise the site [www.northernights.co.uk] but, predominantly, we would anticipate that their interest would stem from the potential to build on an existing passion for what the kind of work that we have been doing. In addition to our Best Arts & Culture accolade as part of the Manchester Blog Awards, we were once also nominated within a Best of Manchester category [before losing out to the great Switchflicker/Club Brenda] and were up for a Record of the Day thing. Our posts also pop up on Hype Machine and we're lucky enough to get all sorts of people emailing us with new music [apologies to them for the lack of posting].

We have a number of options that we're currently looking at but should you know someone who might be interested in taming this beast, do get them to drop us a line at northernights [at] gmail [dot] com.

Wednesday 31 March 2010

MILES AHEAD


While their re-edit of 'Empire Ants' by Gorillaz is getting coverage on Pitchfork, we thought that we'd quickly turn our attention back to the Clique DJs' earlier remix of 'Last Mile' by May68 [pictured above].

You'll find that slice of digital dance-pop on their Soundcloud here.

Saturday 23 January 2010

EARS


Here is another selction of dance-floor sound for you. Oh, and happy new year, by the way.

Thursday 14 January 2010

EVERYBODY HURTS


As you'll probably already be aware, Manchester duo Hurts are tipped for greatness by pretty much everyone ever. Which reminded us that we spoke to singer Theo quite a bit back to talk about his last project, Daggers. It was pretty entertaining, actually. And you will find it here.

Oh, and here's the video for Hurts' 'Wonderful Life' which we're sure will end up all over your telly box throughout 2010.