When I was a student I used to head off to Peter Street in Manchester on a regular basis for gigs. In those days the venue was the Free Trade Hall and there I saw a wide range of artists ranging from Queen to Blondie, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Television and the Boomtown Rats to - ahem - Bob Seger. Some great memories, sadly the venerable old venue now lives on as a swanky hotel. Last night I returned to Peter Street, this time to the Albert Hall, just across the road, a former Grade 2 methodist chapel now being lovingly restored by the people behind local bar Trof. It features a fantastic horseshoe-shaped hall complete with organ pipes, upper circle, and high ceilings on the first floor, which makes for a splendid venue in which to hold concerts. And downstairs, I was delighted to discover that on the bar they were selling Marble Manchester Bitter! If you missed reading the title the reason for my visit was to see American indie band The War on Drugs. I saw them about 3 ...