Phedra Broch writes about what we can expect from A.I.M 2020 applicant, Sonny Baker Royle

Georgina Davidson chats to Glasgow-based band Walt Disco about their recent UK tour

Contributors Reece Ritchie and Matthew Wilders deliver a joint review of the punks band PUPs’s show at Manchester Academy 2, giving their views of PUP and the supports, Fresh and Slotface

Writer Archie McLachlan reviews King Nun’s jarring and jagged debut album

Writer Reece Ritchie sits down with Manchester punk duo Slap Rash and Leeds based Hamer to discuss Manchester, the scene and all things punk

Writer Kerry reviews Ezra Furman’s performance at the Albert Hall in which she performed punk influenced hits with an attitude to match

Taking place below the streets of the city, the event was a timely comment on society in Britain today, perfectly encapsulating the dissatisfied, determined and defiant outlook of today’s youth

Cameron Taylor caught DZ Deathrays at Manchester’s YES, for a lively but ultimately disappointing show

George Walker argues that Slowthai encapsulates the vast majority of a disaffected youth better than many who’ve tried before him

Alexander Cresswell explores whether the musical golden age of Manchester is a thing of the past, or still yet to be reached

Deputy Music Editor Lily Martin reviews and meets Yorkshire band Children of the State at Jimmy’s Liverpool

A Certain Ratio celebrated their 40th anniversary with a two-day festival at Manchester’s coolest venue, YES

Scottish indie wonders The Twilight Sad deliver an emotive performance to a diverse and energetic crowd, writes Cameron Taylor

They’re alternative, melodic and steadily gaining traction. Brighton quartet, YONAKA lie just at the forefront of a new movement that defies genre, writes Georgina Davidson.

“If anything, we stand for narcissism and selfishness.”

Zene Davine, lead singer of glam punk group Queen Zee, talks politics, being a transwoman and the DIY production of their self-titled debut

Australian surf rock trio Skegss bring a bit of Australian sun and laid back attitude to a gloomy Manchester day

Dylan James highlights the significance of Sound Cloud for upcoming artists and how it was vital a platform to some of the biggest musicians in the industry

Olivia White probes the intriguing minds and peculiar narratives behind one of the music industry’s most exhilarating live performers, HMLTD

Self proclaimed ‘melodic hardcore punk’ band- Basement, performed an emotional sell-out show at Club Academy writes contributor Alex Wain.