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Jacob Ainsworth

Jacob Ainsworth

20, he/him, UoM, Film Studies & English Literature. deputy music editor, writer, musician, illustrator and full-time Jarvis Cocker enthusiast
The Wedding Present live in Manchester: Northern national treasures return to revive 1994 LP Watusi

The Wedding Present live in Manchester: Northern national treasures return to revive 1994 LP Watusi

In 2024, The Wedding Present returned to Manchester to play their 1994 album Watusi in full to a rapturous response
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Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ‘Growing old disgracefully’ in the best way possible

Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ‘Growing old disgracefully’ in the best way possible

Oasis’ Liam Gallagher teams up with boyhood guitar hero John Squire of The Stone Roses to deliver psychedelic raucousness in Manchester
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Preview: Maltese indie eccentrics GENN to play Gulliver’s in the Northern Quarter

Preview: Maltese indie eccentrics GENN to play Gulliver’s in the Northern Quarter

Owing as equally to Joy Division as they do to Maltese poetry, GENN are to arrive in Manchester to showcase their ambitious debut LP
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Unknown treasures: Five underrated Factory Records releases you need to hear in 2024

Unknown treasures: Five underrated Factory Records releases you need to hear in 2024

Manchester’s infamous Factory Records remains a goldmine of indie musical output, full of often-forgotten masterpieces
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Fool’s Gold? Manchester United announce their new collaboration with The Stone Roses

Fool’s Gold? Manchester United announce their new collaboration with The Stone Roses

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Manchester United Football Club announce their new range of Manchester music-inspired merchandise, available from 8th February 2024
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Suede live in Lincoln: The not-quite-Britpoppers take the Midlands by storm

Suede live in Lincoln: The not-quite-Britpoppers take the Midlands by storm

Performing a career-defining setlist, Suede find a spiritual home in the East Midlands
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CMAT live in Manchester: “…or, should I say CMATchester?”

CMAT live in Manchester: “…or, should I say CMATchester?”

A gut-wrenching new LP, but the same old cowboy boots… the Irish singer/songwriter enthrals Manchester’s 02 Ritz
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Freya Beer and Yasmin Coe live in Manchester: The future of women in alternative music is in safe hands

Freya Beer and Yasmin Coe live in Manchester: The future of women in alternative music is in safe hands

Freya Beer’s headline show, alongside Yasmin Coe’s support slot, was an overwhelming assertion of the feminine presence in contemporary alternative music
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Jockstrap live in Manchester: The thinking woman’s dance music

Jockstrap live in Manchester: The thinking woman’s dance music

Jockstrap triumph at New Century Hall with their unique, provocative, and lucid take on dance music
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The Social Club live in Manchester: The student band returns to Lions Den for another crack at bringing back Britpop

The Social Club live in Manchester: The student band returns to Lions Den for another crack at bringing back Britpop

Down-to-earth, unpretentious, and deliriously upbeat, Manchester’s most melodic student band proves once again that they’re ones to watch
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Pretenders live in Manchester: Punk poetry, new ventures, and love letters to The Smiths

Pretenders live in Manchester: Punk poetry, new ventures, and love letters to The Smiths

Pretenders delight 02 Ritz with an energetic assertion of new material, fan-favourites, and passion for The Smiths
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Squid live in Manchester: Are they great, or are they grating?

Squid live in Manchester: Are they great, or are they grating?

Brighton-based five-piece Squid bring their tetchy disposition up to Manchester, but does it pay off?
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Peter Hook and The Light live in Liverpool: “Love, love will tear us apart, again”

Peter Hook and The Light live in Liverpool: “Love, love will tear us apart, again”

In lieu of a Manchester date, The Mancunion travels across to Liverpool to watch iconic bassist Peter Hook perform Joy Division and New Order’s Substance albums in full
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Lloyd Cole live in Manchester: Humble, understated, and resolutely underrated

Lloyd Cole live in Manchester: Humble, understated, and resolutely underrated

Live at Manchester’s Albert Hall, the 62-year-old indie veteran continues to inspire with a wholesome ode to his career’s back-catalogue
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Nation of Language live in Manchester: Synth-pop professors return to their spiritual home

Nation of Language live in Manchester: Synth-pop professors return to their spiritual home

The Brooklyn-based trio continue to raise pulses as they bring their synthesiser nostalgia into a new century
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Fruit live in Manchester: A cooking-pot of culture

Fruit live in Manchester: A cooking-pot of culture

Fruit put on a deafening, memorable performance at the iconic Manchester venue Band On The Wall
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Lloyd Cole to play Manchester’s Albert Hall

Lloyd Cole to play Manchester’s Albert Hall

Indie veteran Lloyd Cole is set to headline Manchester’s Albert Hall with a brand new, critically-acclaimed LP
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Anna Erhard: “Not-so-heavy topics”

Anna Erhard: “Not-so-heavy topics”

The Mancunion sits down with Anna Erhard to chat about musical arguments, writing, and a left-field dream dinner party
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Nation of Language – A Strange Disciple: Third time’s a charm, or another one won’t do any harm?

Nation of Language – A Strange Disciple: Third time’s a charm, or another one won’t do any harm?

The Brooklyn band attempt a hat trick of electro-pop masterclasses with their third LP; have they succeeded?
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Let’s talk about Mary Earps’ World Cup final penalty save: Controversy, backlash, and one big “f*** off”

Let’s talk about Mary Earps’ World Cup final penalty save: Controversy, backlash, and one big “f*** off”

A World Cup final penalty save and celebration that should have been a joyous moment for a nation. Why the backlash?
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