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Jacob Broughton-Glerup

Jacob Broughton-Glerup

Jacob Broughton-Glerup is a music journalist and avid music fan from Sheffield interested in all things lyrical and odd.

“A space to unite”: An evening with Manchester’s new anti-fascist event series, Multi

“A space to unite”: An evening with Manchester’s new anti-fascist event series, Multi

As a direct response to far-right attacks last summer, the student-led event group Multi bring people and music together to fight discrimination
In conversation with BC Camplight: Peeling the Camplight away from Brian Christinzio

In conversation with BC Camplight: Peeling the Camplight away from Brian Christinzio

Brilliantly bizarre American-Mancunian songwriter BC Camplight sits down to discuss the recording of his next release, going sober and being an American in Manchester
The heartbeat of Manchester’s experimental scene: Inside White Hotel

The heartbeat of Manchester’s experimental scene: Inside White Hotel

Salford’s White Hotel is at the cutting edge of Manchester’s experimental dance music scene, and is a treasured venue that is currently under threat and must be protected
Katy J Pearson in conversation: Telling everyone exactly what you want

Katy J Pearson in conversation: Telling everyone exactly what you want

Off of the back of her third album ‘Someday, Now’, Katy J Pearson discusses all things the new album, her creative process and life as an artist
Geordie Greep’s debut struggles to define The New Sound

Geordie Greep’s debut struggles to define The New Sound

With black midi calling time, frontman Geordie Greep unveils his solo project with The New Sound, a confusing album wedged between old and new
Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi is circling around the Post-Punk cul-de-sac

Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi is circling around the Post-Punk cul-de-sac

Now that Fat White family have returned with ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’, lead-singer Lias Saoudi has a lot more to say about post-punk, lyricism, and being a Londoner
Sour Grapes Records’ ‘Meltchester’: Mancunion music community at its finest

Sour Grapes Records’ ‘Meltchester’: Mancunion music community at its finest

Manchester’s own Sour Grapes Records brings Meltchester to town again at Projekts Skatepark
Fat White Family – Forgiveness is Yours: Reconfigured family come back to the fore

Fat White Family – Forgiveness is Yours: Reconfigured family come back to the fore

Five years on from their previous LP, Fat White Family return to the fore with ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’ without songwriter Saul Adamczewski
Post-Punk: Why it needs to die, and what’s next

Post-Punk: Why it needs to die, and what’s next

Having dominated the focus of alternative radio for several years, Post-Punk has reached peak saturation and must make way for something new
Main Library Musings – Rant column #2

Main Library Musings – Rant column #2

Edition #2 of the Opinion section’s rant column. Fuelled by sweaty palms and jabbing fingers on our keyboards, we lament three issues facing students: the library, buses, and supermarkets
Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all the difference

Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all the difference

Texan three-piece instrumentalists Khruangbin return with their newest LP, A LA SALA, demonstrating that a band can grow with the most subtle of changes
Chrysalis Records live in Manchester: Marika Hackman and Gia Ford take Gorilla

Chrysalis Records live in Manchester: Marika Hackman and Gia Ford take Gorilla

The London-based independent record label Chrysalis Records put their best foot forwards at Manchester’s own Gorilla, with rising starlet Gia Ford and the brilliant Marika Hackman
A beginner’s guide to Manchester’s local music scene

A beginner’s guide to Manchester’s local music scene

Manchester’s local music scene has never been short of exciting acts, and this is none more evident than right now, with acts such as Fruit, Die Kai Die, Tigers and Flies, and Evie Eve
Remembering: Shane MacGowan

Remembering: Shane MacGowan

Following his untimely passing on the 30th of November 2023, The Mancunion looks back on Shane MacGowan’s incredible artistic output across his life
King Krule live in Manchester: “And hate runs through my blood”

King Krule live in Manchester: “And hate runs through my blood”

King Krule stomped his way through a career-spanning set at a sold-out Manchester Academy
King Krule returns to Manchester on his UK tour: All you need to know

King Krule returns to Manchester on his UK tour: All you need to know

Archy Marshall, better known as the titanic King Krule, returns to Manchester Academy on the 7th October
Squid: “We’re not really too worried about everything making perfect sense”

Squid: “We’re not really too worried about everything making perfect sense”

Ahead of a European tour to support the release of their sophomore album O’Monolith, Anton Pearson of Squid sat down to chat all things music, literature, and the climate with The Mancunion
‘Adventures in Limbo’: Fat White Family’s Saul Adamczewski wanders into the acoustic abyss

‘Adventures in Limbo’: Fat White Family’s Saul Adamczewski wanders into the acoustic abyss

Five years on from the ground-breaking, disturbed pop of Insecure Men’s eponymous debut, and four years on from Fat White Family’s last release, Adamczewski takes charge on another project: ‘Adventures in Limbo’. An honest, acoustic look at that same sly, gap-toothed grimace.
Preview: Saul Adamczewski on a solo return to Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe

Preview: Saul Adamczewski on a solo return to Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe

Saul Adamczewski, tortured genius of anarcho-rock group Fat White Family and the disparate pop act Inscure Men, returns to Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe, this time with an album all of his own. Introducing, ‘Adventures in Limbo’.
Shame on Food for Worms, touring and an encounter with Mark E. Smith

Shame on Food for Worms, touring and an encounter with Mark E. Smith

Just after the release of the post-punk band’s third record, The Mancunion’s Alex Cooper and Jacob Broughton-Glerup sit down with Shame to talk all things music: touring, the new record and Christmas singles.