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Rachel Bolland

Rachel Bolland


Live: Alt-J

An uneven set from the Mercury winners suggests they might prove a case of too much, too soon

Festival: Dot To Dot

A festival that prides itself on exhibiting some of the freshest new bands around

Live: Girls Aloud

A fond farewell to Manchester for Britain’s finest pop group

Album: Theme Park – Theme Park

The London trio’s summery debut is the perfect tonic for a dull February

5 songs in the field of: Breakups

As Los Campesinos! so brilliantly put it, romance is boring, so let’s focus on the other bits – the heartbreak and the sex

Everything Everything – Arc

The experimental Manchester quartet return with a revelatory second effort

Noisettes

Three years on from ‘Don’t Upset the Rhythm’, Noisettes returned to Manchester with new material and a point to prove

Savages

The post-punk outfit continued their reign of terror at Manchester’s newest venue

Album: Dry The River – Shallow Bed

This is a band who have taken 2 opposite influences and brought them together into something brilliant.