On every occasion, Connor feels like your best friend, just in need of a shoulder to cry on and a sympathetic pair of ears. The audience is always more than willing to provide.

It’s rare to witness a band of only two albums grow to this size and majesty, and the result is a crowd who will roar at every opening drum pattern and bass riff.

We ask our contributors: what album cover art has stuck with you over time?

A brief look into the wisdom of MF DOOM, and why you should be listening to him right this second.

You simply could not invent a career like Zappa’s. This documentary provides an entirely unique insight into Zappa’s life, drawn from his personal archives

An instrumental that feels like the palpable unrest, intensity, and a flow to match, Geoblu’s latest single ‘Neck’ speaks to the anxiety of a generation.

“There’s something that’s in there; I can’t play it, I can’t put it into words, I can’t even sing it, but it’s in there”

Self-titled debut EP from atmos bloom provides a serene escapism when its needed most

Robbie Beale reveals the difficulties of getting a test in Manchester

Throughout, this EP sets the terms. The music pulls you this way and that at will, dragging you from chorus to verse and back again before you’ve had time to realise which way is up

March 1st saw the release of arguably one of the best rap albums of the year – Little Simz, GREY Area writes Robbie Beale

Robbie Beale and Freddie Paley, review the ‘transcendental journey’ that Palace took their audience on during the Manchester leg of their Life After tour

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