From pub crawls to Freshers' events, drinking can feel unavoidable, and sobriety can feel isolating. Here's how to miss out on the hangovers, not the fun
Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
Russell T. Davies shares insight at Manchester's SCENE Festival about his hit Channel 4 shows exploring queerness, community and adversity
Effortless and majestic, Jorja broke hearts in Liverpool
The Libertines, Catfish and the Bottlemen, and Run DMC all set to headline
George Evelyn chats to Deputy Music Editor, Yasmin Duggal, about the joy music and travel has brought him over the years
Laissez-faire indie down to a T
Qasim Akhtar chats to Riton at Warehouse Project
The Amazons’ Matt Thomson chats new music, Reading, and wearing sunglasses
The Cheshire festival will host The Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips and Future Islands in July
The “world’s biggest paint party” comes to Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse
CORE Music takes over Manchester’s AATMA on the 26th of January
Did what it said on the tin… unadulterated brilliance, as you were
Zoe and Qasim interview Gorgon City… in a toilet
A mammoth three hour set of unexpected techno and unmistakable Chem Bros beats
Solardo’s James discusses the need to revive Manchester’s underground dance scene
‘Liam Gallagher came to our gig…he’s into it’ DMA’S’ Johnny chats about stepping things up for the second album
A magnificent homage to Manchester’s cultural identity
Jordan Allen chats crazy girls, the prospect of an album and a love for Kurupt FM
Former Inspiral Carpets’ frontman Tom Hingley chats the ‘labour of love’ of keeping his music alive
Too much style and sadly not enough substance
A simplistically beautiful reminder of the forgotten gem of Jake Bugg
The Melbourne four-piece play Soup Kitchen on Tuesday 28th November
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