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1st March 2013

Album: Theme Park – Theme Park

The London trio’s summery debut is the perfect tonic for a dull February
1st March 2013

Interview: Jack Savoretti

Phoebe Clarke chats to Jack Savoretti on his number album, and finds out whether being compared to Bob Dylan ever gets old.
28th February 2013

Live: The Good Natured

The up-and-comers delivered an impressive set in support to Swiss Lips
28th February 2013

Interview: The Joy Formidable

Nature, solitude and being Dave Grohl’s favourite new band: Ritzy Bryan talks Wolf’s Law with The Mancunion
26th February 2013

Live: The 1975

Local foursome delight Deaf Institute with lyrics of sex, drugs, and chocolate
26th February 2013

New: To Kill a King – Cannibals with Cutlery

Lisa Murgatroyd tucks in To Kill a King’s new album
26th February 2013

Live: The Bronx

“When the band leaves, everyone is in disarray. As their new album proudly states, when The Bronx shoot to kill, they don’t fuck around.”
26th February 2013

Interview: I Am Kloot

The local boys done good spoke to Joe Goggins on breaking through, working with Elbow and their own Bohemian Rhapsody
26th February 2013

Preview: Foals

The Oxford quintet are set to bring Holy Fire to Manchester
26th February 2013

Live: The Lumineers

The stateside sensations do things the old-fashioned way at the Academy

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25th February 2013

Live: Mosca

Ben Glover gives us the low down on the latest instalment of Recentes
23rd February 2013

Live: Deftones

James Ross checks out Deftones at Manchester Academy
21st February 2013

Column: Manchester, so much to answer for

The Courteeners are back with a new record – and continue to personify everything wrong with present-day Manchester music
18th February 2013

From the vault: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All

Thirty years on, Metallica’s incendiary debut continues to occupy a crucial place in metal history
18th February 2013

5 songs in the field of: Bassists

Five bass-driven classics, plucked straight from some of the greatest rhythm sections in history
18th February 2013

Live: Jake Bugg

The Nottingham chart-topper brings his debut record to a sold-out Academy
16th February 2013

Interview: Black Veil Brides

Guitarist Jake Pitts talks to Joe Goggins on headlining the Kerrang! tour, concept records and embracing chaos
15th February 2013

Interview: Frightened Rabbit

Frontman Scott Hutchison spoke to Joe Goggins on major labels, breaking America and his real thoughts on Mumford & Sons
15th February 2013

Interview: Django Django

The NME Awards tour bill-toppers met Joe Goggins to talk Tarantino, Mercury nods and being the world’s unlikeliest headliners
15th February 2013

5 songs in the field of: Birth

Resident child birth expert Tom Ingham pushes out 5 songs in the field of birth…