The fascinating new Windmill graduates Mary in the Junkyard took over YES Pink Room alongside fast-rising local starlets Westside Cowboy in a brilliantly exciting lineup

Charli xcx’s BRAT instantly changed popular culture upon its release in June 2024 and continues to do so through its accessibility and unmatched marketing campaign

Hampshire’s folk songstress Laura Marling delights a seated audience with a gorgeous lamp-lit performance

Nordoff & Robbins’ second annual Northern Music Awards look set to provide a brilliant night of celebrating the best musicians, venues and industry experts in the region

The Prodigy attract audiences old and new as they honour late frontman Keith Flint at Manchester’s Warehouse Project

Always promising a day of discovery, Live at Leeds in the City returns, bringing local and international acts to venues across the city centre

A preview of The Wombats’ AO Arena appearance on the 22nd of March

As a direct response to far-right attacks last summer, the student-led event group Multi bring people and music together to fight discrimination

Peter Hook discusses his varied experiences in the Manchester music scene ahead of his April tour

Manchester’s own Yes bar invited in a new, illusive and fascinating dance-music event: Club Berlin

Remi Wolf Live at The Albert Hall, every crevice of The Albert’s Hall unusually small stage fabricated a level of intimacy that left every single one of the 2000 attendees feeling within her reach

The Grateful Dead’s final concert: a brief, beautiful moment of unity among the Deadheads, poignant while knowing how fractured the fanbase had become

San Francisco rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre arrived at the Albert Hall with a Valentine’s present for Mancunian gig-goers: a two hour set of hypnotic, winding musicality

Local 21 year old artist Joe Leath sits down to discuss everything in his artistic life: from running the Haus open mic night, to his own musical output

Sam Fender returns with a highly impressive third album and proves his generational talent after a long wait of almost four years

The R&B trio showcase nothing short of excellence in their debut album. With heavenly harmonies, confident lyricism and a timeless charm, FLO creates a project that is as refreshing as it is remarkable

On their upcoming album Scatterbrains, Daily J mixes the vibes of the southern hemisphere with a cocktail of indie sounds springing from far closer to home. However the album misses a bit of magic, and it is hard to pinpoint exactly where

The Murder Capital return with a third album which combines their signature post-punk intensity with a lighter and mellower approach

Playboi Carti’s third album ‘I Am Music’ is being touched by the same controversary as much of his recent work

On a cold Saturday night in the height of Storm Darragh, Sam Fender completed his run of two dates at Manchester’s Co-op live in an electric and emotional display. A short tram ride from the centre, climbing the stairs and moving over the bridge towards the venue, the Co-op live glistens in the cold air. […]