On their seventh album, the ever-strong survivors of alternative rock try new things with the same old successes

Did I mention you can bring your own alcohol into the arena?!

Hannah Brierley takes a look at one of the UK’s most promising festivals

Canadian singer-songwriter Christina Martin chats to Rebekah Shaw about her upcoming UK tour, stripped-down shows, and the social responsibility of music artists

Reading and Leeds returns with another headliner-packed line-up, so The Mancunion looks ahead to what will surely be the perfect end to summer

We spoke to the Texan indie greats about Trump, ambience, and how you should never listen to anything they have to say

The most fabulous night in the musical calendar returns with political drama, horse masks, and a few plot twists, writes Elizabeth Rushton

Mancunion readers are in with a chance to win an exclusive vinyl edition of Marika Hackman’s new album, as well as a signed personalised postcard

Alex Giannascoli’s latest offering blends bare-bones alt-country with heady electronica – Rocket is a puzzling, yet consuming record, writes Harry Sherrin

A year on from the release of their debut album Light Upon The Lake, Whitney are still on the road. Joe Casson speaks to singer Julien Ehrlich about tour vans, Elton John, and pole dancing at Islington Mill

The Parrots talk to Irune Vega about their future projects, metaphors of the internet revolution, and their love for Madchester

Slowdive effortlessly showcase their talent, creating an album which feels fresh and yet familiar

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett bury the hatchet to deliver an apocalyptic soundtrack to 2017

Mac DeMarco finally grows up, delivering a low-key album full of his most introspective and accomplished songwriting to date

The Amazons’ triumphant performance at sold out Deaf Institute leaves the audience eagerly anticipating their return, writes Amy Matthews

Kendrick Lamar raises the bar and lays down the gauntlet, writes Ben Lomax

“Despite their young age they are all really making ripples in the music world”

Wire’s latest record is another excellent example of what they’ve always done — being impressively odd, writes Jacob Bernard-Banton

Future Islands fifth album follows their 2014 breakthrough with a somewhat uneven album that both surpasses and falls short of its predecessor, writes Cassie Hyde

Personal and political blur together in an infectiously energetic debut album that appropriately develops the pop-punk duo’s sound, writes Joe Casson