Album review: Boards of Canada return with ‘Inferno’
Boards of Canada build on their distinctively ominous formula with their latest release
Interview: Daniel Land on shoegaze, survival, and growing up gay in rural England
The proceeds from the artist’s latest single are due to be donated to LGBTQ+ led charity The Intercom Trust
Live review: Pixies celebrate their fortieth anniversary at Aviva Studios
The iconic band return to Manchester with an unpredictably brilliant live show
Man/Woman/Chainsaw interview: “Friendship is an art form”
The London six-piece discuss their debut album as they prepare for its release and a headline UK tour
Live review: Gorilla left spellbound by Smerz
The Scandinavian duo bring ‘Big city life’ to Gorilla in a heartbreaking but healing live show
Live review: Esme Emerson and Quiet Houses at Deaf Institute
The promising indie-folk duo bring their headline tour to Manchester
Preview: Parklife Festival 2026
The festival is due to return to its long-time home at Heaton Park for another weekend of dance music
The Manchester Revue: Reviewing the Revue
A deep dive into the University of Manchester’s comedy society
Live review: Olivia Dean brings ‘The Art of Loving’ to Manchester
The Grammy winner brings a show-stopping performance to Co-Op Live in celebration of her new album
From counterculture to pop culture: The story of indie publisher Headpress Books
The Manchester-founded company celebrates its 35th anniversary this year
Live review: Balu Brigada turn Academy 2 into a portal of indie-pop euphoria
The Kiwi brothers return to Manchester for their first headline show, bringing an evening of genre-blurring ambition
Sounds From The Other City 2026: Salford Christmas returns
The beloved festival offers an eclectic and diverse range of performances as it returns for another edition
Beauty in the madness: ‘Sandbox’ by The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects bring new sonic textures to their sound on their first album in fourteen years.
Album review: 1-800 GIRLS debuts with ‘LOVE’
The forward-thinking DJ and producer 1-800 GIRLS unveils his first album via Epic Records
Live review: James prove Love is the Answer at Co-Op Live
The beloved Britpop band, James, bring a career-spanning show to Europe’s largest indoor arena
Preview: End of the Road 2026 brings Manchester acts to North Dorset
End of the Road is due to bring yet another stellar line-up to Larmer Tree Gardens for its 2026 edition
What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror
Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’
UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier
Benedict Zephyr and Neeyati Singh offer an isolated tale of colonial cabin fever in ‘Juturna’
UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe
In ‘A Vacuum at the Centre’, Elisabeth Hughes and Ruby Coyte produce an eclectically eccentric comedy that comes directly from heart to stage
UMMTS’s Making a Killing review: A masterful musical murder mystery
UMMTS’s latest original endeavour is a charming sendup of the detective novels of old in ‘Making a Killing’