Live review: beaux brings the love to Deaf Institute on Valentine’s Day
beaux rounds off his UK tour by showcasing the quiet confidence of an artist shaped as much by persistence as by support online
Eraserhead Xiu Xiu at Gorilla: Out-Lynching Lynch
Xiu Xiu reimagine a Lynchian masterpiece as performance art that unsettles long after the lights go up
Philosophical Fiction: The Literary Antidote for a Digital Age
Literature with philosophical leanings might just be the antidote to constant doomscrolling
Album review: Kim Gordon shakes off her Sonic Youth reputation on ‘PLAY ME’
Cultural icon Kim Gordon returns with a solo album that refuses to be palatable
“We had to take things with a pinch of salt”: Simon Webbe and Duncan James of Blue
Simon Webbe and Duncan James discuss everything Blue ahead of a tour celebrating their 25th anniversary
Why James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room still feels so modern at 70
Giovanni’s Room is startlingly modern – and it knows exactly what we’re afraid of
BRITs Week 2026: Gorilla hosts The K’s in support of War Child
The K’s perform an electrifying intimate show supporting War Child and thrilling their crowd in the process
The perils of adapting ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emerald Fennell’s version of Brontë’s masterpiece is visually striking but emotionally hollow, losing a lot of the power of the original
Live review: Oklou brings the ‘choke enough’ tour to Manchester
Oklou performs her first Manchester headline performance in support of her latest album
Six books to read for International Women’s Day
Women’s writing has always been at the forefront of narrative and genre innovation, and here are six books that prove just that
UMMTS in Concert: From Page to Stage review
UMMTS’s first show of the year brings literary heroes and villains to life in ‘From Page to Stage’
Gender in Little Women
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women remains one of the most enduring examinations of gender, identity, and societal expectation in nineteenth‑century America.
Live review: mark william lewis at The White Hotel
The A24 Music signee brings his brand of bleak-pop to Salford. It’s strange, beguiling, beautiful – and heavier than you might expect
Album review: Mitski – ‘Nothing’s About to Happen to Me’
Mitski’s latest record melds the rock sound of her earlier work with model storytelling
Preview: MiNT Festival 2026
MiNT Festival is due to bring a stellar line-up for 2026 to its home at Newsam Green Farm in Leeds
‘Now Would Be a Good Time’: An interview with Folk Bitch Trio
The Melbourne band discuss their record and its origins ahead of a Manchester headline at Deaf Institute
“Anything good for you hurts first”: An interview with Jehnny Beth
Ex-Savages frontperson Jehnny Beth discusses her new record and its influences ahead of her headline show at YES in March
Dear Manchester, Count them In: All Time Low’s pop-punk spectacle
All Time Low bring energy and nostalgia to Manchester’s Co-op Live for their ‘Everyone’s Talking’ world tour
Album review: Searows’ ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’
The multi-instrumentalist carves out an existentially charged portrait of the world at sea
Album review: Dry Cleaning’s ‘Secret Love’
The third studio album by South London’s spoken word masters should be kept anything but secret as the quartet explore unchartered genres, humour, and musicianship whilst maintaining their long-loved lyricism: “Onions, carrots, celery” anyone?