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14th March 2024

Liam Gallagher and John Squire: Not quite a match made in Britpop Heaven

After the much anticipated collaboration between Oasis’ Liam Gallagher and John Squire, of Stone Roses fame, the LP ‘Liam Gallagher and John Squire’ ultimately falls flat

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12th March 2024

International Women’s Day at Radio 6 Music Festival: Gossip headline CMAT and Afrodeutsche

Artists Gossip, CMAT, and Afrodeutsche were on the line-up at BBC 6 Music Festival for a musical celebration of International Women’s Day
11th March 2024

Young Fathers bring community together at 6 Music Festival

Young Fathers, Hak Baker, and Sherelle launch the first day of 6 Music Festival, situated for a second year in Manchester

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NewDad live in Manchester: Heaven and angels for shoegaze revivalists
4th March 2024

NewDad live in Manchester: Heaven and angels for shoegaze revivalists

Irish shoegazers return to Manchester for a sold-out show supporting debut album, MADRA
‘The shrill from the terraces’: Tracks that define the beautiful game for me
4th March 2024

‘The shrill from the terraces’: Tracks that define the beautiful game for me

The intertwining of football and music is inevitable, and with it comes memories too vivid to be forgotten
Pachyman live in Manchester: Experimental dub-reggae at its finest
4th March 2024

Pachyman live in Manchester: Experimental dub-reggae at its finest

Pachyman bought an expansive dub-reggae set to YES Pink Room, dismissing the cold February with an interlude of sun-soaked drum and bass
Everything Everything – Mountainhead: An alt-pop pinnacle
3rd March 2024

Everything Everything – Mountainhead: An alt-pop pinnacle

Everything Everything’s seventh album sees them at their dance pop peak, without sacrificing any of the dark introspection that’s made the band a cult classic
A beginner’s guide to Manchester’s local music scene
2nd March 2024

A beginner’s guide to Manchester’s local music scene

Manchester’s local music scene has never been short of exciting acts, and this is none more evident than right now, with acts such as Fruit, Die Kai Die, Tigers and Flies, and Evie Eve
PinkPantheress live in Manchester: Virtual star logs off and takes the stage
1st March 2024

PinkPantheress live in Manchester: Virtual star logs off and takes the stage

Pop sensation PinkPantheress took to the stage of Manchester’s famed O2 Ritz and did not disappoint
Bombay Bicycle Club live in Manchester: Indie heroes rise to the occasion
29th February 2024

Bombay Bicycle Club live in Manchester: Indie heroes rise to the occasion

The alliterative heroes return to Manchester to tour their new album, My Big Day – and the results were pretty moving
Matt Maltese’s Broken Hearts Club live in Manchester: ‘I forget if I ever loved anyone else’
29th February 2024

Matt Maltese’s Broken Hearts Club live in Manchester: ‘I forget if I ever loved anyone else’

Emotions run high at Academy 2 with a moving set from Matt Maltese in Valentine’s week
Pip Blom live in Liverpool: A new era for the Euro-indie ensemble
28th February 2024

Pip Blom live in Liverpool: A new era for the Euro-indie ensemble

In the small, intimate setting of Liverpool’s o2 Academy 2, Dutch indie band Pip Blom took to the stage on February 6 to mark the start of the UK leg of their tour
FIZZ Live in Manchester: Proof that best friends make the best bands
28th February 2024

FIZZ Live in Manchester: Proof that best friends make the best bands

Known together as FIZZ, Dodie, Orla Gartland, Martin Luke Brown and Greta Issac brought their fever dream tour to Manchester, finding a spiritual home in the colourful indulgence
Live review: Renée Rapp at the O2 Apollo
27th February 2024

Live review: Renée Rapp at the O2 Apollo

On the heels of her recent success as Regina George in the Mean Girls reboot, Renée Rapp performed in Manchester for the first time and what a night it was
Album review: The Foyer Project – In: Static
27th February 2024

Album review: The Foyer Project – In: Static

Dark, dramatic, devastating: the experimental, UoM-student-produced album has been remixed and reissued alongside a selection of previously-unreleased tracks
Everything Everything: “I’m just trying to reflect the effect of this system on humanity”
26th February 2024

Everything Everything: “I’m just trying to reflect the effect of this system on humanity”

In advance of ‘Mountainhead’, Jonathan from Everything Everything talks to us about Manchester bands, capitalist realism, Stockport, and staying experimental
The 1975 live in Manchester: A romantic night at the arena
26th February 2024

The 1975 live in Manchester: A romantic night at the arena

British pop-rock band, The 1975, brought their highly talked about ‘At their very best’ show back to the UK after a year, rebranded as ‘Still…At their very best’
Zara Larsson live in Manchester: Bringing ‘VENUS’ to Manchester’s Academy
21st February 2024

Zara Larsson live in Manchester: Bringing ‘VENUS’ to Manchester’s Academy

Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson returns to Manchester to headline the Academy after the release of her newest LP, ‘Venus’