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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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’