Indie-rock band VITAMIN played a rather unique gig at COW vintage store in Manchester last week. You can’t get much edgier than that

Is hearing protection for the paranoid, or unfaithful to the quality of music? Is it something we should all be considering? Have a listen to Adam Rogers…

Latest Animal Collective album fails to live up to high expectations, but is dynamic and punchy nevertheless

Ball pits and old men dressed as cherubs. What more could you want from Valentine’s day?

Jacob Nicholas revisits this strange 90s gem, which fuses two of the most iconic and yet radically different underground genres: shoegaze and drum and bass.

Manchester’s own Floating Points opens portals into other dimensions

Tai Kolade is most often in awe of ø when in the throes of his techno wizardry. Unfortunately, he finds the time to sit down with him in the groggy aftermath

It took four years for the return of Michael Lovett’s sci-fi synthpop project NZCA Lines. He discusses JG Ballard, singing with a cold and music in 2086 with Jacob Bernard-Banton

This is how you make the leap to the bigtime: Tame Impala know how to fill an arena, and Kevin Parker knows how to wear the emperor’s clothes

Fun, feisty and downright funky. Student band NUDE are making ripples in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

15 years on from the demise of Botch, Adam Rogers explores the bands highly influential, and heavily chaotic final LP

One of Manchester’s most-loved bands from the 90’s revisit and reminisce of their time at Manchester University

The South London boys didn’t disappoint and proved they are worthy of the hype surrounding them

Benjamin Clementine delivers an intense performance at The Lowry, but does his debut album deserve the Mercury Prize?

Amy Berg’s new documentary remembers Janis Joplin in all her glory

Despite not having a rich history akin to that of Manchester’s other venues, Soup Kitchen has made a name as one of the most eclectic places in Manchester

Flesh & Together Pangea give a lesson in tedium

DIIV’s second album comes after a period of turmoil which is reflected in the melancholic feel of the music

Ushering in a new resident to Manchester’s iconic music scene in Victoria Warehouse, Dutch festival Awakenings came together very smoothly.

We had a quick chat with Rødhåd to tie in with his show at the Awakenings Manchester festival