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Here’s what went down at the Baltic Triangle this year
SZIGET festival has all bases covered this year, if there’s only one festival you go to to in 2018, make sure it’s this one.
Savage pop punk star GIRLI tears up Manchester’s Deaf Institute with a show not for the faint hearted
The once great music mag finally gives up pressing
Beautiful people will ruin your life. Well, something ruined this album alright
Contributor, Hana Kelly reflects upon the highlights of Mark E. Smiths’ life and achievements
Music Editor, Hannah Brierley, runs through some of the new artists to look out for this year, as well as a rundown of rumours and album releases for the year too
Jordan Allen chats crazy girls, the prospect of an album and a love for Kurupt FM
Want to Fallow-up but not not dive too far into that overdraft? Here is a collection of the places to go in the Northern Quarter
Jack Greeney interviews The Strypes before their show at the Neighbourhood Festival
On their seventh album, the ever-strong survivors of alternative rock try new things with the same old successes
Amy Matthews joins Tom Walker moments before his sellout show at Fallow Café to talk about extensive touring, Paolo Nutini, and his next secret mission
Drowners opened their tour with a versatile and energetic performance at Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe, writes Hana Kelly
Stockport’s Blossoms appear thoroughly uninterested by the prospect of a sold-out show at the Academy—so why should the crowd feel differently, asks Meg Roberts
From sold-out arenas to atmospheric basements, this Freshers’ guide shows what Manchester’s array of venues has to offer
Maybe The Last Shadow Puppets latest release isn’t everything we’ve come to expect
Fat White Family are fed up with the music of their peers, so they’re revelling in the debauched loonery of their own making
Field Music take simple pop songs and create something occasionally genuinely transcending, brilliant and life affirming in a way that’s hard to describe
A look at NME’s previous importance in alternative culture, leading up to it’s demise as as a free publication. RIP NME.
Tom Learmouth spoke to bassist Kieren Webster of the View about the band’s new sound before their gig at the Gorilla