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Ironing boards and fridge magnets: In conversation with Lip Filler

Ironing boards and fridge magnets: In conversation with Lip Filler

Ahead of their raucous Nottingham show at Dot to Dot 2023, The Mancunion sits down with South-West upstarts Lip Filler.
Live Review: Alvvays @ New Century Hall, Manchester, 30/05/23

Live Review: Alvvays @ New Century Hall, Manchester, 30/05/23

Canadian indie-pop icons Alvvays play a massive headline date at New Century Hall, cementing themselves as titans of the scene.
‘Roaring crowds in Manchester’: Declan McKenna rocks the Albert Hall

‘Roaring crowds in Manchester’: Declan McKenna rocks the Albert Hall

Declan McKenna rocks the Albert Hall on the much-awaited tour for his sophomore album ‘Zeros’.
Fake it till you make it? Beabadoobee is a force to be reckoned with

Fake it till you make it? Beabadoobee is a force to be reckoned with

The distinctive 90s guitar sounds and fierce attitude, make Beabadoobee’s newly released album, Fake it Flowers, a force to be reckoned with, writes Georgina Davidson
Review: Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

Review: Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

Georgina Davidson takes a look at Gorillaz: Reject False Icons, the latest documentary from the innovative and enigmatic virtual band, and reflects on the creativity and influence of their illustrious twenty-year career
Art in Mancunia 2020: Yang Sweeps

Art in Mancunia 2020: Yang Sweeps

Saoirse Akhtar-Farren looks back on Yang Sweeps’ eccentric performances and tells us what we can expect from them when they return to Art in Mancunia 2020…
Live Review: Deaf Havana

Live Review: Deaf Havana

A neon spectacle could be found at The Deaf Havana Albert Hall gig but did it live up to expectations in sound and sonic intensity?