Head Music Editor Sarah Taylor went along to Pixies’ 500-capacity charity secret show at Band on the Wall.

Head Music Editor Sarah Taylor reviews a riotous return to Manchester from Leeds post-punk band and masters of satire Yard Act.

Merseyside rockers The Mysterines deliver an enthralling night of music at Band on the Wall.

Margherita Concina reviews Contact and Young Identity’s One Mic Stand

Georgina Davidson reviews Australia’s the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at their sold-out Manchester show

“Boldness, bigness, and queerness”: With an uncompromised new sound, Self Esteem is ready to show the world what she’s made of

A sold-out Band on the Wall was the setting for Marika Hackman’s triumphant showcase of her often sincere and melancholy yet endlessly witty repertoire

Sade Omeje reviews Contact Theatre’s ‘One Mic Stand’ at Northern Quarter’s Band on the Wall

Peter Varley catches up with the rising talent Matt Maltese talking about his ‘Bad Contestant’ album and subsequent tour before his gig at Band on the Wall

Kit Delamain shares a funky evening with Mr Scruff, at Band on the Wall

Backstage at Band On The Wall, Mabel chats 90s influences, empowering women and getting pied by Harry Styles…

Putting young South Asian talent on the agenda, the Whitworth Young Contemporaries launched an evening full to the brim with conceptual art and emerging musicians to bring diversity back into galleries

Two-time MOBO winner for ‘Best Jazz Artist’ YolanDa Brown takes the time to chat to Kizzy Bray about her new album, tour and how her double life as a musician and business student at uni made her passion into a success story

Sophie Billington is blasted into space as she reports from Sun Ra Arkestra’s tenure at Band on the Wall

Oscar Talbot covers a night of music so overtly druggy that Theresa May wants to ban it under the Psychoactive Substances Act

Rapper, spoken word artist and political activist George the Poet displays his skill with words in a charming performance

George the Poet brings his search party to Manchester’s Band on the Wall

Every month Mr Scruff hosts a party with tea, cakes and records – and you’re all invited

Kawabata Makoto and co’s daring, unorthodox Japanoise is all the more bewitching in a partly improvised live performance

Nubiyan Twist shone in Manchester