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In Conversation with Dodgy’s Nigel Clark: all things Britpop, Billie Eilish, and why Britain just isn’t being ‘Good Enough’ to its musicians

In Conversation with Dodgy’s Nigel Clark: all things Britpop, Billie Eilish, and why Britain just isn’t being ‘Good Enough’ to its musicians

The Mancunion sat down with Nigel Clark, lead singer of Dodgy, to talk about their upcoming mini-tour
Manchester Artist Spotlight: pyncher

Manchester Artist Spotlight: pyncher

Get to know one of manchester hottest up and coming bands! pyncher give us the low down.
“Let’s just start a girl band” – UoMs Own KING VIOLET with New Single ‘October’

“Let’s just start a girl band” – UoMs Own KING VIOLET with New Single ‘October’

“There’s something that’s in there; I can’t play it, I can’t put it into words, I can’t even sing it, but it’s in there”
Live Review: Champagne On The Rocks at The Wardrobe in Leeds

Live Review: Champagne On The Rocks at The Wardrobe in Leeds

Luke Keohane says up-and-coming, Manchester-based band, Champagne On The Rocks, are much more than another derivative acoustic guitar band
EP Review: Vandalism by The Vandalis

EP Review: Vandalism by The Vandalis

Throughout, this EP sets the terms. The music pulls you this way and that at will, dragging you from chorus to verse and back again before you’ve had time to realise which way is up
Art in Mancunia: Pleasures

Art in Mancunia: Pleasures

Harry Thorfinn profiles Manchester band, Pleasures
In Conversation with The Ninth Wave

In Conversation with The Ninth Wave

Writer Jess Foster chats to Millie from The Ninth Wave about their new record, friendship, and their Scottish roots
Hot Right Now: Dantevilles

Hot Right Now: Dantevilles

Old-time favourites Dantevilles feature as this week’s Hot Right Now. Having recently played a sold-out gig at Salford’s Eagle Inn in the wake of their comeback to the music scene, they are impressing fans both old and new with their tight sets and new writing
Live Review: CHVRCHES

Live Review: CHVRCHES

Scottish synth-pop trio CHVRCHES captivated the crowd with catchy hooks and impressive light design at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse.
Review: The 1975’s comeback

Review: The 1975’s comeback

With an upcoming tour and a third album on the way, Jasmine Bennett reviews the latest singles from one of Manchester’s greatest, The 1975.
Review: Mallory Knox

Review: Mallory Knox

Mallory Knox put on an incredible intimate performance
Live Review: Little Comets

Live Review: Little Comets

Little Comets are one of the hardest grafting and underrated bands of the current music industry
Live Review: Don Broco

Live Review: Don Broco

Don Broco leaves Music Editor Hannah Brierley grinning from ear to ear after the show, with an intense, adrenaline-filled performance
Live Review: Highly Suspect

Live Review: Highly Suspect

Jack Greeney reviews Grammy nominated rock band Highly Suspect on their European tour

Live Review: The Pigeon Detectives

Jack Greeney reviews the first show of the Leeds band’s ‘Wait For Me’ tenth anniversary tour

Live: The Amazons

The Amazons’ triumphant performance at sold out Deaf Institute leaves the audience eagerly anticipating their return, writes Amy Matthews

Live: Galactic Empire

Yes it’s a joke gone way too far, but as Star Wars-themed metal bands go, Galactic Empire are one of the good ones, writes Joe Hunt

Album: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

The 1975 deliver a gluttonously self-indulgent new album

Campus Confidential: NUDE

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

Campus Confidential: Five Days North

I sat down with student band Five Days North to discover the secret to being unsigned and still amassing over 1,000 likes on Facebook