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Live: Protest The Hero @ Club Academy

It’s not everyday you see a band emerge to the sound of ‘Circle of Life’.

Live: The Twang @ Club Academy

Tonight proves why Manchester will always welcome The Twang with open arms.

Live: Pulled Apart By Horses @ Club Academy

Musically they’re an acquired taste, lyrically they’re completely absurd, but Pulled Apart by Horses are riotously good fun.

Live: Yann Tiersen @ Club Academy

Tiersen has a love for music that courses through every inch of his veins.

Live: Digitalism @ Club Academy

German friends, Digitalism, know how to put on a memorable and exciting set.

Preview: Stoner Rock

The greatest genre in the entire world is one which many have little experience with; Stoner rock. It’s a style of music which has very few definite articles; at one edge you have psychedelic, technical acts like Monster Magnet or my personal band of 2010 Sungrazer and on the other you have deep, sludgy behemoths such as Electric Wizard and legends of the genre Sleep. Even within stoner rock there are tonnes of sub-genre’s, fuzz, psychedelic, desert and sludge to name but a few, and as spring approaches, some of the finest examples of these bands are rolling through Manchester. So here’s a preview of the four gigs to look out for if the words stoner and rock sound good to you.