Splashh fail to make waves but perform an enjoyable set.

A guide to Oxford Road’s watering holes

The forgotten man of the ‘nu-folk’ movement is back with a bang

Louis Jones talks San Francisco, sonic expansion and stepping up to headline shows

Rachel Zeffira steps out of Faris Badwan’s shadow with promising solo material at the Deaf Institute

Tom Ingham speaks to David Ford about his new album, why he isn’t really popular and why The Stone Roses killed music

David Ford plays an intimate set with friends at Manchester’s Deaf Institute

Two of 2013’s most promising duos shared the stage in bringing raw punk energy to the Deaf Institute

Backstage at The Deaf Institute, the band of brothers discuss Denmark, two-piece tribulations and the curse of the Sheffield band

The French outfit capitalise on the wider audience that Tame Impala have brought them with a spellbinding Deaf Institute debut

The enigmatic Liverpool outfit played an assured set at the Deaf Institute

Local foursome delight Deaf Institute with lyrics of sex, drugs, and chocolate

Australia’s most soulful singer-songwriter made his Manchester debut at a sold-out Deaf Institute

The Canadian punks bring their legendarily chaotic live show to the intimate confines of the Deaf Institute

AlunaGeorge demonstrate that 2013 might well be their year with an assured performance at the Deaf Institute

DIIV mark their first visit to Manchester with a spellbinding set at the Deaf Institute

Courtney falls head over heels for Barbara

Our first blind date of the year!

This is melancholy lo-fi pop. A killer combination.

R&B outfit The Milk embody the genre in the more traditional sense than in a Chris Brown kind of way.