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Worm School live in Manchester: A lesson in the joys of local music

Worm School live in Manchester: A lesson in the joys of local music

Moth Slut and Peace Talk set the stage for Worm School’s first headline gig
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Nation of Language live in Manchester: Synth-pop professors return to their spiritual home

Nation of Language live in Manchester: Synth-pop professors return to their spiritual home

The Brooklyn-based trio continue to raise pulses as they bring their synthesiser nostalgia into a new century
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Nation of Language – A Strange Disciple: Third time’s a charm, or another one won’t do any harm?

Nation of Language – A Strange Disciple: Third time’s a charm, or another one won’t do any harm?

The Brooklyn band attempt a hat trick of electro-pop masterclasses with their third LP; have they succeeded?
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In conversation with Syd Minsky-Sargeant of Working Men’s Club

In conversation with Syd Minsky-Sargeant of Working Men’s Club

We sit down with the band’s frontman to discuss their latest album and upcoming show at Manchester Academy
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Metaphysical: Mall Grab pay homage to London

Metaphysical: Mall Grab pay homage to London

A review of the new Mall Grab track from Kristin Cooper.
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Burial’s Antidawn EP, the atmosphere of urban British wintertime

Burial’s Antidawn EP, the atmosphere of urban British wintertime

A review of the new ambient EP Antidawn by Burial.
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SOPHIE – The striking sounds of a pioneer producer

SOPHIE – The striking sounds of a pioneer producer

Culture Editor Georgina Davidson takes a dive into the concepts and emergence of avant-pop producer SOPHIE, remembered for her future-facing sound and style
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EP Review: II by TNGHT

EP Review: II by TNGHT

Luke McGavin reviews TNGHT’s lastest EP ‘II’, highlighting it’s important place in the genre and demonstrating why it hasn’t lived up to the high expectations that foreshadowed it
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Album Review: MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album Review: MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Dara Coker reviews FKA twigs’ latest release, highlighting how, through the use of metaphor, the artist manages to detail her journey to self-love and fulfilment, carefully painting a picture of love, loss and desire
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Live Review: HONNE

Live Review: HONNE

Owen Trimming reviews the London duo’s latest Mancunian show
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Album: Roman Flügel – All The Right Noises

The German maverick of electronic music returns with a typically experimental album on Hamburg-Berlin based Dial Records, writes Robert Firth
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Interview: Iglooghost

The Mancunion speaks to the enigmatic electronic producer Iglooghost
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Review: Jessy Lanza – Oh No

Never one to be ostentatious, Jessy Lanza’s subtle second album flirts with R&B and Chicago house on a brilliant pop album that leans towards the dancefloor
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Ladytronica: The forgotten females of electronic music

Electronic music can seem like a bit of a boy’s club, but there have always been women involved. The tide is surely turning
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Record label feature: Opal Tapes

Started in the small, unassuming town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, Stephen Bishop’s cassette label Opal Tapes is a kind of mecca for off-kilter electronic music
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Record reappraisal: Virgo Four – Virgo

Virgo Four’s version of Chicago house was always a little more offbeat and introverted than their peers, but it was just as futuristic and innovative
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Record reappraisal: Burial – Untrue

As cold winter nights roll in, Burial’s dubstep masterpiece hardly seems more appropriate for rediscovering, thinks Jacob Bernard-Banton
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Live: The Orb

Electronic music veterans The Orb dazzle with an intense, euphoric set
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Islington Mill

A unique arts space devoted to progression, experimentation and what those who work at the Mill call ‘Werq’.
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