Spectres aren’t making noise for the sake of noise

Midland’s outstanding, genre-bending set proves you don’t need bells and whistles to have a good time

Great music is lost on an abrasive crowd

It felt like the overriding theme of the night was some sort of bizarre dream

The Chief of Seattle are surprisingly, bafflingly good

Kril performed honestly and their records worked well in the setting of Gullivers

The Mancunion is covering the announcements results of the Exec elections live from Club Academy

Years & Years certainly have a long way to go before reaching superstardom

Pond rattled through their set rather sloppily without really adding anything to their material

These Leeds boys know how to get people going

Twin Peaks are having a great time—and they want you to have a great time too

Another Selective Hearing, another ridiculous line-up

Proof that you need more than great music to make a great club night was evident on the night

Adam Granduciel deliberately sticks pins in the map of American musical history and draws a contorted line to his own music

On the back of their thus-far strongest album, Enter Shikari confidently deliver a show providing fans with all that they would expect – plus more

Philip Selway holds the audience’s attention even as the general mood puts the audience into an ethereal, contemplative haze

ALA.NI’s performance was relaxed yet stylised, showing her disciplined approach to music

Zinc, Kane Law and Yasmin bring bass to Sankeys

Kate Tempest shows pure passion and desire

Viet Cong’s set is precise but fundamentally unimaginative