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Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
Joscha Bongard's Babystar is a frightfully realistic satire on social media family channels that bites off more than it can chew
Unfortunately, Brotherhood alone doesn’t guarantee a good set
Stornoway engage with the audience with their heartfelt connectivity blended with just a hint of Southern-English polite humour
Super Furry Animals showed their musical depth
Sprinkles inspires an atmosphere of joyous community with some achingly beautiful deep house sounds
It was refreshing to see two solo singer songwriters captivate the audience
Free Education protesters have begun occupation of the University of Manchester in protest of further cuts to higher education and bursaries
Rather than subscribe to the overdone 4 piece rock band, Public Service Broadcasting have taken an idea and run with it
Is Dice the future of ticketing?
Mounties fail to catch the attention of the crowd for long spells
Bipolar Sunshine does little to stir the audience to any higher echelons
The Leisure Society call us into welcoming arms with tune after tune of harmless and sunny bliss
Karnivool don’t quite recover from playing their energetic songs early
John Cooper Clarke – you either love him, or you have probably never heard of him
Avery’s lack of charisma is more than made up for by his music
Jam City’s live show feels undercooked
Robert Hood is everything a DJ should be
RBMA present a fantastic night of local talent, each able to headline in their own right
Derrick May is not your ordinary 50 year old
The combination of venue with artist could not have been more perfect
Kwabs’s support slot is rather too mysterious for impatient fans
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