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Live review: KI/KI opens The Warehouse Project’s twentieth season

Live review: KI/KI opens The Warehouse Project’s twentieth season

The Dutch techno giant headlines the opening night of The Warehouse Project’s annual season with a stellar supporting line-up

“The album couldn’t be more us if we tried”: fast-rising indie rock band Keo on authenticity, vulnerability, and recording their debut album

“The album couldn’t be more us if we tried”: fast-rising indie rock band Keo on authenticity, vulnerability, and recording their debut album

The frontman of the summer’s most inescapable band discusses his lyricism and upcoming debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’

“If everything’s heavy the whole time, then nothing’s heavy”: Meet Gurriers, Mel C’s favourite Irish noise-rockers

“If everything’s heavy the whole time, then nothing’s heavy”: Meet Gurriers, Mel C’s favourite Irish noise-rockers

Ahead of the release of second album Nobody’s Coming To Save You, the Dublin five-piece talk Irish music, playing gigs in Manchester skateparks and how they found out The Spice Girls’ Mel C is a secret fan

Live review: Boomtown presents its fifth chapter, Radical Redesign

Live review: Boomtown presents its fifth chapter, Radical Redesign

Boomtown Fair 2026 was the festival’s biggest iteration yet as it successfully diversified and grew into new genres while still keeping a space for its bass music roots

Album review: beabadoobee’s ‘Pylon’ flickers with sparks of unfulfilled potential

Album review: beabadoobee’s ‘Pylon’ flickers with sparks of unfulfilled potential

The London alt-rock sensation returns with a sixth album that sees her trying out a new nineties-inspired direction, but falls frustratingly short

2026 Freshers’ gig guide

2026 Freshers’ gig guide

If you’re into music, you came to the right city. From jangle pop to Chinese cloud rap, our music editors write about their Freshers’ gig recommendations

Preview: The Warehouse Project turns twenty

Preview: The Warehouse Project turns twenty

The club night series celebrates its twentieth anniversary in Manchester. Here’s how it ace its jam-packed autumn/winter programme

“We are the fucking rain!”: The Prodigy Live From Wythenshawe Park

“We are the fucking rain!”: The Prodigy Live From Wythenshawe Park

The legendary electro-punk group return to a rainy Manchester for their third performance in under two years

Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new ownership

Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new ownership

The legacy Salford venue is set to be taken over by the owners of a nightclub next door as BASTION. Users online voiced issue about a supposedly AI launch poster, and a smoothing over of The White Hotel’s diverse gig programming

Album Review: Westside Cowboy’s ‘It Goes On’ spearheads a new era of UK indie

Album Review: Westside Cowboy’s ‘It Goes On’ spearheads a new era of UK indie

The Manchester quartet’s debut album is heartwarming and deftly imperfect, pioneering a new era of British indie music outside the capital

DMA’S: “All three of us couldn’t be happier to get the guitars back out”

DMA’S: “All three of us couldn’t be happier to get the guitars back out”

After a break from touring, and with a new Sydney studio, Aussie three-piece DMA’S are back. Guitarist Johnny Took discusses Manchester crowds, Australian music, and why his band decided to self-title their fifth album

Lola Young at O2 Apollo: A triumphant return for a true warrior

Lola Young at O2 Apollo: A triumphant return for a true warrior

The BRIT School alumna re-takes the reins of her narrative across two stunning nights in Manchester

Review: Slam Dunk Festival at twenty years old

Review: Slam Dunk Festival at twenty years old

Slam Dunk Festival delivers a brilliant twentieth year at Temple Newsam in Leeds after developing an extensive history in the city

Pressure from development felt by independent venues in Manchester and Salford

Pressure from development felt by independent venues in Manchester and Salford

Pressure on Manchester’s nightlife scene builds as two venues, The White Hotel and Stage & Radio, announce closures

Live review: Audrey Hobert performs to her biggest ever crowd at O2 Victoria Warehouse

Live review: Audrey Hobert performs to her biggest ever crowd at O2 Victoria Warehouse

The beloved DIY alternative pop star performs to a crowd of 3500 in Manchester

Parklife 2026: Manchester festival’s best year yet?

Parklife 2026: Manchester festival’s best year yet?

The festival makes a triumphant return to its home at Heaton Park

Live review: Frame Works festival returns to the Northern Quarter

Live review: Frame Works festival returns to the Northern Quarter

The festival returns with its third annual presentation of some of the best upcoming acts from across the country

Live review: MLEKO host their glorious homecoming at YES Basement

Live review: MLEKO host their glorious homecoming at YES Basement

The Manchester band thrill a sold-out crowd with tracks from their debut EP

Live review: The Streets’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come for Free’ at Castlefield Bowl

Live review: The Streets’ ‘A Grand Don’t Come for Free’ at Castlefield Bowl

Mike Skinner and co perform the seminal sophomore album live in its entirety

Green Man 2026: Highlights from this year’s line-up

Green Man 2026: Highlights from this year’s line-up

The festival is due to return to its home at Bannau Brycheiniog in July