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Eurovision 2021: This is why you need it in your life

Eurovision 2021: This is why you need it in your life

After a sad cancellation last year, Eurovision 2021 is back, sort of…

Under the influence: Irena D

Under the influence: Irena D

Get to know Irena D, a dedicated Manchester-based blogger with a background in music and an interest in fashion

Pandemic of the Arts – Insights Through the Perspectives of Mancunion Artists

Pandemic of the Arts – Insights Through the Perspectives of Mancunion Artists

The music industry and artists alike have been hit hard by the coronavirus. With live gigs out the window, music consumption has almost entirely been digital. Musicians and people in the business have been forced to find new and creative ways to promote their music. Most of the revenue that boosts the music industry comes […]

Sia’s Music: Disturbing, offensive, ableist

Sia’s Music: Disturbing, offensive, ableist

Sia’s directorial debut is an offensive and cartoonish portrayal of autism

“Entrancing and Energising” – Bicep Isles Album Review

“Entrancing and Energising” – Bicep Isles Album Review

Electronic dance duet Bicep develop their unique sound on their latest release, Isles. Expected mesmerising tracks

Puzzle Page: December 10th

Puzzle Page: December 10th

See if you can solve this week’s puzzles!

Record Reappraisal: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Record Reappraisal: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

It has been a wild decade for Kanye West, so we take a look back on the album released 10 years ago: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Futuristic dance euphoria: SHYGIRL’s ‘Alias’ EP

Futuristic dance euphoria: SHYGIRL’s ‘Alias’ EP

Rap and rave sonics are blended through production from Sega Bodega, SOPHIE and Kai Whiston resulting in a genre-bending listen: Contributor Luke McGavin reviews the new ‘Alias’ EP by SHYGIRL

Puzzle Page: December 4th

Puzzle Page: December 4th

See if you can crack this week’s puzzles!

Fickle Friends on new music, self-producing and the weird year we’re having

Fickle Friends on new music, self-producing and the weird year we’re having

‘It’s just the musings of people slowly going insane’. Lana sits down with Fickle Friends to talk all things new music and the crazy year we’re all having

Flyboy Jetty’s ‘Take My Side’ Music Video: A Summer Dreamscape

Flyboy Jetty’s ‘Take My Side’ Music Video: A Summer Dreamscape

“Messaging between broken screens… Four-thirty in the morning” – George Blumenthal explores Flyboy Jetty’s track ‘Take My Side’ which fuses rap and indie

Truth Hurts: Lizzo says body positivity has become too ‘commercialised’ in the media

Truth Hurts: Lizzo says body positivity has become too ‘commercialised’ in the media

Lizzo wants to raise awareness about the body positivity movement and how it has become too commercialised on social media

MANIFF 2020: Up From the Streets

MANIFF 2020: Up From the Streets

Up From the Streets has a broad focus, but succeeds in creating a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to the musical history of New Orleans

Live Review: Jake Bugg at Mountford Hall

Live Review: Jake Bugg at Mountford Hall

Can singer-songwriter boy wonder Jake Bugg regain some momentum in his career?

Line ups, Locations and Living it Up: A 2020 Festival Guide

Line ups, Locations and Living it Up: A 2020 Festival Guide

Our contributors outline the must-see festivals of the summer

Acid Maia: Absence & Absinthe

Acid Maia: Absence & Absinthe

Manchester-based creator Acid Maia sets the scene for the extensive and ‘genre-bending’ body of work in the cataclysmic places within our world where our concrete societies and the wild collide; the rural space that walks the line of two sublime forces that do battle every day. The contrast is present within the overgrown ivy on […]

Art in Mancunia: Twin Complex

Art in Mancunia: Twin Complex

Daisy Culver talks to Manchester musician Twin Complex about his work, his inspiration and the future

Art in Mancunia: Kiana Kabiri

Art in Mancunia: Kiana Kabiri

Daisy Culver interviews DJ Kiana Kabiri on her music, culture, and inspiration

‘Boombox Barry’: a Manchester treasure named and praised

‘Boombox Barry’: a Manchester treasure named and praised

The man loved by students has gained popularity over the years for his carefree approach to live and his love of playing music

Album Review: Man Alive! by King Krule

Album Review: Man Alive! by King Krule

Will Stonier reviews the disappointing new album from King Krule