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Hot Mulligan bring a night of cathartic emo to Manchester!

Hot Mulligan bring a night of cathartic emo to Manchester!

Hot mulligan stop off in Manchester on their first UK headline tour, treating a few hundred lucky gig-goers to a night of cathartic emo angst, perfect for screaming at the top of your lungs
Live review: Paramore @ AO Arena, Manchester

Live review: Paramore @ AO Arena, Manchester

Paramore return to Manchester at the top of their game, playing a career-spanning set to a sold-out crowd.
2000 Trees festival 2023: Everything you need to know

2000 Trees festival 2023: Everything you need to know

2000 Trees festival promises an amazing weekend of rock and alternative music. Here is everything you need to know about the festival and who to check out once you’re there!
Album review: Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust

Album review: Fall Out Boy – So Much (For) Stardust

Fall Out Boy make a triumphant return with their eighth studio album, So Much (For) Stardust
Busted on boybands, bad haircuts, and a Neck Deep collaboration

Busted on boybands, bad haircuts, and a Neck Deep collaboration

Busted chat about their 20th anniversary tour and announce a re-recording of an old favourite with Neck Deep
Album review: Paramore – This Is Why

Album review: Paramore – This Is Why

Paramore return to their rock roots with their first studio album in six years, This is Why
10 Must-See Acts at Reading and Leeds Festival 2022

10 Must-See Acts at Reading and Leeds Festival 2022

Whether you’re a rock, hip-hop, or pop-punk fan, you’re bound to discover your new favourite artist at Leeds Festival this year – check out our picks for ones to watch.
In Conversation: LOAstate

In Conversation: LOAstate

Jess Foster interviews Manchester’s newest band, LOAstate, about their philosophy and musical influences
Preview: Slam Dunk 2019 NORTH

Preview: Slam Dunk 2019 NORTH

Contributor Georgina Davidson previews this year’s explosive Slam Dunk North line-up as Boston Manor and Neck Deep share the bill with pop-punk headliner’s All Time Low
Live Review: The Hunna

Live Review: The Hunna

The Hunna played a sold-out show at Manchester Academy and were greeted by a surge of screaming and chaotic jumping up and down from the crowd.
This Ain’t A Scene: the changing genre of pop-punk

This Ain’t A Scene: the changing genre of pop-punk

Eleanor Roberts explores the relevance of the pop-punk genre within today’s music scene
Album Review: The Story So Far – Proper Dose

Album Review: The Story So Far – Proper Dose

Callum Lunn assesses The Story So Far’s growth in maturity evident that is upon the release of their latest album
Live Review: Slam Dunk North 2018

Live Review: Slam Dunk North 2018

Contributor Callum Lunn thinks we should all embrace our inner emo

Live Review: Neck Deep

The Welsh Pop-Punks are really In Bloom as they prove that they have potential to go even further as a band

Album: Diet Cig — Swear I’m Good At This

Personal and political blur together in an infectiously energetic debut album that appropriately develops the pop-punk duo’s sound, writes Joe Casson

Live: State Champs

Is pop punk dead? Meg Roberts takes a trip down memory lane at the State Champs’ gig

Live: Highly Suspect

New York indie rock three-piece Highly Suspect arrive in Manchester, but noise level doesn’t always equal entertainment, writes Alex Corns

Preview: Less Than Jake

Dust off your checkerboard suspenders — Less Than Jake are coming to the Ritz this Monday

Festival Preview: Slam Dunk North

Part of our Festival Preview season, we present pop-punk takeover Slam Dunk North

Album: Yellowcard – Lift a Sail

Shabab Tahsin looks at Yellowcards ninth studio album and asks if their new sound is dragging them down