Music Editor Reece Ritchie catches up with Mae Muller to talk all things LA, her new EP and supporting Liam Payne of One Direction stardom. Putting into words just how life has changed for artists this past year
Noughties pop star Dido returned to Manchester’s O2 Apollo after a 15 year hiatus to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of her award-winning debut album No Angel
Emerging artist Mahalia played an outstanding gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall, writes Issy Khayal
Alex Ferguson reviews MARINA as she performs in Manchester O2 Apollo on the back of her new and divisive album, Love + Fear
The Mancunion reviews Kara Marni’s debut headline tour
Lily Martin presents Liverpool four-piece Polar States, praising their charismatic stage presence and latest EP, ‘All You Couldn’t See’
Jasmine Bennett takes a glimpse at the rising female stars in the new, mysterious realm of reinvented pop
Josh Sandy discusses the successful sophomore release from singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt, five years after her original debut hit the charts
Issy Bolitho previews Ten Tonnes return to headline shows, bringing infectious indie-pop to Manchester’s The Deaf Institute.
Jasmine Rowland takes a trip down memory lane, and looks at the life of Lilly Allen in her best selling autobiography My Thoughts Exactly
Alan examines Hannah Diamond’s debut studio album Reflections which hints at the sound of pop in the next decade
Laura Davies reviews artists New Rules and Mae Muller, the supporting acts for the LM5 Tour at the Manchester Arena
Alan takes a look at Caroline Polachek’s Pang as she crafts a record exploring modern day love over dreamy, ethereal production with influence from PC Music
The rising Zkeletonz trio new synth-filled single says: if he world’s coming to an end, we may as well get away from the noise and dance
MARINA returns after four years for the first of a two part album. Contributor Georgina explores the gentle, lyrical elegance of her latest release ‘Love’.
On the announcement that Pink will receive the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, Bella Fleming looks at the reasons why she is not a worthy winner
Jasmine Bennett scrutinises the latest from the world’s favourite pop queen, Ariana Grande
Jasmine Bennett returns to one of the best pop records of the 1990s in light of their reunion in a record reappraisal of Spiceworld
