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Review: Soup Kitchen

Food Editor Ellie Gibbs samples the canteen-style offerings of the Northern Quarter’s Soup Kitchen.

Live: Krill

Kril performed honestly and their records worked well in the setting of Gullivers

Club: Shadow Child @ Sankeys

Great music is lost on an abrasive crowd

Live: NME Awards Tour

It felt like the overriding theme of the night was some sort of bizarre dream

Album: Only Real – Jerk At The End Of The Line

Galvin has deftly produced an album that feels very much at home amongst other contemporary offerings

Live: The Chief Of Seattle

The Chief of Seattle are surprisingly, bafflingly good

Live: Years & Years

Years & Years certainly have a long way to go before reaching superstardom

Live: Pond

Pond rattled through their set rather sloppily without really adding anything to their material

Live: Hookworms

These Leeds boys know how to get people going

Review: Spec-TAKK-ular

Hester Lonergan reports on her favourite Northern Quarter coffee joint

Club: Selective Hearing presents Tama Sumo, Virginia, Prosumer & Murat Tepeli

Another Selective Hearing, another ridiculous line-up

Club: Transmission presents Hessle Audio

Proof that you need more than great music to make a great club night was evident on the night

Live: ALA.NI

ALA.NI’s performance was relaxed yet stylised, showing her disciplined approach to music

Album: Dutch Uncles – O Shudder

Cordelia Milward reviews Dutch Uncles’ latest offering, following them through their prolonged pursuit of the unconventional

Live: The War On Drugs

Adam Granduciel deliberately sticks pins in the map of American musical history and draws a contorted line to his own music

Live: Enter Shikari

On the back of their thus-far strongest album, Enter Shikari confidently deliver a show providing fans with all that they would expect – plus more

Live: Philip Selway

Philip Selway holds the audience’s attention even as the general mood puts the audience into an ethereal, contemplative haze

Club: Sanction @ Sankeys

Zinc, Kane Law and Yasmin bring bass to Sankeys

Album: Rae Morris – Unguarded

Unguarded is a pleasant listen, but not without its flaws

Live: You Me At Six/All Time Low

You Me At Six and All Time Low provided some truly amazing moments at the Manchester Arena