LIVE: LORD HURON – 23/05/2013

- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER - The punters inside the city's most opulent venue tonight are [more]

LIVE: CHARLIE BOYER AND THE VOYEURS – 21/05/2013

 - SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER -  I think we’re all starting to lose count of the number [more]

LIVE: THE POSTAL SERVICE – 18/05/2013

 - ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER - This year, electronic pop gods, The Postal Service celebrate the 10th [more]

NEWS: EVERYTHING EVERYTHING – LISTEN TO NEXT SINGLE ‘DON’T TRY’

Everything Everything are set to release their next single 'Don't Try' on June 16th. https://soundcloud.com/everythingeverything/everything-everything-dont-try Fresh off [more]

NEWS: GREY LANTERN FALLOWFIELD ALL-DAYER - BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY MAY 25TH

Saturday May 25th 2013 - Grey Lantern Liberates Fallowfield Join Grey Lantern for a most righteous Bank Holiday Saturday as they plunder into the [more]

WHO ARE YA? HEAVY DANCERS

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves [more]

YES, NO MEANS NO ARE BACK

The last I heard of No Means No was the album 'One' blasting out of [more]

NEWS: TUNNG – NEW TRACK ‘THE VILLAGE’ + UK TOUR AND ALBUM

  ‘The Village’ is the brilliant, billowing new single from Tunng – from their forthcoming, fifth [more]

NEWS: POLIÇA – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘TIFF’

POLIÇA have announced a one off single ‘Tiff’, released on 10 June 2013 via Memphis Industries. ‘Tiff’ is a slice [more]

NEWS: MONEY – ‘BLUEBELL FIELDS’ VIDEO + TOUR

Having signed to Bella Union after two limited edition 7" singles last year, Manchester-based quartet MONEY are [more]

Album Review: The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Early reports of The National’s long-awaited follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed High Violet talk of new [more]

Album Review: Just Handshakes - Say It

The Leeds-based quartet Just Handshakes formed at university over a shared love of the C86 [more]

Album Review: Cloud Boat - Book of Hours

Book of Hours is the debut LP from Cloud Boat. This London based duo already has [more]

NEWS: CAMERA OBSCURA – LISTEN TO ‘FIFTH IN THE LINE TO THE THRONE’

  With the release of their long-awaited new album ‘Desire Lines’ on June 3rd via 4AD, [more]

NEWS: PVT - NEW STOP-MOTION VIDEO FOR ‘HOMOSAPIEN’

Australian electronic band PVT have released their new video for ‘Homosapien’. The clip is a [more]

NEWS: KESTON COBBLERS CLUB - LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘BEAM’ OUT NOW

The distinctive sound that makes Keston Cobblers’ Club so unique comes from a desire to [more]

LIVE: THE SPECIALS – 15/05/2013

- THE APOLLO, MANCHESTER -  So picture this. Mass unemployment, disappearing high streets, strikes and burning [more]

LIVE: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – 14/05/2013

- SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER -  Over ten mock TVs are set up around the stage of [more]

LIVE: HOW TO DRESS WELL – 15/05/2013

 - WHITWORTH GALLERY, MANCHESTER - I’m a relative latecomer to the stylised, lo-fi R&B sounds of [more]

Album Review: Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood - Black Pudding

Some musicians have forged such an enduring image and reputation that they have somehow achieved [more]

NEWS:TELEMAN - NEW SINGLE ‘STREAM TRAIN GIRL’ + SUEDE SUPPORT

Teleman have announced that their new single ‘Steam Train Girl’ will be released on July 1st through the [more]

NEWS: KULT COUNTRY - NEW SINGLE 'AMONGST THE DEAD FOREVER'

Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week [more]

Album Review: Hunter Valentine - Collide and Conquer

Hunter Valentine are a three-piece female rock band with catchy songs and a lot of [more]

LIVE: BEACH FOSSILS – 15/05/2013

 - THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER -  In the past few years there has been a rise in [more]

LIVE: THE COMPUTERS – 11/05/2013

 - THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -  I find it hard to be critical of any band [more]

LIVE: JOHN GRANT – 14/05/2013

- THE RITZ, MANCHESTER -  **WARNING** This review will be two things: 1) quite gushing, and [more]

Album Review: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Haunted Head

After well-known spells in respected bands such as The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick [more]

Album Review: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Alarms bells rang the moment I read Ezra Koenig's interview in the NME a few [more]

LIVE: VONDELPARK / BLOOM – 09/05/2013

- ISLINGTON MILL, MANCHESTER -  Islington Mill tends to be home to the more freaky, experimental [more]

Album Review: Mikal Cronin - MCII

For those who closely follow the fuzzy haze of the lo-fi scene, Mikal Cronin is no stranger. Having [more]