LIVE REVIEW – THE HAUNTED: REBELLION, MANCHESTER – 09/10/2026

It’s a long post-work trip across the Pennines on a Friday and I arrive just in time to see the blood-drenched Red Method leaving the stage; I’m assured I missed out. Up next are Swedish veterans The Haunted. “I’ve been waiting for this for seventeen years”, says the man next to me. Although the Haunted […]
Despite such a huge surge in Irish music as of late, Basht. have managed to stand out in such a populated crowd as a mainstay in Irish expression. Maybe it’s the sense of frustration running underneath nearly every track, or the way their music manages to sound both completely chaotic yet strangely sombre and calculated […]

ALBUM REVIEW – BASHT. : POOR ADVICE

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 OCTOBER 2026

ALA.NI and Adrian Younge       Proud of Me      The album pairs ALA.NI’s gorgeous, understated vocals with Younge’s vintage-inspired soul arrangements, blending cinematic orchestration, psychedelia and late-night jazz. Written over several years, Proud of Me traces love, longing, grief and self-discovery through a deeply personal collection of songs. Sulaf    ABA       She weaves Sudanese folk and ancient Nubian […]
“I wonder if you’d even feel it.” To live the human life and experience is to live with attachment. For some, all the attachment they need comes off their loved ones, family, close friends and that special love of their life. Other people find the beauty of life in more than just the concrete, they […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PHOEBE GREEN: PREMATURE NOSTALGIA

ALBUM REVIEW – ELASTICA: ELASTICA

One of the wittiest, sharpest, coolest records of the 90s just got a reissue, and now is a better time than ever to revisit—or discover—it. Elastica’s eponymous debut album hit shelves in early 1995, and swiftly triumphed as the best-selling debut album since Oasis’ Definitely Maybe. 31 years on, it’s still easy to tell why. […]
It would be easy to look at the cover to the Death Valley Girls’ latest album and get a mistaken impression. A Sgt. Pepper style multi-coloured collage featuring the band centred around a cast of animals, anthropomorphic mountains, two birds holding up a sign saying “Welcome To”, flowers forming the word “Earth” and tombstones in […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DEATH VALLEY GIRLS: WELCOME TO EARTH

NEWS: BEYOND THE MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING THIS WEEK

The third edition of Beyond The Music takes place at its new home, MediaCity Salford, from 6th to 9th October 2026. The event is both a new music showcase festival and industry conference. After launching on Tuesday evening with a screening of 24 Hour Party People and a Q&A featuring its director Michael Winterbottom and […]
30 years since two giants of house, trance and IDM birthed this era defining compilation. And in the wake of this fact, the duo have decided to bring it out of the locker and give it some polish, make the bass thump more, and bring back many memories to a lot of people that were […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SASHA AND JOHN DIGWEED: NORTHERN EXPOSURE REDUX

ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: ELECTRISOL

The prize for most productive recording artists is hotting up. There are long standing contenders such as Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices and John Dwyer with his various OSEES iterations. They rarely seem to pause for breath with each season heralding a new album, all while maintaining a recognisable style and good level of […]
“I bet they heard that all over Manchester” said the bloke stood behind me to his mate, after a mass sing along of ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ performed by Johnny Marr and his band at Castlefield Bowl back in July this year, the whole crowd belting out those famous lines at […]

ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY MARR – THE AGE OF EVERYTHING