-DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- Tonight is an odd night. I’ve just played football, and after a heavy fall in which I landed fully on my left wrist, I have quite the shooting pain in my arm. Thinking it’s just sprained, I play on for the final 45 mins, including a stint in goal, and then I […]
-PAVILION THEATRE, MANCHESTER- Stepping from a bright Manchester afternoon into a blacked-out tent in the middle of Albert Square, I am soon joining the gathered crowd in applauding the on-stage arrival of the two young Norfolk musicians in Let’s Eat Grandma. The claps give way to complete silence as Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth take […]
Manchester International Festival (MIF) is the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events, staged every two years in Manchester, UK. MIF this year takes place from 29th June to 16th July 2017 at venues all over the city. For MIF’s Live at the Pavilion Theatre at Festival Square, Salford’s foremost festival Sounds […]
GIG GUIDE
Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
NEW SONG FROM BABY STRANGE 'I WANT TO BELIEVE' IN ANTICIPATION OF FORTHCOMING EP 'LAND OF NOTHING'
SNAPPED ANKLES RETURN TO THE FOREST, WITH NEW ALBUM 'FOREST OF YOUR PROBLEMS'
MONTREAL BAND BRAIDS UNVEIL TWO NEW SONGS, ‘SLAYER MOON’ + '2020’
KALI SHARES THE HAZY ‘I JUST WANNA’ FROM DEBUT EP 'CIRCLES'
UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN INDIE-ROCK BAND VINOK RELEASE 'FRIENDS'
THE REDS, PINKS & PURPLES SKEWERS MODERN INDIE FANDOM WITH THE IRONICALLY TITLED 'THE BIGGEST FAN'
DARK-ALT POP DUO CHARLOTTE SPIRAL HAVE UNVEILED THEIR NEW EP 'NEW LIGHT'
LONDON BASED TWEE-PUNKS QLOWSKI SHARE ‘A WOMAN’ TRACK AND ITS VIDEO ALONGSIDE DEBUT ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT
