EVEN THE STARS

Kid Wave first came to our attention last year with their Gloom EP and we caught them earlier this year supporting Heavenly label mate Ji...

Easy Gone Easy Come is Dave Fidler's new EP. It features two tracks from his recent album I'm Not Here, a live cover of Jackson B...

The inexorable rise of Blossoms continues apace. They're visibly growing before our eyes, turning all that raw promise and potent...

Lunar are a new four-piece from Manchester. This show, opening at the Zombie Shack, was their first ever gig - a short sharp burst of six...

It's a fitting farewell to the established Manchester venue The Roadhouse that Jimi Goodwin played one of the final gigs here. Part o...

Stella Grundy, former lead singer of Intastella, has forged a successful career in acting since her band broke up at the end of the last ...

Wall Market Racketeers were one of our tips for 2015 on the back of last year's debut Invisible Ink EP. They're back with a new ...

Liam Frost solo gigs are few and far between so when he announced a last minute show in Rawtenstall on Bank Holiday Sunday, plans were re...

Wall Market Racketeers, one of our tips for 2015, are back with a new single Saturnine, the lead track from a forthcoming EP. They launch...

Liam Frost played an intimate acoustic show at The Artisan in Rawtenstall on Sunday night. As part of his set, he played a cover of Simpl...

It's an extremely busy night in Manchester. We can't get along to see all of the bands we want to as there are so many time clash...

Ride's return to Manchester was one of the most anticipated gigs of the year. A band whose legend seemed to grow with every year they...

James opened their festival season with a headline slot at Scarborough's Open Air Theatre. Fresh from several weeks recording in a Lo...

Ahead of their performance at this weekend's Gigantic Festival in Manchester, Inspiral Carpets announced two intimate warm-up shows. ...

The debut release from Manchester's Multiplier shows much potential. Stuart Ralston has a listen.

Touring their excellent new album Mind Over Matter, The Nightingales rocked up at Manchester's intimate Kraak Gallery taking heavily...

Wakefield's The Grand release their debut album Incapacitated, Ill-Fated and In Love ahead of their launch show at Player's Bar i...

Four guitars, one bass, two sets of drums, one operated remotely by foot pedal, a piano, two electronic drum pads, one tambourine, one sh...

Ex Cops - Amalie Bruun and Brian Harding - return with their second LP, Daggers. Stuart Ralston shares his thoughts.

The second album from Manchester's Air Cav is a joy from start to finish. The band seem to keep a low profile but Procession should p...

Manchester's White Boy release their second single today, it's a cover of David Essex's 1973 hit Rock On. Whilst we're no...

The Ten O'Clock Curfew is the debut EP by Manchester six-piece Sixty Minute Man. It's a record that's not afraid to puff out ...

Coming Up For Air is the debut release by Manchester-based quartet Tindrumm. Drenched in strings and keyboards with, it's an extremel...

The last night of the I Am Kloot tour rolled into Liverpool’s O2 Academy accompanied by Andy Burrows.  We made the short journey up the E...

Ahead of the July release of their third album Decency, Frankie And The Heartstrings are on a UK tour to preview tracks from the album as...

She Makes War is a regular visitor to Germany where she has gained a big fanbase. Our friend Gudrun from Karlsruhe caught her show at the...

Suddenly, as it's about to close, The Roadhouse seems to be getting most of the great gigs in town. You can always rely on Inte...

Mind Over Matter is the latest album by The Nightingales, a record that straddles generations and genres, the sound of a band that has so...

It's been a while since we've heard from Frankie And The Heartstrings as they've been working on a new album as well as setti...

This week's tip on Shell Zenner's Amazing Radio show is Roses Are Blue, another happy accidental discovery that the internet spri...

The Bungalow Club is the social club attached to Stockport County's Edgeley Park football ground. Stockport is hometown to Blossom...

On an exciting trans-pennine double bill, Sheffield's High Hazels made a long overdue return to Manchester to promote their latest si...

Yesterday we reviewed the first half of our day at Live At Leeds capturing Polo, Clay, Glacier Pacific, The Vryll Society and Gulf. Today...

Serpent Power are a new psychedelic super group featuring members of The Coral and The Zutons. Their self-titled debut album is out today...

It's our first time at Live At Leeds. The beauty of these urban festivals is that there's always something new to discover as wel...

The latest Scruff Of The Neck Records gig at the Night And Day in Manchester followed the fine traditions it has established of pair...

Dirty North have stumbled around the Manchester underground scene for the past six years. Fusing reggae, rap and old-school rock, they...

This week, The Rainkings released a new EP called Fiveways, their first new material for nearly a quarter of a century. We caught up wit...