EVEN THE STARS

Kieran Fest is an annual event set up by the parents of Kieran Crump Raiswell after they lost their son with the aim of raising f...

The theatre room in Kings Arms in Salford was the beautiful intimate setting for Johnny Sly to reveal the five songs that make up the...

Entering the last weekend of their festival season, James had been invited back to headline the Friday night of Bingley Music Live by pop...

Two of the best new bands in town joined forces for the opening acts of Astral Elevator 6, the latest instalment of what is becoming one ...

Even The Stars favourites The Slow Readers Club have just announced news of a new single Plant The Seed and details of a UK tour to suppo...

The long lost second album from acclaimed Manchester band Paris Angels is finally released, over 20 years after it was recorded as a free...

Another month, another This Feeling night at the Night And Day in Manchester and this time they've paired up two of the most exciting...

Ryley Walker's return to Manchester, this time with a full band, was eagerly anticipated by those who witnessed his sold out solo sho...

The second night of Magners Live at the Ross Bandstand in Edinburgh witnessed a psychedelic mind-bending set by The Flaming Lips against ...

Get A Witness is the long-awaited debut album from Queen Kwong. Over eight tracks, Carré Calloway bears her heart and soul to the world o...

James headlined the first night of Edinburgh's Magners Nights festival on the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. In front of a...

Pain Of Dancers is the latest single by Daisy Victoria. It's a huge anthem track drenched in dramatic shades of 1980s pop but brought...

Moving Far Too Fast is the first new material from Ryan Jarvis for over two years. Released digitally this week with a re-recorded versio...

The picturesque setting of Hardwick Hall was perfect for a day's music festival. Sunshine, beer, half-decent festival food and a rela...

Gigs on the Isle Of Man are a bit of a rarity. Added to the fact that this was James' only indoor full gig of the year as they record...

Tonight is Lunar's fourth ever gig, a warm-up for their now sold out in advance single launch at Manchester's Sound Control this ...

Alice is the new single from South London singer-songwriter Strobegirl. She describes herself as electro/folktronica/indie/dreampop and th...

For a band only playing their second gig tonight Control Of The Going have got a bit of a buzz building around them, already having secur...

St Anthony is a poem written by Manchester's Mike Garry to commemorate the life of Tony Wilson who passed eight years ago this month ...

To celebrate the release of his new album Positive Songs For Negative People, Frank Turner is playing a series of solo shows in small ven...

St Anthony is a poem written by Manchester's Mike Garry to commemorate the life of Tony Wilson who passed eight years ago this month ...

Fruit At The Bottom was the second album by Prince protegees Wendy And Lisa released in 1989 following their self-titled debut. It saw th...

Frank Turner is an inspiration to any musician scraping around the toilet venues of the land that hard work, dedication and the ability t...

A gig on a barge is a wonderful idea and the next in a series of interesting venues for Liam McClair in the build up to the launch o...

Our Way is the debut single by Manchester four-piece Lunar. Sam, Christie, Luke and Max may only have played two gigs so far, but their n...

There's a renaissance of classic sixties-influenced airy dreamy psychedelia going on at the moment. Hidden Charms are one of the most...

Take It Back is the second single from Manchester's Gold Jacks. Following on in the vein of their debut One Kinda Woman. There's ...

Control Of The Going are one of our favourite new bands to emerge this year. Their debut EP Epilepsy Bus Ride was released a mere two mon...

It's fifteen long years since Badly Drawn Boy (Damon Gough) won the Mercury Music Prize with his debut album The Hour Of Bewilderbeas...

We've championed Blossoms for over a year now and we think Blown Rose is the song that's going to make the leap for them from a b...

Eleven years since their last album, Colne's Milltown Brothers deliver their 4th, and finest, record to date.

It’s been eight long years since the last The Earlies tour following the release of their second album Enemy Chorus. Defying the logistic...

Winning over new fans with every song, and delighting the faithful, The Slow Readers Club return to The Crystal Stage at the Tramlines Fe...

Hey Anna are a five-piece from New York fronted by three sisters Anna, Erin and Katie Rauch-Sasseen.  They've recently released their...