EVEN THE STARS

East Is West is the debut track from the mysterious Purple Merlin. All we have to go on this video for the song and the promise of some f...

The undoubted highlight of the opening night of Manchester International Festival, if not the festival itself, was New Order's collab...

Piece Of The Pie is the debut single from a Manchester super-group of sorts Chevron Shawl as they prepare to launch it with a gig at the ...

Following his tour supporting David Ford and performing as part of his live band, JP Ruggieri stayed on in the UK for a few headline dat...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know we think Berries are one of the best new bands in the country. Their These Funny Things EP...

Mother's Love is the debut single from Saytr Play, one of the most hotly-tipped on the Manchester live scene on the basis of some exc...

We took the train up to Todmorden on Friday night to catch one of Control Of The Going's final shows before they gear up for the...

"Don't be sad it's over. Be happy that it happened" said Ian Brown half way through the most triumphant, uplifting Rose...

It's five years since The Stone Roses came back in a fanfare promising a glorious resurrection. What's come in between has been m...

Maddy Storm is possibly the stand out talent on the Manchester scene at present. Whilst she's not yet attracting the audiences, as th...

To support the launch of his new EP The Union and ahead of the release of his album Animal Spirits, David Ford teamed up with Michel...

Fresh from the top five success of their latest album Different Days, The Charlatans headlined Scarborough's Open Air Theatre on Fri...

In the middle of a UK tour, David Ford has released an EP called The Union which is currently only available at the shows he's perfor...

As part of their plan to break out of Manchester where they've developed a loyal adoring following for their exhilarating brutal assa...

Oliver is the first single from Hannah Nicholson's forthcoming debut solo EP, due out in July. A beautifully haunting track that show...

So often when the biggest bands in the world decide to play small intimate shows they lose the very essence of what makes them special. A...

We made the two hour trip to Berlin to catch up with John Bramwell and Dave Fidler in the middle of their European tour in the intimate s...

Fulfilling a long term ambition, Stuart Ralston travels to London to finally see a band who were instrumental in igniting his love for mu...

A packed out sweltering Manchester Gorilla paid host to The Staves' first UK show in over a year. An adoring and respectful crowd wat...

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott warmed up for their massive Hull stadium show on Saturday with an intimate warm-up show at Warrington'...

Old Trafford on Saturday saw one of the biggest security operations in Manchester's history as 50,000 people descended on the cricket...

Liam Gallagher's first ever solo show sold out in seconds last week and with all proceeds donated to the fund to support the families...

The beautiful seated intimate surroundings of The Wonder Inn provided the perfect setting for Julie Byrne's Manchester show in suppor...

ROADTRIP!! 12.30 on Sunday afternoon sat in my mum's house in Swinton, just over two hours later picking up a Dot To Dot wristband in...

Monday night saw our city change forever. Twenty-two people who had gone to enjoy an Ariane Grande concert at Manchester Arena or to pick...

Hazel English's debut Manchester show to a packed sold-out sweaty Castle Hotel music room was a resounding success. An attentive, r...

Portsmouth's Is Bliss have been making waves across the country with the release of their two EPs Velvet Dreams and The Honeycomb Exp...

Scotland's Vida concluded their This Feeling tour with a headline slot at Manchester's Night and Day Cafe on Saturday night. A ba...

Clay's biggest headline set to date was a raucous affair at Gorilla as the mainly teenage audience lost themselves in the music for a...

Matter Of Mind's latest live set saw them in the middle slot at the Deaf Institute. Battling with technical difficulties and a broken...

All good things must come to an end. But when they do, the key is to go out in style and that's exactly what The Slow Readers Club di...

Clay are one of the most exciting young bands around, growing their following with each release and without attaching themselves to any s...

The latest instalment of the CTRL Club’s free gig nights at Manchester’s Dive NQ bar saw Folkestone duo SKIES make the long trip up North...

The penultimate night of The Slow Readers Club’s UK tour saw them head to the North East for an intimate sold-out show at Newcastle’s ...

The twenty-second instalment of Manchester-based promoter Astral Elevator’s psyche nights saw them team up with Wrong Way Recor...

Carnival Club's debut five-track EP Magdalena's Cape is one of the most anticipated debut releases of the year so far and deliver...