EVEN THE STARS

Back in March, The Lucid Dream were on a European tour when their van was broken into in Paris and all their equipment stolen. A Crowdfu...

Festivals are often a voyage of discovery. You turn up with a set schedule and that goes out of the window as you wander round t...

Gig 2088 for Frank Turner was a sold-out fundraiser at Manchester's Ritz for Big Issue North's Street Noise project. A more ...

Today Cleargreen release their debut single Stargazed. The Manchester four-piece are looking to build on a summer of festival appearances...

First released in 1990 on legendary local label Imaginary, Turtle Soup, the debut album from Middleton’s Mock Turtles featuring early ver...

Goodbye Frank is a collection of recordings from Asia Fields, one of the long lost bands of the "Madchester" period as the Nort...

Matter Of Mind have revealed the video for their new single Stay which comes from their forthcoming EP Dead Apologies.

The Big Peach's self-titled EP is one of the most promising and exciting debut releases we've heard for a long time. A very back ...

Seashore is the explicit single from The Regrettes' debut album Feel Your Feelings Fool! ahead of UK tour dates in September and Octo...

War Of The Outer Spheres was a multi-venue festival across The Peer Hat and Aatma in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Double-booki...

Rews' new single Shine, the follow-up to Miss You In The Dark, is the second song to be released from their debut album Pyro that...

Berries made their return to Manchester following a successful well-received set at April's When In Manchester Festival for an openin...

Ist Ist made the trip across the Pennines on Friday night for their first ever show in Leeds as they prepare for their biggest shows to d...

The Duke Spirit's new album Sky Is Mine is released on Friday and this Deaf Institute show, along with a London show, is an intimate ...

Neon Waltz's debut album Strange Hymns has been a long time coming, but has been more than worth the wait. The ten-song collection fe...

Tuesday night saw the latest of the Night And Day's new band showcases featuring headliners The Big Peach, still able to count the n...

Frank Turner plays Manchester Ritz next Thursday night headlining a Street Noise charity concert for Big Issue North, an organisation ded...

The Clockwork Dance is the first single from Vukovar's forthcoming album Puritan, due out in October. A dark brutal record with elect...

Jordan Allen returned to Jimmy’s, the scene of last week’s triumphant intimate gig, for a second helping to a packed sweaty enthusiastic...

The twenty-sixth instalment of Astral Elevator’s psyche nights saw the return of prodigal sons Purple Heart Parade and a headline slot fr...

The first Cotton Clouds Festival took place on Saturday in the picturesque setting of Saddleworth Cricket Club in Greenfield. A packed li...

Following the cancellation of Hope And Glory Festival, we headed down to Derby Square in the city where the wonderful free event Liverpoo...

All Night Long is a self-made documentary of Blossoms' US tour from front man Tom Ogden. Filmed entirely with a hand-held camera, it ...

Regina Spektor charmed a packed Liverpool Empire on Monday night with a career-spanning set of songs that demonstrated the eclectic range...

Vida opened Hope And Glory's "secret" Friday night gig in the resplendent surroundings of Liverpool's St George's H...

Given the events that occurred at Hope And Glory on Saturday and the subsequent cancellation of Sunday's festival ( documented here )...

As the dust settles on the fiasco that was the Hope And Glory Festival in Liverpool at the weekend (our view of Saturday's events can...

Saturday witnessed the opening day of the first Hope And Glory festival in the surroundings of Liverpool's St George's Hall. Bill...

Ahead of the announcement of a big tour to conclude his most successful year to date, Jordan Allen played the first of two intimate ...

Kiera Court recently released her debut EP Angry Face & Boat Shoes, three songs that mark out the Essex singer-songwriter as one of t...

To celebrate the launch of their new video for single Midas Touch, Taylor And The Mason threw a Sunday night party at Jimmy's featuri...

  James' season of summer shows moved to Newcastle and the city centre Times Square accompanied by Peter Hook And The Light, wit...