EVEN THE STARS

LOAstate have quietly been making their mark around Manchester with little fanfare but packing out venues since they made their live debut a...

Hot Slick is PINS' first album for five years, a period where they've undergone a line-up change, losing original members before reg...

Loose Articles have released a lockdown video with a difference for Snake, one of the tracks from last year's Orchid Lounge EP that feat...

Today sees the release of The Panglossian Momentum, Thousand Yard Stare's third studio album, released twenty-seven years after its p...

Even The Stars favourites Thousand Yard Stare cement their return with the release of their third longer player, the sublime The Pangloss...

Same Old Story is the debut EP from Barnsley four-piece Machine. The follow-up to debut single Machine raw in its delivery and production...

Ever evolving Section 25 follow up last year’s excellent Always Now 5 LP box set with an exciting new live album – Duette is their 16th f...

Tim Burgess releases his fifth solo album I Love The New Sky via Bella Union on Friday. Recorded over a year, it's Tim's first fu...

For some musicians, living in lockdown has seen them busier, more productive, more creative and increasingly active on social media, enga...

Left With You is the debut single from Stockport-based duo Glue who comprise of vocalist and lyricist Liv and producer and guitarist Mary...

Funkytown is the new album from The Ryne Experience released via US label Under The Counter Records. It's described as " a con...

Something Good is the first new material from Ellysse Mason since 2018's Hunt Me Down EP. Accompanied by an home-made isolation video...

The Murder Capital today release their Live At Maida Vale EP recorded shortly before the lockdown at the legendary BBC Studios. As well a...

Pink Tears is the debut album from Jamie from Blackley M9 (he has a thing with postcodes) who describes himself as "Goff soul // Pop...

Ellysse Mason releases her new single Something Good on Friday accompanied by her own lockdown video. We caught up for a chat about her m...

Ist Ist today release their debut album Architecture, five years in the making for one of Manchester's most independent and committed...

Wendy is the second single to be released by Helsinki duo Rules via the Soliti label. The song forms part of their debut album Rules due ...

One of the unexpected highlights of the lockdown and the subsequent closure of pretty much everything we've come to know and love abo...

Rory Wynne returns with his new single, his first of 2020, entitled Roses. Once again it's been written, recorded, produced and mixed...

Forming in Camden in 1989, Flowered Up famously graced the music papers Melody Maker and NME, before releasing a record. This was no mean...

It's four years since Bea Sanjust charmed us with her debut album Larosa, one of those stunning albums that come from an out-of-the-b...

The Red Stains are one of the most hotly-tipped new bands around and today they release their debut single Mannequin. Ferociously indepen...

In April 1990 the sun was shining and Britain had just finished rioting in response to Thatcher’s hated Poll Tax.  Meanwhile in Mancheste...

Hailed by many of our Irish friends as a hot prospect the energetic Galway based five-piece Turnstiles return with a fourth track titled ...

Aligners' debut single Sixties Hearse is released today. The Warrington four-piece met at college studying music and have built a str...

In five years Ist Ist have slowly built an incredibly loyal following off the back of word-of-mouth, limited edition single and live boot...

Body Of Itch is Egyptian Blue's second EP, the follow-up to last year's Collateral Damage and, fresh off the back of a successful...

With three singles under their belt in 2019, Venus release their debut EP Wicked Things featuring three brand new tracks which show them ...

Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Natalie McCool released her latest single Closure last week taken from her forthcoming third album that...

Shape is the first track to be taken from Hannah Scott's forthcoming second album, the follow-up to 2018's Pieces Of The Night. L...

Document were due to play their biggest headline show last week to celebrate the launch of their five-track EP A Camera Wanders All Night...

Harry Stafford might be known to some of you as lead singer and guitarist of cult Manchester 80s band Inca Babies. He's continued to ...

A New Love Song is the fifth track to be revealed from Ist Ist's forthcoming debut album Architecture. It's a radical reworking, ...

Galway's Slyrydes return with their fifth single I Claim To Be Intelligent. Skeletal in parts, frantic, cluttered and urgent in other...

Document released their debut EP A Camera Wanders All Night last week. Across five songs the Manchester-based five-piece set their own pu...

Closure is the latest single to be taken from Natalie McCool's forthcoming third album due for release at some point later this year....

With their new album The Joy Of The Return nestled in the midweek top five album chart we caught up with The Slow Readers Club's fro...

Nothin' Blues is the first new material from Janileigh Cohen in 2020. A live solo performance of the song recently posted to her You ...

Koala Club's second single No Surprise follows hot on the heels of January's 360 single and part of a series of releases planned ...

The Lounge Society have just signed to indie label Speedy Wunderground and their debut single, all five and a half glorious minutes of it...

Bird Of Paradise is the first track to be taken from Asthmatic Harp's forthcoming EP Things We Learned To Live With that's due ou...

The Joy Of The Return is The Slow Readers Club's fourth studio album and their first as a full-time band as they aim to follow-up the...

The Lottery Winners released their self-titled debut album on Friday. We caught up with Thom, Katie, Joe and Rob on the day of release ju...

The Lottery Winners celebrated the launch of their self-titled debut album with a short in-store set at Manchester's HMV followed by ...

Rews brought their Phoenix tour to Manchester's Night People on Friday night. The new three-piece line up came with a far heavier roc...

Discipline is the fourth track to be revealed from Ist Ist's forthcoming debut album Architecture. The live favourite has been in the...

Rews are embarking on a UK tour in support of Monsters, the second track to be taken from their forthcoming second album. Ahead of their ...

The Red Stains are one of the hottest most-talked about new bands in town at the moment, having secured a Kendal Calling appearance witho...

The Slow Readers Club have released Killing Me, their third single from their forthcoming The Joy Of The Return album due out on March 20...

Julia Bardo played her "hometown" show in Yes's Pink Room in Manchester on Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of her d...