EVEN THE STARS

Tom Hingley launched his The Grand Mal album with an intimate set at The Castle Hotel in Manchester on Friday night. Performing the album in...

Ist Ist continued their launch week activities for their fourth studio album Light A Bigger Fire with an intimate out-store show in conjunct...

Trampolene frontman Jack Jones released his eponymous debut solo album on Friday. Julia Grantham took a listen and concludes that ...

Tom Hingley returns with his first new material since last year’s Decades album, delivering another beautifully heartfelt collection of song...

Venus Grrrls brought their UK tour to an end with a packed out show at Manchester's Soup on Saturday night supported by Macclesfield...

Light A Bigger Fire is Ist Ist's fourth album, the follow-up to their top 50 album Protagonists. It is a bold statement of in...

VLURE returned to Manchester for the first time in a year to the Deaf Institute to deliver a high-energy set that mixed old favourites with ...

The Beaches made a return to Manchester for the first time in eleven years on Sunday night. No longer high street kids they come back a full...

Blossoms performed their biggest ever headline show on Sunday night as twenty five thousand people trekked from all corners of Greater Manch...

After three triumphant nights at Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom back in spring, Inspiral Carpets returned to Scotland last week for two h...

Close to Sheffield station there's a hoarding that proclaims Sheffield as "Music City" and of course there's a...

James headed to the seaside on Sunday night with Orca 22 orchestra and the Manchester Inspirational Voices Gospel Choir in tow to headline t...

Ten years since their last show Puressence made a triumphant unexpected return on Saturday night with a sold out show at Manchester's Al...

As the cycle of their last album Never Let Me Go draws to a close, Placebo opened their UK and European dates with an outdoor show in the re...

Australian sister duo Charm Of Finches returned to Salford for their third headline show in the Greater Manchester area in a couple of years...

James finished their biggest ever UK arena tour with their first ever show at London’s O2 Arena, making the capital’s largest indoor gig spa...

James played their biggest ever sold out UK show at Manchester’s newest venue Coop Live on Friday night. Mixing tracks from their numbe...

Ist Ist today release Repercussions, the third single to be taken from their forthcoming album Build A Bigger Fire out on September 20th. A ...

James’ UK tour in support of their number one album Yummy headed to Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Wednesday night. The most spontaneous and ...

After a two-day break James returned to the stage on their Yummy tour in Cardiff's Utilita Arena on Tuesday night with a set still heavy...

Recorded in December 2023 at the iconic Darklands Audio studio in Dublin, Scattered Ashes deliver a near perfect EP in All That Is Solid M...

James’ tour in support of their number one album Yummy rolled into Leeds First Direct Arena on Saturday night. A set of eight tracks taken f...

James brought their tour to support their number one album to the cavernous space of Glasgow’s Hydro and 12,000 hungry excited Glaswegians. ...

LIINES return with their first new material in two years with the previously unheard Holding On. 

  James continued their UK tour in support of number one album Yummy with their first show in over twenty years at Newcastle's Utilita A...

James opened their UK arena tour in the North East of Scotland with their first ever visit to the P&J Live arena and their first visit t...

The Lovely Eggs brought their ten-date tour to promote their new album Eggsistentialism to a close with a fast and furious show at New Centu...

Dantzic and Sugartung, two of Manchester’s newest and most incendiary bands join forces for a sold out show at The Castle Hotel on Oldham St...

Bank Holiday Monday saw the second part of Now Wave's mini-festival Bad Dreams at Band On The Wall. Headlined by Bodega, with support fr...

Inspiral Carpets continued their run of intimate live shows around their summer festival appearances with a sold-out show at a hot and sweat...

Rachel Chinouriri celebrated the imminent launch of her debut album What A Devastating Turn Of Events with an intimate stripped down show at...

Ist Ist today release their second single of the year and announce their fourth album Light A Bigger Fire for release on September 20th.  ...

October Drift’s tour in support of their new single Blame The Young, the first fruits of their forthcoming third album, called in at a sold-...

Hey Bulldog and The Lotts were the latest in a series of bands to play The Rose And Monkey's regular Tuesday night £5 Tuesdays event sup...

English Teacher concluded their record store / out store tour in support of their Top 10 album This Could Be Texas with a pared down set in ...

Saturday night saw LIINES and Hungry, two very different bands but with a common hit them hard philosophy, take to the stage at Gorilla in s...

Personal Trainer headlined a sold out sauna-like Academy 3 in Manchester on Saturday night as the 6 Music favourites delivered an upbeat set...

Ist Ist headed to Liverpool for the penultimate show of their UK and European tour, filling out the loft of the Arts Club supported by Salfo...

Johnny Marr has just wrapped up a ten-date tour in support of Spirit Power - a compilation album commemorating a decade since he embarked on...

Tourist is the debut single by Vice Vera, the alter ego of Tamsin Middleton, who'll be known to followers of the Manchester music scene ...

James release their 18th studio album on Friday. Graham McPhail, aka TimBoothLyrics on social media, takes a critical look at the ...

James release their eighteenth studio album Yummy on April 12th. The deluxe edition features another twelve tracks, collectively known as Pu...

At only thirty-two and with her main output heading up the prolific Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker has just released her fifth solo albu...

Easter launched their album Facsimile Of A Dream on Good Friday appropriately at The Star And Garter. Against a sombre backdrop of the venue...

As a member of the Greater Manchester Music Commission, I've been made aware of an article circulating on The Mill behind a paywall th...

Ist Ist continued their triumphant European tour, starting the homebound journey at De Vorstin, an impressive and imposing venue in the smal...

Inspiral Carpets played their smallest show in decades on Monday night with a packed out show at AMP in Stockport as part of its Town Of Cul...

When Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets announced their tour last year, tickets for the shows were in high demand with some venues selling o...

IST IST return with a new single, Lost My Shadow, the first fruits of their recent recording sessions for their as-yet-unannounced fourth ...

Neon Waltz's postponed tour in support of their second album Honey Now finally rolled into Manchester on Tuesday night into a sweltering...