EVEN THE STARS

The Murder Capital's release week trip around the UK's record stores in support of their third album Blindness continued on Monday n...

Ist Ist celebrated the tenth anniversary of their first ever show by returning to the very same stage they performed on that night for a car...

  It's that time to reveal our mostly unsurprising list of our top ten favourite albums of 2024

Déjà Vega finished off 2024 with a low-key headline show at Gullivers in Manchester on Saturday night. Over a ninety-five minute set they de...

LIINES made their long-awaited return to the stage on Thursday night with a sold-out co-headline show with Polish trio Trupa Trupa who were ...

Blossoms completed the most successful year of their career to date with a show at Diecast in Manchester sponsored by Spotify and B...

James provided fans with an exclusive preview of their Live At The Acropolis film recorded in Athens with the Manchester Inspirational Voice...

The Slow Readers Club returned to Glasgow for the first time since their triumphant Barrowland Ballroom gig (opening for Shed Seven) last au...

The Slow Readers Club's short Winter tour rolled into their hometown of Manchester on Thursday night for a sold-out months in advance sh...

It’s been a long time since we’ve been genuinely excited about the possibilities of a new band. COVID killed a lot of nascent bands stone de...

Sprints' rise in 2024 has seen them go from The White Hotel across the border in Salford to selling out New Century a couple of months i...

Blossoms concluded their five-night stand of Manchester venues they'd headlined previously in their career with a final sold-out show ...

Blossoms' five night stand of Manchester's mid-sized venues in support of their fourth number one album Gary. Performing tracks from...

“Four best friends playing The Paradiso” bassist Andy Keating tells the thousand and a half crowd in front of him half way through the set i...

John Bramwell And The Full Harmonic Convergence opened their UK tour in support of this year's The Light Fantastic album at Earth Theatr...

The Mercury-prize winning success of This Could Be Texas has catapulted English Teacher from the grassroots venues of which they are such ar...

Blossoms played their traditional album launch hometown show at Stockport's grand Plaza on Sunday. Performing both matinee and evening s...

Courteeners headed to Warrington on Thursday night for two intimate shows to support the launch of their Pink Cactus Cafe album. Mixing tr...

October Drift continued their UK tour in support of their third album Blame The Young by playing their biggest headline show to date at Manc...

This is Whitehorse's first ever gig. It's sold out The Rose And Monkey weeks in advance. At the helm of the new band is Thomas Haywo...

Back in the Summer, Manchester icons James and Johnny Marr joined forces for two UK festival shows - Bedford Summer Sessions and Lytham Fest...

MASH is a venue more often host to sticky-floored, student club nights or tribute bands, as per the promo posters plastered on its walls. Bu...

Lanterns On The Lake headlined the Friday night of Halifax's Town Festival in the resplendent setting of the Minster. Whilst vision was ...

The Slow Readers Club return with their first new material since last year's Knowledge Freedom Power album in the shape of Technofear....

Ist Ist opened their UK and European tour in support of their top 30 album Light A Bigger Fire with an intimate opening night sell out at He...

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...