Sound Check // King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return for night at Victoria Warehouse For those who struggled to keep up with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's 8 (eight) albums over the last three years, refresh your memories with a ni... Read More...
Sound Check // Americana Musician William Tyler Plays Special Seated Show @ YES Nashville indie singer-songwriter and producer William Tyler visits Manchester this month for a special seated show at YES. Earlier this year, Tyler s... Read More...
Sound Check // Upcoming Shows You Won’t Want To Miss At The Night & Day Café It's “the jewel in Manchester’s crowd”, if you stand by the words of Elbow’s Guy Garvey, and Oldham Street’s legendary Night & Day Café have another f... Read More...
Sound Check // All-Dayer Future Sounds Returns To The White Hotel This August, Salford’s premier DIY music space The White Hotel hosts the return of Future Sounds, a one-day festival of excellent music from boundary-... Read More...
Review // Stereolab + Mush @ The Albert Hall // 31.07.2019 A brief revisionist history: imagine the various artists who rose to prominence in the mid-1990s in the UK placed into a league table a-la fantasy foo... Read More...
Sound Check // Lana Del Rey To Return To Manchester Lana Del Rey has unveiled plans for 2020 UK stadium tour supporting her forthcoming album 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'. Released Friday 30th August 2019,... Read More...
Monthly Preview // August 2019 August always proves to be one of the quieter months of the year, with festival season in full flow, revellers off on their holidays and students head... Read More...
Sound Check // Last Tickets Available For These 8 Shows Keeping you in Manchester's musical loop as always, we've picked out 8 shows close to selling out. Read on, take your pick, and act fast! Tuesday ... Read More...
Review // Shonen Knife + Slap Rash & The Night & Day Café // 23-07-2019 Legendary Japanese all-girl power-pop-punk outfit Shonen Knife, rapidly approaching their 40th year together, has been able to amass a rabid cult foll... Read More...
Weekly Preview // Experimental Hip Hop, Punk Legends, Anniversary Offerings + More // 22.07-28.07 Another hugely successful Manchester International Festival came to an end over the weekend, following 18 days of internationally acclaimed music, art... Read More...
Sound Check // Now on sale! 5 city centre shows just announced It's always tricky to keep up to date with all the events you need to know about, especially those hotly-anticipated shows you know are going to sell ... Read More...
Weekly Preview // Up-And-Coming Rap, Americana Country, Queens Of The Electronic Underground + More // 15.07-21.07 MIF is still talk of the city with an ongoing series of incredible events, exhibitions and shows spanning music, film, theatre and art. Alongside MIF,... Read More...
Sound Check // Six acts you won’t want to miss at The O2 Ritz this winter Some of the larger venues in our city may be quieter over festival season, but this marks a good opportunity to look forward to later in the year and ... Read More...
Sound Check // Band On The Wall to give away 100 cans of Innis & Gunn lager Band On The Wall have teamed up with Scottish craft beer brewer Innis & Gunn to give away 100 free tall boy cans of Innis & Gunn lager on Friday 12th ... Read More...
Weekly Preview // Sounds Of The City, Global Talent, Energetic Rap + More // 08.07-14.07 Sounds Of The City continues a takeover of the Castlefield Bowl, and there are plenty of excellent musicians performing across the city this week. Ove... Read More...
Review // Converge @ The Ritz // 02.07.2019 When it comes to post-hardcore music, very few bands fly the flag higher and prouder than Massachusetts, USA legends Converge. Their near 30 year lega... Read More...
Sound Check // Explosions In The Sky 20th Anniversary Tour Instrumental post-rock outfit Explosions in the Sky have announced a handful of UK shows to celebrate their 20th anniversary, visiting the Albert Hall... Read More...
Weekly Preview // Farewell Tours, Festival Favourites, Metal Heads + More // 01.07-07.07 The return of Glastonbury dominates the headlines this week following a weekend of incredible music moments. Back in Manchester, we look forward to th... Read More...
Sound Check // 5 exciting shows on sale this week While our city's stages are a little quieter over the festival period, it's a good time to look forward to what's coming up later in the year. We've p... Read More...
Sound Check // Warehouse Project unveil an exciting autumn schedule It's a hugely exciting year for fans of The Warehouse Project. Bidding a fond farewell to their legendary venue on Store Street last year, the club wi... Read More...
Sound Check // Neighbourhood Festival returns for round two this October Festival-goers will be keeping busy over the summer months, but can already look forward to the return of the Neighbourhood Festival later this year. ... Read More...
