Review // Damo Suzuki @ The White Hotel // 19.05.17

Words by Wes Foster I’ve never really been able to get into Can, where do you even begin with their work and output? But I’ve always had an enormous amount of respect for their place within music, and what t...

Weekly Preview // Dot To Dot 2017, Brazilian Bowie + Transformer // 22.05-28.05

Looking ahead to a busy week in Manchester, two names are dominating event listings. This Friday, Dot To Dot Festival returns with what will surely be their biggest year yet, before Sunday when Victoria Warehou...

Event News // Dot To Dot 2017 Stage Times Revealed

Set times have just been released across twenty-seven venues for Dot To Dot Festival 2017. From 2:15pm onwards (see here for details) an eclectic range of Manchester's venues will be opening their doors to an a...

Event News // PMT Manchester To Host Charity Gig At Rebellion

This Friday, PMT Manchester is hosting a free gig at Rebellion to raise money for local homeless charity, Mustard Tree. The guys at PMT Manchester will be putting on a night of pure rock ‘n’ roll at Rebellion B...

Sound Check // MONEY Guitarist Charlie Coxedge Unveils New Music

MONEY guitarist and Manchester-based musician Charlie Coxedge has unveiled new music from debut album 'Cloisters', released on 26th May. The delicate and spacey title track is a taste of what we can expect from...

Sound Check // Final Chance To Buy Cheapest Transformer Tickets

Just under two weeks remain before the inaugural one-day festival from Transformer Events takes over Victoria Warehouse. With the aim of bringing an "indoor festival vibe" to the venue with music, a cinema, DJs...

Weekly Preview // Live Shows, Twin Peaks + Joy Division & Aphex Twin Specials // 15.05-21.05

The Eurovision Song Contest took place on Saturday in Kiev, Ukraine, where Portugal won the annual pop extravaganza for the first time in its history with 'Amar Pelos Dois'. A familiar sight awaited the United ...

BagThing Mix // Transformer

A new festival from Victoria Warehouse comes to Manchester this month. Transformer aims to bring an indoor festival vibe to the venue, split between two rooms of music, presented along with a record fair, food ...

BagThing Mix // Dot To Dot 2017 Preview

Dot To Dot 2017 is just around the corner, and to help you count down the days we thought we would put together a playlist previewing the biggest names heading to Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham for this mon...

Weekly Preview // Politics, Punks, Psych & P-Funk // 08.05-14.05

Last week Andy Burnham won a 63% majority of the vote to take charge as Greater Manchester's first metro mayor. The news will be received positively for a number of reasons but it's also been welcomed by the mu...

Sound Check // Happy Mondays Celebrate 30th Anniversary in Manchester

Manchester's legendary Happy Mondays are back on the road on the eve of the 30th anniversary of their 1987 'Squirrel And G-Man...'. As if they've never been away, the twenty four hour party people have announce...

Sound Check // Victoria Warehouse To Be Transformed For Alt-Rock All Dayer

Anticipation is high for a new festival coming to Manchester this month in the shape of Transformer; a name chosen "in commemoration of Lou Reed, whose visionary approach to rock both in the Velvet Underground ...