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Fat Out Fest 2017 Line-Up Islington Mill

Sound Check // International Innovators Descend on Islington Mill For Fat Out Fest 2017

An eclectic array of acts descend on Islington Mill for three days of the finest handpicked independent international music, art experimentation and collaboration for Fat Out Fest 2017. Following their weeke... Read More...

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Weekly Preview // Pantomime Villains, Pop Star Rants & Manchester Live Shows // 21.11-27.11

We're fast approaching the end of 2016, a set of 12 months that could be branded the year of rock'n'roll death, usurping 27, the age of rock'n'roll death in popular music overthinking and superstition. Sharon J... Read More...

Weekly Preview // Halloween Harmonies, David Zombowie & Manchester Music // 31.10-06.11

Happy Halloween! It's time to trick or tweet yourself in fancy dress as your favourite dead musician. 2016 has gifted us numerous options on that front, so play fast and loose with your gory adhesive gashes and... Read More...

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Weekly Preview // Knockin’ On Manchester’s Live Music & Events Door // 24.10-30.10

What's the noble thing to do when a world renowned prize, funded by an arms dealer who is credited with inventing dynamite, is thrust upon a song and dance man whose thinly veiled lyrical messages point to paci... Read More...

Sound Check // Manchester’s Alt-Rock Onslaught // Ft. Dinosaur Jr, The Julie Ruin, Cloud Nothings & more

Reading like an extended ATP Festival line-up and making up for the disappointment of the cancelled Victoria Warehouse two-dayer earlier in 2016, the next six months of gigs in Manchester has ensured fans of ba... Read More...

Review // Bank Holiday Monofest

Words by Ged Camera. A string of instrument-laden musicians with bemused looks on their faces, and questions such as "Is this it?" or "How will we get our gear in here?" written across their foreheads wander... Read More...