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  22nd November 2024

  16 Days of Activism: Forward Prize-winning poet Kim Moore – “If I’d had those conversations when I was an 18-year-old girl, it would have changed my life.”

  By Immy BurgessFeatured image: Lorna Elizabeth aAh! speaks to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Festival organisers Kim Moore and Frazer Heritage ahead of the launch. Manchester Metropolitan University is hosting the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence campaign, a powerful initiative running from 25th November – International Day for the Elimination…

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  20th November 2024

  21 classic indie-rock songs you *almost definitely* haven’t heard before

  Featured image: Mexican Pets, Nobody’s Working Title – Blunt Records Pinning down a genre as sprawling as indie-rock is as futile as painting your living room with gravy instead of emulsion. However, we can at least set some boundaries. We can drill down through layers of subgenres and microgenres, but ultimately, a broad definition of…

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  20th November 2024

  Punk Rock Factory, The Hara, Bronnie @ Manchester Academy gallery – silly rock and punk sausages

  Punk Rock Factory have gained a growing following over the years for their punky covers of well-known Disney songs. The lovingly named ‘Sausage Army’ turn up en-masse, clad in Motörhead and Ramones merch for a night of silly, classic rock and roll. Bringing the pop back to the punk, Bronnie brings the warm-up stretches in…

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  20th November 2024

  Khruangbin @ O2 Apollo review – Transcendental pilgrimage through a lava-lamp microcosm

  Featured image: Jackie Lee Young / Shorefire Media Houston trio, Khruangbin, headed to the Apollo on Monday to play a double set, starting with running through their latest, more stripped-back album A La Sala in full. From the first hum of Mark Speer’s guitar, the swarming audience prepared to be baptised with a night of…