Art School Live: Ambitious new live-streamed festival – Artist Round Up
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Art School Live Festival returns featuring Dream English Kid, Hyperdawn, Caolifihonn Rose and Natalie McCool
Manchester School of Art is set to host a free live-streamed music festival taking place Friday 25th to…
“Completely chaotic yet wonderfully cohesive”: Squid’s debut album is true ingenuity
Featured Image: Holly Whitaker Rising musical mavericks of the industry, Squid is not only unafraid to tear…
Live Review: Squid @ Manchester Stoller Hall
Featured Image: Piran Aston Covid may have prevented the majority of festivals and gigs from going ahead…
“Unexpected, thought-provoking and perfectly crafted”: Casino Rockets’ debut album is vigorously genre-defying
Featured Image: Press Imagine if Pink Floyd and Depeche Mode had a child and you may come…
Manchester Fashion Institute: ‘Opening Space’ platform launched showcasing class of 2021
The Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University has launched a digital exhibition celebrating the work and…
“If you go looking for a hit record you won’t find one”: Saul Davies on James’ new record, the privilege of being a musician and marmite
Featured Image: Lewis Knaggs The chances that you’ve heard the iconic line, “Oh sit down, sit down…
Dialogues on International Matters: Qatar and the controversy of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Featured image: Fauzan Saari/History of Soccer on Unsplash Manchester Metropolitan University’s Dialogues on International Matters series continued with…
What’s On: Literary events calendar June 2021
With summer fast approaching, there is a wide range of festivals and literary events to look forward…
What’s On: Literature Events Calendar: May 2021
As we move into May, there are plenty of exciting literature opportunities to keep an eye out…
Incoming: The return of Reading and Leeds Festival – everything you need to know
2021 sees the hopeful return of one of the UK’s favourite festivals, Reading and Leeds. After a…
New Music: Release Radar April-June 2021
Featured Image: Matthew Daniel Siskin In the age of the Internet, news travels faster than the speed…
Interview: Eve Riddle on touch as a form of survival in her tender and true claymation ‘Without Touch’
Eve Riddle underlines the importance of physical contact in the human condition and this is why her…
2021 Oscar nominations showcase a new wave of diversity in the film industry
Featured image: “Oscar” by lincolnblues (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The announcement of the 2021 Oscar nominations mark a historic moment in…
“It Doesn’t Make You Flawed”: Black Honey’s Izzy B. Phillips on the complexities of being a woman, their explosive sophomore album and Samurai swords in the studio
Featured Image: Laura Allard Fleischl A band with enough spark to light a revolution and then send…