Get Inspired at Comma’s National Creative Writing Industry Conference 2020
The National Creative Writing Industry Day Conference, in partnership with Comma Press and Manchester Metropolitan University, returns…
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The show must go on: Journeys Festival International goes digital in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
“People across the country have been able to see the issues that people face when they flee…
Incantation Records: “There needs to be diversity in pop music, the time for one white man and a guitar is coming to an end”
Featured Image: Incantation Records Despite the obvious detrimental effects of the pandemic on the music industry, such…
SVTIL on Their Latest Music, Rejecting “Token Female Band” Line Ups and Why We Should Call for Venues to Fill More Slots With Women
Featured Image: Javier Baron Moreno Spanish indie-rock band SVTIL may only be at the beginning of their music career,…
The Slow Readers Club Announce Lockdown Album – 91 Days In Isolation
Manchester’s very own The Slow Readers Club have announced the release of their new album, 91 Days…
Bedroom-Pop Artist Beabadoobee Announces a New Music Video & Tour for Her Forthcoming Debut Album, “Fake It Flowers”
Featured Image: Callum Harrison Our favourite pint-sized powerhouse Beabadoobee a.k.a Bea Kristi, is back with not only a debut album…
The Magic Gang: “Know that you’re no better than anyone else and no one else is better than you”
Indie-rock band The Magic Gang have become synonymous with sunshine melodies and sparkling guitars. The Brighton-based band should’ve been…
The Snuts: “People have always got their mind made up about a band, so it’s something we’re always trying to change”
Featured Image: Charlie Cummings Hailing from West Lothian, indie-rock outfit The Snuts are putting Scotland’s name back…
Fontaines D.C. Release Their Sophomore Album
Photo by Daniel Topete By Kiah-Azriel Freer Following on from the major success of their debut album…
£10K Manchester Writing Competition judges reveal what they’re looking for in winning entries
The 2020 Manchester Writing Competition is now open for entries.The UK’s biggest literary award for unpublished work returns this…
APRE: “I think when we write music there’s a real sense of freedom”
Mixing retro inspirations with modern innovations, APRE is a band defying the conventions of time by creating a new…
Giant Rooks: “We couldn’t run away anymore”
Featured Image: Max Burk German indie-rock band Giant Rooks are quickly making their name known in the…
The Big Moon: “As a band we just want to make people feel better”
Featured Image: Pooneh Ghaha The Big Moon have consistently rewritten the rules on what it means to be…
Another Sky: “I want the privilege of not being a spectacle”
Featured Image: Parri (@photo_parri) Named after an Emily Dickinson poem, emerging rock-band Another Sky are taking the music world…
In Conversation with Get Candid Magazine on Self-Publication and Overcoming Self-Doubt
By Farwa Naseer Founder of Get Candid Magazine, Aashi Yadav, on what makes zine self-publications so unique.…