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…
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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…
From Brutalism to Tangk: The sonic evolution of IDLES
Featured image: Sonic PR Ahead of their three-night residency at the Apollo in December, music journalist Leah…
Publishers call for dedicated reading spaces in schools as children’s reading for pleasure hits record low
By Megan Levick and Lily Barry. Featured image: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels “The decline in children reading…
Sports Team @ Club Academy review – a band looking more at home than ever always stick the landing
Featured Image: Lauren Maccabee Sports Team frontman Alex Rice has an impish relationship with the internet. In…
Xiu Xiu @ St Mary’s Parish Church review – experimental pop excursions come to Stockport
Featured image and gallery: Sophie Robinson Following the release of their fourteenth album, 13” Frank Beltrame Italian…
Manchester Indian Film Festival celebrates Indian and South Asian culture and creativity
Featured image: Ricado Sagitta Europe’s largest Indian and South Asian Film Festival returned to Manchester this Autumn…
The Streets and Kasabian @ Co-op Live review – music for the masses
Featured image and gallery: Thomas Holloway Despite the chill of the November air, Co-op Live arena promises…
Martial Arts @ YES Pink Room review – Manchester’s best new band warm up to conquer everywhere else
Featured image: Gary Conway It’s just under a year since Martial Arts opened a four-band bill at…
Magdalena Bay @ Manchester Academy review – a glittering set from pop’s newest weirdos
Featured image and gallery: Kyle Roczniak In a short space of time, Magdalena Bay have taken over…
English Teacher / TTSSFU / West Side Cowboy @ O2 Ritz review – Mercury Prize winners ride the wave of a stratospheric rise
Featured image and gallery: Kaitlyn Brockley The critically acclaimed four-piece cement their status as Britain’s newest rockstars…
Fat Dog / Silverwingkiller / Truthpaste @ Band On The Wall review – uncontested proof that you can teach young dogs new tricks
In the height of lockdowns, Joe Love and Johnny ‘Doghead’ Hutch, along with a few other mates…
Lights Up: Exhibition celebrating women in cycling launches at Station South
The aAh! Magazine X Lights Up Exhibition celebrates the achievements of women in cycling and supports inclusivity and visibility…
DEADLETTER @ Band On The Wall review – an ensemble on the rise from strength to hysterical strength
Featured image and gallery: Gracie Hall With the streets of Manchester’s Northern Quarter packed with festive revellers,…
Lights Up: Manchester’s cyclists illuminate the night calling for safer streets for women
Photography: Adrianos Falkonakis, Chloe Tomkinson, Megan Levick, Simon WebbBy Megan Levick and Kate Dening “I left feeling…