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LIVE:

CLAIRO CHARMS GLASGOW

Clairo hosts a quaint musical evening in her portable living room with friends over a glass of wine, and we’re all invited.

LIVE:

KACEY MUSGRAVES IN MANCHESTER

Channeling the unbridled quality of nature and tapping into our wellbeing, Kacey and her band shine a healing light through The Deeper Well Tour.

LIVE:

THE JAPANESE HOUSE AT THE ALBERT HALL

The indie-pop faves feature in Manchester’s beautiful, historic hall.

LIVE:

FAYE WEBSTER: A SOOTHING SUNDAY NIGHT

Our gallery of Faye, treating Manchester to some laidback indie-folk.

LIVE:

JULIA JACKLIN

The Australian songwriter delivers a tender solo set in Nashville.

REVIEW:

NEW MUSIC: GO ON, KEEP ON

The beginnings of something good with this soaring first single from Sydney Spraker.

LIVE:

CHAPPELL ROAN IN NASHVILLE

View our gallery of the Midwest Princess, very much making the stage her own.

LIVE:

FEIST & FOREMOST

A moving Monday evening in Manchester, thanks to the Multitudes tour.

LIVE:

ARLO PARKS CHARMS MANCHESTER

A gallery of the softly spoken bedroom poet at the city’s Academy.

LIVE:

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

Boygenius play to an adoring crowd at the Halifax Piece Hall.

LIVE:

YOUNG THE GIANT

Photos of the Californian Indie rock band in Nashville.

LIVE:

UMO: MULTIHUED MUSIC

Newcastle is treated to a night of genre-fusing, kaleidoscopic lo-fi.



PLAYLIST


FOYER
Wild Nothing

BLIND SIDE
Beach for Tiger

DAYS
No Vacation

AIR
Men I Trust

PLAYLIST




LIVE:

ENTER SHIKARI IN GLASGOW

The chart-topping outfit play an explosive night in Glasgow.

LIVE:

BIG THIEF: ONE ENCHANTED EVENING

As the four-piece take Gateshead, the energy is enormous, but all at once so understated.

LIVE:

EMPIRE STATE BASTARD

Jess covers the Biffy Clyro metal side-project as they play Cathouse in Glasgow.


LIVE:

UNDEROATH + PERIPHERY + LOATHE IN NASHVILLE

Carly captures the mighty trinity as they close out their joint tour.

LIVE:

I PREVAIL, BLIND CHANNEL + TRASH BOAT

A gallery of three rock titans playing Glasgow.

REVIEW:

WHAT WE THINK OF PARAMORE’S 6TH VENTURE

With great anger comes great power - but this party is a ‘bring your own responsibility’ affair.


LIVE:

THE 1975 AT THEIR VERY BEST: AT LEAST, SO FAR

The Geordies give the numerical band the homecoming they deserve.

LIVE:

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING PLAY HOLMFIRTH

Ianthe captures the band at the Picturedrome, as part of their Music Venue Trust tour.

LIVE:

KHRUANGBIN: A QUIET MAGNETISM

A gallery of the Texas three-piece, as they leave their Leeds audience feeling groovy.


LIVE:

YARD ACT: QUICK TO SHAKE THINGS UP

Tonight in Notts, the post-punk four-piece rattle the room.

LIVE:

STATE CHAMPS PLAY A KNOCKOUT SHOW

View our gallery of the band’s Leeds show, in support of their new album.

FEATURE:

NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED: 2022

With a lineup soon to drop, this fest is worth keeping an eye on.




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