London’s Black Bordello return with Midheaven Tempest, a theatrical, colourful yet dark and experimental EP. Simon Lucas-Hughes reviews.

Louder Than Words Festival is heading to Belfast for a new three-day weekend of music, books, conversation and popular culture from 15–17 January 2027. Weekend passes are on sal ...

Scott Lavene Water Rats, London Wednesday 16 Scott Lavene’s slow-burning kitchen-sink tales, delivered with a storyteller’s ...

Cheetah Chrome the legendary guitarist with US punks the Dead Boys and proto-punk Cleveland band Rocket From The Tombs has ...

It’s been twenty years since The Dresden Dolls last played in Manchester, making tonight’s return a long-awaited one.

The UK’s leading festival celebrating music, writing and conversation returns to the INNSiDE Hotel in Manchester from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November 2026. The three-day programme brings together ...

XTC founding member Colin Moulding releases his new EP Want It Bad (The Pep Talks and Playing Fields of Old England) on 18 ...

Passion, intensity, sharp clothes and great tunes – that was The Molotovs live as they began their inevitable rise towards ...

Dogviolet release a vital new EP, Wilting, that shows their visceral and unrelenting spirit to challenge adversity. Ian Corbridge reviews.

Alt-rock giant Beck is back after a seven-year gap with his introspective 15th studio album. Robert Plummer hails a lovelorn ...

Yaang new single is a huge, tense slice of modern melodrama bricolage of punk, art-rock, and heavy electronic beats ...

Kurt Vile's music might be pigeonholed as lo-fi slacker rock, but in a career-spanning show, he showcases a broad palate of ...