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Tinariwen create that special aura in Manchester

Friday, May 22, 2026 at the O2 Ritz Manchester Sulafa Elyas – the support Starting the...

Fifteen years after emerging from the shadows with World Music, Swedish psych collective GOAT are...

Fifteen years on, The Fallen By Watch Bird still feels like stepping into a half-remembered dream...

We love a band of mystery. We love costumes even more. But if the music doesn’t hit, the whole...

Some songs feel like they arrive fully formed, carrying a memory with them. “Daniel,” the new...

A low, circling tension runs through “Helicopters”, the new collaboration between Ezra Collective...

Walking back into the Star & Garter after many a year, I half-expected some kind of glow-up....

There’s something quietly surreal about watching Anna Calvi and Iggy Pop sing together. Not in a...

In 1995, a bunch of musicians locked themselves in a studio, recorded an album in a day, and...

There’s a specific kind of anxiety that hits when an iconic artist drops new music after being...

Johnny Lynch has never been afraid of a strange idea, but Life Slime might be his most open and...

Dry Cleaning are releasing their third album Secret Love this Friday, but today they’ve dropped...