It’s a chilly Tuesday evening, not far off Halloween. The full moon is lighting the way along Oxford Road to Manchester’s Academy 3. Heading up the well-trodden stairs to the top floor, the venue is ...

Although the crowning jewels of their legacy are a handful of omnipresent indie hits of the 2000s, The Coral have had a pretty good run over the last three decades. 13 albums unde ...

What a day to be a fan of Irish post-punk in Manchester! A brand new Fontaines D.C. album and a big show from Gurriers, both on the same day? It’s like Christmas two months early! It’s great to see ...

While Courtney Barnett’s endeavours will likely always be judged against her acclaimed debut Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, it’s not like they can’t st ...

Ryan Reynolds ?! This could be the furthest outside the box that Nickelback have stretched since featuring Flo Rida on 2014’s No Fixed Address. Not a tremendous barometer of quality, granted, but what ...

PISS is Taylor Zantingh on vocals, Tyler Paterson on guitar, Gavin Moya on bass), and Garreth Roberts on drums. Their debut was recorded back in early 2025 by Colin Stewart at Hive Creative Labs. As ...

That all circles back to the original point made, and how Windwaker aren’t some radical trailblazers redefining the genre as we know it. They’re as locked in on the tropes and conventions as anyone ...

If Die Spitz aren’t on your radar yet, that’ll change soon. An opportunity as immense as opening for Olivia Rodrigo won’t go unnoticed, after all. What’s noteworthy about that is how Die Spitz are no ...

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There’s just no slowing Cancer Bats down, is there? Not even a month ago, they were last in Bristol as part of their UK jaunt as Bat Sabbath; since then, they’ve released a whole new album and are ...