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Fran Ashcroft – Things To Make Do With: Album Review

Another dose of charming unpredictability from Liverpool producer/ composer/ multi-instrumentalist/ performer Fran Ashcroft.

Final single from Matt Fryers ahead of the album release – Inside My Head goes into full confessional mode.

Jimmy Regal & The Royals (not those ones) continue their crafty exploration of the past and future roots of blues.

We sit down with Moonlight Sorcery before they take the stage at Reaper Agency UK’s latest event; Tynebound.

The Marillion 2026 UK tour hits new heights at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. We’re on hand to gather the evidence.

Brighton dream-punks Winter Gardens signal their return with a revitalized lineup and an EP that takes etherealism to a new level.

Freya Ridings is back in superstar mode at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall.

Echo And The Bunnymen return with a quirky, optimistic album that embraces their long career without dwelling on it.

A dread laden fusion of Tolkien terror and FromSoftware horror, Fog Wall carve out a cavernous new realm of death metal.

Both film music and folk turn a corner into Jim Ghedi’s deep, dark Judderman dynamic, each all the better for that exposure.

Manchester band Martial Arts candidly document their day at Manchester Psych Fest 2026 with a disposable camera.

Returning with their latest long player, a-tota-so continue their gradual evolution as a band with I Told You So.

Blunt and powerful, Chasing Abbey snatch the tail of the Celtic Tiger, wrestling it into submission.

We get an exclusive premiere of John The Revelator (feat. Vince DiFiore) from Sacramento-based experimental Post Rock band NÛS.

Seeing that Vukovi were doing a one off play through of My God Has Got a Gun, we knew we had to be there. This was going to be something special.