In Spring 1975, estranged friends – Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart set out on a historic tour. The full story of that reunion is told on this deluxe reissue of their 1975 Bongo Fury album
Never too soon for a festival – here’s an early chance to get into the mood…. final line up news from the Late Spring Folk Festival.
Brazilian-American progressive rock multi-instrumentalist Miguel Kertsman joins us for a Why I Love on Genesis.
Live – Grandson, Pinkshift and Manchester Academy as one.
The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Waldo’s Gift dish out a psychedelic delight at Manchester Albert Hall.
Real World Studios’s Big Room plays host to an intimate set from Peter Gabriel.
Irish folk singer Paddy Boyle accomplishes that rarest of things: He’s produced a collection of drinking songs that puts melody and craft before boisterousness. With stunning results…
Spooky spectral sounds spiral into saturation for this exquisite new chapter for Maz O’Connor. Love It Is A Killing Thing marks a momentous return.
Jo Quail has another busy year already on the go. She is currently on tour in Europe and has a special show at ArcTanGent Festival slated for August 2026.
Norway’s Rosa Faenskap return with the powerful new album “Ingenting Forblir” (Norwegian for “nothing lasts”). The album, like the band is “a declaration of love for – as well as a declaration of war against – black metal itself.
French darkwave artist Sierra Veins arrives in Manchester armed with an arsenal of huge songs that get the crowd moving.
As someone once said of Holly Clarke, man, she can sing, and this assured solo debut nails that case proven!
Fast rising indie rockers, Keo, blow the roof off O2 Ritz Manchester with a mix of top notch songs and a perfectly measured cover version.
And the prize for the best soundtrack is……….. Or will be, when it’s made. The Delines do The Set Up.
Debut album from Brighton-based ‘grit-pop’ duo, Snake Eyes. Cash Rich tackles subjects as diverse as headaches, confidence and heartbreak – with a hefty dose of self-effacing humour thrown in for good measure.
