We follow the likes of a takeaway delivery driver, a ‘forest school’ teacher, someone who works in a lab that grows vegetables, a young woma

Well, it makes me feel old but this NFG tour was called ‘20 Years of Pop Punk’. The band formed in 2007 and are celebrating 20 years of making reliably cheery yet angsty pop punk sounds together and also celebrating the release of their 9th studio album ‘Makes Me Sick’. After support from Roam who are also celebrating an album release in the next fortnight (available to pre-order here) NFG opened with a funfair edition of a ‘Happy Anniversary’ song and jumping onto the stage

The Wedding is not just about our western capitalist society and it’s ability to squash everything to its grey way of life, but also about r

Better still, the flavour combinations are on parr with any fine dining eatery I've eaten in. A lot of talent has gone into designing th

A very rare sweltering bank holiday Monday in Manchester didn't deter folks from queueing all the way onto Oxford Road outside trendy mid-sized gig venue, Gorilla, this week. Only the second time (since I was a young enthusiastic teen with nowhere better to be) that I've queued that far for a gig, and I'm very proud to say both times have been for poets (Arguably that's because I wasn't sure how the support acts would work, but proud nonetheless). This time I had queued to se

The 70 minute performance covers so many topics at the heart of womanhood that I could easily have watched another hour of the rebellion as

In True Faith we can appreciate Manchester's incredible music-scene and the legacy of arguably our city's biggest musical icons, in

Drawing on themes that are still prevalent in the modern world, particularly feminism and the archaic pressures on marriage and social statu

Despite the fact that the average 16-25 year old woman spends more than five hours a week taking selfies, the question of whether this is an

Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary year has seen a surge in popularity for King Lear with performances springing up up and down the country. It’s a testament to the Bard that his scripts are still so relevant today and clear to see why Lear is proving first choice for so many. With a rise against corrupt politics and headlines of Scotland’s division from GB and GB from Europe, King Lear’s bemusement and rapid onset of old age reflects how a lot of the country feels about the cur

I’m going to go ahead and talk about the venue choice first, as that’s the thing on everyone’s minds. When New Order tickets went live for their two shows on home-turf it sold out in minutes and I think they still would have done even if they were playing in some smelly underground car park... Oh, right. Except this isn’t just any smelly underground car park it’s Manchester’s finest sub-cultural club venue and original home of infamous Warehouse Project. Why would New Order n

This gorgeous afternoon from teahive cost us £18.95 each and although it might be pricey to do every weekend, as we were all about treating

Brand New have graced the UK with a fair amount of presence this year, Manchester being particularly lucky as they played at Gorilla back in July, as well as opening their new European tour at the Albert Hall last night. With its church-like stained glass and draughty ceilings this was a great choice for the New York band to fuel us with a set mostly dominated by The Devil and God, which was no bad thing. We also saw several tracks from Deja Entendu of course, but the surpris

The Skriker delves into the creases of the very things that make us up as humans. Those little folds of our lives that very rarely reach the