Hope you all had a great Christmas and aren’t feeling to full or hungover! There’s plenty of stuff to do on Boxing Day. If you want to get out of the house, you can check out the sales, which have started pretty much everywhere. If… Read more »

If you’re looking for a fun night out before Christmas, then check out the Baked a La Ska Christmas Knees Up on Tuesday night at Band on the Wall. Baked A La Ska are the “heavy heavy sound” of Manchester, a super charged 11-headed ska… Read more »

On Sunday the 21st of December, Common presents Aficionado at Christmas with Menage A Trois live. Aficionado Recordings are the curators of the modern Balearic vinyl sound and they consider Ménage à Trois to be one of the most fascinating acts currently operating here in… Read more »

Manchester band Horsebeach’s debut album Horsebeach is a self-released, recorded-in-a-bedroom labour of love by local lad Ryan Kennedy. With no press to speak of and just a handful of spins on 6 Music, the album managed to become the Piccadilly Records surprise smash of the… Read more »

The Inspiral Carpets will be headlining at the Ritz this Friday, the 19th of December. The band released their fifth studio album Inspiral Carpets in October this year, which was their first in twenty years.   Tickets for Friday night’s show are available from See… Read more »