Never was there a more apt name for a band – Earth – creating deep, moaning sounds like trees growing, ethereal noise like the wind in the grass and every night-time sound you've never imagined... Labelled as 'doom' they...

John Rylands Library, music, a handful of Manchster's greatest purveryors of such a thing – count us in. What a mind-blowing building to be visiting, and for the first ever gig in the space, what an honour. And an honour to be at the first...

A year or so ago everyone was asking “Who is Janice Graham?” – the confusion around Manchester’s very own ska reggae outfit, and what, or who, they were seemed to be endless. Now it’s all cleared up, we know who they...

Hype is an annoying thing, be it in politics, music, or whatever.  Do you believe it, or not, as Public Enemy once said...?  Sometimes it's worthy hype, sometimes misleading, and sometimes utterly made up by PR spin-doctor types....