Dogviolet release a vital new EP, Wilting, that shows their visceral and unrelenting spirit to challenge adversity. Ian Corbridge reviews.

Hot on the heels of the just released Bound In Blood EP, Ruts DC have today announced details of their bands forthcoming 50th anniversary as both The Ruts and Ruts DC. From August ...

Louder Than Words Festival is heading to Belfast for a new three-day weekend of music, books, conversation and popular culture from 15–17 January 2027. Weekend passes are on sal ...

The Inspiral Carpets keyboard player has spent decades right in the middle of the city’s musical life, and his new book is ...

Passion, intensity, sharp clothes and great tunes – that was The Molotovs live as they began their inevitable rise towards ...

Stewart Lee’s Pea Green Boat takes Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussy-cat and subjects it to the kind of remorseless logic ...

DIY street punk Rum Lad hits us with another album full of his trademark sarcasm and no nonsense digs at the establishment. This time ...

INNSiDE Hotel, Manchester, from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November 2026. View the complete programme and ticket options on the Louder Th ...

Zombie’ites- Psych punk bar band from space - via the Gateway To The World and the Mutant Mile - Artificial Idiots Guide to Life.

At the centre of it is singing drummer Levon Gill, son of the late Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, although The Sly sound nothing like the Inspirals. That connection may be part of the Manchester ...

Betweens’ subtle, haunting indie-rock reached its peak on these albums, now reissued. Robert Plummer dives for their memory.

Glenn Richards and the Venus Lakes announce the release of new single 1990Never on September 18th on Johnny Depp’s IN.2 ...