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War Child (Various Artists) - HELP(2) (4th March 2026, Reviews)
Kendrick Lamar - GNX (25th November 2024, Reviews)
JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (2nd August 2024, Reviews)
Danny Brown’s absurd and captivating rollercoaster runs right through Manchester’s Ritz (3rd June 2024, Reviews)
Muse channel early fury while Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop continue legacies at Rock Werchter 2023 (10th July 2023, Reviews)
Protomartyr - Formal Growth In The Desert (31st May 2023, Reviews)
JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes (24th March 2023, Reviews)
Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart (8th April 2022, Reviews)
Vince Staples - Vince Staples (9th July 2021, Reviews)
The Murder Capital’s heartbreak and despair hits Manchester on Valentine’s Day (18th February 2020, Reviews)
Girl Band - The Talkies (27th September 2019, Reviews)
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2nd September 2019, Reviews)
Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops (23rd August 2019, Reviews)
The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears (16th August 2019, Reviews)
slowthai, Pusha T and The Streets bring the party to a rain-soaked Parklife (14th June 2019, Reviews)
Drahla - Useless Coordinates (3rd May 2019, Reviews)
HEALTH - Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear (5th February 2019, Reviews)
Estrons - You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough (5th October 2018, Reviews)
Nothing - Dance on the Blacktop (24th August 2018, Reviews)
Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch (22nd June 2018, Reviews)
Impeccable, immaculate and imposing: Anna Calvi obliterates Manchester’s Ritz (10th May 2018, Reviews)
Preoccupations - New Material (23rd March 2018, Reviews)
SHIRT – Pure Beauty (23rd February 2018, Reviews)
Run The Jewels show the quiet moments are just as important at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse (18th November 2017, Reviews)
The Horrors get iconic at intimate Liverpool date (26th October 2017, Reviews)
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent (29th September 2017, Reviews)
Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun (1st September 2017, Reviews)
Liars - TFCF (25th August 2017, Reviews)
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (10th July 2017, Reviews)
Perfume Genius shows how he’s superstardom-bound at Manchester Gorilla (11th June 2017, Reviews)
Ho99o9 - United States of Horror (5th May 2017, Reviews)
Run The Jewels entertain at euphoric Manchester Albert Hall gig (4th May 2017, Reviews)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy (24th March 2017, Reviews)
Pulled Apart By Horses - The Haze (17th March 2017, Reviews)
Blanck Mass - World Eater (3rd March 2017, Reviews)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (27th January 2017, Reviews)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 (10th January 2017, Reviews)
Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events (10th January 2017, Reviews)
Soulwax act homecoming kings at Belgium’s Pukkelpop 2016 (24th August 2016, Reviews)
Suuns - Hold/Still (15th April 2016, Reviews)
Refused show they’ve lost none of their bite at furious Manchester show (24th March 2016, Reviews)
Primal Scream - Chaosmosis (18th March 2016, Reviews)
Heck - Instructions (11th March 2016, Reviews)
Cosmosis Festival (11th March 2016, Features)
Big Ups - Before a Million Universes (4th March 2016, Reviews)
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect (9th October 2015, Reviews)
Interpol, Albert Hall, Manchester (2nd October 2015, Reviews)
HEALTH - Death Magic (7th August 2015, Reviews)
Ought, Deaf Institute, Manchester (9th July 2015, Reviews)
Outfit - Slowness (13th June 2015, Reviews)
Major Lazer - Peace is the Mission (31st May 2015, Reviews)
Metz - II (3rd May 2015, Reviews)
Villagers - Darling Arithmetic (11th April 2015, Reviews)
Drenge, The Deaf Institute, Manchester (23rd January 2015, Reviews)
Run The Jewels, Academy 2, Manchester (15th December 2014, Reviews)
Mercurys in retrospect: the classic albums that missed out (29th October 2014, Features)
Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio (13th October 2014, Reviews)
Interpol - El Pintor (5th September 2014, Reviews)
Parklife 2014 (13th June 2014, Reviews)
Tom Vek - Luck (5th June 2014, Reviews)
The Orwells - Disgraceland (30th May 2014, Reviews)
Nine Inch Nails, Phones4U Arena, Manchester (29th May 2014, Reviews)
Howling Bells - Heartstrings (28th May 2014, Reviews)
Bo Ningen - III (12th May 2014, Reviews)
Creative Adult - Psychic Mess (5th May 2014, Reviews)
Chuck Inglish - Convertibles (7th April 2014, Reviews)
Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams (30th March 2014, Reviews)
Jamaica - Ventura (22nd March 2014, Reviews)
Liars - Mess (20th March 2014, Reviews)
Poliça, The Ritz, Manchester (12th February 2014, Features)
Marijuana Deathsquads - Oh My Sexy Lord (15th January 2014, Reviews)
Wooden Shjips - Back to Land (10th November 2013, Reviews)
The Presets - Pacifica (11th October 2013, Reviews)
James Blake, Ritz, Manchester (25th September 2013, Features)
Mark Lanegan – Imitations (19th September 2013, Reviews)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (29th August 2013, Reviews)
Drenge - Drenge (13th August 2013, Reviews)
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture (18th June 2013, Reviews)
Parklife 2013 (14th June 2013, Reviews)
Ghostpoet, Gorilla, Manchester (6th June 2013, Reviews)
Live At Leeds 2013 (9th May 2013, Reviews)
The Child Of Lov - The Child Of Lov (30th April 2013, Reviews)
Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze (5th April 2013, Reviews)
Mogwai - Les Revenants (24th March 2013, Reviews)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (24th March 2013, Reviews)
Liars, Sound Control, Manchester (30th October 2012, Reviews)
Flats - Better Living (4th June 2012, Reviews)
The Walkmen - Heaven (3rd June 2012, Reviews)
O.Children - Apnea (26th May 2012, Reviews)
DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams (11th May 2012, Reviews)
Chiddy Bang - Breakfast (5th March 2012, Reviews)
Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour (20th February 2012, Reviews)
DIY’s Albums Of 2011: #1 (13th December 2011, Features)
Swimming - Ecstatics International (7th November 2011, Reviews)
James Blake - Enough Thunder (13th October 2011, Reviews)
Kasabian - Velociraptor! (28th September 2011, Reviews)
Howling Bells – The Loudest Engine (12th September 2011, Reviews)
Is Tropical - Native To (21st June 2011, Reviews)
Battles, Manchester Apollo (6th June 2011, Reviews)
Dels - Gob (4th May 2011, Reviews)
The Morning After Girls - Alone (29th March 2011, Reviews)
DFA79: There’s A Sequel To The Things They’ve Done (19th January 2011, Features)
Jagga - Modern Day Romance (6th December 2010, Reviews)
Lightspeed Champion - Bye Bye (6th December 2010, Reviews)
Guards - Guards (30th November 2010, Reviews)
The Brute Chorus - Heaven (12th August 2010, Reviews)
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