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Live Report: The MTV Europe Music Awards 2024
For most across the country, last night was perhaps simply another Sunday evening spent planning the upcoming work week and watching the Strictly Come Dancing results. In Manchester, however, this particularly average Sunday was transformed into one of glitz and intrigue as a host of international stars descended on the…
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“I Give It My All!” CLASH Meets Nieve Ella
As the leaves turn orange and the evenings grow darker, the arrival of a new season is something all-too familiar to indie-rock artist Nieve Ella, who has spent 2024 entering a new season of her own. Having released her first EP, ‘Young & Naive’ just last year, the West Midlands…
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blur – To The End; A Fine Glimpse Behind The Curtain
We’re sitting in Damon Albarn’s home studio. Albarn, aged fifty-six now, still as stylish as ever, pours Grey Goose vodka into a coffee cup, his trademark cheeky grin just the same as it was at twenty. He sits on a chair and opposite him, spread across a cream sofa, are…
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Five Acts You Can’t Afford To Miss At We Love Green 2024
Reigning as one of the leaders of the French summer program, We Love Green is based in the picturesque Bois De Vincennes in Paris and delivers a myriad of artistic, DJ-led sets from some of the biggest names in music from May 31st – June 2nd. This year? Skepta, SZA,…
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Live Report: Young Fathers – BBC Radio 6Music Festival, Manchester
The BBC Radio 6 Musical Festival has descended upon Manchester. Across some of the city’s most-loved venues such as Band on the Wall, YES and RAMONA, the weekend plans to host a huge range of talent from established names like Young Fathers and up-and-comers Witch Fever. Kicking off last night…
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Live Report: RAYE Brings Spring Warmth To Manchester
On a particularly grey Sunday in Manchester, Dyson and musician RAYE created an underground, immersive experience, bringing light and warmth to the February chill. Inside the Gilt Nightclub in Hotel Gotham, musician and Dyson Ambassador RAYE offered fans a captivating day to both see behind the curtains of her genius…
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How Jerskin Fendrix Propelled Poor Things’ Incredible Soundtrack
Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film Poor Things has, predictably, been causing quite the stir. Fearless, peculiar and wonderfully impossible to pin down, the film offers a strange blend of science-fiction and romance, some hilarious and eclectic performances from Hollywood greats and a wildly compelling score from Jerskin Fendrix. Fendrix, who rose…
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MOBO Awards 2024: The Full Recap
The 26th annual MOBO Awards saw a star-studded evening in a particularly frosty Sheffield this year. Kicking off with a glitzy red-carpet and a warm introduction by dazzling hosts, Indiyah Polack and Babatunde Aléshé, the night felt like a celebration of Black British music past, whilst firmly looking to a…
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Gigs Of The Year 2023
The sanctity of the live performance felt particularly vital in a year both evanescent and drawn-out. We hurtled from peril to peril, we witnessed crises and calamity from a distance. 2023 was the year of the Void. It was therefore a privilege to seek catharsis, escapism, and a communal energy…
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Live Report: Jorja Smith – Albert Hall, Manchester
At just 21, Jorja Smith released an album which would come to provide the soundtrack to her generation’s adolescence. The deeply pensive and personal debut spoke with refreshing candor on what it means to be a young girl on the precipice of womanhood in a radically evolving world. It was…
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