Django Django brought their menagerie of synths, tambourines, and white trousers to Manchester armed with their all new third album, Marble Skies.

If you go to an Eliza and the Bear gig expecting to see either a girl called Eliza or a bear, you’ll be sorely disappointed on both counts.

Starsailor rocked out in style at the 02 Ritz in Manchester – in a gig that lead vocalist James Walsh described as ‘one of the best’ of the tour so far.

Irish rock band The Coronas sold out Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe in a gig that frontman Danny O’Reilly described as a ‘really special’ night for the band.

North Mississippi Allstars have come a long way since their entry onto the music scene in the late 90s as the saviours of southern blues.

Fresh from a three-night stand at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London, Maxi Jazz and the E-Type Boys – a nine-piece ensemble led by the Faithless frontman – descended upon Manchester’s historic music venue Band on the Wall.

Manchester made way for a new generation of bands as the Academy 2 hosted a sold-out gig.

After four critically acclaimed albums, remixes from hot-right-now producers, as well as global tours, Submotion Orchestra have become respected stalwarts of English organic electronica.

Meat Wave is an extremely hard band to pin down.

I’m not a fan of Major Lazer, even less so after their newfangled irony Peace Is The Mission, but they thrillingly entertained last night, albeit a show filled with blood, sweat, and musical lobotomy.

Hozier filled Manchester’s Albert Hall with his soulful melodies and smooth melancholy performance on Bank Holiday Monday.