Stepping out at Manchester Academy on Saturday evening wrapped in monochrome outfits and backlit with plush golds, you’d think Jungle are a band that don’t seem short of an ego.

Ah, February. The new-year malaise has almost all but worn off, supermarket aisles everywhere are ambushed with love hearts et al, and to top things off it’s really, really cold outside. Fear not however as MM look at five electronic scene gigs to warm your cockles.

Doug Stanhope is a fraud. Yes, he really is a revered stand-up comedian, alcoholic, provocateur, and he really was the cantankerous ‘Voice of America’ on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe.

The Cribs blessed Manchester Academy with tracks from their seminal album Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever on its tenth anniversary.

Indie-folk favourites Stornoway are embarking on their farewell tour, closing the book on an incredible 12 years making music together.

Never has vulnerability sounded so confident.

The Darkness deliver this wave of intoxicating exhilaration in earnest, sounding supersonic in the flesh, with frontman Justin Hawkins never being better.

It won’t have been the first time that the Manchester Academy, which doubles as a student union, has seen frantic swigs of electrolyte-laden energy drink.

Lonely the Brave look confused. I think I have confused Lonely the Brave. “I’m sorry, what was the question?” drummer Gavin Edgeley asks.

The gig kicked off with a sedate but soulful warm-up from London artist Ceaser and Nottingham born singer/songwriter Liam Bailey.

Lucy Rose’s gig last night was certainly one to remember, including a subdued encore amid a musical hypnosis, followed by a win for authenticity, friendship and loaves of bread.