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After a cramped and silent lift ride with a batch of other journalists up to Hillsborough Football Stadium’s VIP floor, Courtney and I arrived at a seating area akin to a hospital waiting room, where we awaited our allotted ten minutes with our allotted member of DMA’s. Around us, important looking people appeared out of doors labelled ‘The Enemy’, ‘Sea …

Let’s start with the obvious (for people knowing me): I’m not a pop fan. In fact, I don’t own a pop record, save for one – Bastille’s debut album “Bad Blood”. And I have it in two versions – the original version released in 2013 which I bought at the Reading Festival the first time I saw the band live, …

Opening the first day of Sheffield’s biggest music festival, Tramlines, Delilah Bon brings the wake-up energy needed. ‘Brat punk influenced hip-hop’ is the genre coined by Lauren Tate, the creative mind behind the artist, which is substantially unique in the sea of indie and Brit-pop that festival goers usually expect from Tramlines. Her appearance certainly caught my eye, as Delilah …

Among the range of artists playing Neck of the Woods festival was organiser Sam Brunt’s Big Cat Chic – a band whose genre is difficult to pin down. Sam and the other members of Big Cat Chic have been in the Manchester music scene for a good amount of time. Sam’s back catalogue includes playing bass for alternative rock band …

During Manchester’s Neck of the Woods festival, I had the fortunate chance to talk to one of the event’s higher-profile guests. John Robb is the frontman of 70s punk outfit ‘The Membranes’, known for their dark disco grooves and spooky themes. John himself boasts an eclectic portfolio of music and writings. Starting with fanzines, he quickly moved into writing books …

A five-minute train ride from Piccadilly Station lies Levenshulme – one of Manchester’s many suburbs. It is here that Sam and Ruth of SM Promotes and We Are Manchester have hosted their festival, Neck of the Woods, in The Klondyke pub, for the second year in a row. Music festivals run by independent organisations and which are filled with independent …