Manchester City Council announces £245,000 fund for grassroots music venues
Launched in collaboration with Music Venue Trust, the fund will go towards supporting struggling venues in the city
New documentary to explore “final chapter” of David Bowie’s life and work
Channel 4’s The Final Act features interviews with Bowie’s close collaborators
10 tracks that prove MF DOOM was the master of samples
Five years on from his untimately passing, the Supervillain remains anomalous in his ability to stitch and rap over shrouded samples
Radical North: Industrial Coast proves experimental music and culture can flourish beyond England's big cities
On a mission to place Middlesbrough as the leftfield epicentre of UK music, Industrial Coast is bringing some of the best experimental music to the North East
There won’t be raves held at Rome’s Colosseum, says director
Newly appointed director Simone Quilici has dispelled speculation about the ancient landmark hosting DJs
MDMA warnings issued in Manchester following deaths of two women
The Greater Manchester Drug Alert Panel put out an “urgent” warning about batches of both powder and pill-form MDMA
Jungle DJ and producer Dean Clark, AKA Clarky, has died
The news was shared yesterday by fellow artist Dillinja, who called Clarky a “massive musical inspiration”
Spiral Tribe to host free exhibition in Manchester celebrating '90s free rave culture
Bringing their story “out of the shadows”, the collective document the legacy of the free party movement with rare material
