Gigwise — It is released on Saturday... more info

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Guardian Music — Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe stage hosts what look like three giant woks, which Portico's Nick Mulvey gives the occasional rub with a bit of blanket. He's not planning a stir-fry: these are the 2008 Mercury-nominated modern jazz quartet's distinct... more info

Abeano — Manchester’s xxxy was this week’s guest on Resonance FM’s Sine of The Times. Dropping a healthy load of his own tracks plus the likes of Bad Autopsy, Power House, Artificact and PhOtOmachine, it’s one of the best we’ve heard from him a... more info

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Impose Magazine — The first time I heard about True Womanhood was back in 2008 due to a co-worker of mine having a slight thing for the former bassist of the band. Back then they were known for a dark alternative sound that garnered stereotypical comparisons to Sonic ... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS' first monthly round-up of the headlines by the brilliant TwentyFourBit blog. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Absentee Recordings)Although hardly a household name, this London-based quartet made history of sorts when their last album, Union, became the first self-released album to break into the US top 100 on digital sales alone. Since then, they've starr... more info

Guardian Music — Josh Farro returns with Novel American, his first new band since quitting emo-rockers Paramore last yearEx-Paramore guitarist Josh Farro has announced a new band, his first since leaving the emo group last year. Novel American, Farro claims, are not ... more info

Guardian Music — Echo Lake make moody lo-fi indie, but film-maker and hacker Daniel Nixon is the real star of their new singleLondon-based five-piece Echo Lake make the kind of lo-fi Jesus & Mary Chain-indebted guitar noise that suggests moody Monday mornings. Young ... more info