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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Elbow and Mr Scruff are among the Manchester artists who have donated their music to a new charity album.Their songs appear on the two-disc Thirty One collection in aid of CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserabl... more info

Pop Justice — If you ever want to make yourself APOPLEPTIC WITH RAGE, have a look at what other countries get up to in the run-up to Eurovision, how many great people want to represent their country when they know their country will take their efforts seriously, a... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Mars Volta* (http://absolutepunk.net/themarsvolta) will release their fifth album, Noctourniquet, on March 27th. The track listing can be found below and the album art can be found in the replies. _Track listing_ 1. The Whip Hand 2. Aegis 3. D... more info

Altsounds — Manchester's finest rock-ravers are to hit the road on a six-date tour of the UK in February. The Whip's second album “Wired Together” came out in October with Q describing it as a “bringing together of glossy danceflo... more info

NME — The band will headline a special Halloween Ball more info

Guardian Music — Frontman of reggae group the EthiopiansAs leader of the Ethiopians harmony group, the singer Leonard Dillon, who has died of cancer aged 68, scored an impressive number of hit singles during the 1960s and 70s, and was one of the first Jamaican perfor... more info

The Music Fix — Gary K finds Manchester's The Whip reliving faded glories. more info

BBC 6 Music — The dance band discuss their favourite tracks off their second album more info

Dirty Physics — Well as some of you might know Alex Metric was in Toronto over the weekend to play a show at the newest and hotest place to feature electro show's The Hoxton which if im not mistaken is at least partially owned by non other than Kenny Hotz of Kenny ... more info