Gigwise — Manchester trio say there is no room to experiment in music industry more info

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

Guardian Music — Listen to the Waterboys' An Appointment with Mr Yeats and read Mike Scott's track-by-track guide. Better still, the man himself will discuss it in the comments section from 3pm today ...Mike Scott returns with a new Waterboys album, An Appointment wi... more info

Altsounds — Critical Heights presents an evening of pastoral psychedelia, ancient synth drone and waves of fuzz with Deadrat Orchestra, improvising duo Delphic Vapours and the shadowy group Savaging Spires.... more info

Guardian Music — Ms Dynamite Neva Soft (Relentless) Reality TV is an odd beast. A few years ago, Ms Dynamite was making sarnies for Marco Pierre White on Hell's Kitchen. Now she's the most credible artist in the top 40, while he's doing adverts for stock cubes. Perha... more info

Guardian Music — The city has an illustrious musical history - but how much do the current hot bands care? Not much, apparentlyHot, often half-naked new Manchester band Wu Lyf ruffled feathers recently when they told the Guardian that the city's illustrious musical h... more info

Guardian Music — CYOA! LondonIf you ever owned a Choose Your Own Adventure book as a child, then this is probably the party for you; do check by turning to page 39 first, though. Celebrating their first birthday this Friday, CYOA! will let punters decide just where i... more info

Altsounds — Recent signings to the *KITSUNÉ* label, *IS TROPICAL* are set to release their debut album on the 13th of June 2011. '*Native to*', produced by the band together with *Jimmy Robertson* and part-Mixed by *Lifelike*, features twelve new track... more info

Altsounds — Pony Pony Run Run are taking a break from their hectic schedule to come over and play at KOKO in Camden on the 5th April. The gig will be the first ever to stream on Spotify and will feature Delphic, The Naked and Famous, plus the added bonus of ... more info

Guardian Music — This enigmatic bunch are a reaction to Manchester's musical past, with a blend of haunted house and rave dynamicsHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Ghosts, apparitions, ciphers, unknowns.The background: There has been a lot of action in Manchester over... more info