A music fan’s guide to Manchester with NTS’s Finn, ahead of Johnnie Walker‘s Keep Walking Live event series

The DJ, producer and party-runner shares his go-to club nights, gig venues, record shops and food spots, as well as his favourite piece of Manchester music lore.

Prostitute are catalysing anger into action: “Everything’s in free fall, so let’s jump”

Prostitute’s 2024 debut was a bracing response to a nation in freefall. As they prepare to re-release the album, the band are poised to channel their energy into something more constructive: action.

Decoding… The untold musical life of Alice Coltrane

In his new book ‘Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane’, journalist Andy Beta charts her expansive life in music. Here, he highlights the many worlds she moved through beyond spiritual jazz.

Rising: TaliaBle is bringing punk-rap chaos to the club

Channelling a feral theatricality and a vividly handmade aesthetic, the world of Talia Beale, better known as TaliaBle, is one where punk, queer futurism and north London grit coexist in a delirious tangle.

Manchester’s New Underground: Listen to the mix series

In Manchester’s underground, a disparate group of artists – Another Country $$$$, BUFFEE, Crimewave, Mogan and SILVERWINGKILLER – are blurring the lines between bands, DJs and performance art.

Pay it Forward: Tony Bontana on Lil B

Birmingham’s Tony Bontana, whose “splayed” hip-hop is in full, glorious effect on his latest album ‘My Name’, gives flowers to the rapper who set him on his idiosyncratic path: Lil B.

Rip it Up: The disparate group of artists upending convention in Manchester

Bound by a shared ethos and fed up with the predictable, Another Country $$$$, Crimewave, BUFFEE, Mogan and SILVERWINGKILLER are building a DIY communal culture driven by shared purpose and friendship.

“Love, devotion, loss, and resolve”: Director Noah Dillon breaks down the visuals for Rosalía’s new Sauvignon Blanc video

The artist behind Rosalía’s ‘LUX’ artwork reflects on their immediate creative connection and her new video for ‘Sauvignon Blanc’.

Listen to a love letter to the next generation of the underground, curated by Converge

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.