Johnny James

After more than a decade apart, the seminal indie rockers Pavement are back, and heading to Manchester this October.

Following a brilliant fifth album and a masterful headline performance at Glastonbury, Kendrick Lamar is victory lapping the world.

At times skirting the edges of metal, at others digging into Krautrock, Hey Colossus’ deep, heavy psychedelia is a pure thrill.

The Magnetic Fields perform intimate and orchestral arrangements of songs spanning their three-decade career at O2 Academy Leeds.

Terry Chambers, the original drummer from XTC, brings the revered band’s classic songs to Band on the Wall this July.

London songwriter Tirzah mesmerises with her lo-fi, hallucinatory songs from the emotional interior.

Sorry return to Manchester with a new album that finally captures the full strangeness and clarity of a band who’ve spent years ducking easy categorisation.

Legendary Boston band Pixies will take to the Castlefield Bowl stage this summer, supported by The Slow Readers Club and Klangstof.

The Strokes, darlings of the early noughties indie rock scene, are heading to Lytham Festival this summer – their only North of England date this year.

Geordie troubadour Richard Dawson performs with Finnish Heavy Metal band Circle in support of their collaborative album, Henki.

The award-winning Travelling Light presents Vixen, an original story by Matt Grinter about a young girl who is turning into a fox.

New York quartet Parquet Courts play Albert Hall in support of their sixth album, Sympathy For Life, which ventures into more psych-heavy sonics.