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DJ Annabel Fraser curates the latest edition of The Playlist, our top five recommendations chosen by music taste-makers in the north. “This track is so weird. I’ve had it stuck in...

Everything Everything curate our latest edition of The Playlist, our top five recommendations chosen by music taste-makers in the north. Everything Everything’s upcoming residency at Manchester Central Library is just...

Singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop curates our latest edition of The Playlist, our top 5 recommendations chosen by music taste-makers in the north. Sometimes a song comes along and wallops you over...

Four-piece band Woman’s Hour is coming to the Deaf Institute this Saturday (27 September) – and we’re giving away a pair of tickets. Before we start, let’s just get one thing clear....

Manchester Scenewipe curate the latest edition of The Playlist, our top 5 music recommendations chosen by taste-makers in the north. It’s the eve of the Manchester Scenewipe’s All Killer, All Dayer...

The Leeds-based band Hookworms curate our latest offering of The Playlist, with five must-listen tracks for now. Where cathartic head-banging and psyche-swaying is concerned, Hookworms’s 2013 debut Pearl Mystic is...

Festival No. 6 is just around the corner, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets, plus a year’s supply of Kraken Rum. It’s just over a week until the...

We asked music-maker Doctor Oetker to take a turn curating the latest edition of The Playlist, sharing five must-listen tracks. Come with us, for this fortnight we leave the North West...

Proper Tea have collaborated with artist-curator Mike Chavez-Dawson to create a set of arts-themed teas, and we’re giving a bunch away. Have five words as comforting as “I’ll pop the...

PINS curate the latest edition of The Playlist, sharing their top tracks and musical influences. Fresh from their set at Beacons Festival over the weekend – where they were lucky...

Michael Holland curates the latest edition of The Playlist, where records, travel and friendships intersect. “For me, the best way to discover new music is by listening to the people...

Ruf Dug curates the latest edition of The Playlist, taking us on a journey to an imaginary beach bar where the good times roll. On hot summer nights when fancy footwork and...