Fresh from one of the year’s most uncompromising EPs, Kavari brings her Aphex Twin-endorsed, hard-clipped sound to Salford.

Former black midi bassist Cameron Picton fronts a project that’s equal parts lush chamber pop and feral, goading chaos.

New brand, new roles, new premieres. It’s all happening at the Hallé, and these six concerts are where it’s happening most.

This Irish folk six-piece released a crushingly beautiful debut EP that gives little hint of their “feral, snarling” live show.

A Place To Bury Strangers bring their lacerating blend of post punk, noise rock and shoegaze to The White Hotel.

Manchester’s premier concert hall celebrates 30 years with a new orchestra’s debut performance and contemporary artists spanning grime, dancehall, drag and jazz.

Gothic country ballads, psych-folk drones and pedal steel drawn long and slow. Ora Cogan brings her witchy country to Now Wave’s new (old) pub.

British-French singer-songwriter Lauren Auder brings her second, post-industrial love album to YES Basement.

Greg Freeman mines local history for character-driven tales of violence, loss and epiphany on his second album, Burnover.

O2 Apollo becomes Pysch Fest’s main stage for the first time, with Billy Nomates and bdrmm heading the final wave.

Nine centuries of music, one incredible local story, and a Wagner opera that the composer feared would drive people mad.

Victory lapping the best album of their career so far, there hasn’t been a better moment yet to catch these North Carolina rockers.