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The Channel M Music team keep their ears close to the ground as far as new music is concerned, be it sourcing the hottest new acts from around the globe to appear on its shows or simply being first with the news and insider gossip on the Manchester m… Read more…

Gary Ryan's Pop Eye!

Gary Ryan
Pop-loving Gary has worked for Manchester Evening News for several years - at least one of them practically sober. Some may argue that for him, 'career' is a verb. His reputation for picking out 'the next big thing' in music is second to none. Who el… Read more…

Mutiny!

John Robb
Goldblade frontman, author of the upcoming Oral History of Manchester Music book, TV pundit and vegan straight edge punk rock animal as well as pop professor and Doctor of quiffology, Dr John Robb reports from the frontline of pop culture celebrating… Read more…

Oli Wilson - Musicmouth

Ollie Wilson
Mancunian born. Hacienda christened. Drum and Bass was my first love and I spent my teens cruising raves around the North West. I DJ-ed on pirate radio and promoted my own raves before I moved to London when I was 18. Followed the basslines in th… Read more…

Perverted by Language

Christina McDermott
Christina McDermott is a gobby tattooed Mancunian twenty-something who was once told by a careers advisor that she should give up on the idea of becoming an Entertainment Journalist, and think about becoming an English teacher instead. This is ad… Read more…

RPM: Revelations Per Minute

Sarah Walters
Sarah Walters is CityLife's music and arts writer and a graduate in English (U.Manchester) and Journalism & Politics (U.Salford); doubling up is her worst habit. She hates K bands and loves street art. She works, she gigs, she sleeps. And when she's … Read more…

SXSW: Shaun Curran's Austin festival diary

Downtoen Austin - music central
Freelance music journalist Shaun Curran, a regular contributor to CityLife.co.uk, is over in Austin at the pretsigious South By South West Music convention. He's following the progress of Manc bands at one of the world's biggest music industry events… Read more…

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