Acoustic Yorkshire duo Seafret have been making huge waves across the country with their contagious music and are now stopping in Manchester as the headline act in the New Faces tour.

Being a northerner, when Franko Fraize describes Manchester as ‘pukka’ it’s difficult to know exactly what it means, but it certainly sounds positive.

Manchester is playing host to Los Angeles electro trio Mini Mansions and for guitarist Michael Shuman aka ‘Mickey Shoes’ there’s no better place.

Obaro Ejimiwe – otherwise known as Ghostpoet – is responsible for some of this year’s most original and exciting music.

The gig kicked off with a sedate but soulful warm-up from London artist Ceaser and Nottingham born singer/songwriter Liam Bailey.

Out of the Gorilla mist came musicians in retro leather jackets and brogues with neatly coiffed hair, armed with a washboard, harmonica and a… theremin? It’s not an inebriated Grease tribute act, it’s Lord Huron.

Tipped as one of the stars of 2016, Samm Henshaw has been gaining a lot of support in recent months, alongside his childhood friends The Sound Experiment.

Bobby Long’s intimate gig at the Northern Quarter’s Night & Day Cafe was the perfect venue for what he described as a homecoming show.

It’s five to nine in the morning and Whitworth Street is already scattered with teenagers, some of whom are sat on the floor, huddled under sleeping bags, trying to protect themselves from the November air.

I first heard Killing Joke’s Pandemonium when I was 15, clad in red-skinny jeans and check board vans. From there I got into Black Flag, The Ramones, Metallica and the list goes on.

London newcomers Palace well and truly rocked the North with a compelling performance in the heart of the Northern Quarter at Soup Kitchen last night.