
LIVE! Of Monsters and Men – Manchester Albert Hall, 15th February 2026
Reading time: 4 minutesIt’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) first played Manchester, riding high on the success of 2011 single

Reading time: 4 minutesIt’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) first played Manchester, riding high on the success of 2011 single

Reading time: 4 minutesIt’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) first played Manchester, riding high on the success of 2011 single

Reading time: 3 minutesFollowers of the enigmatic and mildly eccentric Swedish polymath Solblomma will be aware that she released her album, ‘Alla var där’ (‘Everyone was there’) in

Reading time: 3 minutesWeekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or band not from the Nordic countries, just to mix things up a

Reading time: 2 minutesI’ve heard songs before about writing a song to get over something or to explain something – usually about affairs of the heart – or

Reading time: 2 minutesIt’s very rare we have a Midweek Intermission – similar to the Weekend Intermission where we feature non-Nordic artists and bands – and equally rare

Reading time: 2 minutesHelena Montgomery, a frequent visitor to these pages over the last few years, releases her first single for 2026, in anticipation of an EP (‘Redfining