
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: 2 minutesWe don’t get many 17-years on comebacks in NMC but here’s one for the weekend. Dance with a Stranger is one of Norway’s best-selling bands

Reading time: 3 minutesAnother huge flurry of releases today, so we’ll get on with reviewing a couple of them. The New Magic (Norway) – Moving Sky (sample track

Reading time: 2 minutesGorgeous is almost too gorgeous a word for its own good. It tends to get attached to, for example, exploitative songs like Babybird’s ‘You’re Gorgeous’,

Reading time: 3 minutesFunny isn’t it how things have a way of coming around? We had a ‘Greatest Ever Live Performances’ post only last week, which was of

Reading time: 3 minutesWhen I’m searching for new songs and artists to write about there are numerous factors in play but more often than not I’ll be influenced

Reading time: 3 minutesIt’s a very early return for Erika Sirola, she was after all here less than six weeks ago, but I’m quite happy that is the