With the start of longer days and festival season making a comeback to Manchester, there's been a summery feel to March in the city.
In some ways, that's no surprise as acts refine their performances ahead of a slew of album releases to come later this season, before doing festival circuit proper. What is a surprise, however, is the breadth of talent packed into Manchester's schedule.
Alongside the multi-venue BBC Radio 6Music Festival, we've had post-punk risers sell out Victorian venues, a new junglist takeover a -historic hall, and a power pop star play to a raucous railway arch. Not bad for a city that's going through the mother-of-all cost-of-living crises.
