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1. 1. Basement living

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 February 2004 "WHEN nothing makes sense you just want music for one moment to hold everything together.” This moment of clarity comes from Felix Buxton, one half of globetrotting dance duo Basement Jaxx, summing up the importance of making their latest album, Kish Kash.

2. 2. Better by far ...

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 February 2004 THE& boys behind electro night Music Is Better are celebrating their second birthday. There's a hell of a lot to celebrate. Like, for example, all the fantastic new bands they've discovered - Bynatone, Performance and& Doublejo(h)ngrey to name but a few.

3. 3. Yousef just the cream!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 February 2004 THERE was something of a buzz in Manchester when word got out that Liverpool house legend Yousef was coming to town. Invited to play at the opening night of new venture Stylus at The Music Box, it's safe to say that Yousef's reputation preceded him here by months.

4. 4. Kym Marsh wins 'anti-Brit' award

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 February 2004 A PANEL of 100 music industry experts has& handed Wigan's Kym Marsh an award she could do without - the worst British female.

5. 5. 2004 on fire for Amplifier

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 February 2004 AMPLIFIER are 'a post-classic' power trio - from Cardiff, Dublin and London via Manchester - Neil, frontman Sel Balamir and drummer Matt Brobin take rock music's current `less is more' attitude and blow that into outer space.

6. 6. Cap that! Gary's on a high

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 February 2004 CHRISTMAS was distinctly memorable for Gary Jules. The American singer had been trying to break into the music industry since he started a band with his school friends at the age of 15.

7. 7. Potts of talent

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 February 2004 FOR anyone with even a fleeting interest in Manchester music, the name David Potts may mean other things, but for& the purpose of this article& - and the benefit of Manchester music - we're here to salute Pottsy's latest and greatest rise from the ashes: his solo project RAM.

8. 8. Five-star kids from Simon

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 February 2004 HE may come across as a laid-back soul, but it seems Blue singer Simon Webbe can be a tough businessman when he wants to be. Or so& we hear from his latest music prot'g's, VS.<EM> (You can also& listen to audio clips of VS).</EM>

9. 9. Weatherall gets Tribal

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 February 2004

   MYTHS& swirl around Andrew Weatherall. Despite being born on the outskirts of London, some say he's Scottish or maybe Mancunian. But myth inevitably follows legend and this most independent and wilfully disobedient of music-makers has his place at the top table assured.

10. 10. Fancy a Danish?

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 February 2004 In the music world, a Scandinavian band hitting the big time in blighty is comparable to a British group finally cracking the States.&  One of the latest to attempt this feat are Danish rockers, Kashmir.

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