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1. 1. Kate Bush - Aerial (EMI)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2005 THESE days we are so used to bands dashing off their lo-fi masterwork in the most cursory of visits to the studio that we forget the days when creating an album was as creatively time-consuming as reproducing Stonehenge out of Lego.

2. 2. Pop chick Natalie to play city

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 November 2005 LOOKING at Natalie Imbruglia today, it is hard to believe she ever made a living as a tomboy. With her doe-like eyes, perfect bone structure and flawless complexion, she seems far too fragile and feminine.& She plays the city tonight.

3. 3. Heeps of rock still to mine

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 November 2005 THE touring schedule for Uriah Heep reads something like the itinerary for Ewan McGregor's next motorcycle trip. They play the tonight.

4. 4. Salad days

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2005

   WHEN& nostalgia bites and promoters head down memory lane, it usually means a bumper-car style assault of the biggest hits from back in the day. This particular double-header won't follow the tired, predictable formula, however, as two of the cities best-respected drum n' bass nights - AudioSalad and Soul: ution - will be the ones join the dots between the last 15 years of underground dance music.

5. 5. Love To Infinity Feat. Charlotte Day - Finally (Fever Pitch Records)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 November 2005 TAKE a decent, popular song from days gone by and chuck in a tried and tested generic dance beat and hey presto! It's a new song everybody! Well, allegedly.

6. 6. The Warlocks - It’s Just Like Surgery (Mute Records)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2005 SPACEY, neo-psychedelic, and sounding less like Jesus and Mary Chain these days, The Warlocks present us with It’s Just Like Surgery, a Robert Smith-style elegy to the pain that materialises in the wake of a major break-up: “Your scalpel cuts clean through my heart and through my mind/It’s just like surgery.”

7. 7. Cherish the thought

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 November 2005 I’LL never forget my first Cherish the Ladies gig at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival; I was only north of the border for four days so was trying to cover as much musical ground as possible. The group play The Lowry on Sunday.

8. 8. Passionate art of Mariza

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 November 2005 MARIZA is the new face of Fado, the wonderfully lyrical and melancholic music of Portugal. She is also, it's fair to say, a very busy woman these days as more and more of the world discovers her striking looks, charisma and, above all, her stunning voice. She plays here on Monday.

9. 9. Forever Young

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 November 2005 IT'S always the way - you go back to work after a holiday and you get ill. This doesn't change if you become famous, as Will Young is finding out.

10. 10. Club preview: Locked Vs Kindergarten

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 November 2005 TECHNO is one of those musical genres that leave many people cold. A purist sonic discipline, it often gives the impression of itself being cold and clinical, a faceless art with few stars to get behind. Sure there are figures such as Dave Clarke and Richie Hawtin out there but, even so, their day in the sunshine - for the time being at least - seems over.<BR>

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