The mainstream commercial and critical success of Foals and Stornoway has been unprecedented and a great victory for putting Oxford back on the musical map where it belongs. Sebastian Reynolds takes a closer look at two emerging scenes “Blessing Force” and “Ox-Fi”.

Pop Scene // Manchester
In the second part of our tour around the UK’s thriving music scene, Tom Whyman interviews six of the bands that are causing a stir in and around his adopted home: Manchester.


