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The beautifully vivid Short Stories EP by Francis Lung
Song of the Day: Taken from the new EP, Short Stories, this beautifully intimate, vivid, narrative-spoken number that builds powerfully into a dreamy climax by the Manchester artist tells of a widow transported back in time by an onion soup
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Chrysalid Homo’s new single
Song of the Day: Fabulously dark, dancey, catchy fuzzy synth-rich electro-pop by the Manchester artist describing an LGBTQ experience from beginnings on a council estate before their protagonist has a very physical queer awakening
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Blanketman
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s track by northerners FYI Chris who live in south-east London and Manchester’s Thick Richard, a catchy, restless indie number by the Mancunian quartet about considering to leave the capital
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Hann’s Hannah
Song of the Day: A chirpy, cheeky, brilliantly funny new number by the Manchester band, fronted by Hannah, about an annoying guy chatting up a girl at supermarket till, holding up all the other trolleys, is filled with snappy lines and catchy riffs
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singing and guitar-playing superstar, in action at Chorlton station in 1964
Song of the Day: After the great Mahalia Jackson, another superstar who could not only sing, but whose guitar playing was a major influence on Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, and therefore everybody since them
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From the cover of The Future Sound of London's debut album Accelerator
Song of the Day: After yesterday's 808 State track, we move to another influential number also forged in Manchester, this time in 1991 by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans, pushing dance into further innovative and ambient territory
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808 State's Pacific State
Song of the Day: After our last song, Voodoo Ray, it had to be another 1989 dance classic written alongside Gerald's former Manchester bandmates, Graham Massey and Martin Price, featuring that distinctive bird call sample
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Manchester's Hacienda in 1988
Song of the Day: After yesterday's classic Orb track, another club classic, this time from 1988 and synonymous with the acid rave scene of Manchester's Hacienda, but also the offbeat sample Derek and Clive aka Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
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The Fall, with one of many of Mark E Smith's lineups.
Song of the Day: So many to choose, but few match this one for sheer catchy, direct, repetitive brilliance. From 1999's The Marshall Suite, and co-written with Canadian guitarist and keyboard player Julia Nagle, as riffs and choruses go it's up there with the very best
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DUDS' new album Of A Nature Or Degree
Song of the Day: Post-punk pop meets prog meets jazz? Manchester's cutting-edge northern lathe has turned out another bunch of true originals, bringing short-sharp songs of jagged guitar, percussion, cornet, and vocal
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Civic pride: Elbow in Manchester
Song of the Day: Continuing our Scurrent theme of train travel, we end up in Manchester, tying in with our tribute to the the city, and the beautifully rendered, complex feeling of civic pride and homecoming
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The Hollies in 1966
Song of the Day: Let's turn back the clock to 1966 Manchester with three-part vocal harmonies, rivalling, and perhaps pre-dating the Beatles, also sing a beautiful tune of love under a rainy umbrella
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The Freshies, featuring Chris Sievey, who later became Frank Sidebottom
Song of the Day: We continue our tributes to Manchester's music scene with a humorous pop punk classic from 1980, with an absurdly long title that captures adolescent love and passion for records
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The Stone Roses
Song of the Day: In the second of tributes to Manchester, a transcendent anthem from the band's debut album, in which a message of refusal to hate is combined with one of the greatest of all instrumental sections
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Ian Curtis
Song of the Day: In tribute to the dead, the injured and the grieving, a beautiful song that reminds us of loved ones who have passed away. Here's to you, Manchester. You will rebuild. You won't walk away
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Jilted John, aka Graham Fellows in 1978
Song of the Day: Two, three, four! Let's nip back to 1978, and catch Graham Fellows as the sulky teenager John in this comedy classic, crammed of hilarious jealous lines about girlfriend Julie
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Pure disco gold: Robin, Barry and Robin Gibb - the Bee Gees
Song of the Day: It's Saturday and I've got the fever. Is there a better song than this? Vocal harmonies by three lads from Chorlton, disco beat that's the perfect pace to strut to and revive hearts. Let's get on down
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