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Local Links
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8020 Magazine
The new culture and listings magazine for Manchester
All the Moor
The home of everything Heaton Moor - a collection of businesses, events, clubs and reviews
Daren Newman
Me&MyPen is Daren Newman. An illustrator & typographer based in Manchester.
Designer Magazine
Manchesters long established music site brings you the latest news, reviews and interviews from the mainstream through to the underground. From Slipknot to S Club, Busted to Babes in Toyland. The most eclectic music site around
manchestermusic.co.uk
Manchesters first music webzine
Night & Day
For gigs/music, for booze, for coffee from that crazy machine they have, for hanging out - this is the place!
Piccadilly Records
Our favourite record shop across the road from the legendary Night & Day - don't visit one without visiting the other!
UHC Collective
Political Art/Activism Group - based in Manchester

Photography Sites
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myspace.com/acousticattitude
Andrew R Darbyshire - Photographer
andystubbs.co.uk
Andy Stubbs - Photographer
ddsdesign.co.uk
Denise Swanson - Design & Photography
karenmcbride.com
Tempted by Great Music - Dedicated to Photography
lucyomearaphotography.co.uk
Lucy O'Meara - Photographer
rleephoto.co.uk
Rebecca Lee - Photographer

Websites
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AIM
Association of Independent Music
AK Distribution
3500+ books, magazines, t-shirts. Forget Amazon - if you care about the survival of small presses / bookshops, not to mention independent minds and freedom of speech, try this instead
ANNEXIA.co.uk
"Annexia has grown from nothing, from a naive hope that someone somewhere might care to read my ideas online, into a 100 ton train-of-thought careening on it's rails into a vast unwritten future..."
BeatScene
Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of the Beat Generation
fibbers.co.uk
The York venue is the centre of thriving music activity. Cafe bar by day, music venue by night.
God Is In The TV
Fanzine / music resource
incendiarymag.com
English language Web Magazine based in the Netherlands with a true passion for music
indymedia.org
A collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage
invisiblegirl.co.uk
Julia Adamson/Nagle Composer, music publisher and record label, aka INVISIBLEGIRL ...local in the 'hood
Love Music Hate Racism
Aims to use the positive energy of the music scene to fight back against racism
lyricstrax.com
Song lyrics - rock rap country music, mp3 downloads plus music news and trivia
merseymusic.org.uk
Non-profit organisation run by local musicians for musicians that aims to keep all you musicians in contact with each other 24/7
repeatfanzine.co.uk
Fanzine - Label - Collective - fighting the power since 1994
Rocklands
D.I.Y. networking, positivity, lovepeacemusic, ShareTheJoy
Words are Important
A gathering of words & musings, lovingly compiled with extensive Kerouac sub-site

Music Directories (UK + worldwide)
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allthingsmusic.co.uk
Musicians Resource Directory. 9,000+ contacts. Both professionals and amateurs can promote themselves here
kindweb.com
Music Resources, Band Links, Musicians Finder, Events Calendar, Venues Finder and more
localmusicdirectory.com
Musician and music business website links
netsoundsmusic.com
Buy from over 5 million music and music related items from hundreds of independent music stores
twee.net
Home of the searchable Indiepop Directory. Publicise your site under one or more categories