Max Pilley

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Max Pilley is a professional music writer and critic. Working full-time as a freelance journalist since 2016, he has gained bylines in The Guardian, NME, Bandcamp, The Quietus, Loud and Quiet Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Huck Magazine, DIY and many others. He graduated in Multimedia Journalism from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2016, but his passion for writing about music dates back to 2007, when he became editor of the University of Manchester’ s student newspaper. He has reported on music events in over a dozen countries and has been invited onto professional judging panels, including the Northern Ireland Music Prize.