After finishing a radio session for Mark Reilly’s Show, and without a place to play, Sweet Baboo were directed to Fuel Cafe Bar, where they played to a very pleased audience. They also found time to come and play an unplugged session for us in the Kitchen.
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Video: This Frontier Needs Heroes
This Frontier Needs Heroes performed this beautiful version of ‘Firefly’ by the BBC building before their Manchester tour date.
Read on...Video: Dave Rybka & The Victorian Dad Band
As part of their involvement with The NXNW Festival, Dave Rybka and the Victorian Dad Band were asked to perform a set on a train from Wigan to Manchester. Fortunately for us, they decided to invite us along to film their session. Nice dog.
Read on...Video: Bear Driver
The lovely boys and girl of Bear Driver kindly performed ‘A Thousand Samurais’ for us in the back of their VW Camper van. We had to be quick as the parking ticket was about to expire.
Read on...Video: General Fiasco
General Fiasco’s Owen was good enough to perform ‘Sinking Ships’ for us, backstage at The Ruby Lounge ahead of there UK tour as main support for The Enemy.
Read on...Video: Newislands
Northampton based indie rockers Newislands were in Manchester to perform at In The City festival when we managed to film them playing this acoustic version of their track ‘Out Of Time’. Love these lads.
Read on...Video: Simon Lynge
Greenland’s Simon Lynge was in Manchester to perform at the In The City Festival and gave us this performance in front of the Great Northern Railway Building. So catchy, so good.
Read on...Video: Shmoo
Words can’t describe this. When we first approached the Shmoo boys about doing a session for us, their initial reaction was that it wasn’t possible (Shmoo being a fully electronic Moog powerhouse), However, that all changed when they went and had their van converted into a fully functional mobile disco, complete with party lights and smoke machine.
Read on...Video: Still Down Gill
Still Down Gil’s powerful blues driven grooves went down a storm at The Manchester Art Gallery, Thanks to the gallery staff for being such gems, and thanks to Black Jack Barnet for announcing the session. Was nice.
Read on...Video: Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six
It has been a long time coming, but we finally met up with Louis Barabbas & the Bedlam Six on a snowy winters evening in Whitworth Park, where the band proceeded to batter each other with snow balls and play us this version of ‘Thick Carpets, Old Lifts’. Hope your lung is OK Louis.
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