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Manchester’s adopted Californian folk cousin, Jesca Hoop has announced the release of forthcoming LP ‘Undress’; a collection of stripped-back, collaborative re-workings of her 2009 album ‘Hunting My Dress’, featuring guest appearances by such gems as Guy Garvey, Erika Wennerstrom and Iron & Wine. … Read on
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‘Dem post-punk poppers, Pins have just gone and released their new video for ’Waiting For The End’ and it’s got the lyrics and everything. It also features some cameos by people from Manchester bands that you may or may not recognise, give it a go, it’s a fun game. … Read on
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Manchester’s instrumental prog wizards, Cleft have announced the release of the debut long player ‘BOSH!’ which will be packed full of the bum-melting riffs and and brutally precise bongos we’ve come to love. You can Pre-order it in a variety of formats here. Here’s a live performance of … Read on
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Cleft are two blokes who really should know better by now. Describing themselves as playing “turbo-prog” for a laugh when they first formed in late 2011, the odd genre title now seems to have stuck.
After releasing two EPs called “Utter” and “Whale Bone” in 2012, they loaded their … Read on
We’re frothing at the knees to welcome the ultimate doo-wop surfers, The Bell Peppers to Fuel Cafe in Withington and the fact their bringing the amazing Gorgeous Bully and new beauties on the block, The Booglies with them only makes us more frothy. Come and froth with us lads … Read on
The first in the series of our ‘Dancehouse Live’ events, kicks off with three stellar bands, all reigning from Greater Manchester. With tickets just £5 a pop, come and see what all the fuss is about whilst experiencing our brand new, state of the art soundsystem. Plus audio visuals … Read on
MMX are a newly formed British alternative rock band from Oxfordshire, UK. The band are Ashley Wilkie, Warren Senior, Ben Hordos and Tom Millar. … Read on
Mines (Ilan Volkov / Yael Barolsky / Ram Gabay)
3 free improvised spirits
Strings
Skins
Bows
the lowest tones
and the highest rolls
no chance of losing what we never owned
Poormouth
The solo vocal performance of words and sounds from Ben Knight. Ben Knight is known for his … Read on
Cory Chisel is an old believer. You can hear it in his music – there’s a wisdom beyond his years in that voice. You can see it in his story – the son of a preacher, sheltered from pop music, raised on hymns and Johnny Cash. “Mom played piano … Read on
Patterns have long been a personal favourite of mine – every now and again emerging from their hibernation to perform live sets of impeccable quality before disappearing into the ether once again for extended periods of time, without any hint of when their return may be.
At least their … Read on
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