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Five smartly-attired gentlemen from the North, Sheffields finest retromantics THE HOSTS have been smouldering away in the musical margins, buffing up the buttons on their waistcoats and waiting for their moment to shine. They are the darkness. They are the shadows. They are The Hosts in the machine.
Earlier … Read on
Colorama
Led by Carwyn Ellis, singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger and producer known to have worked with some pretty big names, Colorama are increasingly emerging in their own right for playing and singing some of the most moving and captivating songs around.
The band release the follow-up to 2012′s critically … Read on
Bella Union is very pleased to welcome GREAT YTENE (pronounced ‘ee-ten’) to the family. Forming in London in early 2013, crafting sounds between studios, practices spaces and bedrooms they collected tracks for their self-titled debut EP, which will be released on Monday 3rd March on limited edition vinyl.
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Girls Names is a four-piece band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Formed in 2009 as a two-piece by singer/guitarist and songwriter Cathal Cully and drummer Neil Brogan, Claire Miskimmin joined on bass the following year and Charles Hurts guitarist Philip Quinn was added to the line-up in 2012. The band … Read on
New EP ‘The Singing of Birds’ will be the first music available by Rachel Hillary on CD and is set for release on Monday 24th February 2014.
Describing her music as ‘poetry set to song’, Rachel Hillary has much in common with other nu-folk artists from Manchester, including Literature … Read on
By the people that brought you Gum Takes Tooth and the Terminal Cheesecake fest: ConcreteCock.
We have a magical line-up of artists and DJs for you that is certain to tickle all kinds of fancies, you’ll laugh, mosh, rave and have your head battered about (in a good way) … Read on
On September 30th, Tall Tall Shadow will be released. It’s the third album by the Toronto singer-songwriter and her most personal to-date. Raw and spectral, heartbroken yet jubilant, these ten songs tell the story of a very hard year in the artist’s life and all the love that helped … Read on
Dave Gerard, with his backing band The Watchmen, are rising stars of the folk scene, garnering praise from Bob Harris and Marry Ann Hobbs. Having played for Communion and at Secret Garden Party, they will be returning to Manchester for the first time of the year, gracing Kraak with … Read on
Beard of Wolves and Stilts will be tearing The Bay Horse apart on the 27th of March.
Beard Of Wolves liken themselves to being beating to a bloody pulp by a meth addled Scarlett Johansen, which in our book is a very good reason to see them.
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On the 27th of February things willing be heavy as From Another Place are beyond psyched to announce that two Post Rock behemoths Dead Sea Apes and Sunwølf will be playing The Bay Horse!
Manchester based trio Dead Sea Apes are a crushing but dynamic blend of desert rock, … Read on
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