Posts by Month: March 2014

king khan and the shrines

Gig: King Khan And The Shrines + Fruit Tones

king khan and the shrines

 

The Beauty Witch is pleased to bring King Khan And The Shrines back to Manchester for the first time in five years.

After receiving world-wide critical acclaim for their new album “Idle No More” (Merge Records) KING KHAN & THE SHRINES are finally bringing their psychedelic soul revue all … Read on

Dum Dum Girls

Gig: Dum Dum Girls + Pins + Jupiter-C

Dum Dum Girls

 

“End Of Daze had for me signaled exactly that; an end to a part of my life that was confused, difficult, disastrous, and at times, redemptive. It was a marked comment to myself, for future reference, that what will be, will be, and that there is always exciting … Read on

childhood

Gig: Childhood

childhood

 

Having started out as a way to kill time during university, Childhood have blossomed into one of the most exciting acts in the UK. Originally starting out as the work of Ben Romans Hopcraft and Leo Dobsen, they added Daniel Salamons and Jonny Williams to flesh out their sound. … Read on

cloud boat

Gig: Cloud Boat

cloud boat

 

“Apollo present the beautiful debut LP ‘Book of Hours’ from Cloud Boat aka London duo Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke. This deep and dreamy debut brilliantly showcases them as part of a generation for whom electronic production and songwriting are far from separate worlds similar to childhood friend James … Read on

lorelle meets the obsolete

Gig: Lorelle Meets The Obsolete + Spectres + Mistoa Poltsa

lorelle meets the obsolete

 

Following their debut in Manchester last September, Grey Lantern is delighted to welcome back tumultuous Mexican shoegazers Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, who will be promoting their third record – and first to be distributed in the UK – Chambers, out on Sonic Cathedral.

The first single from ‘Chambers’, … Read on

Gig: Let’s Wrestle + Charles Howl + Doctrines

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Grey Lantern is delighted to present Fortuna POP! signings Let’s Wrestle, as the trio tour in support of their new self-titled third LP.

More heartfelt and musically diverse than previous albums, Let’s Wrestle sees the band enter a new phase of maturity and sophistication giving front man Wesley … Read on

department-M

Gig: Department M + Hartheim + UV

department-M

 

Grey Lantern and Night & Day are teaming up to bring former Grammatics’ man Owen Brinley’s brilliantly shimmering electronic pop project, Department M, back to Manchester. Overcoming a longstanding tinnitus problem in the wake of his former band’s demise, and with a still on-going stint in fellow Leeds’ … Read on

sftoc

Gig: Sounds From The Other City 2014

sftoc

 

Sounds From the Other City festival (SFTOC) is a celebration of new music and performance, uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city’s finest independent promoters, collectives and club nights.

Happening regularly on the May Day Bank Holiday each year, SFTOC 2014 takes … Read on

Liz-Green-First-Chop-Salford

Gig: Liz Green + Ríoghnach Connolly

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Ahead of the release of her wonderful new album Haul Away!, Liz Green has revealed the video for Rybka (Little Fish in Polish), a track that, alongside the previously revealed Where The River Don’t Flow, will make up a limited edition white 7-inch double A-side single, due out 17 … Read on