LIVE: SILVER APPLES – 02/08/2017
Silver Apples, live at Band on the Wall -BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER- It’s not often that an artist comes to town who can boast that they have performed live in six different decades: Silver Apples, AKA Simeon Coxe, is one of them. Slow Knife open proceedings, with an interesting blend of krautrock, ska and jazz ensemble. Atonal lyrics read from sheets are at the forefront – this is very avant-garde and when you learn these guys are newcomers to the live circuit, it’s... Read More
MAUNO SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘HOW LONG’ ALONGSIDE UK TOUR DATES
Mauno is a band that toys with pop. Their new single ‘How Long’ is about the tension between the comic flicker that is life and the endless slog that it is to live. Singer Nick Everett was inspired by Townes Van Zandtʼs ‘Waiting Around To Die’, and decided to write something about the tenuousness and ingratitude of living. Mauno have released new tour dates, including shows with Chad VanGaalen. MAUNO OCTOBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES Wed 04.10. London, The Islington Thur 05.10.... Read More
HÖGNI ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM ‘TWO TRAINS’ OUT SEPTEMBER WHILST SHARING FIRST SINGLE ‘KOMDU MEÐ’
After recently announcing his signing to Erased Tapes Records, Icelandic artist Högni, of indie rock group Hjaltalín & electronic group GusGus will release his debut album Two Trains on Friday 20th October 2017. Today he’s sharing the first single from the record, ‘Komdu Með’. Högni says of the album: “The music on Two Trains is a blue-print of a period in my life where I collided with my own self, and at that point I felt the indifference between... Read More
WORRIEDABOUTSATAN AND PYE CORNER AUDIO COME TO MANCHESTER’S SOUP KITCHEN THIS OCTOBER
Soup Kitchen present worriedaboutsatan + Pye Corner Audio Soup Kitchen, Manchester Friday 27th October 2017 Doors 7pm Tickets £6 Adv. (EXCL FEES) worriedaboutsatan Official | Facebook Live, 2017 by worriedaboutsatan Read More
ATLAS WYND GIVE US THEIR NEW SINGLE ‘YOU’RE ON MY MIND’ – LISTEN HERE
Atlas Wynd have unveiled two new singles in the form of a double A-side release, listen to ‘You’re On My Mind’ above. ‘Eyes Fixed On The Sun / You’re On My Mind’ sees the band at both their most soothingly reflective and brutal, with both sides of this release showing other facets of their developing sound. Atlas Wynd Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
THOM SONNY GREEN (ALT-J) STREAMS DEBUT ALBUM ‘HIGH ANXIETY’
Thom Sonny Green‘s debut solo project, High Anxiety, was released on Friday via his own label Sudden Records (in conjunction with Infectious) in the UK and Canvasback in the US. The album is a far cry from his work as alt-J‘s drummer, experimenting with the more cerebral side of electronic production in the vein of Clams Casino, Arca, Aphex Twin and others. High Anxiety highlights Thom’s long-standing interest in the more abstract spaces of electronica... Read More
LIVE: THEE MIGHTEES / THE BELLYBUTTONS – 27/08/2016
Thee Mightees – BIG HANDS, MANCHESTER – When you finally get to see two bands you’ve been listening to for months, it’s hard not to be somewhat starstruck when the frontmen are running the door and queuing next to you at the bar respectively. Big Hands takes the small venue dynamic to another level, with no noticeable backstage area and the stage effectively being the back seating section of the pub with all the tables and chairs pushed to the side, like a children’s... Read More
GUADALUPE PLATA TO PLAY MANCHESTER AS PART OF RARE UK TOUR
Guadalupe Plata Spanish psychedelia outfit – Guadalupe Plata will be playing a special show at The Castle Hotel on September 15th 2016. The band are renowned for using weird and wonderful instruments including cigar box guitars, coffee can percussion, electrified wash tub basses in their sets and have won prizes at the Impala Awards and Independent Music Awards. “Our name comes from our hometown’s patron, the virgin of Guadalupe, so she protects us as we play the devil’s... Read More
STRANGE COLLECTIVE SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR SUPER TOUCHY
Liverpool quartet Strange Collective have released a video for the single ‘Super Touchy’. The band’s EP of the same name was released on vinyl July 1st via Salvation Records and through cassette on Blak Hand. The video, shot in a dark Liverpool basement, exposes the raw underbelly of the Strange Collective partying lifestyle and ultimately twists us through the director’s black and white artistic representation of a cross dressing, tequila shooting... Read More
SLOWCOACHES ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM
London deadpan punk rockers Slowcoaches are getting set to bring their debut album into the world. The fast, furious, clatteringly majestic and downright fun ‘Nothing Gives’ will be released via Leisure & District on 2nd December. With ‘Norms and Values’, the latest cut to be revealed, Slowcoaches purvey a sassy, tongue in cheek observation of aspects of the ‘punk’ community and the rules that exist within it. The accompanying video is buzzing with lo fi fun,... Read More
