IRON & WINE ANNOUNCE UK SHOWS FOR EARLY 2018
Iron & Wine Iron & Wine has announced a number of European shows for early 2018. Beginning in Reykjavik on 14th January, the tour reaches these shores in February for the below UK/Ireland dates. Currently on a huge tour of the US, Iron & Wine tickets and full international touring schedule can be found on the official website. IRON & WINE FEBRUARY 2018 UK TOUR DATES Tuesday 13th – BIRMINGHAM – Symphony Hall Wednesday 14th – DUBLIN – The Helix Thursday... Read More
Silent Radio – 2nd September 2017 – MCR Live Resident
Silent Radio are back and with them are show faves TELEMAN – who join them live in the studio! We get word of a brand-new EP from the lads, how they’ve learnt to take easy on tour and much more. The show also marks an incredible milestone for the band, as Teleman become the most played artist ever, on the Silent Radio Show. Plus, the very best bands coming to town this week and the latest new releases – oooo it’s like we’ve never been away. Join Silent... Read More
TIM HECKER ANNOUNCES LIVE UK TOUR EXPLORING SENSORY DEPRIVATION
Tim Hecker Tim Hecker has announced new headline shows for the UK. With his shows in Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh (October 1st-4th) taking place in total darkness, this will mark a departure for the electronic composer as he further explores sensory deprivation in live performance. Tickets for all dates are now on sale, head to his official site for more details. TIM HECKER OCTOBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES Sun 1 – LEEDS, Howard Assembly Room Mon 2 – MANCHESTER, The... Read More
SWEET BABOO SHARES THE VIDEO FOR ‘SWALLOWS’ ALONGSIDE NOV/DEC TOUR DATES ANNOUNCEMENT
Sweet Baboo shares the video for ‘Swallows’, taken from his latest album Wild Imagination. The video for ‘Swallows’ features Sweet Baboo AKA Stephen braving the elements in various historical army gear while his partner and child (also played by Stephen) wait anxiously at home, it’s a light-hearted playful video that compliments the French pop feel of the song. Stephen says of it, “This, the final instalment in director James Hankins’... Read More
F*CK BUTTONS’ ANDREW HUNG CALLS IN TO MANCHESTER ON FIRST SOLO TOUR THIS NOVEMBER
Andrew Hung Soup Kitchen present Andrew Hung (F*ck Buttons) ‘Touring in support of his debut solo LP Realisation‘ Soup Kitchen, Manchester Sunday 12th November 2017 Doors 7:30pm Tickets £8 Adv. (EXCL FEES) here Andrew Hung Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
LIVE: LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE – 29/09/2016
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – It’s been some two and a half years since Manchester last had the pleasure of the company of Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, a Mexican psych shoegaze outfit, so their return with a new album and a mammoth string of live dates is most welcome. In the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter at Night & Day Café, we have a three band bill. Opening tonight are Demur, a Manchester trio originally known... Read More
LIVE: MODERAT – 28/09/2016
Moderat – THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – One thing is guaranteed when you go and see Moderat: they will bring it. Regardless of the setting, be it a festival, a club or a gig like tonight, they will not fuck about; they will put on a show and bring a sweaty, German techno basement to whatever environment they find themselves in. For the uninitiated, Moderat is made up of Apparat (his mum calls him Sascha Ring) and German techno titans Modeselektor (Genot Bronsert and... Read More
BLAK HAND RECORDS SHARE NEW TRACK + CASSETTE
Hide and Psych artwork by Victoria Sieczka Blak Hand Records are participating in their third Cassette Store Day with a brand new sizzlin’ release called Hide and Psych. Limited to 50 fire engine red tapes and featuring 13 tracks, the album gives some of the brightest and newest Blak Hand bands a chance to shine with their own hand picked covers of Sheryl Crow and 50 Cent to The Black Angels and The Castaways,. Hide and Psych introduces BHR fans from far and wide to brand spankin’... Read More
LIVE: LIVERPOOL PSYCH FEST (2nd opinion) – 23+24/09/2016
Artwork by Alex Wynne. All photo’s by Peter Rea – CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL – Headliners Super Furry Animals and The Horrors merely scratch the surface of the psychedelic universe; there’s a wide range of sub-genre’s that cross-breed and intermingle, spawning a hugely diverse array of artists and musicians that unite under a common crusade, for escapism. From minimal electro, shoegaze, kitsch pop and the spiritual; to doom goth, Krautrock, punk rock and... Read More
SHE DREW THE GUN SET FOR UK TOUR SHOWDOWN
She Drew The Gun Following the release of She Drew The Gun’s debut LP Memories Of The Future, the band hit the road for their first UK headline tour. Spearheaded by politicised and provocative new single ‘Pit Pony’ – watch the video below. “The idea for the song first came about when I read about pit ponies that used to work in mines for their whole lives, in the dark, just working away without seeing the daylight. I just thought it was a good metaphor for how the... Read More