APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR InNOVAtion

Applications Open for Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award We’re excited to announce the next round of applications is open for the InNOVAtion Award! Set up as a joint effort between the PRS for Music Foundation and the Steve Reid Foundation, the award is open to anyone that is writing and performing their own music and is […]
 Soup Kitchen present a special matinee show curated and headlined by ascendant Manchester lo-fi pop group Horsebeach! Also featuring the woozy Real Estate-influenced sounds Sprinters and Liverpool psychedelia outfit The Floormen – plus England’s first European Championship match on the screen afterwards.Following the release of last year’s critically-acclaimed second LP II, Horsebeach have just come […]

HORSEBEACH HEADLINE AND CURATE SPECIAL MATINEE SHOW

PARKLIFE FESTIVAL RETURNS NEXT WEEKEND

Next weekend is an incredibly important one for those who are supporters of great music and good vibes. Heaton Park plays host to the fantastic Parklife. The festival is curated by the likes of Hacienda & Warehouse Project creator, Sacha Lord – so you already know what to expect. It’s now Manchester’s turn, once again […]
Catalonian post-punk MOURN recently announced their new album ‘Ha, Ha, He.’, the follow up to their critically acclaimed s/t debut album, and have already shared two tracks from the album, ‘Storyteller‘ and ‘Evil Dead.’ The band are sharing new single ‘Second Sage’ ahead of the LP release  on June 3rd via Captured Tracks.  MOURN’s Jazz Rodríguez Bueno […]

MOURN SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘SECOND SAGE’

MJ GUIDER TO RELEASE ‘PRECIOUS SYSTEMS’ DEBUT ALBUM

Kranky will be releasing the alluring debut full length, Precious Systems, from New Orleans trio MJ Guider (led by Melissa Guion) on July 15th. An ambitious ambient-based record which gazes out in to subterranean pop and sunset electronics, Precious Systems contains great emotional and sonic depth and is sure to make a lasting impression on […]
D.D Dumbo, the musical alias of Oliver Hugh Perry, today shares the song and accompanying video for ‘Satan’, his first new music in over two years. Wildly imaginative and skilfully executed, ‘Satan’ is an arresting track that is perfectly complemented by director Jim Elson’s compelling video. The visuals for ‘Satan’ were shot mainly in and around D.D Dumbo’s […]

D.D DUMBO RELEASES ‘SATAN’ SINGLE & VIDEO

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL ADDS TO LINE-UP

Bluedot Festival has announced Steve Davis, Beth Orton, The Membranes, Tim Burgess, Stephen Morris, Nzca Lines, I Like Trains, Shaun Keaveny, Una Bombers, DJ Cheeba and many more to it’s line-up. Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot has revealed a host […]
Soup Kitchen have announced a show from New York based musician Alexandra Drewchin, aka Eartheater. Also known for fronting Guardian Alien, Drewchin released one of FACT Magazine’s albums of 2015 in RIP Chrysalis. October 2015 saw the release of her second album in the same year on Hausu Mountain, RIP Chrysalis. Flowing perfectly from here […]

BROOKLYN EXPERIMENTALIST EARTHEATER COMES TO SOUP KITCHEN

JENNY HVAL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘BLOOD BITCH’

Jenny Hval has announced her new album Blood Bitch, due Sept 30th, via Sacred Bones Records, and shares the first single ‘Female Vampire’. As well as various European festival slots, the Norwegian artist is also set to tour the UK in October this year including Manchester. In the words of Jenny Hval herself: “Blood Bitch is an […]
    Following the announcement last month that Neighbourhood Festival will be taking over Manchester City Centre on Saturday 8th October for a full day of incredible live music; the first wave of artists have now been confirmed. Headlining the inaugural event are acclaimed indie quartet Circa Waves and Scottish rock band Twin Atlantic. Also […]

NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL – FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS ANNOUNCED!