NEWS: LOUIS BARABBAS AND THE BEDLAM SIX – LISTEN TO ‘WAITING FOR BAD NEWS’

Former mime-artist and street sweeper Louis Barabbas, frontman of the Bedlam Six, has played the villain for too long. And now he’s filled with regret. Or is it just his character? And yet Waiting For Bad News is a pause – a tender moment for reflection. And it’s the band’s best song yet: a pure emotional […]
PINS have unveiled a video for the title track of their hotly anticipated debut album Girls Like Us. Directed by Sing J. Lee, a filmmaker much in demand since his work on the Manchester four-piece’s early videos the video for ‘Girls Like Us’ perfectly captures the band’s girl gang mentality. To say there’s excitement for Girls […]

NEWS: PINS – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘GIRLS LIKE US’

NEWS: ‘CLOSE UP’ FEAT. BLACK FRANCIS (PIXIES)

Black Francis of Pixies will be at Manchester’s historic Albert Hall on Wednesday 20th November for a no-holds-barred onstage interview conducted by Dave Haslam; followed by questions from the audience. It’s a unique chance to find out more about the life and work of the legendary, enigmatic Pixies frontman. Black Francis (real name Charles Michael […]
Manchester two-piece Bad Grammar will be playing their first, highly anticipated, headline show as they bring their scuzzy pop songs to the intimate surroundings of suburban bar, Dulcimer in Chorlton (567, Wilbraham Road – two minutes from the Chorlton tram stop) on Thursday 31st October with support from garage duo, The Hyena Kill. The 90 […]

NEWS: BAD GRAMMAR – FIRST HEADLINE SHOW ANNOUNCED

NEWS: THE SPOOK SCHOOL – ‘I’LL BE HONEST’ VIDEO + OCTOBER TOUR DATES

‘Dress Up’ is the brilliant debut album from Edinburgh quartet The Spook School due out on Fortuna POP! It features the single ‘I’ll Be Honest’ which has this wonderfully funny video, which really showcases the band’s sense of humour and propensity for fun.  Inspired by the post-punk-pop of Buzzcocks, Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’ and the films of Buster Keaton, with […]
This week Landshapes release their new single ‘Insomniacs Club’ through Bella Union. Accompanying the single we have a brilliantly eerie new video directed by the very talented Ian Pons Jewell. A mix of live footage and stop-frame animation cut together from the unnerving and darkly comic short film 1/4” fits together perfectly with the song. Landshapes Facebook Twitter Soundcloud

NEWS: LANDSHAPES – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘INSOMNIACS CLUB’

NEWS: FRANK SIDEBOTTOM STATUE UNVEILING EVENT

Well it’s been a long time coming, but finally this weekend will see the combination of many fantastic music and comedy fundraisers come to fruition. At precisely 11:37am on Sunday the life-size bronze statue of Frank Sidebottom will be unveiled in Timperley Village. As usual when it comes to anything to do with Frank it […]
Carrying on from where other urban festivals such as In The City left off, A Carefully Planned Festival is back to bring more than 100 national and international acts to Manchester’s musical hub, the Northern Quarter, for a weekend of live music, art, spoken word, and partying – all for the princely sum of £12.50 […]

NEWS: A CAREFULLY PLANNED FESTIVAL NO.3 – 120+ ACTS LIVE IN MANCHESTER’S NORTHERN QUARTER

NEWS: PARQUET COURTS – ‘YOU GOT ME WONDERIN’ NOW’ VIDEO + EP

Parquet Courts’ new EP, ‘Tally All The Things That You Broke,’ is out Monday 14th on What’s Your Rupture?, and Ricky the Ghost – who graces the cover of the new EP –  leads in a sing-along of the first single, ‘You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now.’ The video was directed by Food Party and Late […]
Hot on the heels of supporting Jake Bugg and Miles Kane and a full-on festival assault which included Reading & Leeds, Secret Garden Party and Ibiza Rocks, the one woman powerhouse that is Findlay delivers more passionate, filthy musings on forthcoming ‘Greasy Love’ EP, which is released on Polydor on 25th November. She has also announced a full UK tour to coincide with this release. With producer […]

NEWS: FINDLAY – UK TOUR + EP