COTTON CLOUDS FESTIVAL AT SADDLEWORTH CRICKET CLUB SATURDAY 12TH AUGUST 2017

With a great line-up and set amidst the heavenly vista of the stunning Peak District National Park, Cotton Clouds Festival is a wonderful new addition to the UK festival calendar. Taking place on Saturday 12th of August 2017, and boasting a bill that’s simply bursting with pop pedigree, the one-day extravaganza in Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) […]
Soup Kitchen and The Beauty Witch present WHITE HILLS (Thrill Jockey Records) Soup Kitchen, Manchester Tuesday 23rd May 2017 Doors 7:30pm Tickets £8 Adv. (EXCL FEES) White Hills are proponents of psychedelia as transformation. The music made by Dave W. and Ego Sensation is risky and cutting edge, rooted in dystopian futurism and hyper-conscious of […]

WHITE HILLS RETURN TO MANCHESTER IN SUPPORT OF THEIR NEW LP ‘WALKS FOR MOTORISTS’

HULL’S VULGARIANS TO PLAY FREE SHOW AT SOUP KITCHEN IN MAY

Soup Kitchen presents Free At Soup with VULGARIANS Soup Kitchen, Manchester Thursday 11th May 2017 Doors 7:30pm FREE ENTRY Hull’s Vulgarians have announced the release of their new ‘Almost-Instinct, Almost True EP’, due out on Friday 5th May 2017. Produced by MJ of Hookworms (Honeyblood, Eagulls, Pulled Apart By Horses), the news of the EP […]
Michael Nau has released his new track ‘Light That Ever’. The song – coming from his new album Some Twist out Friday 16th June 2017 on Full Time Hobby – was previewed by The Line of Best Fit, who described it as “a sublime blend of classic pop brilliance, with dusty, vintage vibes aplenty, and […]

LISTEN TO MICHAEL NAU’S NEW TRACK ‘LIGHT THAT EVER’ HERE – ‘SOME TWIST’ ALBUM OUT JUNE

LISTEN TO CINEMATIC NEW SINGLE ‘CLOUD COVER’ FROM GLOK

North London’s GLOK has released a new cinematic single ‘Cloud Cover’ as premiered on CLASH. Travelling through a blissful sonic sphere of introspective electronics, dreamy flutes and hypnotic acoustic guitar sounds, his latest offering is an ambient dreamscape recalling the likes of Air, and Boards of Canada. GLOK elaborates on the origins on the song: […]
Following the release of their debut AA single ‘The Mound/Disappear’, Girls in Synthesis have now shared their new video for ‘Disappear’. The video for ‘Disappear’ puts the band into a vulnerable and humiliating position. The ‘tidy mess’ of the video represents the isolated and hands-tied emotion of the songs narrator, being forced to accept vivid […]

GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS SHARE EXTREMELY MESSY ‘DISAPPEAR’ VIDEO

MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST THIS SEPTEMBER – GIRL BAND TO HEADLINE – LINE-UP HERE

One of the most thrilling live bands on the psych scene, Girl Band, headline Manchester Psych Fest on Saturday 2nd September 2017. Spread across three leading Northern Quarter venues – Band on the Wall, Night & Day Café, and Soup Kitchen, this year sees the largest Manchester Psych Fest yet, with a line-up boasting Girl […]
Liverpool-based band AGP have recently released a Double A-Side single entitled ‘Hollywood’ / ‘Motionsickness’ out now via War Room Records. Following its Clash premiere, they now share the hazy, distorted ‘Hollywood’ with us, alongside its accompanying trippy music video, full of pastel shades, and reminiscent of late 80s video games. AGP’s Andrew Gordon Parry said […]

LIVERPOOL-BASED AGP RELEASE DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ / ‘MOTIONSICKNESS’ OUT NOW

RECORD STORE DAY ALL-DAYER AT SOUP KITCHEN THIS SATURDAY 22ND APRIL 2017

Record Store Day is here again! That time of year when we all come together to celebrate all things vinyl, and support the independent music stores who provide it! So we urge you to head to Piccadilly Records, Eastern Bloc Records, and Beatin Rhythm – grab your limited press of choice, and then head over […]
Taking place Friday 7th-Sunday 9th July 2017, bluedot – the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory that fuses music, arts and culture – has today announced a fourth wave of artists to join its already impressive bill. Singer-songwriter and producer, Astronomyy is a welcome addition to the festival. Known for his atmospheric chillwave and R&B-influenced […]

MORE NEW ARTISTS FOR BLUEDOT 2017 PLUS DAY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE