GO GO-KARTING WITH DUTCH UNCLES AS THEY RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘BIG BALLOON’

Dutch Uncles have announced a special event to launch new record, Big Balloon (released this Friday, 17th February 2017 on Memphis Industries). To support its release, the band have partnered with TeamSport, a new go karting facility housed underneath Manchester Arena, for a special race day. The band have challenged fans, friends, and foes to […]
Mr. Elevator – formed in Southern California in 2012 by Thomas Dolas and Justin Martinez (and their mutual love of Donovan) – eschews guitars for vintage synthesizers, organs, and electric pianos, distinguishing themselves within the fuzzy, distorted contemporary Psych-Pop scene. Check out their recently released second track ‘Ending’ from their latest album, When the Morning […]

MR. ELEVATOR MOVES FORWARDS WITH SECOND TRACK ‘ENDING’

DUTCH UNCLES SHARE NEW TRACK ‘STREETLIGHT’

Manchester’s idiosyncratic art-popologists Dutch Uncles return with Big Balloon, their new studio album, to be released on Friday 17th February 2017 (Memphis Industries). Today, the band shares their latest single ‘Streetlight’. “‘Streetlight’ is about becoming content with your loneliness,” Dutch Uncles’ vocalist Duncan Wallis explains. “It’s about being skeptical, but aware and open to new […]
The Wave Pictures reveal the new video for their current single, ‘Bamboo Diner in the Rain’, taken from their new album of the same name. The video is The Wave Pictures’ second collaboration with talented London filmmaker, Ed Prosser. The band says of the video: “Ed’s surreal vision of the song seems to encompass both […]

THE WAVE PICTURES DINE OUT WITH NEW VIDEO ‘BAMBOO DINER IN THE RAIN’

KIRAN LEONARD SHARES BRAND NEW SONG ‘CRACKED GLOBE’

Kiran Leonard shares brand new song ‘Cracked Globe’. The recording features Kiran playing a number of guitars simultaneously in a truly unique fashion, as he explains in his statement below, and will be available on an upcoming tape, Monarchs Of The Crescent Pail (out next month on Very Bon Records). Kiran Leonard said of the […]
Internationally renowned music industry conference Sound City+ is celebrating its ten year anniversary on Friday 26th May 2017 with a host of high profile speakers from across the industry, and as ever promises an intensive packed programme of speakers, debate panels, workshops and the acclaimed Sound City+ 1-2-1 meetings. This year’s ‘Revolutions’ theme will enable […]

SOUND CITY+ LAUNCHES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

#RAISE THE ROOF AT ISLINGTON MILL FUNDRAISER THIS FRIDAY

On Friday 10th February 2017, Spring King will be headlining the first ‘What’s New’ event by the Northern tastemakers, Too Many Blogs. Taking place in Islington Mill, Salford, the site is a legendary Greater Manchester venue that is currently fundraising in order to keep its doors open. You can learn more about why Islington Mill […]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced an 8-week European tour kicking off in the UK at Bournemouth’s International Centre on Sunday 24th September 2017. The European shows follow dates across Australia (January 2017) and the USA (May & June 2017), and the tour will be the first time European audiences can experience live […]

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 2017 UK TOUR DATES ON SALE THIS FRIDAY

CABBAGE ANNOUNCE BIGGEST HEADLINE GIGS TO DATE

With all dates of their current headline tour sold-out, and their April headline dates also sold-out, Manchester five-piece Cabbage have announced their three biggest headline shows to date, happening in 2017: Thur 29th June London Scala Fri 30th June Birmingham O2 Institute3 Sat 1st July Manchester O2 Ritz Cabbage will be supported by The Blinders […]
Salford’s foremost experimental festival, Fat Out Fest, returns for its 4th edition. On 14th, 15th, and 16th April 2017, Islington Mill will see the return of Fat Out Fest, a 3 day glitter-coated celebration of independent art and music brought to you by Salford’s experimental DIY promoters’, Fat Out Til You Pass Out. Taking place at Islington Mill and two surrounding warehouses on Regents Trading Estate, Fat Out will curate a stage on each day of the festival, whilst opening up their festival to their collaborators – Lisa Meyer (Supersonic Festival, Birmingham), Anthony Chalmers (Baba Yaga’s Hut, […]

FAT OUT FEST 2017 REVEAL FULL FAT LINE-UP