#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

SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY 2017 FIRST ACTS UNVEILED

Sounds from the Other City (SFTOC) returns on Sunday 30th April 2017 showcasing the best in new music within Salford’s incredible array of venues, alongside world class street food, art and craft beer. The cultural celebration brings over 2,000 people to the Chapel Street area each year, hosting the most innovative, exciting bands in the […]
Cowtown have unveiled the video for new single ‘Emojicore’; a meticulously created clip which sees the band running through a glitchy mash up of the SEGA  Nintendo, Playstation and Windows PC systems. Created by Emily Garner, the video was built frame by frame using MS Paint and Adobe PS. She says of the process: “The method is archaic but stupidly fun and it […]

COWTOWN SHARE CLASSIC 8-BIT STYLE VIDEO ‘EMOJICORE’

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS WITH HEADLINERS ORBITAL, PIXIES, AND ALT-J

Following an inaugural event last summer packed with incredible performances from across the musical spectrum, spectacular scientific happenings and a mind-expanding programme of arts and culture, bluedot with Ovo Energy have revealed the first wave of its musical line-up including all three headliners; Orbital, Pixies, and ALT-J. Taking place 7th, 8th, and 9th July 2017 […]
Well connected and extremely involved in a burgeoning Brussels garage rock scene, Charles (drummer of Thee Marvin Gays), Aurelien (guitarist and fill in bassist of Thee Marvin Gays), Étienne (guitarist and lead vocalist of Toulouse, France based Warm Toy Machine) and Stefano (guitarist of Warm Toy Machine) shared an ear for catchy melodies which, in turn, […]

MOUNTAIN BIKE SHARE NEW TRACK

THE WOODEN SKY ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SWIMMING IN STRANGE WATERS’

Toronto alt-rock quartet The Wooden Sky will release their new album Swimming in Strange Waters on April 7th via Nevado Music. Drawing its title from a line in Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune – “Survival is the ability to swim in strange water” – The Wooden Sky’s fifth full-length record finds frontman and multi-instrumentalist […]
Temples have announced details of the release of ‘Strange Or Be Forgotten’, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming second album, Volcano, which is due for release on Friday March 3rd 2017 on Heavenly Recordings. Talking about the track,  bassist Tom Walmsley said: “We’re continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have […]

TEMPLES ANNOUNCE UK TOUR IN MARCH