JULIA JACKLIN REVEALS ‘COLD CALLER’ – TAKE A LISTEN THEN CHECK OUT HER NOVEMBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES

‘Cold Caller’ is the second track from Julia Jacklin’s ‘Eastwick’/’Cold Caller’ AA-side single which has been released digitally, and on limited edition vinyl on Transgressive Records. Following the release of the video for ‘Eastwick’, ‘Cold Caller’ is an ode to Jacklin’s sister. Jacklin explains how ‘Cold Caller’ and the 7” came to be: “I started […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- On the eve of the release of their second album ‘Antisocialites’, Canadian dream-poppers Alvvays (pronounced “Always”, as you would imagine) are stopping off at the wonderful Gorilla to give us a preview of their new material. Not having heard anything from the new LP but the couple of singles they’ve released over the […]

LIVE: ALVVAYS – 07/09/2017

SURREAL PUNK ROCKERS THE LOVELY EGGS ANNOUNCE OCT/NOV UK TOUR

Surreal punk rockers The Lovely Eggs are back on the road in October, bringing their raucous live shows to audiences throughout the UK. This will be their first full-length UK tour in more than a year, after being hauled up in the studio working on a new album with Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. On […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- The Haxan Cloak, or Bobby Krlic to his friends, is performing as part of the Mary Ann Hobbs curated Dark Matter strand of the Manchester International Festival, “eight immersive shows from pioneering national, international and Manchester-based musicians…with a light show that will transform Gorilla and the Ritz, creating new universes for each artist”, according […]

LIVE: THE HAXAN CLOAK – 07/07/2017

LIVE: HOLLY HERNDON – 30/06/2017

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Manchester International Festival returns with one of its most eclectic and strongest bills since inception in 2007. The last event 2015 passed with barely a whimper but a new creative director has breathed much needed life into one of Manchester’s greatest cultural happenings. The esoteric Dark Matter series curated by Mary Anne […]
– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – Sadly gone are the days when bands would routinely have local poets or comedians come on stage as their opening acts – the idea of John Cooper Clarke or John Shuttleworth warming up a crowd before The Damned or A Certain Ratio is something that the kids will have to read […]

LIVE: SPOON / ADAM BUXTON – 27/06/2017

ALDOUS HARDING REVEALS ‘BLEND’ VIDEO & AUTUMN UK TOUR

Aldous Harding, has revealed a new video for the single ‘Blend’, plus details of her biggest UK and European tour yet. Full UK dates below. Taken from her latest album, Party, the visuals for ‘Blend’ were created by Charlotte Evans, the New Zealand film-maker also responsible for Harding’s previous videos for ‘Horizon’ and ‘Imagining My […]
Marika Hackman’s freshly released, raucous new album, I’m Not Your Man (AMF Records and Sub Pop (US)), is sure to erase any falsehood of Marika as some fey folkie. Marika 2:0 is uncompromising, uninhibited, and shamelessly free. I’m Not Your Man is not afraid to call out the big questions around femininity, sexual identity, millennial ennui, the pressures of living in […]

MARIKA HACKMAN ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2017 UK HEADLINE TOUR

NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL 2017 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

Manchester’s multi-venue Neighbourhood Festival is back! Over 100 artists and bands from all around the world will be performing across Manchester’s best and most iconic music venues the south side of the city on Saturday 7th October 2017. Headlining the festival are acclaimed live favourites Peace, and Rat Boy, along with some of the country’s […]
Girlpool have released a video for ‘Powerplant’, the title track from the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut. Video director, Philip Steiger says the “music video is a meta-narrative nightmare exploring the power dynamics and manipulation behind an insincere candidness.” GIRLPOOL SEPTEMBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES Wed 6th – Bristol – Thekla Thur […]

GIRLPOOL SHARE ‘POWERPLANT’ VIDEO WITH UK TOUR DATES THIS SEPTEMBER