LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST 2019

-VARIOUS VENUES, MANCHESTER- As the title shows, the event primarily caters towards a genre half a century in age, although that didn’t stop the promoters from cherry picking enough non-psych bands to give off the impression it was a name only title. I mean understandably you need a healthy balance of differing styles and realistically […]
With both local and external talent alike forming the nucleus of this year’s line-up, Manchester’s annual commemoration of all that is paisley has once again returned to the forefront. The seventh annual edition of Manchester Psych Fest takes place across five stages in three great Manchester venues on Friday 30 August. Alongside an eclectic mix […]

MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND

COURTNEY BARNETT SHARES BRAND NEW SINGLE “EVERYBODY HERE HATES YOU”

Courtney Barnett has just released her brand new single – Everybody Here Hates You. Recorded late in 2018 during a rare break at the height of her Tell Me How You Really Feel world tour, Everybody Here Hates You is the closest Barnett has ever come to capturing the extraordinary weight and swagger of her […]
Electronic duo Warm Digits (Andrew Hodson and Steve Jefferis) recently announced their third album Wireless World will be released Friday 4th August 2017 on Memphis Industries. They now present a brand new track ‘Better Friction’ which features guest vocals from Mia La Metta. Best known for her work in Beards, La Metta adds a glam […]

WARM DIGITS ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES ALONGSIDE NEW TRACK ‘BETTER FRICTION’

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 […]
– NIGHT & DAY CAFE/AATMA, MANCHESTER – Sunny Saturday afternoon in Manchester (yes!) and it’s so tempting to leave everything behind and have a healthy sunbath. Duty calls however and when I get to Aatma, it feels like joining a vampires’ meeting. A nice crowd dances to the temperamental Psyblings. Sweet young insanity comes in […]

LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST IV – 14/05/2016

FOURTH MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND

Aatma or Night & Day? That will be the question this Saturday 14th May. Given the Manchester Psych Fest stage times,  it’s just military planning left. Again, I’ll do my best to be Schrödinger’s cat and therefore be dead and alive at the same time at these two fantastic venues in the always lively Northern Quarter. […]
NOVELLA, THE WATCHMAKERS, SECRET FIX, COWTOWN added to Psychedelic celebration  Phobophobes, Enemies Eyes, Psyblings, Lavender also join the multi-venue festival. SATURDAY MAY 14TH 2016   London female trio Novella make the trip North for Manchester’s 4th Psych fest along with fellow Londoners Phobophobes. Secret Fix (featuring members of Temples) also make the trip, whilst Leeds noise makers Cowtown bring their […]

NEW ACTS ADDED TO MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST

LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST III – 13/06/2015

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – On the back of two successful events last year, Manchester Psych Fest brings about their third installment with an eclectic line up which does have one questioning what exactly is ‘psych’ these days. First on the bill we have one of the newest members of the Manchester psych […]
Blak Hand Records and Manchester Psych Fest have teamed up to bring you the ultimate psychedelic compilation featuring eight tracks from the bands playing this year’s festival. California psych outfit Crocodiles, Carlisle heroes The Lucid Dream, and Manchester blues rock band Hey Bulldog to name a few, plus a track from the Psych Fest’s Special […]

BLAK HAND RECORDS ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST III CASSETTE