SPRING KING ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM – TELL ME IF YOU LIKE TO

After toil and graft, the effervescent Spring King announce their debut album Tell Me If You Like To – set for release by Island records on 10th June. In addition to the announcement, the band are streaming new single ‘The Summer’ – following it being Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in the world. With no desire […]
Dot to Dot has unveiled co-headliners as the native New York rockers, AUGUSTINES. Self-proclaimed “jovial and energetic people” they have built up a reputation for their intense shows and  heavy interaction with the audience. With sold out headline tours across Europe and America, Augustines’ reputation as a fearsome live band proceeds them. Joining Augustines is […]

DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL – SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

LIVE: SPRING KING – 19/02/2016

 – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Warming up the crowd tonight are two four pieces called Beach Baby and FEWS. For me, both sets are very similar but nevertheless great openers for those kings of spring. A driving rhythm section paired with swirling yet aggressive guitar playing from Beach Baby is enthralling to say the […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – After a huge year, Slaves return to The Ritz once again and play a stellar show to an enthusiastic Mancunian crowd. With help from cockney punk good guys Wonk Unit and the up and coming Spring King, tonight is set to be a memorable evening of great music in a […]

LIVE: SLAVES / SPRING KING / WONK UNIT – 15/01/2016

LIVE: COURTNEY BARNETT – 03/04/2015

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – There must be a time portal at the door of Gorilla:  We’ve arrived early to check out the support bands, but somehow between the doorman and the cloakroom we’ve been transported to Greenwich village in 1961.  Fraser A Gorman is a man who wears his Dylan influences on his sleeves, in […]
Production wunderkind Tarek Musa leads his charges of Peter Darlington, James Green and Andrew Morton out on the road this September, bringing to life Spring King’s darker, more anthemic offerings from the new EP. If lead track “Demons” is anything to go by – a song recorded in the pitch black as the band pioneer […]

NEWS: SPRING KING SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘CAN I?’

INTERVIEW: CHÂTEAUX

South Manchester’s Châteaux have been making a big impression ever since uploading their first demo ‘It’s Magic’ six months ago, and continuing to deliver ever since with their reverb-heavy, melodic mix of soaring vocals and swirling guitar sounds. I talk to Henry Flint, one half of the Flint twins George and Henry that make up […]