When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 16 September 2025
Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB

We’re delighted to welcome Daddy Long Legs back to Manchester!

New York City’s most beloved blues bashers Daddy Long Legs have been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down on a nightly basis on their infinite world tour and always bring an elevated level of rough and ready intensity to contemporary lo-fi blues with their explosive fire ceremony!

‘A Daddy Long Legs show is equal parts roots rock, blues and guttural soul, stripping down old standards and making them shiny and new again. Some of the originals are like an all-out spiritual revival, while others are hauntingly beautiful’ – AltDaily

‘Like Chicago blues fired at the moon, played by the demented children of the Pretty Things’ – Rolling Stone

Support comes from The Lotts – rock ‘n’ roll crackerjacks.

‘A thing of great rowdy beauty’ – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

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When: 7.30pm on Friday 19 September 2025
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re excited to welcome Blue Bendy back – this time, to Gullivers!

Blue Bendy have stretched out into vast new sonic terrain with their debut album So Medieval. Their two lead singles Mr Bubblegum – a joyously intricate piece of experimental guitar pop – and the frenetic, propulsive yet incredibly deft sprawl of Cloudy, saw the band reach new heights creatively. Of the former, the Guardian enthused: ‘Indie is riddled with addled, verbose frontmen right now, but none so rapturous as Blue Bendy’s Arthur Nolan: here he dances all over splayed post-rock and micro-cataclysms.’

In one of many glowing reviews, Pitchfork described the album as ‘defiant, high-stakes art-rock’ whilst The Independent described Nolan as a ‘cherub gone through the wringer’ in their recent profile.

Having toured as main support for Squid and Cola as well as playing packed out tents at festivals like End Of The Road and Green Man, Blue Bendy have struck a balance between being obviously skilled musicians, writing complex, layered, overlapping and ambitious compositions, while also utilising space, breadth, and restraint. Their music is bursting with dynamism, exploring push-pull dynamics that results in something ceaselessly unpredictable.

It results in a sound that is rare for a new band: as experimental as it is confident and assured, as tender as it is visceral, as quiet as it is loud, as bloody as it is teary.

Main support comes from Wyatt. Wyatt are a Manchester-based alt-country trio made up of brothers Harvey and Evan, alongside drummer Joe. Their music blends raw, driving rhythms with heartfelt storytelling, mixing Americana and rock. Wyatt’s sound is defined by their chemistry. Their impassioned performances and unique blend of influences make them a new standout amongst the rising wave of alt-country music.

Opening the show are Disgrace – a brand new folk rock trio making their debut.

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When: 7.30pm on Friday 19 September 2025
Where: Hallé St Peter’s, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF

We’re delighted to welcome James Yorkston and Nina Persson back – this time, to Hallé St Peter’s, with guest Faith Eliott!

Acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston has announced his brand new album Songs for Nina and Johanna to be released via Domino on 22 August 2025. The album is his sixteenth on Domino and his third to be recorded in Stockholm in conjunction with members of The Second Hand Orchestra. Nina Persson (The Cardigans), who teamed up with James on his previous critically-acclaimed album The Great White Sea Eagle, this time shares singing duties with Johanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit), the two of them singing separately with James on five and four tracks respectively.

For this concert, James joins forces with Nina once more to perform songs from both albums.

‘Some of the most beautiful and moving music Yorkston’s made, which is high praise indeed’ – Allmusic

‘A work of real refinement, ‘The Great White Sea Eagle’ is peppered with jewels’ – Clash Music

‘It’s a beautiful, hand made collection of natural and unforced songs to be treasured’ – Under The Radar

Special guest is Faith Eliott. Faith Eliott is a songwriter and visual artist. Born in Minneapolis, they moved to Scotland nearly two decades ago. Through storytelling and world-building, they illustrate intuitive landscapes populated by hagfish, Pleistocene volcanoes, cursed memes, and late-Renaissance apocryphal monsters lurking in the aisles of Asda. Sonically, Eliott grounds themself in a stripped-back, lyric-driven songwriting approach that evolves through the recording process to incorporate orchestral elements – often contributed by frequent collaborator Robyn Dawson – along with electronic textures and found sounds. Their latest album Dryas was released on Lost Map Records on 30 May 2025. It follows two previous releases, Impossible Bodies (2019, OK Pal Records) and Insects (2016, Song, by Toad Records), both of which received critical acclaim, including coverage from The List and The Scotsman, as well as national radio play on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction, and 6 Music.

This is a 14+ show. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

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When: 7pm on Saturday 20 September 2025
Where: Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QR

We’re delighted to welcome The Beths back to Manchester – this time, to Albert Hall!

The Beths — the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck — announce signing to ANTI- and release the new single/video, Metal. Metal is the first taste of new music from the band since the release of 2023’s Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe), the expanded version of their beloved 2022 album.

Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe) expanded upon the brilliance of The Beths’ acclaimed 2022 album – ‘another collection of tunes that cements their status as one of the great guitar-pop bands of this present moment’ (Stereogum). The third studio album from The Beths, Expert In A Dying Field was released to a wealth of critical praise, and was named one of 2022’s best releases by the likes of Pitchfork, The Ringer, Stereogum and more. Surrounding its release, The Beths were profiled by Rolling Stone, made their U.S. television debut on CBS Saturday Morning, performed a NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, played Coachella, Bonnaroo and Newport Folk Festival, and supported The National, Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. The Beths are undeniably one of the most exciting indie rock bands to emerge in recent memory.

Tour support comes from Dateline. Dateline’s music oozes emotion by blending earnest harmonies that hark back to early 00’s indie pop, with the cool burn of UK guitar groups from the 90s. Dateline’s band has had a revolving roster of friends, including musicians from bands like The Beths, Hans Pucket, LIPS, Bub and more recently Revulva and French For Rabbits.

This show is a co-promotion with Communion One.

This is a 14+ show.

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When: 7pm on Wednesday 24 September 2025
Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB

We’re excited to welcome Natalie Bergman back – this time, to YES.

My Home is Not in This World is the much-anticipated follow-up to LA-based singer-songwriter Natalie Bergman’s critically acclaimed 2021 solo debut album Mercy. If you re-envisioned and rebuilt Motown somewhere in the California desert, it might sound something like My Home Is Not In This World. Recorded analog-to-tape and produced by her brother and longtime collaborator Elliot Bergman, the 12-track record shimmers with gospel soul, country-western heartache, and rock ‘n’ roll grit, all filtered through Natalie’s unmistakable voice.

Where her critically acclaimed 2021 debut solo album Mercy was steeped in grief and spiritual reckoning, written in the wake of the sudden loss of her father and stepmother, My Home Is Not In This World emerges from new life and rebirth. Natalie gave birth to her son, Arthur, in 2024, and the experience of motherhood has transformed her music into something equally tender and transcendent.

Out 18th July on Third Man Records.

This show is a co-promotion with Form.

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When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 24 September 2025
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re delighted to welcome Rowena Wise back – this time, to Gullivers!

Described by Clash as ‘carefully etched indie folk’, Rowena Wise delivers songs that have a newfound sense of honesty, holding space for all of life’s beauty and mess. Her storytelling is
like a close friend, offering heady ruminations on love, loss, and alienation while giving gentle echoes of courage and empowerment. Now based in Melbourne with a burgeoning reputation as a live performer, her songs captivate in the mould of Aldous Harding, Julia Jacklin and Waxahatchee, hailing her as a ‘lyrical assassin’ by the Australian triple j community.

Growing up in the small surf town of Margaret River Western Australia, Rowena was surrounded by music from an early age. Her father, a luthier, built her custom acoustic and electric guitars, while her mother, a folk musician from Chicago, instilled in her a love of music that would shape her career. Rowena travelled and performed from a young age as part of a family band, before moving to Melbourne at the age of 18 to pursue her own music. As a performer, Rowena has the gift to connect with depth and relatability. A seasoned performer since childhood, she is quick to draw in the listener capturing hearts with her candid, vulnerable storytelling. While Rowena’s music has elements of pop, alt-rock and garage, woven through are the 1960s folk influences that shaped her musical upbringing. Her soaring melodies are combined with ‘breezy guitar with incredible lyrical poetry, showcasing her storytelling side while also cementing her status as a kick-ass musician on the rise’ (Pilerats).

Off the back of a UK tour, Rowena recently released her highly anticipated debut album Senseless Acts of Beauty, which has been hailed as a ‘masterful and endearing collection of musings on perspective’ (Tonedeaf).

An artistic hallmark for Rowena, the songs are a coming-of-age journey, exploring themes of loss, alienation and self-empowerment. Working with producer Robert Muinos (Didirri, Julia Jacklin, Little May) in his Rat Shack studio full of vintage gear, Senseless Acts of Beauty was recorded with a band live in the room, often capturing songs in just a few takes. While bottling the energy of their live show, the album also retains all blemishes and humanity. With its punchy, organic sound and genuine expression, Senseless Acts of Beauty is a heartfelt songbook that allows Rowena Wise to plant firm roots as a compelling voice for indie music and beyond.

Local support comes from Secret Admirer. Secret Admirer hope to create music that could have been written any time in the last 60 years. Front facing melodies and warming harmonies that speak as much of West Coast sunshine as they do Stockport rain.

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When: 7.30pm on Thursday 25 September 2025
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

Following their appearance at Sounds From The Other City, we’re delighted to welcome British Birds back to Manchester!

Hatched in 2023 via tape loops and cheap nylon stringed guitars, Chorley-based British Birds soar from the depths of psych-tinged melancholy to the heights of disco-doused dystopia and back. From within the precariously soundproofed walls of their inconspicuous makeshift arthouse they meticulously craft their sound; dedicating themselves to the whole craft from recording, producing and releasing their records, to screenprinting their merch.

Ellie’s grab-you-and-don’t-let-you-go basslines, Mikey’s thumping drums which cut like Keith Moon’s poltergeist and Emma’s earwormy synth and sweet n shriek harmonies bolster frontman Bobby’s cathartic vocals and staunchly stylistic guitar which jangles like Harrison’s inner demon. The four-piece have impressed fans around the country and beyond during tour support slots for The Lovely Eggs, Pale Blue Eyes and The Bug Club and their three live sessions for BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley.

Main support comes from Severe Girls. Severe Girls is the solo moniker of North West musician Andrew Richardson: drummer-come-frontman making melodic alternative indie rock with his band of brothers.

Opening the show is Adam Hopper. Adam Hopper & The Wimps have more hooks than a fisherman’s tackle box. Forged in the box room of a Ladybarn terraced house and honed in the pub back rooms and small venues of Manchester and the North of England. Adam Hopper & his Wimps provide anti-folk tinged songwriting, equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. During 2024 the band released a string of singles via Sheffield cult label Bingo Records, and released their debut EP Remember to Have Fun in May 2025. Adam will play solo to open this show.

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When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 1 October 2025
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re delighted to be working with Erin Rae for the first time!

Nashville singer/songwriter Erin Rae and her group the Meanwhiles emerged in 2012 with a sound rooted in dreamy indie folk, Americana, and ’70s pop/rock. Rae issued her minimalist solo debut, Putting on Airs, in 2018, followed in 2022 by the dynamic, retro-pop, and country-leaning Lighten Up.

Born and raised in Jackson, Tennessee, Erin Rae McKaskle grew up in a musical home. Her family eventually relocated to Nashville, and it was there that Rae picked up her first six-string and began writing songs.

Influenced by distinctive roots music artists like Bobbie Gentry, Lee Hazlewood and Don Williams, she formed Erin Rae & the Meanwhiles in the early 2010s. The group issued their debut EP, Crazy Talk, in 2011, followed by their well-received first full-length effort, Soon Enough, four years later. Rae dropped the Meanwhiles ahead of the arrival of her sophomore effort, 2018’s Putting on Airs.

Her first outing for John Paul White’s Single Lock label, the LP earned acclaim for its catchy melodic turns and intimate ruminations on life, love, and loss. In 2021, Rae enlisted producer/artist Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Billy Strings) to help deliver her most vibrant set of songs to date. Released the following year, Lighten Up added elements of light psychedelia, indie pop, and cosmic country to Rae’s sonic arsenal. Rich Man, a bonus track from those same sessions, was issued later that year as a single.

Erin will be backed by the Hollow Hand band. Hollow Hand is a richly textured, DIY-spirited project led by Max Kinghorn-Mills, blending psych-pop, folk-rock, and pastoral melodies with a deep sense of personal freedom and imagination. While primarily crafted solo, Hollow Hand’s latest record, Your Own Adventure, features contributions from admired collaborators like Tim Smith, Spencer Cullum, and Holly Macve, adding subtle depth without compromising its introspective, exploratory core.

Tour support comes from maví lou – the solo project of French singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Louise Hayat. Born in Paris and raised in Martinique, maví lou first gained recognition as one half of indie pop duo The Dove & The Wolf, with whom she toured extensively across the US, Canada, and Europe. After several years in Philadelphia and Nashville — collaborating with artists such as Natalie Prass, Faye Webster, and Grammy-winning band The War On Drugs (A Deeper Understanding) — she returned to Paris in 2021 to carve out a creative space of her own, away from the current, closer to the source.

She released her debut EP Grapefruit Meditation in 2024, a fully self-produced record exploring the space between poetry, analog warmth, and digital atmospheres. For this tour, Maví Lou returns to the essence of her songs in a stripped-down solo set with classical guitar, seeking a more direct, intimate connection with the audience.

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When: 7.30pm on Thursday 2 October 2025
Where: YES Pink Room, 38 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB

We’re excited to welcome Ye Vagabonds back – this time, to YES!

Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn – aka Ye Vagabonds – grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, a small town in the southeast of Ireland. After moving to Dublin in 2012, they quickly became a staple of the live music and session scene in Ireland, playing their own original songs as well as folk songs from Ireland, Scotland, England and America.

In 2014 they came to the attention of Arbutus Yarns’ music filmmaker Myles O’Reilly, whose videos gained international attention for the brothers for the first time.

After a chance meeting at Electric Picnic in September 2015, the brothers performed onstage with Glen Hansard, who invited them to open for him on his European tour the following October.

Their debut EP Rose & Briar was released in October 2015. Following that, they were busy touring Ireland, the UK and Europe, opening for acts such as Villagers, Roy Harper and Lisa Hannigan (whose band they played in for her Irish tour in June 2016). They have played sold out headline shows in Ireland, France, Switzerland and the UK.

They have made numerous television and live radio appearances in Ireland, and were also part of Imagining Home, a live broadcast concert in the National Concert Hall of Ireland, 2016, curated by Glen Hansard, Philip King and Gary Sheehan.

In October 2017 they launched their debut, self-titled album to great acclaim. Ye Vagabonds comprised of harmony rich folk music, influenced by Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing, and the 1960s folk revival. It included ten mellow tracks weaved with thoughtful lyrics, thickly layered with strings and droning harmonium.

Their second album The Hare’s Lament was released in March 2019 to huge critical acclaim. In 2019 they won the BBC Radio Two Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, and they swept the boards at the RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards where they won Best Traditional Track, Best Group, and Best Album.

A long-awaited EP came out in January 2020 featuring two tracks, I’m A Rover and The Bothy Boys, again released on Rough Trade Records’ imprint River Lea, and once again they swept the boards at the RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards where they now hold the record for most awarded artists, winning Best Traditional Track and Best Group.

Their new album Nine Waves was released on River Lea label in May 2024.

Nine Waves was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at Hellfire Studios, produced by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (whose previous work includes records by black midi, Lankum and caroline). The album features 11 tracks of both traditional and original songs and tunes. The brotherly harmonies and multi-instrumental abilities of Dairmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn were joined on Nine Waves by Kate Ellis (cello) and Caimin Gilmore (double bass), both members of the Irish contemporary classical group Crash Ensemble, and Ryan Hargadon (Anna Mieke, Rachael Lavelle, Kojaque) on piano and saxophone. The record also features concertina from Cormac Begley and harmonium from regular touring member of Ye Vagabonds, Alain McFadden.

‘Reflective and reverent, with Nine Waves Ye Vagabonds prove once again to be at the forefront of an ever-evolving, flourishing Irish folk scene and have done so in the most understated and inspired fashion imaginable’ – Folk Radio

This show is a co-promotion with Please Please You and the Brudenell.

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When: 7.30pm on Friday 3 October 2025
Where: Kamera at Lloyd & Platt, 617 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M219AN

We’re delighted to working with both The Cords and Josie for the first time – for our first show at Kamera!

The Cords are the brightest new indiepop band from Scotland. Comprising sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi, they started playing drums when they were little kids. They found that they liked 80s and 90s indie music more than their peers did, and so formed a band, just the two of them, with Grace on drums and Eva on guitar – and the songs started to flow.

With only a cassette and a flexi single released so far (both of which sold out in a matter of hours), Eva and Grace honed their skills by playing a whole series of gigs with some of the biggest names in Scottish pop. Their first show was with The Vaselines, and since then they have played with Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian, BMX Bandits and others, while also sharing stages with the new generation of indiepop stars: the Umbrellas, Chime School, Lightheaded. They are embraced by established stars and adored by their contemporaries.

The Cords were invited to record a session for Riley and Coe on 6 Music on the back of their early releases, and have now recorded their eagerly-awaited debut album, which will be co-released by Skep Wax (in the UK and Europe) and Slumberland Records (in America). Like all great pop bands, The Cords have taken familiar ingredients and created something utterly fresh. Older indie fans will hear echoes of The Shop Assistants, The Primitives, Tiger Trap and Talulah Gosh, but they will hear something else too: a yearning, dreamy melodic power that takes the songs into darker, stranger places.

Younger pop fans won’t care about these old reference points: what they will hear is the sound of two young women doing something utterly exciting: playing loud guitar and loud drums, taking analogue instruments and hitting them hard in the service of immediate and infectious pop tunes, and not giving a second thought about the digital world that wants to own everything we do. The Cords sound free: they remind us that pop music, played right, is expressive, liberating, joyful and deeply personal.

First single Fabulist is a sweet and catchy pop song that races along, so headlong and hooky that, on first listen, you could miss the fact that it’s a wholehearted take-down of people who lie for a living.

Josie is Copenhagen’s newest pop group, formed in 2023 and consisting of four friends, Charlotte, Dawn, Martin and Anton. Originally a trio, they recorded an early demo before Anton joined on drums, solidifying their lineup and setting the stage for their debut album.

Their debut album, A Life on Sweets Alone, is set to be released on the legendary K Records and Perennial, delivering a raw and infectious mix of jangle, wistfulness and attitude.

Josie blends poetic yet relatable lyrics with a rough-edged pop-punk sensibility. Fans of Talulah Gosh, Shop Assistants and Tiger Trap will feel right at home in Josie’s world, where dreamy melodies and jangly guitars meet woozy vocals but retain the genres original punky ‘fuck you’ energy and propulsive rhythm section.

Kamera is the brand new venue upstairs at Lloyd & Platt (formerly The Lloyd’s) in Chorlton – by the team behind the Castle Hotel and Gullivers.

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