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Upcoming shows: Gratis: Sophie Jamieson... Anna B Savage... C Duncan... Dustin O’Halloran... Chuck Prophet... The Ocelots... Sean Rowe... Jim Ghedi... Fionn Regan... The Weather Station... Martin Kohlstedt... The Loft... Beans on Toast... Joshua Burnside... Easter... Nadia Reid... Danny & the Champions of the World... The Delines... Helena Deland... Chris Brain... Index for Working Musik... Heather Nova... Mark Eitzel... Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band... Jeffrey Martin... Austin Stambaugh... Sounds From The Other City 2025... Federico Albanese... Amelia Coburn... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble... Jerron Paxton... Lauren Housley & The Northern Cowboys... Sam Amidon... Throwing Muses... Lael Neale... BC Camplight...

Simone Felice

When: 7.30pm on Monday 17 September 2012 Where: Trades Club, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EE We’re delighted to be taking Simone Felice to Hebden Bridge, performing this time with his Group. When you sit in a room with Simone Felice you can hear a subtle metallic ticking noise. If you hunt for the source of the sound you’ll […]

 

Dntel

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 20 September 2012 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF PLEASE NOTE: This show has sadly been cancelled. Refunds are available from the point of purchase. We’re excited to be promoting the Manchester debut of electronic artist Dntel! Jimmy Tamborello, more commonly known as Dntel, is an electronic music producer. He […]

 

Withered Hand

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 20 September 2012 Where: The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN We’re excited to be welcoming back Withered Hand, who played for us at this year’s Sounds From The Other City. Lauded by Rolling Stone, MOJO and Jarvis Cocker, Withered Hand (aka Dan Willson) is a member of Scotland’s infamous Fence […]

 

Venetian Snares

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 25 September 2012 Where: Sound Control, 1 New Wakefield Street, Manchester M1 5NP We’re delighted to be bringing Venetian Snares, the godfather of IDM, to Manchester. Aaron Funk (aka Venetian Snares) hails from Winnipeg in Canada. Since his debut 12″ in 1999 on a small Minneapolis label he has risen out of the […]

 

Telepathe

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 25 September 2012 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re excited to be promoting the return of Telepathe, who last performed here in 2009 Telepathe (pronounced Telepathy) is a Brooklyn, New York-based experimental noise pop group, who focus on digital percussion and electronica. The group was initially formed in 2004 […]

 

Michael Weston King & Peter Case

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 2 October 2012 Where: Cornerhouse Annexe, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH We’re delighted to be working with two songwriting legends, Michael Weston King and Peter Case. Michael Weston King is the very embodiment of the modern day troubador – 15 albums, 300 songs, over 150 shows a year and more miles than he […]

 

Smoke Fairies

When: 7.30pm on Friday 5 October 2012 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re excited to be working with Smoke Fairies for the first time. Since their 2010 debut album, Through Low Light And Trees, Smoke Fairies’ Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire have been on an epic journey, both physically and spiritually. Touring Britain, Europe […]

 

Rozi Plain

When: 7.30pm on Monday 15 October 2012 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be bringing Rozi Plain to the intimate surroundings of the Castle Hotel. When you first hear the sonorous, atmospheric swell of singer-songwriter Rozi Plain‘s home-built electric guitar coupled with her swooning vocal charm, you may as well […]

 

Dylan Carlson (Earth)

When: 8pm on Tuesday 16 October 2012 Where: Kraak, off Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB We’re delighted to be working with Dylan Carlson of Earth. Dylan Carlson is the lead guitarist and lead singer of drone group Earth. Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington and had first become interested in being a rock musician at age 15, […]

 

Gabriel Minnikin

When: 7.30pm on Friday 19 October 2012 Where: Cornerhouse Annexe, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH We’re happy to be putting on Hey! Manchester favourite Gabriel Minnikin at Cornerhouse. The uniquely talented Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Minnikin has been a worker in song since the 1990s, both as a soloist and in collaboration with a range […]