When: 7.30pm on Monday 29 July 2013 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re excited to be working with New York’s The Ballet – their first visit to Manchester! New York trio The Ballet announce a UK tour in July and August following the release of their new album I Blame Society on Fortuna POP! on 10 June. They’ll […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 8 August 2013 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be welcoming Polyvinyl’s Generationals to Manchester – with support from Ireland’s Windings. New Orleans’ Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer formed Generationals out of the ashes of The Eames Era, a band they created while at college in […]

When: 7.30pm on Monday 12 August 2013 Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ We’re excited to be hosting Owen Pallett’s first Manchester show in over three years – with special guests Buke & Gase. Owen Pallett is a composer, violinist, keyboardist and vocalist. His violin-looping live project spawned several records under the […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 29 August 2013 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re excited to be bringing Fiery Furnaces frontwoman Eleanor Friedberger to Manchester, backed by a band featuring members of Field Music! At a time when most female singer-songwriters perform as alter egos, Eleanor Friedberger is simply, refreshingly herself. And that’s just the […]

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 8 September 2013 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be putting on Conquering Animal Sound. Straddling the divide between pop and the avant-garde ought to render electronica duo Conquering Animal Sound in a position of eternal compromise, taming their experimental impulses in the pursuit of pop […]

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 10 September 2013 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE PLEASE NOTE: This show has been cancelled. Refunds are available from the point of purchase We’re excited to be welcoming Barcelona’s Delorean and Ireland’s O Emperor to the city – a co-headline show! Delorean are excited to announce the forthcoming […]

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 18 September 2013 Where: The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN We’re excited to be welcoming back Joe Pug. It’s been four years since Joe Pug quit his day job as a carpenter, but his remarkable rise in the music world has been driven by the same hard-worn work ethic. His […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 20 September 2013 Where: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton Street, Manchester M1 2AN We’re delighted to be back at the Roadhouse for the first time in a couple of years, with one of our favourite Canadian bands. Life on the road will play havoc with your head. If anyone can vouch for that it’s […]

When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 25 September 2013 Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY We’re delighted to be back at the Burgess Foundation – this time with Ethan Johns! Acclaimed recording artist and producer Ethan Johns has released the Ryan Adams-produced single Don’t Reach Too Far this May through his […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 27 September 2013 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re excited to be welcoming back Hey! Manchester favourites The Wave Pictures – this time, to Soup Kitchen. Last year, The Wave Pictures spent six weeks driving around America in a small van on tour with Allo Darlin‘. The result of […]