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When: 7pm on Wednesday 11 March 2015 Where: The Ritz, Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5NQ We’re delighted to be welcoming back The Unthanks – their first Manchester show in three years. Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and the only British folk representation in the Guardian and Uncut’s best albums of last decade, The Unthanks have an […]
Kiran Leonard
When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 17 March 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Kiran Leonard once more! Kiran Leonard is a mercurially talented 19-year-old musician from Oldham, Greater Manchester. His debut double album, Bowler Hat Soup, was released in late 2013 as an original limited run of 300 vinyl copies, and his music has […]
North Atlantic Oscillation
When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 17 March 2015 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re excited to be working with Scottish band North Atlantic Oscillation for the first time. Edinburgh trio North Atlantic Oscillation have released their new album, The Third Day, via Kscope – and the band will embark on a UK tour to support it. NAO have an […]
Abdominal & The Obliques
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 19 March 2015 Where: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton Street, Manchester M1 2AN We’re delighted to be working with Canada’s Abdominal & the Obliques for the first time. Having made his debut on the UK music scene as the long time collaborative partner of DJ Format, quirky and lovable Canadian rapper Abdominal (aka Andy Bernstein) returns […]
Jane Weaver
When: 7.30pm on Friday 13 February 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW When: 7.30pm on Saturday 21 March 2015 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE PLEASE NOTE: Both shows are now completely sold out! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and join our mailing list above, for news of future Jane Weaver shows. We’re […]
The Handsome Family
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 21 March 2015 Where: The Martin Harris Centre, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL We’re delighted to be welcoming back the Handsome Family – for our first show at the Martin Harris Centre! Wild animals, tall tales, and folk-lore from American history populate Wilderness – the ninth studio album from New Mexico’s Handsome Family. Recorded […]
The Lovely Eggs
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 28 March 2015 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be working with The Lovely Eggs for the first time! The Lovely Eggs are an underground punk rock duo from northern England. They have a fierce punk rock ethos that music should have no rules. For Holly and David being […]
Jessica Pratt
When: 8pm on Tuesday 7 April 2015 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be bringing Jessica Pratt back to Manchester. We all want the world to be beautiful. We want scribes and songbirds to tell us so – and sometimes they do and then it is. They point their pens and focus […]
Laura Moody
When: 8pm on Wednesday 8 April 2015 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Please note that this show has now been combined with Brooklyn/Sheffield group Frogbelly & Symphony at the Castle Hotel on Oldham Street. Please note an earlier stage time for Laura of 8.30pm as a result. Laura Moody is a wildly alternative […]
Thomas Truax + Vinny Peculiar
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 9 April 2015 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be welcoming back Thomas Truax – his first Manchester headline show in three years – plus Vinny Peculiar. One of the most imaginative characters on the pop music fringe, Thomas Truax (pronounced ‘troo-aks’) travels the world performing with his ‘band’ […]