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When: 7.30pm on Monday 25 January 2016 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be welcoming back Daniel Knox – last in town with The Handsome Family! Long known for darkly distorting traditional American popular song styles — inspiring collaborations with David Lynch and Jarvis Cocker along the way — Daniel Knox’s latest […]
The Drink
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 28 January 2016 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with The Drink for the first time – and welcoming Liverpool’s Gulf back! Playing things safe has never been The Drink’s philosophy. Throughout the trio’s evolution, their gloriously off-kilter guitar pop melodies and lyrical curiosities have commanded […]
De Montevert
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 3 February 2016 Where: Gullivers Lounge, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re excited to be working with Sweden’s De Montevert for the first time. Ellinor Nilsson – aka De Montevert – is finally back with a new album that she treats as her debut, even though she released the acclaimed Friends & […]
Eleanor Friedberger
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 4 February 2016 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW PLEASE NOTE: This show is sold out! Watch this space for information about a future Eleanor Friedberger date in Manchester, however. We’re excited to be working with Eleanor Friedberger once again! Eleanor Friedberger will release her third solo album entitled New View on […]
Sweet Baboo
When: 7pm on Friday 5 February 2016 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be bringing Sweet Baboo back – to play Soup Kitchen for the first time! Halfway through Sweet Baboo’s fifth album comes I Just Want To Be Good, in which the North Wales singer appears to describe himself in glowing […]
Gun Outfit
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 February 2016 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Gun Outfit for the first time! Opening credits. One weekend in 1947, teenaged filmmaker, music video forefather, fledgling occultist, and eventual Mick Jagger collaborator Kenneth Anger shoots a short film of homoerotic surrealism called Fireworks in […]
Will Varley
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 13 February 2016 Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN We’re delighted to be promoting Will Varley’s debut headline show in Manchester! Rambling folk singer Will Varley, who walked over 500 miles along England’s south coast with a guitar on his back, is gearing up for the release of his third album Postcards […]
Girls Names
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 18 February 2016 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be working with Girls Names for the first time! Northern Ireland’s Girls Names recently released their third full-length album, Arms Around a Vision, via long-term home, Tough Love Records. ‘We look to Europe for inspiration. For romance. For the idea […]
C Duncan
When: 7.30pm on Saturday 20 February 2016 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE PLEASE NOTE: This show has now sold out! Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to our mailing list above, for details of future C Duncan shows in Manchester We’re excited to be bringing Mercury Prize nominee C […]
Dan Stuart
When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 February 2016 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Green on Red’s Dan Stuart for the first time! What business does an ageing post-punk has-been have making a kick-ass rock record with Twin Tones, one of Mexico’s hottest young bands? Last anyone heard Green on […]