When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 August 2016 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE We’re delighted to be working with Julianna Barwick – this time, at the Deaf Institute! Julianna Barwick is pleased to share new tour dates in support of her critically acclaimed album Will, which came out in May via Dead Oceans. Conceived and self-produced […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 25 August 2016 Where: The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE Following his sold-out show in March, we’re delighted to be working with Kiran Leonard once again! Kiran Leonard has signed to Moshi Moshi, and announced details of his new album, Grapefruit, released 25 March 2016. He has also shared its […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 1 September 2016 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE PLEASE NOTE: This show has sold out! We’re delighted to be working with Bella Union’s Karl Blau for the first time! On Introducing Karl Blau the enigmatic vocalist charts a new vision of country music. A Northwest indie hero, Blau channels […]

When: Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 September 2016 Where: Portmeirion, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, LL48 6ER We’re excited to be involved in Festival No.6 this year – programming the Lost in The Woods stage on Saturday 3 September! For our Saturday evening session at the excellent Lost in The Woods stage, we’ve invited some of our favourite artists – including The Wave Pictures, […]

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 6 September 2016 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Danny & The Champions Of The World for the first time! There’s something to be said for hitting the ground running, with a good tailwind behind you. Danny Wilson agrees. And his new album is the proof. […]

When: 7pm on Wednesday 7 September 2016 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be bringing Eleanor Friedberger back – this time, with special guest Chris Cohen! New View, the third solo album by Eleanor Friedberger, was rehearsed in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Echo Park and recorded in upstate New York. The former is a […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 8 September 2016 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be bringing Dan Michaelson back to the Castle! Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards have released their new album Memory through The State 51 Conspiracy this May. Written and produced by Dan Michaelson and mixed by Ash Workman (Metronomy, […]

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 15 September 2016 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with Guadalupe Plata for the first time! If the Spanish town of Úbeda had its own rogues gallery honouring the misfits and outlaws whose boots had scuffed its dusty ground, three ‘Wanted’ posters would surely hang; a […]

When: 7.30pm on Friday 16 September 2016 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with John Murry for the first time – plus Nadine Khouri! It’s not easy to hold an unclouded mirror up to the world. The temptation to fog up truths or angle them in ways that are less painful […]

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 17 September 2016 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re working with New Zealand’s Lawrence Arabia for the first time – plus special guests Songs For Walter and Oh Well, Goodbye! It’s no secret that New Zealand’s resident pop song-book connoisseur Lawrence Arabia has a penchant for penning earworms at once inspired […]