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Upcoming shows: Mark Eitzel... Bay Bryan... 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... Toria Wooff... Sam Amidon... Throwing Muses... Shotgun Jimmie... Jenny Don’t and the Spurs... Lael Neale... Adam Hopper & The Wimps... Niamh Regan... Basia Bulat... AVAWAVES... Beans on Toast... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... Ye Vagabonds... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Lilly Hiatt... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Willy Mason... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Jim Moray...

Loney dear

When: 7.30pm on Sunday 18 February 2018 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be welcoming Loney dear back – his first visit since 2012! Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanängen makes records and plays shows under the enigmatic name of Loney dear. In the early 2000s, in his Stockholm apartment studio, Svanängen made […]

 

Gun Outfit

When: 7.30pm on Monday 19 February 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Gun Outfit again – this time, at Gullivers, with guests Secret Admirer! Like a stone eroded by years in the arroyo, Gun Outfit’s enveloping ‘Western expanse’ aesthetic of guitar levitations and honky-tonk hexes has become gradually […]

 

Douga

When: 7.30pm on Friday 23 February 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with Douga again – with special guests Chew Magna plus Sam McLoughlin and David Chatton Barker! Douga are a band who defy description. The name stems from a childhood nickname. This starting point informs the exploration, […]

 

The Handsome Family

When: 7pm on Sunday 4 March 2018 Where: Academy 3, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR We’re delighted to be welcoming The Handsome Family back to Manchester! Rennie Sparks disappeared one afternoon while waiting for a flight at O’Hare. A middle-aged businessman, McDonald’s bag in one hand, rolling-bag handle in the other – walked up to […]

 

The BellRays

When: 7pm on Friday 9 March 2018 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be working with The BellRays for the first time! Punk. Funk. Rock. Soul. The main ingredients in a potent witch’s brew that The BellRays have been mixing for a long time now. Returning with their first full new album since […]

 

Karl Blau

When: 7.30pm on Saturday 10 March 2018 Where: Low Four, Old Granada Studios, Security Lodge Entrance, Quay Street, Manchester M3 4PR PLEASE NOTE: This show has been rescheduled from December 2017 to March 2018. Original tickets remain valid and all other details remain the same. We’re delighted to be working with Bella Union’s Karl Blau again – this […]

 

Vinny Peculiar

When: 7.30pm on Friday 16 March 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be bringing Vinny Peculiar back to the Castle Hotel! Singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records (former home to […]

 

Spinning Coin

When: 7.30pm on Monday 19 March 2018 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW Please note: This show has been rescheduled to Monday 19 March from a date earlier in March. All other details remain the same, and original tickets remain valid. We’re delighted to be working with Glasgow’s Spinning Coin for the first time! […]

 

A Bingo Records showcase

When: 7.30pm on Friday 23 March 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE PLEASE NOTE: This show is completely sold out. Join our mailing list, at the top of this page, for updates about future shows by Bingo Records artists. We’re delighted to be promoting a Bingo Records showcase! The Bingo Records tour sees […]

 

Mt. Wolf

When: 7.30pm on Friday 23 March 2018 Where: Low Four, Old Granada Studios, Security Lodge Entrance, Quay Street, Manchester M3 4PR We’re delighted to be working with Mt. Wolf again – this time, at Low Four! Having impressed the online tastemakers with their early EP releases Red (2015) and Hex (2016), Mt. Wolf’s hallmark splicing of electronic and […]