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Upcoming shows: Basia Bulat... AVAWAVES... Beans on Toast... Later Youth... Nick Shoulders... Will Stratton... Joshua Burnside... Lightheaded + Jeanines... Anna McLuckie... Lily Seabird... The Burning Hell... Bremer/McCoy... Daddy Long Legs... Blue Bendy... James Yorkston & Nina Persson... The Beths... Natalie Bergman... Rowena Wise... British Birds... Jolie Holland... Erin Rae... Ye Vagabonds... Chloe Foy... Grant-Lee Phillips... Allo Darlin’... Robert Forster... Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage... Martha Tilston... Vega Trails... Kathryn Williams... Lilly Hiatt... Constant Follower... The Lovely Eggs... Albertine Sarges... Jamie Duffy... Joep Beving... Admiral Fallow... Willy Mason... The Unthanks... BC Camplight... Penguin Cafe... Junior Brother... Will Varley... Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet... Jesca Hoop... Jim Moray... The Dream Syndicate...

Easter

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 25 October 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Easter once again! Manchester indie rockers Easter returned this year with their second album, Meander Lines, released in April on Super Smash Hit Records. Receiving praise from Uncut, Record Collector and The Crack Magazine among others, […]

 

Eleanor Friedberger

When: 7pm on Friday 26 October 2018 Where: Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear Street, Manchester M1 1DF We’re delighted to be welcoming Eleanor Friedberger back to Soup Kitchen! On Rebound, Eleanor Friedberger has created a subtle world that is a little fizzier, a little synthier – more cinematic, more meditative – than her previous three albums. In the wake of […]

 

Chloe Foy

When: 7.30pm on Friday 26 October 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with Chloe Foy again – this time, with strings! Chloe Foy writes a brand of melodic, homegrown music that has been likened to such artists as Laura Marling and Sharon Van Etten. Her songs are imbued with […]

 

Anemone

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 30 October 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this show has been cancelled. We’re hoping to bring Anemone to town in 2019 instead – watch this space. We’re delighted to be working with Montreal’s Anemone for the first time! Anemone is a […]

 

James and The Ultrasounds

When: 7.30pm on Tuesday 30 October 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this show has been cancelled. We’re hoping to bring James and The Ultrasounds to town in 2019 instead – watch this space. We’re delighted to be welcoming James and The Ultrasounds back to Manchester! If you haven’t […]

 

William the Conqueror

When: 7.30pm on Friday 2 November 2018 Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW We’re delighted to be working with William the Conqueror once again! Cornwall trio William the Conqueror have been picking up praise from far flung corners ever since Ruarri Joseph took the step to go public with his erstwhile secret alter-ego. Debut album, […]

 

Hater

When: 7.30pm on Friday 2 November 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be welcoming Swedish quartet Hater back to Manchester – with guest Jennifer Castle! Hater have announced the release of new album Siesta, which comes out on 28 September. Resolute in their sound, Siesta is the perfect soundtrack for that […]

 

Jen Cloher

When: 7.30pm on Friday 2 November 2018 Where: St Michael’s, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5DG We’re delighted to be welcoming Jen Cloher back – this time, for an intimate solo show at St Michael’s. Almost a year after the release of her extraordinary self-titled fourth album, Jen Cloher has now delivered multiple surprises in the […]

 

Robert Vincent

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 8 November 2018 Where: The Eagle Inn, 19 Collier Street, Salford, M3 7DW We’re delighted to be working with Robert Vincent for the first time! Robert Vincent is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Liverpool – having received the inaugural Emerging Artist Award from ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris in 2016 and UK Americana Music Association’s UK Album […]

 

Seamus Fogarty

When: 7.30pm on Thursday 8 November 2018 Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE We’re delighted to be working with Seamus Fogarty for the first time! Irish songwriter Seamus Fogarty and his band borrow something from every genre from krautrock to traditional balladry and everything in between, mixing conventional instrumentation with found sounds and […]