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Upcoming shows: Coruja Jones... Good News... Myriam Gendron... Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra... Tropical Fuck Storm... Kris Drever... Erland Cooper... Pokey LaFarge... Admiral Fallow... Skinny Lister... New Starts... The Sheepdogs... The Dead Tongues... Svaneborg Kardyb... Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres + James Heather... The Unthanks in Winter... Jim Moray... Josh Rouse... John Craigie... Emily Barker... Gratis: Sophie Jamieson... C Duncan... Dustin O’Halloran... Chuck Prophet... The Ocelots... Sean Rowe... Fionn Regan... The Weather Station... Beans on Toast... Joshua Burnside... The Loft... Martin Kohlstedt... Nadia Reid... Danny & the Champions of the World... The Delines... Chris Brain... Heather Nova... Mark Eitzel... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble... Jerron Paxton...

When: 7.00pm on Saturday 24 November
Where: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton St, Manchester M1 2AN

Pinback, ManchesterWhile a rotating cast of instrumentalists find loose assembly under the Pinback name, the partnership of Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow is at the heart of the some of the most complex, postmodern indiepop happening on the West Coast.

In the first few days of 1998, Armistead Burwell Smith IV (of San Diego-based Three Mile Pilot) and Rob Crow (of Thingy and Heavy Vegetable) formed a part-time recording project under the name Pinback. Recording on Smith’s home computer, by the following August Pinback had finished recording 14 songs of delicate, canonic pop.

Pinback signed with New Jersey’s Ace Fu Records, which released their eponymous debut in early 1999, almost a full year after it was recorded. With their long histories in West Coast indie circles and the marriage of the players diverse musical backgrounds, Pinback scored immediate critical success.

Blue Screen Life, the band’s second studio effort, exuded something more musically pure from Pinback. Gone was the frilly rock nonsense. Instead, Pinback went for more of a melodic nature with classic indie flair.

Absolutely Kosher released Offcell in June of 2003, and the band made their Touch & Go debut with Summer in Abaddon in 2004. In 2007 the follow-up, Autumn of the Seraphs, is sure to bring Pinback their largest audiences yet.

Support comes in the form of Dublin’s the Dudley Corporation, who are a must-hear band for any discerning Pinback fan, and Oxford’s This Town Needs Guns (Big Scary Monsters Records). Between them they’re travelling almost 300 miles to play – so be sure to arrive early!

Please note this is Pinback’s only UK date outside of London.

Tickets £9 adv from WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk, Piccadilly Box Office or on 0161 832 1111.



All shows are 18+ unless otherwise stated.