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Rae Morris has just been announced as the support for Bombay Bicycle Club on their April UK tour, including a show at the Empress Ballroom in her hometown Blackpool. She'll also be joining Noah and The Whale in Manchester and London. Find Rae Morris tickets Find Bombay Bicycle Club tickets Find Noah and The Whale tickets (NB: Rae is not playing 16th and 17th April with BBC as she'll be playing with Noah and The Whale) [...]

Here's the official video for First Aid Kit 's new song 'Emmylou' - directed by Maximilla Lukacs. The song is the second single taken from the band's second LP The Lion's Roar (which is released on 23rd Jan 2012 via Wichita Recordings) Our brand new music video for the brand new song "Emmylou" is out NOW! Directed by the amazing Maximilla Lukacs. It was recorded at Joshua Tree National Park, a truly magical place, on Gram Parson's [...]

Here's some video footage I shot of Dutch Uncles performing their tune 'Face In' during the first of three Manchester In The City sets - this one was at the Chicago Rock Cafe. Dutch Uncles also played the Deaf Institute later the same night, and were a last night minute addition to the Now Wave showcase at the Night and Day (on the bill with The Drums , May68 and Young British Artists). Dutch Uncles - Face In Live at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe - Sunday 18th Oct 2009 [...]

Here's some video footage I shot of Dutch Uncles performing their tune 'Face In' during the first of three Manchester In The City sets - this one was at the Chicago Rock Cafe. Dutch Uncles also played at the Deaf Institute later the same night, and were a last night minute addition to the Now Wave showcase at the Night and Day, on the bill with The Drums, May68 and Young British Artists. Dutch Uncles - Face In Live at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe - Sunday 18th Oct 2009 [...]

The Drums were one of the most hyped bands of this year's Manchester In The City.... and, as it turns out, the hype was probably justified. They were certainly in my top 5 bands of the festival. A cracking energetic set with catchy tunes, played to a feverish crowd reaching the end of their 3-day ITC benders. My favourite part: the pirouting and twirling tambourinist threatening to spin-off the side of the stage with each wild revolution! [...]

The Drums were one of the most hyped bands of this year's Manchester In The City.... and, as it turns out, the hype was probably justified. They were certainly in my top 5 bands of the festival. A cracking energetic set with catchy tunes, played to a feverish crowd reaching the end of their 3-day ITC benders. My favourite part: the pirouting and twirling tambourinist threatening to spin-off the side of the stage with each wild revolution! After the venue began clearing out I noticed a setlist still onstage - it read: - Best Friend [...]

Towards the end of May, Manchester band Run Toto Run recorded a cover of the Passion Pit tune 'Sleepyhead' and uploaded it to YouTube. Over the course of the summer the video went viral, clocking up an impressive 44,000 views - whilst an mp3 recording of the tune hit the front page of The Hype Machine (a site that aggregates blogposts from influential music blogs) Last night Run Toto Run played at the Manchester Deaf Institute (as part of a Friends Of Mine night featuring Mutineers [...]

I saw The Longcut on Monday night at the Academy 3. I can't understand why this band aren't massive.. they've been a big favourite of mine since I first caught them live in June 2004 (when they supported Bloc Party at the Bierkeller). The band are currently on a UK tour this month - go and see them live: 16th October - Find tickets - Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 18th October - Find tickets [...]

A couple of months ago The Answering Machine played a free show for BBC Manchester Introducing at the Manchester Ruby Lounge - I shot a bit of video that I've since uploaded to YouTube... Here's the complete setlist from the night - I recorded all the tunes from 'Emergency' onwards: 01. Rose (We Won't Back Down) 02. Cliffer 03. Oh, Christina 04. You Should Have Called 05. Emergency 06. Another City, Another Sorry 07. Lightbulbs 08. [...]

The Answering Machine are a local Manchester band I've been a big fan of since their early days. I think the first time I saw them live was during July 2006 - at an Akoustik Anarkhy night at the Manchester Rampant Lion and a few days later at Salford Islington Mill . Since those humble Fallowfield beginnings, the band have: upgraded their drum machine ('Mustafabeat') with full-time member Ben Perry played shows in New York , LA , Ibiza, Glastonbury, T In The Park [...]

Back in those hazy summer days of June, Beat The Radar supported The Longcut at the Manchester Deaf Institute. You can check out below a few video clips I shot from the audience (NB: the HD 720p videos below might play smoother if you click on the direct YouTube links) Find out more about this upcoming local Manchester band via Beat The Radar's official MySpace or official Facebook group . They play live at the [...]

I first found out about Alessi's Ark through Adam and Joe's 6Music show and their repeated plays of the magical single ' Over The Hill '. I missed the opportunity to catch Alessi live in Manchester back in May, so I was happy to spot her on the line-up for Hard Rock Calling in London's Hyde Park (alongside Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, Seasick Steve, Magic Numbers, Johnny Flynn, Priscilla Ahn, The Pretenders). Whilst the other artists were scheduled for the 'Main' and 'Pepsi Max' stages, Alessi's Ark played on the much more intimate Bandstand [...]

Air Cav played a gig at the Manchester Night & Day a few weeks ago (Saturday 10th May), and the Channel M cameras were there to record the show. The gig was broadcast on the channel over the Bank Holiday weekend (Mon 26th May @ 10pm) - but if you missed it you can check it out below: You can catch Air Cav live at the Wychwood Festival in Gloucestershire on Friday 30th May, and at Manchester Fuel on Saturday June 7th The band release their [...]

Air Cav played a gig at the Manchester Night & Day a few weeks ago (Saturday 10th May), and the Channel M cameras were there to record the show. The gig was broadcast on the channel over the Bank Holiday weekend (Mon 26th May @ 10pm) - but if you missed it you can check it out below: The songs aired were: 'A Call to Arms' 'Friendly Fire' 'Alliance' 'Branches' 'Embers' You can catch Air Cav live at the Wychwood Festival in Gloucestershire on [...]

The very wonderful Manchester-based The Tim and Sam band (and their tune 'Put Your Slippers On') have been used by the Co-operative bank in an advert to "celebrate the Co-Op's 15th anniversary of their unique customer-led Ethical Policy" IndieMusicBlog were lucky enough to catch the band (billed as Tim And Sam's Tim And Sam Band With Tim And Sam) live last month at Blowout in Chorlton , and we're definitely new converts. We've been obsessed with San Diego's The Album Leaf for the best part of [...]

The very wonderful Manchester-based The Tim and Sam band (and their tune 'Put Your Slippers On') have been used by the Co-operative bank in an advert to "celebrate the Co-Op's 15th anniversary of their unique customer-led Ethical Policy" IndieMusicBlog were lucky enough to catch the band (billed as Tim And Sam's Tim And Sam Band With Tim And Sam) live last month at Blowout in Chorlton , and we're definitely new converts. We've been obsessed with San Diego's The Album Leaf for the best part of [...]

Manchester bands Autokat , Carlis Star and Whiskycats are playing tonight (Monday 28th April 2008) at the Manchester235 casino as part of the Manic Monday broadcast live on 96.2FM The Revolution To gain entry to the casino you have to bring along Photo ID.....it's £5 entry on the night but if you email Jacquie at The Revolution before or early on Monday you can get on the FREE guestlist. The doors open tonight at 19:30pm, but if you can't make it then you can still listen to [...]

Manchester bands Autokat , Carlis Star and Whiskycats are playing tonight (Monday 28th April 2008) at the Manchester235 casino as part of the Manic Monday broadcast live on 96.2FM The Revolution To gain entry to the casino you have to bring along Photo ID.....it's £5 entry on the night but if you email Jacquie at The Revolution before or early on Monday you can get on the FREE guestlist. The doors open tonight at 19:30pm, but if you can't make it then you can still listen to [...]

So this year's Manchester In The City has been and gone - how was it for you? A fixture pile-up in the days before ITC even started on Friday last week, meant that I went to gigs five out six nights in the row... and have been paying for it all this week. I took photos at most of the shows I went to, but only on my smaller digital camera - I didn't trust myself getting pissed whilst trying to look after expensive equipment! In the days leading up to ITC I saw:-

So this year's Manchester In The City has been and gone - how was it for you? A fixture pile-up in the days before ITC even started (on Friday last week), meant that I went to gigs five out six nights in the row... and have been paying for it all this week. I took photos at most of the shows I went to, but only on my smaller digital camera - I didn't trust myself getting pissed whilst trying to look after expensive equipment! In the days leading up to ITC I saw:- [...]