After several years of nonstop touring—having played more than 1,000 live shows since the release of his last album—Canadian artist Ben Caplan is set to release Birds With Broken Wings in the UK on 4 March 2016 via Coalition Music/ADA. The album marks the long-anticipated follow-up to his 2011 debut LP, In the Time of…
After a big 2015 which has seen Brighton’s Demob Happy perform at Reading and Leeds Festival’s BBC Introducing Stage, release their debut album Dream Soda, and support Death From Above 1979 during their European tour the four strong band are set to perform at Manchester’s Gullivers on 4 December in their own UK headline tour….
Speaking before the gig, Jess Clemmons, frontwoman of Jess and the Bandits, promises a gig filled with energy. Within moments of coming on to the stage, she is proved correct as she and the Bandits launch in to a set which thrills the crowd. But in truth, the energy and excellent performances start at the outset…
Sunday 25 October – Lauren Aquilina – The Ruby Lounge After a whirlwind of self-releases and sold-out headline shows int the UK and US, Lauren Aquilina performs at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge following the release of her new EP Ocean (9 October). Tickets £9 plus booking fee. Tuesday 27 October – Femme – Gullivers One-woman creative powerhouse Femma…
Monday 24 August – Deerhoof – Gorilla From their humble beginnings as an obscure San Francisco noise act, they’ve become one of indie music’s most influential bands with their ecstatic and unruly take on pop. Veering between pop, noise, rock and roll and avant garde they are difficult to label, save for being described as…
Returning for their fifth European tour in just three years, The Smith Street Band have announced headline dates in London and Manchester, the two intimate shows serving as a warm up to the band’s appearance at Reading and Leeds festivals in late August. Previous tours have seen the Australian indie folk punk hybrid sell out London shows at…
One of the most imaginative characters on the pop music fringe, for well over a decade Thomas Truax has announced a run of UK tour dates, including a performance at Manchester’s Gullivers on 9th Apri. The artist has been releasing albums and traveling the world performing with his “band” of bizarre self-made Harry Partch-esque instruments including…
Slow Club – Deaf Institute – Sunday 22nd February: Sheffield’s finest, Slow Cub, return to Manchester to headline at the Deaf Institute. With three fantastic albums under their belt, including the 2014 release Complete Surrender, the duo perform some of their best must-listen material. And with their newer material comes a bigger sound, higher energy and infectious…
Swedish sister band Baskery have been described as everything from Americana to folk to punk blues to alt-country. The truth lies in all of these as the band transcends genres to produce truly unique music, which they recently brought to Gullivers in the NQ where the crowd were taken aback by the stunning performance put…
Swedish trio Baskery have announced their return to the UK to perform a series of gigs, including a date at Manchester’s Gullivers on 23rd October. The three sisters (Greta, Sunniva and Stella) recently signed to Warner Bros Records and are working on new material for the upcoming album. The band has drawn comparisons with everything…
