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It’s A Buffalo photos at Manchester Joshua Brooks (12th Aug 06)

Latest Akoustik Anarkhy signings It’s A Buffalo played at Friends Of Mine last Saturday night (12th Aug) at Manchester’s Joshua Brooks.

Here at IndieMusicBlog.com we just can’t get their tune ‘Divorce Song’ out of our heads — go and check out It’s A Buffalo’s MySpace and take a listen :)
Here’s a few pics we snapped on Saturday night:

It's A Buffalo @ Manchester Joshua Brooks (12th Aug 2006)

It's A Buffalo @ Manchester Joshua Brooks (12th Aug 2006)

It's A Buffalo @ Manchester Joshua Brooks (12th Aug 2006)

It's A Buffalo @ Manchester Joshua Brooks (12th Aug 2006)

See the full set of It’s A Buffalo photos on Flickr here

Related It’s A Buffalo links:
- It’s A Buffalo MySpace
- Akoustik Anarkhy MySpace
- Akoustik Anarkhy official site
- Friends of Mine MySpace
- Friends of Mine official site

Reminder - The Longcut are on Channel 4 tonight at 2335pm

Tune into Channel 4’s Transmission With T-Mobile tonight at 23:35pm as Manchester band The Longcut will be performing their next single (out in October) ‘A Tried And Tested Method’. Also featured on the show are Badly Drawn Boy, The View, Orson and The Egg. The show itself was recorded last Friday (4th Aug) at the 3Sixty Media studio in Manchester

Here’s a snippet from a recent The Longcut MySpace blog posting about the new single:

Its backed by a new song that some of you may recognize
from the gigs, and also (hopefully) a cover of the Euros Childs song
“Circus Time” which we are currently recording ourselves. We’ll be
posting more details about this nearer the time.

We’ve also been working on a few remixes recently, One is a Maps tune called “Start Something” and the other is “Sapphire Eyes” by Serena Maneesh. Hopefully we’ll be able to collect them all together on cd at some point but we’ll keep you posted on that one. We should also have a few more european dates coming up soon but plans aren’t finalised so again we’ll keep you posted

If you can’t wait until October for the new single, The Longcut will be releasing an online EP avaliable on 21st August. The EP includes four tracks, Idiot Check, Vitamin C, Lonesome No More! and The Kiss Off, which were recorded at Airtight studios. Available for the bargain price of £1.50 from iTunes/ Napster or free if you’re on the band’s mailing list

Finally, you can check out the video for The Longcut’s most recent single ‘Vitamin C’ (released in July) on YouTube below:

Keith make final 4 of Channel 4’s Road To V competition

Keith at Manchester Jabez Clegg (20th April 2006)

Manchester band Keith have made it to the final four of Channel 4’s Road To V competition along with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Holloways and Sunny Day Sets Fire. The eventual winner will get an opening slot at this year’s V Festival, which takes place over the weekend of 18th/19th August

You can watch a Keith live performance via the Channel 4 minisite

Meanwhile, Keith head off to Japan this week to play the Summer Sonic festival, but will return to play UK live dates towards the end of this month - catch them at:

28.08.2006 - Manchester Roadhouse ( Ticketline | SeeTickets )
30.08.2006 - Stoke Sugarmill ( Ticketline | SeeTickets )
31.08.2006 - Nottingham Social ( SeeTickets )
09.09.2006 - Southampton Unit 22 ( SeeTickets )

Peter Bjorn and John live at Manchester Roadhouse (8th Aug 2006)

I caught Peter Bjorn and John live last night (Tues 8th Aug) at the Manchester Roadhouse - pretty much on the strength of their soon-to-be-massive summer hit ‘Young Folks‘ (and a few tracks on the band’s MySpace). Check out a quick video I shot of them performing ‘Young Folks’ below:

Unfortunately my digital camera couldn’t cope with the bassline, so the sound is all distorted, but you do get to see the lead singer (Peter?) climb up onto the speakers in front of the crowd, and also his laughable attempt at whistling :) (plus it gives you the chance to see the band in the flesh, rather than in cartoon form!). The Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman wasn’t at the show to perform the duet, so Peter sang both parts

If that’s not made your ears bleed (!), you can alternatively check out the offficial video to the song via YouTube:

Overall the gig was enjoyable, but I’m not sure they’ve got anything in their locker as huge as ‘Young Folks’

Here’s a few pics:

Peter Bjorn and John @ Manchester Roadhouse (8th Aug 2006)

Peter Bjorn and John @ Manchester Roadhouse (8th Aug 2006)

Peter Bjorn and John @ Manchester Roadhouse (8th Aug 2006)

Peter Bjorn and John @ Manchester Roadhouse (8th Aug 2006)

More of our Peter Bjorn and John at Manchester Roadhouse photos on Flickr here

Related Links:
- Peter Bjorn and John’s official website
- Peter Bjorn and John’s MySpace
- Download ‘Young Folks’ from 7Digital for just 79p

Manchester DPercussion 2006 photos - Omerta

Our third Dpercussion 2006 photo set is of Omerta. Stay tuned as we’ve got pics coming up of Gideon Conn, The Nightjars, Cherry Ghost, Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family, Snowfight In The City Centre, The Loungs, The Sugars and The Pipettes :)
Here’s our Omerta photos from the Kenworthy Stage:

Omerta @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Omerta @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Omerta @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Omerta @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Related Omerta Links:
- Omerta official website
- Omerta MySpace

Manchester DPercussion 2006 photos - Polytechnic

Our next set of Manchester DPercussion festival 2006 photos is of ace Manchester band Polytechnic:

Polytechnic @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Polytechnic @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Polytechnic @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

Polytechnic @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

More of our Polytechnic Dpercussion photos on Flickr here

Related Links:
Polytechnic photos at Salford Islington Mill (29th July 2006)
Polytechnic official website
Polytechnic MySpace

Manchester DPercussion 2006 photos - The Pedestrians

Here’s the first batch of our DPercussion photos from this weekend’s festival in Manchester - The Pedestrians - who appeared on the Roman Garden stage around 1pm:

The Pedestrians @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

The Pedestrians @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

The Pedestrians @ Manchester DPercussion 2006 (5th Aug 2006)

More of our The Pedestrians Dpercussion photos on Flickr here

Related Links:
The Pedestrians official website (coming soon)
The Pedestrians MySpace
The Pedestrians message board

Manchester DPercussion 2006 runtimes

Looking for runtimes for today’s Manchester DPercussion?

You can download a handy A4 PDF print-out of all the acts and stage times via the BBC’s website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/pdf/dperclineup.pdf

NB: Remember all times are subject to change
On the A4 printout not all the acts have specific times by their names, so I guess they could be performing any time within the 30 minute timeslot… best to get there early if it’s a band you really want to see

Here’s a summary of the main acts playing and their approximate times

Main Stage (in association with Hooch)
21:30 - Aim
20:20 - The Longcut
19:10 - The Young Knives
18:30 - Polytechnic
15:30 - Jenna G
15:00 - Daywalkers
14:00 - Alterkicks
13:30 - Cherry Ghost
12:30 - This Is Seb Clarke

Kenworthy Stage
Blowout presents
18:30 - The Whip
17:30 - Dirty Circus
17:00 - Wax Planet
16:30 - Pink Fruity
16:00 - Keith
15:30 - Black Wasps
15:00 - Jayne Compton
14:30 - The Sugars
14:00 - The Nightjars
13:10 - Omerta
12:30 - Snowfight In The City Centre

The Roman Garden
The roots of music (12.00pm – 8.00pm)
19:45 - Folks
19:00 - Field Music
18:20 - Stoney
17:45 - KT Forrester
17:25 - Tsana
17:00 - Daniel Kakonge
16:30 - Liam Fray
16:00 - The Loungs
15:25 - The Final Tribe
14:50 - The Waverton Collective
14:15 - Eugene McGuinness
13:45 - Super Group
13:10 - Gideon Conn
12:35 - The Pedestrians
12:00 - Orphan Boy

Manchester DPercussion line-up and runtimes

Manchester DPercussion festival 2006

Manchester DPercussion festival takes place tomorrow in Castlefield Basin, from 12 midday to 10:30pm. There’s 60 bands performing across 8 stages, and an expected attendance of 50,000 people

Here’s the line-up below from three of the stages we’ll try to feature on this blog. Hopefully we’ll have plenty of photos for you if you check back on Sunday and Monday:

Update1:
full runtimes are being published later this afternoon

line-up follows after the jump…

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Midlake show at Manchester Academy 3 goes onsale today

Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther

Midlake’s album The Trials Of Van Occupanther hasn’t been off my stereo for the past week since I discovered them via The Hype Machine, elbo.ws and various wonderful mp3blogs out there

I’m delighted therefore that Midlake are set to play the Manchester Academy 2/3 on Wednesday 1st November. Tickets for this show go onsale this morning at 9am (Friday 4th August 2006)

Buy Midlake tickets for Manchester Academy 2/3 from Ticketline

Update1:
SeeTickets already have this Manchester show onsale NOW (priced £7.50 plus bf), along with Midlake shows in Nottingham, BIrmingham and London:

Update2:
Ticketmaster have a show in Glasgow and one in Dublin listed on their site

Midlake UK/Ireland tour dates & tickets:
01.11.2006 Manchester University ( SeeTickets | Ticketline )
02.11.2006 Nottingham Rescue Rooms ( SeeTickets )
03.11.2006 Dublin The Village ( Ticketmaster )
05.11.2006 Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut ( Ticketmaster )
06.11.2006 Birmingham Barfly ( SeeTickets | Ticketmaster )
08.11.2006 London ULU ( SeeTickets | Ticketmaster )