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Video of The Answering Machine live at Manchester Ruby Lounge (31st July 2009)

Posted on 26th September 2009 in The Answering Machine

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. Oklahoma
09. Obviously Cold

YouTube Playlist of all 5 songs:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EF85D314A4BEA3B8

To watch them in the highest quality, click through to YouTube and press the ‘HD’ button to view them in 720p (1280×720)

The Answering Machine – Emergency

Video length: 2m45 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

View the rest of the videos after the jump:

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Local talent: The Answering Machine

Posted on 26th September 2009 in The Answering Machine

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 & SXSW festivals
been personally invited to support the Manics on tour
graced magazine covers
won Steve Lamacq’s 6Music Rebel Playlist
appeared on Channel 4 concert series The JD Set
recorded sessions for Channel M, XFM and the BBC
been selected to appear on the FIFA 10 soundtrack next month

The Answering Machine released their excellent debut album Another City, Another Sorry back in June this year ("perfect pop songs… a fantastic debut" NME 8/10). Annoyingly the only Answering Machine tracks on Spotify are the two from their 2007 lo-fi single ‘Lightbulbs’, but if you like the sound of the YouTube videos from their recent Manchester Ruby Lounge gig (posted today), you can pick up the album from Amazon.co.uk – or even better, go and see them live next month!

The Answering Machine embark on a UK tour in October:

09.10.2009 – Carlisle Brickyard ( buy tickets )
10.10.2009 – Crewe Box ( SeeTickets )
12.10.2009 – York Fibbers ( buy tickets )
14.10.2009 – Bristol Louisiana ( buy tickets )
15.10.2009 – Nottingham Bodega ( buy tickets )
16.10.2009 – London Borderline ( buy tickets )
17.10.2009 – Leeds Cockpit ( SeeTickets )
20.10.2009 – Glasgow King Tuts ( buy tickets )

(Apparently the band are in the process of organizing a Manchester date)

» click to show all Answering Machine concerts and find tickets
or try this search on SeeTickets.com

The Answering Machine Discography

I love the band’s sleeve artwork… the logo, typeface and layout are wonderful but what really stands out are the beautiful images of Manchester by talented photographer Nicola Chipman

The Answering Machine links:

http://www.theansweringmachine.co.uk/
http://theansweringmachineband.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theansweringmachine
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Answering-Machine/51995562210?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/Team_Machine
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnsweringMachineBand
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/theansweringmachine/
http://www.heistorhitrecords.com/

The Answering Machine to release single in October

Posted on 22nd August 2006 in The Answering Machine

The Answering Machine have announced via their MySpace blog that they will be releasing a new single – ‘Oklahoma’ backed with ‘The Hold Up’ – on October 16th via High Voltage Records. The record will be available on limited edition vinyl and you’ll be able to pick it up at Piccadilly Records/Rough Trade or buy it as a download

Related The Answering Machine links:
- The Answering Machine MySpace
- The Answering Machine official site (currently points to MySpace)
- High Voltage official site

The Answering Machine photos at Salford Islington Mill (29th July 2006)

Posted on 30th July 2006 in The Answering Machine

I decided last-minute to venture out to Salford for Polytechnic’s single launch last night. On the bill were Neil Burrell (who I missed), The Nightjars, The Answering Machine and Polytechnic. One of the main reasons was the chance to photograph The Answering Machine again, but this time with a better camera than last week’s aA. Here’s some photos below:

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The Answering Machine photos at Manchester Rampant Lion (22nd July 2006)

Posted on 29th July 2006 in The Answering Machine

Last weekend saw Akoustik Anarkhy’s summer garden party and featured The Loungs (see photos here), Lach, My Side Of The Mountain, It’s A Buffalo and The Answering Machine. I’m slowly getting round to uploading all my photos from the night…

There’s a real buzz about The Answering Machine at the moment here in Manchester. Head over to the excellent Black Country Grammar blog or The Answering Machines’ MySpace to check out their tunes

Here’s a few drunken photos from their set – note the singer’s excellent choice of t-shirt … representing Gaff’s of Fallowfield!