Striking Matches are set to return to the UK to perform in Manchester again in November and judging by this performance at a sold-out Deaf Institute - a Striking Matches show is definitely one to catch. Performing an acoustic set, with no backing band, Justin Davis...
Striking Matches - Deaf Institute - Sunday 10 May: Country music duo Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis have become country music sensations, owing in part to their music being featured on the hit TV show Nashville. But that tells only part of the tale as they...
InMe - Sound Control - Monday 4 May: Essex rock quartet InMe step away from their recent studio work, putting together a mammoth three-record concept album project, to tour in support of the first part The Trilogy: Dawn. With next year marking the band's 20th...
The Smith Street Band and Gnarwolves - Gorilla - Monday 27 April: Both co-headliners The Smith Street Band and Gnarwolves released albums in later 2014, with Australia's The Smith Street Band hitting their native top 20 in the album charts with third album Throw Me In...
Will Butler - The Deaf Institute - Tuesday 21 April: Arcade Fire member Will Butler comes to Manchester to perform an intimate gig at The Deaf Institute. The multi-instrumentalist performs just weeks after the release of his debut album Policy. Recording...
The Early November are heading out on lengthy headlining tours of Europe and North America. The tour will see the American rockers perform at Manchester’s The Deaf Institute on 23 April, with support on the European arm of the tour from You Blew It! and A Great Big...
Canadian supergroup headed for Manchester's Deaf Institute Mounties, the composite musical home of Hawksley Workman, Ryan Dahle, and Steve Bays who first met in 2009 at the Juno Awards, have evolved from a group hug into a spectacular improvised two-week recording...
The Shires - Manchester Academy - Sunday 12 April: The Shires (Crissie Rhodes and Ben Earle) recently became the first country band to chart in the Top 10 of the UK Album Charts with their debut album, Brave, not long after becoming the first UK signing to the...
Denai Moore - The Deaf Institute - Wednesday 8 April: Following two performances at Manchester's Albert Hall, Denai Moore returns to the city for a headline show at the Deaf Institute. The artist who has worked alongside Plan B (who also co-produced her debut...
Charli XCX - Manchester Academy 2 - Tuesday 31 March: Having released her second album, Sucker, a few weeks back, the follow up to 2013's outstanding True Romance, Charli XCX heads to Manchester Academy 2 with a repertoire full of pop anthems and instant sing along...
Manchester’s own Patterns are set to perform in their home city again. And this is one for the eyes as well as the ears as the astral-psych/shoegaze pop four-piece gear up towards their second album, a follow-up to 2013′s Walking Lines After selling out St Philip’s...
We pick out some of the top gigs hitting Manchester this week including Amerie, Kristyna Myles, Gun, Ward Thomas and Nile Rodgers.
Kiesza - Albert Hall - Thursday 19 March: Kiesza comes to Manchester as part of her biggest UK tour to date, performing at the iconic Albert Hall. Taking inspiration from the New York dance clubs of the 90s as well as hip hop and r&b, Kiesza's debut album...
To Kill A King - The Deaf Institute - Sunday 8 March: Leeds five piece To King A King perform at the Deaf Institute, just days after the release of their self-titled second album and just before heading over to Europe. Building on the successes of 2013 and...
Leeds formed five piece To Kill A King are set to perform at Manchester's Deaf Institute on Sunday 8th March 2015. The gig marks the third date in a major UK Spring tour, culminating in the bands biggest ever headline show at Shepherd's Bush Empire, just before they...