Sunday 20 March - Emmy The Great - Band on the Wall Critically acclaimed folk singer Emmy the Great comes to Manchester's Band on the Wall just a week after the release of her latest album Second Love. Second Love follows on from where her debut, First Love, left off...
After a strong 2015, which has seen Halifax's finest garner more support and put on a series of strong performances including July's show at The Castle, as well as release the outstanding and addictive tune Joey Says We Got It, The Orielles brought their year to a...
Sunday 6 December - Nailed It! - The Castle The key feature of Ben Williams' Nailed It! series at The Castle has been the high quality of acts which have performed from Laura Esther to Lily Jo and more. The latest in the monthly shows is set to be of an equally high...
Halifax band The Orielles - made up of sisters Esme and Sid Hand-Halford and friend Henry Wade – have announced a headline show at Manchester’s Deaf Institute as part of the Jerky Joey tour in support of their brand new record Joey Says We Got It which is being...
Just over a year ago, we caught The Orielles launching their single Entity at The Deaf Institute. It was an evening which hinted at the talent which the trio had within their armoury. Jump forwards fourteen months and we thought it would be interesting to see how...
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...
Ahead of the launch performance for The Orielle's latest Single Entity, we caught up with Halifax's finest for a quick chat. Tell us a bit about your background Sid: We’ve been together for about two years now. We first met at a house party, where there was a...
We headed down to the Deaf Institute to catch the hottest thing to come out of Halifax in quite some time, The Orielles, launching their single Entity, a stunning piece of surf-rock/pop – strong bass, beautiful, dreamy vocals, driving guitar and drums. There’s quite a...