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Dutch Uncles performing Face In – live video from Manchester In The City 2009

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:15:02 +0000

Here’s some video footage I shot of Dutch Uncles performing their tune ‘Face In’ during the first of three Manchester In The City sets – this one was at the Chicago Rock Cafe. Dutch Uncles also played the Deaf Institute later the same night, and were a last night minute addition to the Now Wave showcase at the Night and Day (on the bill with The Drums, May68 and Young British Artists).

Dutch Uncles – Face In

Live at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe – Sunday 18th Oct 2009
Video length: 3m09 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

Video of The Drums at Manchester In The City (Night & Day, 20th Oct 2009)

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:34:54 +0000

The Drums were one of the most hyped bands of this year’s Manchester In The City…. and, as it turns out, the hype was probably justified. They were certainly in my top 5 bands of the festival. A cracking energetic set with catchy tunes, played to a feverish crowd reaching the end of their 3-day ITC benders. My favourite part: the pirouting and twirling tambourinist threatening to spin-off the side of the stage with each wild revolution!

After the venue began clearing out I noticed a setlist still onstage – it read:

- Best Friend
- Me And The Moon
- Submarine
- Make You Mine
- Don’t Be A Jerk
- Surfing
- Saddest Summer
- Stupes
- Forever And Ever Amen
- **When I Come Home**

(I’m not sure of the accuracy of this, please feel free to correct in the comments)

Anyway, below you’ll find a video I shot of them performing ‘I Felt Stupid’ from a few hours ago (Tuesday 20th October 2009):

(NB: The HQ quality version is still processing, so it may take a few hours for it to show properly on YouTube)

The Drums – I Felt Stupid

Live at Manchester Night and Day – Tuesday 20th Oct 2009
Video length: 2m51 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

The Drums are supporting No Age tonight (Wed 21st Oct) at the Manchester Deaf Institute. Tickets are £11 and are still available from Ticketline. Buy tickets here

Video of Run Toto Run covering Passion Pit’s Sleepyhead live at Manchester Deaf Institute (16th Oct 2009)

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:25:47 +0000

Towards the end of May, Manchester band Run Toto Run recorded a cover of the Passion Pit tune ‘Sleepyhead’ and uploaded it to YouTube. Over the course of the summer the video went viral, clocking up an impressive 44,000 views – whilst an mp3 recording of the tune hit the front page of The Hype Machine (a site that aggregates blogposts from influential music blogs)

Last night Run Toto Run played at the Manchester Deaf Institute (as part of a Friends Of Mine night featuring Mutineers and the very impressive Airship). Here’s a video I shot of RTR closing their set with ‘Sleepyhead’:

Run Toto Run – Sleepyhead (Passion Pit cover)

Live at Manchester Deaf Institute – Friday 16th Oct 2009
Video length: 2m32 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

You can catch Run Toto Run at this weekend’s Manchester’s In The City festival:

17 Oct 2009 @ 17:00 – ITC Show at Salford Hope Mill for Blowout
18 Oct 2009 @ 13:15 – ITC Show at Manchester Night and Day (afternoon stage time)

I wrote about Run Toto Run’s appearance at last year’s In The City on hobbsy.com – check out the original blogpost, photo gallery and videos

Video of The Longcut live at Manchester Academy 3 (12th Oct 2009)

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:35:32 +0000

I saw The Longcut on Monday night at the Academy 3. I can’t understand why this band aren’t massive.. they’ve been a big favourite of mine since I first caught them live in June 2004 (when they supported Bloc Party at the Bierkeller).

The band are currently on a UK tour this month – go and see them live:

16th October – Find tickets – Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
18th October – Find tickets – Southampton The Talking Heads
19th October – Find tickets – London Cargo
22nd October – Find tickets – Liverpool Korova

Here’s a video I shot at the concert which will hopefully convert you :)

The Longcut – Gravity In Crisis (live at Manchester Academy 3)

Video length: 4m57 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

Update 14th Oct: check out Shirlaine Forrest’s photos from the concert on the BBC website

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

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:46:14 +0000

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:

The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry

Video length: 2m28 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

The Answering Machine – Lightbulbs

Video length: 3m23 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

The Answering Machine – Oklahoma

Video length: 2m41 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

The Answering Machine – Obviously Cold

Video length: 3m38 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

This HD video was shot on a Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (aka ZS3) camera. Find out more info about this brilliant camera and compare prices to find the cheapest place to buy one online at: http://bit.ly/lumix-tz7

This was a free gig for BBC Manchester Introducing, on the bill with Beat The Radar and May 68

BBC Introducing links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/music/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8070000/8070720.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8172000/8172488.stm

Local talent: The Answering Machine

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:52:28 +0000

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/

Video of Beat The Radar live at Manchester Deaf Institute (12th June 2009)

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:38:16 +0000

Back in those hazy summer days of June, Beat The Radar supported The Longcut at the Manchester Deaf Institute. You can check out below a few video clips I shot from the audience (NB: the HD 720p videos below might play smoother if you click on the direct YouTube links)

Find out more about this upcoming local Manchester band via Beat The Radar’s official MySpace or official Facebook group. They play live at the Manchester Roadhouse tomorrow night (Fri 18th Sept) supporting Optional Wallace [buy tickets here] (Facebook event page), and the Carefully Planned all-dayer at Cafe Saki in Rusholme on Saturday 3rd Oct 2009 [buy tickets here] (Facebook event page)

Beat The Radar – Misunderstood What You Said

Video length: 2m25 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

View the rest of the videos after the jump:

Beat The Radar – Stars

Video length: 1m02 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

Beat The Radar – Telephone Conversation

Video length: 2m43 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]

Alessi’s Ark at Hard Rock Calling festival, London Hyde Park (27th June 2009)

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:02:30 +0000

I first found out about Alessi’s Ark through Adam and Joe’s 6Music show and their repeated plays of the magical single ‘Over The Hill‘. I missed the opportunity to catch Alessi live in Manchester back in May, so I was happy to spot her on the line-up for Hard Rock Calling in London’s Hyde Park (alongside Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, Seasick Steve, Magic Numbers, Johnny Flynn, Priscilla Ahn, The Pretenders). Whilst the other artists were scheduled for the ‘Main’ and ‘Pepsi Max’ stages, Alessi’s Ark played on the much more intimate Bandstand stage.

Alessi and her band played 8 tunes and I videoed 7 of them for you:

Alessi’s Ark – Hard Rock Calling setlist:
1. The Robot
2. Over The Hill
3. The Dog
4. Dancing Feet
5. Asteroids Collide [not videoed]
6. The Horse
7. Neighbour’s Birds
8. Glendora

I’m particularly fond of the beautiful lyrics to ‘Dancing Feet’, and the whig-out jam towards the end of ‘Glendora’ :)

The video was shot on a handheld camera (Panasonic Lumix TZ7) – apparently in HD (1280×720), although the quality isn’t that great…

Alessi’s Ark – The Robot (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [1/8] 3m07 YouTube

View the rest of the videos after the jump:

Alessi’s Ark – Over The Hill (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [2/8] 3m24 YouTube

Alessi’s Ark – The Dog (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [3/8] 2m42 YouTube

Alessi’s Ark – Dancing Feet (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [4/8] 2m52 YouTube

5. Asteroids Collide [not videoed]

Alessi’s Ark – The Horse (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [6/8] 2m02 YouTube

Alessi’s Ark – Neighbour’s Birds (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [7/8] 0m51 YouTube

Alessi’s Ark – Glendora (live at Hyde Park 27th June 2009) [8/8] 4m15 YouTube

Alessi’s Ark links:

Official Alessi’s Ark MySpace
alessisark.com
Anika in London (I managed to find the name of the tune ‘Dancing Feet’ thanks to Anika’s lovely blog). Search her blog for Alessi’s Ark for photos and reviews (and Flickr)

Buy the Alessi’s Ark album Notes From The Treehouse from Amazon.co.uk.

Buy on CD | Buy on mp3

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Watch Air Cav live on Channel M

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:27:31 +0000

Air Cav played a gig at the Manchester Night & Day a few weeks ago (Saturday 10th May 2008), and the Channel M cameras were there to record the show. The gig was broadcast on the channel over the Bank Holiday weekend (Mon 26th May @ 10pm) – but if you missed it you can check it out below:

The songs aired were:

‘A Call to Arms’
‘Friendly Fire’
‘Alliance’
‘Branches’
‘Embers’

You can catch Air Cav live at the Wychwood Festival in Gloucestershire on Friday 30th May, and at Manchester Fuel on Saturday June 7th

The band release their new single ‘Embers/Picking at the Bones’ on 7th July 2008 and plan to hold a party to celebrate the release of the record on Saturday 5th July

Air Cav Links:
- Air Cav Official Site
- Air Cav MySpace

Tim and Sam band music used on new Co-operative Bank advert

admin — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:15:14 +0000

The very wonderful Manchester-based The Tim and Sam band (and their tune ‘Put Your Slippers On’) have been used by the Co-operative bank in an advert to “celebrate the Co-Op’s 15th anniversary of their unique customer-led Ethical Policy”

IndieMusicBlog were lucky enough to catch the band (billed as Tim And Sam’s Tim And Sam Band With Tim And Sam) live last month at Blowout in Chorlton, and we’re definitely new converts.

We’ve been obsessed with San Diego’s The Album Leaf for the best part of a year, so we were delighted to discover a homegrown band that plucked similar heartstrings

The band are currently recording their debut album, and have a few Manchester dates coming up in the next month – check their MySpace for details

You can watch the advert on Youtube or check it out below:

Tim And Sam Band – Put Your Slippers On

The 2-minute animated feature has been created by matteblackfilms / Aaran Brady

If you like the sound of that, then you can also watch/listen to the beautiful ‘Join The Dots’ on Youtube or listen to 5 songs on the Tim And Sam Band’s MySpace

Tim And Sam Band – Join The Dots