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Photos of Run Toto Run at Manchester Deaf Institute (16th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:11:56 +0000

Last week (before the madness of In The City kicked off) I saw Rachael Kichenside’s band Run Toto Run play live at the Manchester Deaf Institute. I’ve alread posted a video of the band covering Passion Pit’s Sleepyhead from the same concert, but below you’ll find some photos I shot:

Click here to view the full gallery (25 photos)

Photos of Morton Valence at Manchester Electric Boogaloo (20th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:11:31 +0000

Morton Valence photos from their set at the Electric Boogaloo as part of Manchester In The City 2009

Click here to view the full gallery (16 photos)

Photos of Young British Artists at Manchester Night and Day (20th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:38:51 +0000

Young British Artists played the Now Wave showcase at the Night and Day on the final night of Manchester In The City 2009. Here are a few photos:

Photos of Taxi Taxi! at Manchester Electric Boogaloo (20th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:38:34 +0000

I tweeted on Tuesday night about the Taxi Taxi! gig I’d just seen:

Taxi taxi! were superb. Well worth the walk in the rain from the N&D.seen some amazing acts at electric boogaloo #itcmanchester

On reflection Taxi Taxi’s set was probably the highlight of my In The City 2009…

In the same way that Run Toto Run nursed my cumulative hangover on the final night of ITC last year, this year it was Swedish sisters Miriam and Johanna E. Berhan (aka Taxi Taxi!) that provided the aural Nurofen. Their delicate songs are just breathtaking… head over to the band’s MySpace and take a listen.

I only wish I’d filmed the whole gig – as one song in particular (somewhere in the middle of the set) made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, and almost brought a tear to my eye. After four nights of non-stop ITC carnage, this was the perfect way to end an emotionally and physically tiring festival (well, a brief chill-out at least before the madness of The Drums N&D set closed my In The City)

I have a few videos that I might try and post on YouTube later, but my upload speed is so pathetically slow (512Kb) that it takes the best part of a day to upload a 4-minute 700mb HD video. In the meantime, here are some photos I shot of Taxi Taxi!:

Manchester In The City 2009 – Day 3 – Tuesday 20th Oct 2009

hobbsy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:14:31 +0000

Here’s a list of bands I photographed on day 3 of In The City:

Ray Summers at Manchester TV21
Futures at Manchester Roadhouse
The Tides at Manchester Moho Live (2nd Room)
Apples at Manchester Ruby Lounge
Asakusa Jinta at Manchester TV21
Young British Artists at Manchester Night and Day
Morton Valence at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
Slaggerij at Manchester Studio
Egyptian Hip Hop at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
Taxi Taxi! at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
Mount Kimbie at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
Hounds at Manchester Studio
The Drums at Manchester Night and Day

Panels I watched:
- Tribes, Fans, Followers panel
(ft. Sean Adams, Anthony Volodkin, Ian Hogarth, Alex Ljung, Joe Cohen)

- Making The Law: The Author Panel
(ft. John Robb, John Niven, Andrew Collins, Mark Hodkinson, Peter Hook, Pete Frame)

- The ITC Hive Panel
(ft. John Robb, Johnny Jay)

Manchester In The City 2009 – Day 2 – Monday 19th Oct 2009

hobbsy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:50:10 +0000

Here’s a list of bands I photographed on day 2 of In The City:

Woodenbox at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
Copy Haho at Manchester Bar 38
Ed Sheeran at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
Culture Reject at Manchester Studio
Life In Film at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
Unicorn Kid at Manchester Bar 38
The Hugs at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
Onlookers at Manchester Bar 38
Sweet Baboo at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
Hook and The Twin at Manchester Studio
Busker outside Manchester Bar 38
She Is Danger at Manchester Chicago Rock Cafe
The Crookes at Manchester Bar 38
Jesca Hoop at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
I Am Blackbird at Manchester Bar 38

I’ll be working on getting them online and on the official ITC flickrstream this week

Manchester In The City 2009 – Day 1 – Sunday 18th Oct 2009

hobbsy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:20:40 +0000

Just a quick list of who and what I saw yesterday at Manchester In The City (Sunday 18th October 2009) – as much a reminder to myself, as an actual blogpost :) I’ll update this properly tomorrow with photos etc – but right now I need to sleep, I’ve been up since 7am (it’s now 3am)

- P2P Piracy debate @ Midland Hotel (quick iPhone pic I tweeted)
- Digital distribution talk @ Midland Hotel
- Steve Lamacq/Creation Records talk @ Midland Hotel (quick iPhone pic I tweeted)

Little Boots (aka Victoria Hesketh) checking in at the Midland Hotel:

The Momeraths at Manchester Space
My First Tooth at Manchester Space
Gallops at Manchester Bar 38
Olfar at Manchester Bar 38
Milk White White Teeth at Manchester Chicago Rock
Asakusa Jinta at Manchester Studio
Dutch Uncles at Manchester Chicago Rock
Dirty Good at Manchester Electric Boogaloo
Sophie Madeleine at Manchester Bar 38
MAY68 at Manchester Studio
Cate Le Bon at Manchester Cellar Vie
Bright Light Bright Light at Manchester Cellar Vie

Photos of Everything Everything at Manchester Night and Day (17th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:13:51 +0000

Everything Everything played last night at the Night and Day as part of a Manchester In The City Fringe event – according to their MySpace, they are playing the same venue again tonight (?). Really difficult gig to shoot: the lead singer had his eyes closed for 95% of the concert, the lighting was poor and temperature (as you’d expect for the N&D) was sauna-like. I’m in two-minds whether to shoot any more bands there this weekend (but the line-up is great: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Egyptian Hip Hop, Young British Artists, May68 and The Drums)

Screengrabs from video of Bat For Lashes at Manchester Academy 1 (14th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:16:10 +0000

Bit of an experiment here… I’ve been trying to see if I can create a usable web image with the screenshot tool in VLC – from some HD video (1280×720) I shot tonight of Bat For Lashes at the Manchester Academy 1, using my Panasonic Lumix TZ7

Obviously the quality isn’t brilliant, but I think the results are probably passable… Let me know what you think in the comments

Photos of The xx at Manchester Deaf Institute (4th Oct 2009)

hobbsy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:20:37 +0000

More photos of The xx to follow this week.. just throwing up 4 pictures from tonight’s show in Manchester before I crash out for the night :)

Update – Tues 6th Oct 2009: I’ve now uploaded 19 photos from the xx show – view the full gallery here

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