MANCHESTER GIGS IN MUSIC: April 2011 Pt.1

April gigs in Manchester have a distinct charitable slant to them. On Monday 4 April at the Deaf Institute (and then on 7 April at the Union Chapel in London) the Manchester Aid to Kosovo album "Ten" is launched. Playing the Manchester leg are Badly Drawn Boy, The Travelling Band (acoustic set), Jim Noir, Silverclub, Jo Rose, Liam Frost, Gideon Conn, Josphine Oniyama and Liz Green. Tickets just £10 if still available.

And then ten days later at the Ruby Lounge is Japanchester, a fundraiser for the work of the British Red Cross in Japan following last month's earthquake. Line-up includes Patterns, Trojan Horse, Plank!, From The Kites of San Quentin, Day For Airstrikes and The Goddamn Electric. Advance tickets just £5. All credit to bands on both bills for doing their bit. Now over to you - if can support either or both nights please do. And as ever a mixtape [58 mins / 65MB] of bands playing Manchester the rest of the month to help inform your gig-going decision-making - link in the post below this one.

Manchester Gigs In Music Mixtape: April 2011

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds I Found A Peanut [2.29] (19 Apr Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Cold Cave Love Comes Close [6.53] (1 Apr Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
2:54 Creeping [11.50] (13 Apr The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Pete & The Pirates Winter 1 [15.28] (15 Apr Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
Treefight for Sunlight What Became of You and I [19.12] (6 Apr Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Dry The River Coast [23.45] (26 Apr The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Deer Park Waiting on a Change [26.46] (17 Apr Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Dan Haywood’s New Hawks Smiley Patch [31.32] (14 Apr Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Polly & The Billets-Doux To Be A Fighter [34.57] (8 Apr Gullivers BUY TICKETS)
Singing Adams I Need Your Mind [38.20] (17 Apr Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Trash Kit Cadets [39.58] (10 Apr Gullivers BUY TICKETS)
Milk White White Teeth The Calendar Will Crawl [44.36] (9 Apr Gullivers BUY TICKETS)
Lone Pigeon Oh Catherine [46.38] (22 Apr Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Last Harbour Sunken Bells [49.41] (28 Apr Sacred Trinity BUY TICKETS)
Timber Timbre Demon Host [53.16] (28 Apr Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Lucas Renney Think of Me Kindly [57.07] (14 Apr The Castle BUY TICKETS)

And not forgetting:
1 Apr Air Cav + Christopher Eatough + The Sun Electric Band Fuel Cafe / 2 Apr Earth Islington Mill / 4 Apr Eli Kezler The Castle / 5 April Hammell on Trial Ruby Lounge / 5 April Thousands The Castle / 6 April Heather Peace Sound Control / 6 April Ruarri Joseph Jabez Clegg / 7 Apr Esben & the Witch St Phillip’s Church / 7 Apr In Flight Safety Night & Day / 7 Apr De Staat Deaf Institute / 8 Apr The Low Anthem St Philip’s Church / 8 Apr Pocket Hercules Sacred Trinity / 8 Apr Cloud Control Sound Control / 8 Apr Portugal The Man Roadhouse / 8 Apr The Virgin Marys Deaf Institute / 9 Apr Simone Felice St Ann’s Church / 9 Apr Crippled Black Phoenix Islington Mill / 9 Apr William Tyler The Castle / 9 Apr Errors Joshua Brooks / 9 Apr The Heartbreaks Deaf Institute / 10 Apr Austra Islington Mill / 11 Apr Marcus Foster Night & Day / 12 Apr Steve Mason Deaf Institute / 12 Apr Washington Irving Dulcimer / 13 Apr Architecture in Helsinki Academy / 15 Apr Agnes Obel Deaf Institute / 16 Apr Manchester Orchestra Ruby Lounge / 16 Apr The Longcut & Day for Airstrikes Night & Day / 16 Apr Skull Flower Kraak Gallery / 16 Apr And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Our Dead Academy 2 / 17 Apr The Mummers Ruby Lounge / 17 Apr Jim Jones Revue Club Academy / 18 Apr Sara Lowes The Castle / 19 Apr Mi Ami Islington Mill / 19 Apr Tom Williams and the Boat Night & Day / 19 Apr The Money The Castle / 19 Apr Belleruche Roadhouse / 19 Apr Eli Paperboy Reed Sound Control / 19 Apr Lykke Li Academy / 20 Apr The Dears Ruby Lounge / 20 Apr Left With Pictures The Castle / 21 Apr Voodoo Johnson MoHo Live / 21 Apr Steffen Basho Junghans The Castle / 22 Apr The Rain Band The Ruby Lounge / 22 Apr Kassidy The Deaf Institute / 23 Apr Deaf To Van Gogh’s Ear + The Spotlight Kid + Pirouettes Gullivers / 26 Apr Curtis Eller Ruby Lounge / 26 Apr Saint Saviour The Deaf Institute / 26 Apr Best Coast Academy 2 / 27 Apr Bonobo Band on the Wall / 27 Apr Times New Viking + Mazes Deaf Institute / 28 Apr Johnny Foreigner Night & Day / 29 Apr Alasdair Roberts Sacred Trinity Church / 29 Apr Mount Kimbie Deaf Institute / 30 Apr Durutti Column Bridgewater Hall / 30 Apr Tape The Radio Night & Day / 30 Apr Gideon Conn Academy 3 / 30 Apr Dan Sartain Deaf Institute