A naturally busy month for gigs is swelled to bursting point this May by a selection of highly recommended festivals. Starting the month is tomorrow’s Sounds From The Other City with 78 acts across 13 stages all for a (probably sold out) ticket price of £18. For my money, the Hey Manchester stage (The Wave Pictures, Darren Hayman and David Thomas Broughton to name just three) is worth the admission alone but the whole day is cleverly programmed delight and a superb advert for the city's independent promoters.
Future Everything brings an eclectic programme to the middle of the month (65daysofstatic soundtracking “Silent Running”!) alongside digital media and art happenings and the Dot To Dot one-dayer finishes the month with a less eclectic, more NME-friendly line-up. And also towards the end of the month is relative newcomer Chorlton Arts Festival with a bijou but smart selection of gigs in St Clements Church (site of last year’s gig from The Acorn) ranging from folk-pop from Leeds to summery psyche sounds from Australia plus more bands still to be announced.
As ever a mixtape [61 mins / 69 MB] of bands playing Manchester this month to help inform your gig-going decision-making - link in the post below this one.
Manchester Gigs In Music Mixtape: May 2011
The Radio Dept Heaven’s On Fire [3.28] (11 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Thee Oh Sees I Was Denied [7.03] (28 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Psychedelic Horseshit Pyramid Eyes [8.47] (5 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Moon Duo Mazes [13.48] (12 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Sonny and the Sunsets Too Young To Burn [17.06] (3 May Sound Control BUY TICKETS)
The High Llamas Fly Baby, Fly [20.07] (15 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Clinic I’m Aware [23.04] (27 May Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Conquering Animal Sound Maschine [26.58] (16 May Sacred Trinity BUY TICKETS)
Nathaniel Rateliff Shroud [30.26] (24 May Dulcimer BUY TICKETS)
Ra Ra Riot Boy [33.33] (18 May Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
Ear Pwr Baby Houses [36.38] (12 May Night & Day BUY TICKETS)
Greeks A Ghoul! A Spook! [39.31] (6 May Fuel Cafe Bar BUY TICKETS)
Prince Rama Lightening Fossil [43.25] (16 May Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Parts & Labor Rest [46.32] (21 May Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
The Black Heart Procession Rats [50.22] (12 May St Philip’s Church BUY TICKETS)
The Sun Electric Band The Last Time [52.45] (14 May Gullivers BUY TICKETS)
Julianna Barwick The Magic Place [56.32] (23 May Kraak Gallery BUY TICKETS)
Sarabeth Tucek Get Well Soon [60.32] (9 May Band on the Wall BUY TICKETS)
And not forgetting:
1 May Laura Cantrell Club Academy / 2 May Baths Deaf Institute / 3 May Frontier Ruckus Ruby Lounge / 3 May Delta Maid Band on the Wall / 3 May Deerhoof Club Academy / 3 May The Strange Death of Liberal England Roadhouse / 4 May Misty’s Big Adventure Jabez Clegg / 4 May Cerebral Ballzy Star & Garter / 4 May The Secret Sisters Ruby Lounge / 4 May I Am Kloot The Lowry / 5 May Spokes The Roadhouse / 5 May Fight Like Apes Night & Day / 6 May Bill Callahan Central Hall / 6 May Young The Giant Ruby Lounge / 6 May The Cute Lepers Night and Day / 6 May Horse Guards Parade Gullivers / 6 May Peter Case Band on the Wall / 6 May Brown Brogues + Ghost Outfit Fuel Cafe Bar / 7 May Anna Calvi + Grouplove + Big Deal Academy / 9 May The Leisure Society Band on the Wall / 9 May PS I Love You Night & Day / 10 May The Handsome Family Band on the Wall / 10 May PVT Ruby Lounge / 11 May Gang Gang Dance Ruby Lounge / 11 Map Group Doueh + The Brothers Unconnected Islington Mill / 12 May Fucked Up Islington Mill / 12 May Beach House Academy 1 / 12 May Steve Reich RNCM / 13 May Scout Niblett Ruby Lounge / 13 May Alela Diane Band on the Wall / 13 May Das Racist Roadhouse / 13 May Tullis Rennie Umbro Design Studio / 13 May Martin Rossiter Deaf Institute / 13 May The Antlers Academy / 14 May Jeffrey Lewis The Castle / 14 May Warpaint Ritz / 14 May Help Stamp Out Loneliness + The Louche FC Gullivers / 14 May The Kabeedies Night & Day / 14 May 65daysofstatic RNCM / 16 May Gonjasufi Band on the Wall / 17 May Perfume Genius King’s Arms / 17 May Chain and the Gang Deaf Institute / 17 May Explosions In The Sky Academy 1 / 18 May Team Ghost The Castle / 18 May Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti Academy 3 / 19 May Idiot Glee Night & Day / 19 May Deep Sea Arcade The Castle / 19 May The Travelling Band Deaf Institute / 19 May Low Club Academy / 19 May Sufjan Stevens Apollo / 20 May Mercury Rev Bridgewater Hall / 20 May Jah Wobble & The Modern Jazz Ensemble Band on the Wall / 20 May Thomas Truax Night & Day / 20 May The Dodos + The Luyas Deaf Institute / 21 May Staff Benda Billi Bridgewater Hall / 21 May Poppy & The Jezebels Night & Day / 21 May Wave Machines Deaf Institute / 21 May John Smith St Clements Church / 22 May Toro Y Moi Deaf Institute / 22 May Blind Atlas Dulcimer / 23 May Three Trapped Tigers Night & Day / 23 May Rural Alberta Advantage Deaf Institute / 24 May Holy Ghost! Ruby Lounge / 24 May Dirty Vegas Night & Day / 24 May Villagers Sound Control / 24 May Mountains Islington Mill / 24 May Abigail Washburn + Sparrow Quartet Band on the Wall / 26 May Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Band on the Wall / 26 May Andrew Jackson Jihad Night & Day / 26 May Koboku Senju The Castle / 27 May The Kills Central Methodist Hall / 27 May The Mountain Goats Academy 3 / 27 May Ellen & The Escapades St Clements Church / 28 May Oneohtrix Point Never + D/R/U/G/S Islington Mill / 28 May The Answering Machine + Colorama Band on the Wall / 28 May Cloud Control + The Moulettes St Clements Church / 29 May Sparrow & The Workshop + Meursault Roadhouse / 30 May Emmylou Harris Bridgewater Hall / 30 May Rachael Sage The Castle / 31 May Phosphorescent Deaf Institute
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