One victim of the August riots was the independent music scene. The burning down of the PIAS distribution centre in Enfield destroyed huge amounts of physical stock from over 70 record labels. Label Love is the umbrella movement to support those labels and towards the end of the month The Ruby Lounge hosts the Manchester Label Love fundraiser night with The Narrows, Trojan Horse, Nine Tail and Tribal Fighters.
A very different showcase for the independent and DIY music scene is the Carefully Planned Festival – two days of music over four venues in the Northern Quarter for the insanely cheap price of £10 a ticket in advance. Recommended amongst the nearly 60 bands playing are Gintis, Just Handshakes We’re British, Mammal Club, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Onions, Christopher Eatough, Douga and My First Tooth (if I’d been more organised that would have been a whole mixtape of its own).
As for the rest of October, it all gets off to a thumping good start tomorrow night with Brown Brogues (six new songs AND new T-shirts!) and Ghost Outfit at the Castle Hotel. As ever a mixtape [61 mins / 70 MB] of bands playing Manchester in October to help inform your gig-going decision-making - link in the post below this one.
Mcr Gigs in Music Mixtape: October 2011
Mazes Summer Hits [1.50] (4 Oct Kings Arms BUY TICKETS)
Veronica Falls Right Side of My Brain [4.38] (23 Oct The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Art Brut Unprofessional Wrestling [8.07] (7 Oct Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
Brown Brogues E-R [9.55] (1 Oct The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Fucked Up The Other Shoe [14.48] (30 Oct Sound Control BUY TICKETS)
Bill Wells + Aidan Moffat Cages [17.13] (18 Oct Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Stealing Sheep The Mountain Dogs [19.29] (21 Oct Dulcimer BUY TICKETS)
Emmy The Great A Century of Sleep [23.36] (10 Oct Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Herman Dune Tell Me Something I Don’t Know [27.06] (15 Oct Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Beth Jeans Houghton Dodecahedron [30.18] (1 Oct Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
The ABC Club Get Set Go [34.20] (7 Oct Kraak BUY TICKETS)
The Louche FC Back Bedroom Casualty [38.24] (22 Oct King's Arms BUY TICKETS)
Craft Spells You Should Close The Door [41.36] (14 Oct Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Elephant Stone Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin [44.53] (28 Oct Dulcimer BUY TICKETS)
DZ Deathrays The Mess Up [48.31] (25 Oct The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Thomas Truax Escape From The Orphanage [52.29] (27 Oct Night & Day BUY TICKETS)
Other Lives Tamer Animals [56.33] (30 Oct Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Jens Lekman Black Cab [61.30] (19 Oct Band on the Wall BUY TICKETS)
And not forgetting:
1 Oct Paper Aeroplanes The Book Barge / 1 Oct Working For A Nuclear Free City Salford Lad's Club / 2 Oct Ruarri Joseph Ruby Lounge / 2 Oct Fink Deaf Institute / 3 Oct Cloud Control Deaf Institute / 4 Oct Ruins + Barberos Islington Mill / 4 Oct Plaid Soundcontrol / 5 Oct Paddy Steer + The Bell Peppers The Gas Lamp / 5 Oct Nedry The Castle / 5 Oct Imaginary Cities Deaf Institute / 6 Oct Young Legionnaire Ruby Lounge / 6 Oct Aidan Baker Islington Mill / 6 Oct Cave Painting The Castle / 6 Oct Death From Above 1979 Academy / 7 Oct Gruff Rhys + Y Niwl Central Methodist Hall / 7 Oct Driver Drive Faster + Ghost Outfit Kraak / 8 Oct Brothers of Brazil The Castle / 8 Oct The Paris Riots Deaf Institute / 9 Oct Ghostpoet Deaf Institute / 10 Oct Outfit + Patterns The Castle / 11 Oct Bong + Womb + Organ Freeman Islington Mills / 11 Oct Wakey! Wakey! Night & Day / 11 Oct Kyla La Grange The Castle / 12 Oct Dels Ruby Lounge / 12 Oct Bill Orcutt + Jessica Rylan Islington Mill / 12 Oct David Dondero The Castle / 13 Oct The Blood Arm Ruby Lounge / 13 Oct James Vincent McMorrow St Philips Church / 13 Oct Kirsty Almeida Band on the Wall / 14 Oct Karima Francis Ruby Lounge / 14 Oct We Were Promised Jetpacks Deaf Institute / 15 Oct Benjamin Francis Leftwich Ruby Lounge / 15 Oct Denis Jones Deaf Institute / 15 Oct The Joy Formidable Academy 2 / 15-16 Oct Carefully Planned All Dayer various venues / 17 Oct Tindersticks Bridgewater Hall / 18 Oct Warm Brains Night & Day / 18 Oct Spector Roadhouse / 19 Oct Zun Zun Egui Ruby Lounge / 19 Oct Foreign Office The Castle / 19 Oct Bon Iver Apollo / 20 Oct Ben Howard Ruby Lounge / 20 Oct Circle Islington Mill / 20 Oct The Young Knives Deaf Institute / 21 Oct Label Love Fundraiser Ruby Lounge / 21 Oct The Rain Band FAC251 / 21 Oct David’s Lyre Deaf Institute / 21 Oct Moscow Radio St Philip's Church / 22 Oct Janice Graham Band Sound Control / 22 Oct Rook and the Ravens Deaf Institute / 22 Oct Ghosting Season + Cloud Boat + Hourglass Sea Kraak / 22 Oct The Electrification of Salford King's Arms / 23 Oct Sons and Daughters Ruby Lounge / 23 Oct Josh Pyke Deaf Institute / 24 Oct Laura Marling + The Leisure Society Manchester Cathedral / 24 Oct Real Estate Islington Mill / 24 Oct Theme Park The Castle / 24 Oct Yann Tiersen Academy / 24 Oct Singing Adams Dulcimer / 24 Oct Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Ruby Lounge / 25 Oct Wilco Academy 1 / 26 Oct Rod Jones & the Birthday Suit + Jordan Bolton Ruby Lounge / 26 Oct Silver Apples Night & Day / 26 Oct Michael Kiwanuka Deaf Institute / 26 Oct Good Luck Mountain + Ana Egge Dulcimer / 28 Oct Wolves In the Throne Room Islington Mill / 28 Oct Airship Deaf Institute / 28 Oct Ghost Outfit The Roadhouse / 31 Oct Tribes Ruby Lounge / 31 Oct Dananananaykroyd Deaf Institute / 31 Oct Lykke Li Academy 2
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