MANCHESTER GIGS IN MUSIC: April 2012 Pt.1

Can this be right? A gig by Jandek in Manchester this month? Indeed it is. An ultra-rare appearance by the ultra-elusive outsider folk-blues musician put on by a partnership of enterprising promoters Buried Bones and MIE Music. For all his shadowy elusiveness and absence of biographical information, Jandek has an extensive discography – 50 albums and counting. For this live show, 'The Representative of Corwood Industries' will be joined by drummer Alex Nielson (of Trembling Bells and numerous collaborations) and experimental guitarist Richard Youngs. Tickets here.

In a cruel clash on the same Saturday is the 11th Carefully Planned All Dayer, a mini-fest of DIY pop surprises headlined by the excellent indie power-pop trio Standard Fare. Two artists from Carefully Planned on the mixtape below including wunderkind Kiran Leonard (see earlier this week) with the astonishing ‘Port-Ainé’. Tickets here.


As ever a mixtape [53 mins / 60 MB] of bands playing Manchester this month to help inform your gig-going decision-making - link in the post below this one.

Mcr Gigs in Music Mixtape: April 2012 [53 mins / 60 MB] - download here

Au Get Alive [3.15] (24 April The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Dan Mangan Post-War Blues [6.50] (28 April The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Kiran Leonard Port-Ainé [10.15] The Castle (21 April BUY TICKETS)
Simone Felice Group New York Times [14.20] (16 April Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Volcano The Bear My Favourite Tongues [17.04] (9 April The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Cate Le Bon Puts Me To Work [20.29] (24 April Soup Kitchen BUY TICKETS)
The Magnetic Fields The Book Of Love [23.09] (27 April RNCM BUY TICKETS)
Arthur Rigby and The Baskervylles One Stormy Night [26.36] (20 April Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Grouper Demona [30.24] (1 April Islington Mill BUY TICKETS)
Sea Of Bees Gnomes [33.14] (16 April Ruby Lounge BUY TICKETS)
The Middle Ones Courage [37.14] (5 April Kraak BUY TICKETS)
Great Lake Swimmers Gonna Make It Through This Year [40.56] (14 April Deaf Institute BUY TICKETS)
Sam Airey Row Upon Row [44.38] (23 April The Castle BUY TICKETS)
Douga Where Are The Others [47.51] (6 April Fuel BUY TICKETS)
Moody Gowns Nelson Skills [50.03] (21 April BUY TICKETS)
The Existence of Harvey Lord Anchorite [53.08] (8 April Dulcimer BUY TICKETS)

And not forgetting:
2 April Y Niwl Kings Arms / 2 Apr Air Cav Band on the Wall / 3 April Those Darlins Ruby Lounge / 3 April Helmet Sound Control / 4 April Bo Weavil Tiger Lounge / 4 April Cold In Berlin Night & Day / 4 April 2:54 Deaf Institute / 5 April Patterns + Jewellers + Shinies John Rylands Library / 5 April The Wild Mercury Sound The Castle / 5 April Liz Green Deaf Institute / 5 April Other Lives Academy 3 / 5 April Ace Bushy Striptease Kraak / 5 April Gnod Islington Mill / 6 April Frazer King Night & Day / 6 April Douga Borland + Vei Fuel / 6 April Monster Island + Fetch The Witches Islington Mill / 7 April Psychemagik Night & Day / 7 April Shields Trof Fallowfield / 8 April Lewis Floyd Henry The Castle / 8 April Boy & Bear Kings Arms / 8 April Slow Club Ruby Lounge / 8 April Tinariwen The Ritz / 10 April Toy Soup Kitchen / 10 April The Monochrome Set Band On The Wall / 10 April Teen Daze Kraak / 10 April Ten The Great Dulcimer / 11 April Pelican Ruby Lounge / 11 April Simian Ghost Soup Kitchen / 11 April Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express Deaf Institute / 12 April Vieka Dulcimer / 12 April Richard Knox & Frederic D. Oberland Sacred Trinity Church / 13 April Juan Zelada The Castle / 13 April Kill Van Kulls Soup Kitchen / 13 April The Futureheads RNCM / 13 April Andrew WK Academy / 14 April The Louche FC + PINS Roadhouse / 16 April Sleep Party People The Castle / 17 April Barn Owl Islington Mill / 18 April Herman Dune Ruby Lounge / 18 April Misty’s Big Adventure Dry Bar / 18 April Maps & Atlases Night & Day / 18 April Odonis Odonis Kraak / 18 April Arthur Beatrice Trof Fallowfield / 19 April The Boss Hoss Ruby Lounge / 19 April Dry The River Academy 3 / 19 April The Gilded Palace of Sin Dulcimer / 20 April The Miserable Rich Deaf Institute / 21 April Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones Night & Day / 21 Apr Rough Fields The Castle / 21 April Imperial Leisure Roadhouse / 21 April Jandek St Margaret’s Church / 22 April The Unthanks Royal Exchange Theatre / 22 April Of Montreal Sound Control / 22 April Ellen & The Escapades The Castle / 22 April The Staves Deaf Institute / 23 April Gabriel Minnikin Band On The Wall / 24 April Dignan Porch Deaf Institute / 25 April Various Cruelties Ruby Lounge / 27 April Electricity In Our Homes Band On The Wall / 27 April The Magnetic Fields RNCM / 28 April Nedry Deaf Institute / 29 April Russian Circles Ruby Lounge / 30 April Royal Baths Band On The Wall