When it comes to bands we have an ecelctic taste, but generally it can be summed up by 'off kilter wonky pop'. In the past we have had The Invisible, YACHT, Casiokids, The Emperor Machine, Max Tundra, Wild Beasts and Dananananaykroyd grace our stages as well all other manner of great Manchester bands.You can expect the unexpected and with no doubt the most upbeat welcoming crowd around.
10.30 Fujiya & Miyagi
9.30 Egyptian Hip Hop
7.45 MAY68
6.30 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
5.30 Wu Lyf
4.30 Dutch Uncles
DOORS: 4pm till 1am
Fujiya & Miyagi
We are giddy to finally be able to present Fujiya & Miyagi to the Manchester public. This Brighton (not Tokyo) based four-piece have been created out of the most holy union of Can, Neu! and YMO to bring intergalactic Kraut-Funk grooves to 21st century ears. Conceived on the subs bench of Sunday league football matches over a love of heavyweight wrestler Kendo Nagasaki, F&M began creating electronic odes to everyday life in the early noughties, releasing their debut Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style in 2002, and have gone from strength to strength ever since with 2006's Transparent Things and 2008's Lightbulbs. Layering whispered lyrical explorations of 21st century materialism, pop culture and sportswear over motorik beats and lush synths, F&M create a soundscape that plots a course between melancholia, euphoria and head-nodding hip-thrusting funk. Be prepared to dance and hug everyone around you.
www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi
Egyptian Hip Hop
Egyptian Hip Hop are
the Manchester four piece that graced every single "ones to watch
list" going at the turn of the year, and are fresh from the release
of their debut single "Wild Human Child" on Hit Club. Although
neither from Cairo or Compton, they create a unique and experimental
sound, sitting somewhere between post-punk and baggy pop with spiky
guitars and buzzy, fuzzy synths aplenty. They are definite ones to
watch, and with Late of the Pier's Sam at the production helm for
their new material this is the hottest ticket in town.
www.myspace.com/egyptianhiphop
Wu Lyf
W(orld) U(nite) L(ucifer) Y(outh) F(oundation) are a Mancunian four-piece swathed in mystery. Coming across like a cult movement, their live shows are explosive and energetic, mostly containing scenes of nudity and violence, and ideally suited to intimate surroundings. Sonically speaking, they make noisy punk gospel with the lo(west) of fi(delity) (perfectly summed up in their own words as "Heavy Pop"), and having already left a trail of astounded industry types in their wake, they're gonna blow the roof off the Old Pint Pot.
Dutch Uncles
Perennial Dancin
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Horses favourites Dutch Uncles (not from the Netherlands) have been
one of Manchester's most interesting bands for the last four years
and we're delighted to have the pleasure of their company once
again. Always melodic, inventive and impeccably dressed, Dutch Uncles
return armed with new material and awe inspiring single, "The Ink"
on Love & Disaster. Expect to see a vital and mature band taking
their sound to the next level.
MAY68
Rounding off the
theme of geographically cryptic bandna
mes
we have MAY68, Manchester's finest electro-disco revolutionaries.
Musically they could be best described as the result of Daft Punk and
the Yeah Yeah Yeahs getting hot and heavy whilst watching Purple
Rain. They combine italo, french house and post punk into energetic
and sexy discofunk bombs designed with the dance floor in mind. Their
debut single "My Ways" has just dropped on Hit Club and is
getting extensive radio props from Nick Grimshaw and the boys, and
Zane Lowe recently likened their remixing skills to one Sergio
Giorgio Moroder. With a spate of good looking festival dates ruining
their holiday plans we're lucky to have bagged one of the hottest
prospects around.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
RRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH A time machine was sent
back to just before all the dinosaurs went BOOOOOOOM!!! and died.
horribly. and they said "RRAAAGH listen up future kids. we got the big
tunes." and they sorted us out with a few dubplates. prehistoric
dubplates made of granite. using the latest in free software the "big
tunes" have begun to be uncovered and are ready for your listening.
listen.