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27/06/2013
polly-and-the-billets-doux

 

 

polly-and-the-billets-doux

We’re delighted to be welcoming Polly & The Billets Doux to The Castle, Manchester, to perform at what is likely to be our final TFFT Live!

Polly And The Billets Doux are something different. The genre-defiant quartet began life in the middle of a smoky Winchester venue’s backroom … Read on

Tags: polly and the billets doux
28/06/2013
wooderson

 

wooderson

 

Wooderson is the sound of four good friends from the north of England who have a good time making a racket with each other. They play dischordant post-punk/indie rock to nod your head to. Think the sounds of late 80′s/early 90′s Dischord Records meets late 70′s/Early 80′s post-punk.

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Tags: doctrines, runaround kids, WOODERSON
The+Music+Tapes++BANDPHOTO+1

 

The+Music+Tapes++BANDPHOTO+1

 

Julian Koster and Robbie Cucchiaro have spent the last four years bringing The Music Tapes’ legendary live shows to living rooms, opera house stages, and everywhere in between-along the way garnering an ever-growing legion of devotees enthralled by the band’s imaginative and uniquely affecting blend of music, magic, … Read on

Tags: aldous, cowtown, music tapes
01/07/2013
smashing-pumpkins

 

 

smashing-pumpkins

 

The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1988.Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D’Arcy Wretzky, using a drum machine. Playing with a drum machine frustrated both the … Read on

Tags: manchester academy, Smashing Pumpkins
02/07/2013
halfmoonrun

 

 

halfmoonrun

 

Half Moon Run is a talented young band from Ottawa, Ontario and Comox, British Columbia. It was in a practice studio situated in Montreal’s Mile-End district, through the hardships of time constraints and flat-lined bank accounts, that the trio bonded and created their unique sound, fusing together

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Tags: Deaf Institute, half moon run
04/07/2013
PetrelsJulyJPG

 

PetrelsJulyJPG

 
From Nothing & Bad Uncle Present…
Petrels feat. live visuals from Laid Eyes

 

The solo project of Bleeding Heart Narrative’s Oliver Barrett has put out releases on several labels internationally including Denovali, Tartaruga and Patient Sounds. Drawing on rock, noise, improve, drone and modern classical, Petrels has

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Tags: dwang, max bondi, Petrels, tacet
Goldheart-Assembly

 

 

Goldheart-Assembly

 

Goldheart Assembly is a British alternative pop-rock band from London, England. The band formed in 2007 as a group of six musicians from various bands. They met at club nights at Covent Garden’s Rock Garden run by now-bandleaders James Dale and John Herbert. Slowly, after a period … Read on

Tags: goldheart assembly, Soup Kitchen
thoserottenthieves

 

 

thoserottenthieves

 

Three piece rockers flaunting big riffs, grooving vibes and driving beats. All of this alongside a frenzied live show, riddled with constant head banging, raw vocals and a heavy dose of guitar solos. Those Rotten Thieves are a three piece, Manchester based band who play a dirty … Read on

Tags: those rotten thieves
05/07/2013
mavac

 

 

mavac

 

A new show
In collaboration with United Visual Artists and Es Devlin

 

‘A collective hallucination.’ Robert Del Naja

 

‘A musical entertainment about the power of illusion and the illusion of power.’ 
Adam Curtis

 

Connecting the dark, intense music and visual work of Robert Del … Read on

Tags: adam curtis, Massive Attack, mif