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help me pick what Manchester gigs to go to in the next 3 months?

MIDDLEMAN [Edit] [Delete] 55 replies 00:08, 28 August '12

All of these (generally DiS-friendly) people are playing Manchester some time between now and December. Most I've never seen live before but to see them all would cost about 400 notes so help me pick the ones which will be worth splurging my student loan on, yeah?

Who's good live, who's bad? Any bargains? Is the Ruby Lounge always shit for gigs or was it just my fateful night to see Mumford & Sons which tainted it for me? etc etc

Feel free to suggest other good things coming up too, these are just my last.fm recommendations.

Or alternatively, ignore this and I'll at least have it bookmarked so I don't miss loads of them as I tend to do.

El-P - £14.50 - Academy 3 - Mon 17 Sept

SBTRKT / Four Tet / TNGHT / Hoya:Hoya - £25 - WHP - Sat 6 Oct

Egyptian Hip-Hop - £8 - Soup Kitchen - Tue 9

Errors - £11 - Soup Kitchen - Weds 10

Balam Acab - £8 - Soup Kitchen - Thurs 11

Dirty Projectors - £16.50 - Gorilla - Sun 14
We Were Promised Jetpacks - £9 - Ruby Lounge - Sun 14

Pains of Being Pure At Heart - £13 - Ruby Lounge - Mon 15

Submotion Orchestra - £11 - Ruby Lounge - Tues 16

Grizzly Bear / Villagers - £22 - Academy 1 - Thurs 18
I LIKE TRAINS - £10 - Deaf Institute - Thurs 18

Bloc Party / Chromatics / Theme Park - £25 - WHP - Fri 19

Liars - £14 - Sound Control - Sun 21

Django Django - £13.50 - Ritz - Tues 23

The Cast Of Cheers - £11 - Club Academy - Weds 24

Japandroids - £11 - Sound Control - Sat 27

Tallest Man On Earth - £18.50 - Ritz - Sun 28
Immortal Technique - £15 - Academy 2 - Sun 28

Twin Shadow - £12 - Sound Control - Weds 31

Tame Impala - £16.50 - Ritz - Thurs 1 Nov

Polica - £11 - Sound Control - Sat 3

Animal Collective - £18.50 - WHP - Thurs 8

Flying Lotus / Squarepusher etc - £25 - WHP - Fri 9

Mystery Jets - £15.50 - Ritz - Sat 17

First Aid Kit - £14.50 - Ritz - Thu 22

Orbital / Modeselektor etc - £25 - WHP - Sat 1 Dec

Black Keys / Maccabees - £30+? - M.E.N. - Tues 11

Soulwax / 2manydjs etc - £18.50 - WHP - Thurs 13

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  • the WHP's are definite I think...

    apart from AnCo. I work there so can hear the main stage the whole time anyway, but need to be in a suitable frame of mind for FlyLo etc.

    MIDDLEMAN @georgiabeth | 28 Aug '12, 00:15 | X
  • Egyptian Hip Hop WERE pretty good.

    I heard that they recorded their album but then had it binned by their label though, so I assume that they will sound completely different now.

    moousee | 28 Aug '12, 00:11 | X
  • The Walkmen.

    Verbal | 28 Aug '12, 00:11 | X
    MIDDLEMAN and incandenza_ this'd this
  • Jetpacks are pretty good live.

    Youre more or less guaranteed a good show from the Maccabees, but thirty sheets? Nah.

    forzaborza | 28 Aug '12, 00:12 | X
    • never seen black keys, though I guess they'll play mainly new ones.

      These are the missus' faves though so this will prob happen. Not been to M.E.N since Green Day '05 I don't think!

      MIDDLEMAN @forzaborza | 28 Aug '12, 00:18 | X
    • defo do wwpj

      hibster @forzaborza | 28 Aug '12, 09:41 | X
  • eighties matchbox

    club academy - Mon 29 Oct

    champo | 28 Aug '12, 00:13 | X
  • torche

    codpieceface | 28 Aug '12, 00:14 | X
    moousee this'd this
    • that's going to be amazing

      moousee @codpieceface | 28 Aug '12, 00:17 | X
      codpieceface this'd this
  • OMG

    can you do this more often please? Gonna buy ticket for balam acab right this second. Dunno how good it'll be live but I LOVE BALAM ACAB

    still_here | 28 Aug '12, 00:15 | X
    • I was amazed how many gigs there are in October...

      is he good live?

      MIDDLEMAN @still_here | 28 Aug '12, 00:17 | X
      • no idea

        still_here @MIDDLEMAN | 28 Aug '12, 00:22 | X
        • worth a punt.

          will prob do an errors/acab double header then.

          MIDDLEMAN @still_here | 28 Aug '12, 00:25 | X
      • It's not called ROCKtober for nothing...

        (actually it's because lots of gigs are scheduled for October/November after the festivals and to coincide with students returning to university cities at their most flush.)

        marckee @MIDDLEMAN | 28 Aug '12, 00:37 | X
        • clearly, it works.

          MIDDLEMAN @marckee | 28 Aug '12, 00:41 | X
  • I like the look of the AUN/ThisQuietArmy/Petrels gig,

    and the Richard Youngs and Josephine Foster ones as well:

    http://www.buriedbones.co.uk/

    marckee | 28 Aug '12, 00:15 | X
    • like the sound of the former at Kraak

      it's my housemate's birthday that night, will link him and add it to the list.

      MIDDLEMAN @marckee | 28 Aug '12, 00:25 | X
  • i saw tpobpah when they were touring their first record and didn't think much of them even though i loved the album

    grizzly bear were ace when i seen them but that was maybe to do with them being in the cathedral

    are black keys big enough to play the arena now? that passed me by. i dislike gigs at the arena and am not a massive fan of tbk so i'd miss that one off but maybe you really like them

    there are still tickets for jens lekman at ruby lounge left, i'd suggest that.

    but probably just whatever you like, like

    Oh_Shangri-La | 28 Aug '12, 00:18 | X
    MIDDLEMAN this'd this
    • jens lekman's a great shout.

      only recently got into him. and yeah, there are a few on here I will definitely go to but there's loads of bands who are vyeing for my precious taxpayers money...

      MIDDLEMAN @Oh_Shangri-La | 28 Aug '12, 00:21 | X
  • Negative Approach

    w/ Punch and Voorhees

    16th Oct star and garter

    I'm going to try and come up for that as it's the only one Voorhees are playing

    gonad | 28 Aug '12, 00:58 | X
  • converge

    between the buried and me
    ...trail of dead

    all at the academy soon

    TheKennedyCurse | 28 Aug '12, 09:19 | X
  • Swans

    Dirty Three
    Radiohead

    Matt_was_taken | 28 Aug '12, 09:44 | X
  • I think I might go and see Errors

    So, Errors

    andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:11 | X
    • think errors

      cat_race @andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:12 | X
      • ok

        andyvine @cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:14 | X
        • would be good at soup kitchen

          cat_race @andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:15 | X
          • I love Soup Kitchen

            Plank was the first and only time I've been but it's an amazing space

            andyvine @cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:22 | X
            • it was the second time i went but the other was i played a gig upstairs and it was SHIT

              cat_race @andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:23 | X
              • i can't imagine that would be any good

                i can't EVEN imagine it

                andyvine @cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:28 | X
  • oh yeah swans is my birthday night out. everyone go to that. it'll be your last

    chance to do that whole "31 years old..." schtick that you love so movu"

    cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:13 | X
    • wehat swans album shall i listen to cat_race

      i have heard a lot about them and i think i would probably like them but idk

      andyvine @cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:15 | X
      • filth

        Matt_was_taken @andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:17 | X
      • i don't know i've never listened to them

        not bothered about music really

        cat_race @andyvine | 28 Aug '12, 11:17 | X
        • their new album is fantastic...

          but haven't really listened to much else.

          MIDDLEMAN @cat_race | 28 Aug '12, 11:48 | X
      • Cop

        it's basically their pop punk effort.

        incandenza_ @andyvine | 29 Aug '12, 01:28 | X
  • the Swans gig is going to be mint

    go to that

    noise_annoys | 28 Aug '12, 11:23 | X
    MIDDLEMAN and fuck_this_band this'd this
  • A Carefully Planned Festival #2

    October 20-21.

    deadonthestairs | 28 Aug '12, 11:29 | X
    MIDDLEMAN this'd this
    • oh yeah

      that

      cat_race @deadonthestairs | 28 Aug '12, 11:30 | X
      andyvine this'd this
  • Japandroids booked...

    El-P, Swans, Jetpacks, Grizzly Bear and Immortal Technique to follow I reckon.

    Has anyone here seen Liars since WIXIW? I love their first couple albums, but didn't really get Sisterworld and though the new one is lovely not sure how it'll work live.

    MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 00:10 | X
    • The WIXIW show in the Ruby Lounge was fucking brilliant.

      Very little of S/T and Sisterworld with everything played as a 3 piece. Best of the 4 times I've seen them.

      wilykit @MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 00:21 | X
    • Erm.

      A Carefully Planned Festival #2?

      deadonthestairs @MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 01:07 | X
      MIDDLEMAN this'd this
  • awesome.

    much prefer sound control to ruby lounge as well. good couple of months ahead, especially now I've blagged guestlists to WHP too

    MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 00:25 | X
    • Both good venues to be fair soundwise.

      wilykit @MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 00:27 | X
      • fair play not been for ages, just like the roof space at SC

        MIDDLEMAN @wilykit | 29 Aug '12, 00:36 | X
  • Turbowolf

    15th October
    Manchester Roadhouse

    jordannn | 29 Aug '12, 00:37 | X
  • Thank you OP

    for bringing the El-P show to my attention

    petesfingers | 29 Aug '12, 01:27 | X
    • see you there

      MIDDLEMAN @petesfingers | 29 Aug '12, 01:39 | X
  • obvs modeselektor WHP

    Chris Leibling, Marcel Dettmann, Scuba, Joy O, Levon Vincent, Zomby, Blawan, Shackleton. That's a pretty unfuckwithable list

    happypenguin | 29 Aug '12, 01:34 | X
    MIDDLEMAN this'd this
    • if you like techno & darker strains of electronic music that is

      if you don't then go see animl collective

      happypenguin @happypenguin | 29 Aug '12, 01:35 | X
    • that one, the FlyLo/Squarepusher and SBTRKT nights

      are the 3 I am going to take off and go to. Hopefully hear some other decent stuff across the season. It is pretty fuckin hot and heavy in the new venue...

      MIDDLEMAN @happypenguin | 29 Aug '12, 01:35 | X
      • that SBTRKT night, for anyone who hasn't seen

        has Four Tet, TNGHT, Hoya:Hoya, Rustie, Lone, Pariah, Oneman plus Caribou and (very probably) Thom are playing after the Radiohead gig at MEN.

        MIDDLEMAN @MIDDLEMAN | 29 Aug '12, 01:38 | X
  • BUMP

    anyone going to El-P on monday?

    Pretty sure student finance have fucked up my loan so hoping my OD gets extended between now and then otherwise I'll be missing out.

    MIDDLEMAN | 11 Sep '12, 18:24 | X
  • Can't believe no-one's said Soulwaxmas

    That's going to be great, go to that.

    Steved | 11 Sep '12, 18:35 | X
    MIDDLEMAN this'd this
    • was announced just after id put this list together off last.fm

      will definitely be there, saw slwxms at academy 2 years ago (maybe 3)...blew me away

      MIDDLEMAN @Steved | 12 Sep '12, 20:30 | X
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