The Star & Garter
Friday 27th November

THE SCHOOL, on the legendary Elefant record label, will be showcasing their brand of 60s-tinged Spector-esque girl-group pop. With influences ranging from Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian to The Beach Boys and The Beatles, they produce "infectious, hyper-melodic pop you can simultaneously cry and dance to" - Rough Trade
http://www.myspace.com/theschoolband

HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS are one of our favourite Manchester-based bands. A "striking six-piece with a phenomenal singer... Smiths-recalling melodies, and happiness oozing and scratching to escape, surround, overcome the room." Musoguide
http://www.myspace.com/helpstampoutloneliness

LITTLE MY are an entirely brilliant band who reluctantly describe themselves as "a bit twee", although that goes in no way far enough to describe their handclaps-and-harmonies-laden eccentric pop.They cite influences such as of Montreal, Jeffrey Lewis and The Shins and have a singer who has been known to appear onstage in a bear costume...
http://www.myspace.com/tinylittlemy

+PLUS+
Shake It! & Underachievers Please Try Harder DJs 'til late!

Advance tickets available for £5 at:
https://secure.ticketline.co.uk/tickets/13238664/the-school/manchester-star-and-garter/2009-11-27