ABOUT US:
We put on folk, indie, experimental and Americana gigs in Manchester. We're independent and we strive to offer something different to Manchester gig-goers.
UPCOMING GIGS:
WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
When: 7.30pm on Friday 13 November 2009
Where: Nexus Art Cafe, Dale Street, Manchester M1 1JW
After his successful Manchester debut at the Night & Day Cafe in August, we’re pleased to welcome back William Fitzsimmons. This time his album The Sparrow and the Crow will be out, so he’ll be playing with his full band at our favourite art cafe, Nexus.
Born the youngest child of two blind parents, William Fitzsimmons was raised in the outskirts of the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. William’s childhood home was filled with myriad sounds to replace what eyes could not see. The house was suffused with pianos, guitars, trombones, talking birds, classical records, family sing-alongs, bedtime stories, and the bellowing of a pipe organ, which his father built into the house. When his father’s orchestral records were not resonating through the walls, his mother would educate him on the folk stylings of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel.
William draws from those early influences of his mother’s music, and the embellished instrumentation of his father’s. He is often compared to contemporaries Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine and the late Elliott Smith, not only for his unique style and skill in writing and proclivity to deal with substantive and evocative subject matter, but also for his use of organic and colourful melodies and arrangements. His first two records were completely self-produced and his new album, The Sparrow And The Crow, is his first studio recorded work. While his lyricism deals often with darker undertones (his most recent album is said to have been written following his own divorce), a measure of hopefulness is always carefully blended in.
It’s a shame Bon Iver got in there first, at least in the UK, otherwise Fitzsimmons would be this year’s fashionable heartbreak kid
Goodnight is one hell of an album
One of the first five-star albums of the year
A work of stark beauty
Main support comes from Bristol’s Jon Sinnott, who infuses 60s and 70s pop with elements of alternative country, folk and southern rock to produce his own slant on Americana. His evocative vocals have already drawn comparisons with the likes of James Taylor, Van Morrison and Adam Duritz.
Tour support is provided by Laura Jansen, a Californian who is being compared to the Tori Amos, Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor – although a dash of reggae and a touch of gospel set her apart from the rest.
This will be at Nexus Art Cafe, a regular haunt of ours opposite Vinyl Exchange. The staff are great, they have great music taste, and make excellent tea and cakes.
Tickets available from the cafe, Piccadilly Records, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0161 832 1111.
HORSE FEATHERS
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 9 December 2009
Where: Dulcimer, 567 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0AE
Hey! Manchester is pleased to be bringing back Portland, Oregon's Horse Feathers. This lovely bunch of musicians made their Manchester debut in March this year and are coming back for what will hopefully be another successful evening.
 Justin Ringle moved to Portland in 2004 and began to play regularly under the moniker Horse Feathers. In 2005 Peter Broderick - himself a solo artist and part-time Efterklang multi-instrumentalist - heard two songs that Justin had recorded in a friend’s basement, and proceeded to track him down via the internet. Shortly after that, the two started playing music together. For the most part, Justin writes the songs and then Peter helps to arrange them.
Support for this show comes from Mancunia’s own Samson & Delilah. This duo of Sam Lench and Anna Zweck have just released their eponymous debut album on Little Red Rabbit:
‘From transcendental drone-folk and room-silencing a capella to uplifting songs of love across distance, Samson & Delilah locates the exact point where Lench and Zweck’s unspoken truths find a voice’
‘A snug, warm blanket of a record, it weaves sumptuous folk arrangements with bucolic country-pop, stretching the nu-folk template in exciting and dynamic ways on a par with contemporaries like Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver‘
‘A band who can thread a range of European roots music together and make it sound unmistakeably theirs… a wonderfully well-woven record’
This show takes place at Dulcimer, Manchester's celebrated 'folk bar' in central Chorlton. Regular buses (85 and 86) run to Chorlton from the city centre, plus the 23 and 23A from Didsbury and West Didsbury and the 168 from Fallowfield. We recommend using GMPTE's Journey Planner to arrange your trip.
Tickets available from Ticketline.co.uk and on 0161 832 1111.
FRUIT BATS
When: 7.00pm on Thursday 17 December 2009
Where: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton Street, Manchester M1 2AN
We’re delighted to introduce Manchester music fans to Fruit Bats!
Fruit Bats are led by guitarist, pianist and singer Eric D Johnson, the band’s main songwriter and only constant member. Originally part of short-lived Chicago group I Rowboat, Johnson and two of his fellow Rowboat members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, created Fruit Bats as a side-project.
When I Rowboat split up, Fruit Bats became Johnson’s main focus. Spurred on by Califone/Perishable Records honchos Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella, the group recorded their first album, Echolocation, released in 2001.
After tours with Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Modest Mouse and the Shins (of whom Johnson is also a member), Fruit Bats signed with Sub Pop in late summer 2002, recording their second album, 2003’s Mouthfuls. The group released their third album, Spelled in Bones, in 2005, and their latest, The Ruminant Band, this year.
 We’ve secured the services of very special guest Piney Gir. Piney Gir (pronounced as in ‘girl’; real name Angela Penhaligon) was born in Kansas and is now based in London.
Her latest album, The Yearling, combines delicate heartbreak folk with straight to the bop pop, while plying her way with a campfire narrative and all of it dipped in the gal’s never less than pin-sharp eye for a great story about the wanderings of the heart. Its production takes a nod from German electronica, spanning its way to warm 70s FM radio with a loving how-do-you-do to musique concrète. She’s been a star of the bill at Glastonbury, Big Chill, Bestival, Truck and too many more festivals to mention.
Tour support comes from the Isle of Wight’s Puzzle Muteson – a member of the esteemed Bedroom Community.
Tickets are available from the venue, Piccadilly Records, www.ticketline.co.uk and on 0161 832 1111.
TICKETS:
We sell ticketlessly so you don't have to pay a ridiculous handling/postage fee. Just search WeGotTickets.com for whichever band above you want tickets for.
If you want to pay in cash, however, Piccadilly Records on Oldham Street usually has a handful of tickets for each show (10% booking fee), or try Ticketline Box Office in St John’s Centre if you're based in Liverpool. You can also book on 0161 832 1111 or via Ticketline.co.uk and SeeTickets.com.
BANDS:
If you think your music is suitable for a Hey! Manchester night, send a message or leave a comment - make sure to mention any relevant influences etc. We get several gig requests a day so we can't always reply and if you play punk/hardcore/r'n'b/trance/hip hop/metal/dadrock, chances are it won't fit.
PREVIOUS SHOWS:
- Jens Lekman, Bill Wells & Vinny Peculiar @ The Kings Arms, Salford
- Hush the Many, Little Neemo & Nancy Cunliffe @ The Star & Garter
- Richard James (Gorky’s), Viking Moses & Voice of the Seven Woods @ The Kings Arms, Salford
- Dressy Bessy, Fonda 500 & Persil @ South Nightclub
- Final Fantasy, Corey Dargel & At Swim Two Birds @ The Circle Club, Manchester
- Espers, Edith Frost, Starless & Bible Black & Ed Cottam @ The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme
- Danielson, Los Campesinos!, The Search Map & Magic Arm @ The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme
- Six Organs of Admittance, Vibracathedral Orchestra,
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love & Danny Saul @ The Klondyke Club, Levenshulme
- Sodastream, Airport Girl, Gethin Pearson & The Scenery & Julian Donkey-Boy @ Kro Bar
- Jason Molina, Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Allstars, From a Family of Candlemakers @ Green Room Theatre
- Last Harbour, Sweet Baboo, Pagan Wanderer Lu, Crazy Man Michael @ Kro Bar
- Richard James (Gorky’s), Quiet Loner, Garron Frith, Petty Thief @ Kro Bar
- The Pony Collaboration, At Swim Two Birds, Tim & Sam’s Band, My Side of the Mountain @ Kro Bar
- Alasdair Roberts, Elaine Palmer, Jenny McCormick @ Urbis
- Marissa Nadler, Ivan Campo, Thomas Denver Jonsson @ The Phoenix
- Fireworks Night, Vinny Peculiar, Amida, Bird by Snow @ Kro Bar
- Maria Taylor, Boy Omega @ The Phoenix
- Band of Horses, the Hellsayers, the Answering Machine @ Music Box
- Of Montreal, Dufus, Video Nasties @ The Roadhouse
- Vetiver, Starless & Bible Black, Paul E Hodson @ The Roadhouse
- Six Organs of Admittance, Stranger Son of WB, Kailash @ The Phoenix
- The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Gintis @ The Phoenix
- Herman Dune, Emmy the Great, The Baby Skins @ Music Box
- Jeffrey Lewis, Onions, Ivan Campo @ the Roadhouse
- Menomena, Oh No Ono @ the Roadhouse
- Mark Kozelek (Red House Paintes/Sun Kil Moon), Neil Halstead (Mojave 3/Slowdive) @ The Dancehouse Theatre
- Okkervil River, Anna Ternheim @ The Roadhouse
- Pinback, The Dudley Corporation, This Town Needs Guns @ The Roadhouse
- Jens Lekman, Magic Arm, Neil Burrell @ Sacred Trinity Church, Salford
- Efterklang, Peter Broderick, Esker @ The Roadhouse
- Akron/Family, Phosphorescent @ The Phoenix
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Miracle Fortress, Donovan Quinn @ Music Box
- Efterklang, Nancy Elizabeth, Our Broken Garden @ The Ruby Lounge
- Health, Yacht @ Charlie's Nightclub (part of Futuresonic 08)
- Sounds From The Other City festival featuring David Thomas Broughton, Lost Harbour, the Bottomfeeders, Vinny Peculiar, Planet Earth, Stranger Son of WB, the Declining Winter @ The Salford Arms
- Vetiver, Birds of Avalon, the Travelling Band @ Dulcimer
- Darren and Jack play Hefner songs, Amida, Pierre Hall @ The Ruby Lounge
- Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek, Darren Hanlon @ The Roadhouse
- Olafur Arnalds, Finn, Run Toto Run @ Mint Lounge
- Portico Quartet, Library Tapes, The Hunter/Andreae Quartet @ Mint Lounge
- Herman Dune, The Baby Skins @ The Deaf Institute
- Animal Collective, Highlife @ Club Academy
- Of Montreal, Casiokids @ Club Academy
- Horse Feathers, Men Diamler, Animal Magic Tricks @ Dulcimer
- Dirty Projectors, Polar Bear, Lucky Dragons @ Mint Lounge
- Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Volcano!, The Lone Taxidermist @ Dulcimer
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Table, Petty Thief, Shrieking Violets, Judy & The Blumes @ Dulcimer
- Johann Johannsson, Murcof, Denis Jones @ RNCM
- Great Lake Swimmers, Sharon van Etten, Last Harbour @ Dulcimer
- Alasdair Roberts, Starless & Bible Black, Denis Jones, John Stammers, Sparky Deathcap, Lora Linhares-Marx @ Dulcimer
- Phosphorescent, O'Messy Life @ The Deaf Institute
- Acoustic Ladyland, Chris Illingworth Trio, Gnod @ Mint Lounge
- Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon), John Stammers @ St Philip's Church, Salford
- Múm, Gravenhurst @ The Deaf Institute
- Damon & Naomi, Amor de Dias @ Dulcimer
- David Thomas Broughton, Twi the Humble Feather, Holly Throsby @ The Deaf Institute
- Telekinesis, The Rosebuds @ Dulcimer
- Alaska in Winter, Air Cav, Charlie Barnes @ Nexus Art Cafe
- James Yorkston & the Big Eyes Family Players, Mary Hampton, David A Jaycock @ Night & Day Cafe
- Efterklang, Jonquil (Hey! Halloween special) @ The Deaf Institute
- Bowerbirds, My Sad Captains @ Dulcimer
- Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Franz Nicolay, Aidan Smith @ St Margaret’s Church
- Grouper, Jasper TX, Danny Saul, Fieldhead @ Nexus
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