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Sat 28th June, Fuel, Withington, 8pm, £4

EYES come from Chicago and make glorious music for dancing that straddles the vibes of Ariel Pink and HEALTH. The type of band people might lie about having seen first time round once they make the cover of Plan B. You know, if they felt so inclined.

Skitanja, in spite of what the poster says, are actually from Bournemouth. They make scrappy, electronic bleep party pop music with guitar.

Shiu-Yeung Hui is the Chinese member of Japanese group Maher Shalal Hash Baz. He drinks quite a lot of neat vodka then takes to the stage to perform his wonderful, fractured, miniature songs using guitar and keyboard. An exercise in patience, an audience with Shiu pays off massively.

Elapse O are a death disco unit from Oxford. Imagine swimming the butterfly through a load of broken Swans LPs. That's what they sound like. Dig.

MIND ON FIRE
presents…

BEANS (Anti Pop Consortium / Warp Records / NYC)

New York’s Beans (aka Mr. Ballbeam) made his name as part of the Mythic Soup / Boom Poetic collective, and then as one third of legendary NYC progressive rap crew Anti Pop Consortium. His recent solo offerings on Warp Records, and Thirsty Ear, as well as shows with everyone from Radiohead, Tortoise, Battles, and Prefuse 73, to DJ Shadow, Kool Keith, Pharoahe Monch and Aesop Rock, have given Beans one of the most diverse and exciting live hip hop shows around.

PARKERTRON (Fingathing)
The debut Manchester show from Parkertron, a solo electro MPC set from Fingathing’s Peter Parker.

ABSENT MINDS
Sadly the last ever show from this much loved local hip hop duo, but theyre sure to go out with a bang.

SE7EN + BIOME (Subsonik Records)
Soon to be released by Subsonik, these Manchester dubstep producers showcase some exclusive cuts. Featuring Subliminal on the mic.

WOLIWOLS + SOME OTHER GUY (Mind on Fire)

Hosted by CHUNKY

CYCLOPTIC Visuals

Tuesday 16th October 2007
Music Box (Oxford Rd, Manchester)
9pm – 2am
£6 advance / MOTD
Tickets available from Piccadilly Records. Vox Pop Records, and Ticketline.co.uk

www.mindonfire.co.uk

Friday 27th of July

Islington Mill

Directing Hand

Alex Neilson of Tight Meat Duo, and live drummer for Jandek
and Will Oldham, exploring both folk and non idiomatic free improvisation,
collaborating with harpist and folk singer Vinne Blackwood.

www.secreteye.org/se/directinghand.html

Saboteuse

Rare live appearance by Stoke hermit recording duo of  Joincey (Wagstaff, Stuckometer, Ghost of An Octopus) and Andy Jarvis
(Sculptress, A Warm Palindrome), joined live by Pascal Nichols (Stuckometer) for
a triple drumming, triple guitar, blow out.

www.frstprsn.com/025.htm

Solar Fire Duo

Manchester Sax & Drums free jazz duo.

Ford Maddox Brown

Pedal Gazzing Manchester drone duo.

Burial Suit

solo noise from Gareth of Barbarians

8pm, 4 pound, 3 pound concs.

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SHIPS & LANTERNS * SATURDAY 28th APRIL * THE BASEMENT
(downstairs) 24 lever st Northern Quarter

an audiovisual evening of anything we and our guests want to play
ALTPROGJAZZHOPELECTROPOSTFOLKDRONETRONICA!
live visuals*cult films*music vids*games*shadow puppets ;)

9-2 or later * Bring Your Own Booze * entry on donation £2/3

FEATURING:
DAN.B. (BURNST/RAUCOUS)*STEFAN POPE
DUNC Le Chunk (RED DEER CLUB) * S&L GUESTS
MIND ON FIRE * CYCLOPTIC VISUALS