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March 11, 2021June 20, 2023

Cattle & Cane

About Having cut their teeth sharing stages with the likes of Tom Odell, Brian Wilson, Stereophonics, Lewis Capaldi, The Head & The Heart, Jake Isaac and Nerina Pallot, Cattle & Cane have been earning a growing reputation for their magical live shows and soaring sibling harmonies. Sold-out signs are commonplace at their own headline gigs, including regional statement dates at Sage Gateshead and Middlesbrough Town Hall, where a crowd of 1,100 witnessed a magical performance alongside the Northern Orchestra. Joe and Helen have appeared at acclaimed international tastemaker events such as Canadian Music Week and Reeperbahn Festival, as well as......

March 11, 2021June 1, 2023

A Certain Ratio

About Formed in 1978 with a core line-up of Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson, adding Tony Quigley, Denise Johnson and Matt Steele for touring and studio contributions, Manchester’s A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, sounding like nothing else around them and refusing to fit in. ACR have released 10 albums throughout their career to date and add the 11th album in 2020 with ACR Loco, an eclectic yet cohesive record, moving seamlessly from the endlessly dreamy album opener ‘Friends Around Us’ to the infectious funk-strut of ‘Bouncy Bouncy’, via the poignantly beautiful ‘Always......

March 11, 2021June 1, 2023

The Bootleg Beatles

About Formed from the original cast of London’s West End multi-media stage show ‘Beatlemania’, The Bootleg Beatles have become 'an institution' with their note-perfect recreation of the hits from the world’s most famous songbook. Every tiny detail is meticulously covered from costumes to authentic period instruments; from their witty ‘Liverpudlian’ banter to their ‘inflection perfect’ vocal mimicry. But it’s not only their sound that is so authentic but also their uncanny resemblance to the originals. As one reviewer recently said…’it’s not John Paul George and Ringo … but you simply won’t believe it’. Such is the band’s far reaching popularity......

March 10, 2021June 1, 2023

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead

About Six years on from the release of their previous record, Austin’s art-rock punk 'mothertruckers' …And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead return with their tenth album – X: The Godless Void and Other Stories – set for release on January 17, 2020 via Superball Music in Europe and Dine Alone Records in North America. Expansive yet concise, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories leans in and reaches forth…. From the synth-orchestral swell of curtain-raiser “Opening Crescendoes” that recalls Hans Zimmer and Tangerine Dream to “All Who Wander,” a descending guitar-soaked high drama that simmers underlying despondence that crawls psychic. Video JTVCb3JpZ2luY29kZV92aWRlb2dhbGxlcnklMjBpZCUzRCUyMjIxJTIyJTVE......