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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

Odina

About Odina’s mercurial and beautifully unrushed music is born from the trials and tribulations of trying to make her way in life as a young adult. Born in Barcelona but raised by the beach in the nearby city of Tarragona, as a child she found her earliest musical inspiration in an unlikely place; animated kid’s TV show Pingu. Watching the loveable penguin play accordion made her want to do the same. However, when her parents were unable to find a teacher, she turned to the piano instead. Early exposure to Bob Dylan and The Beatles sparked her love for songwriting......

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......