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Mausi Sign Up To Release Single

Newcastle pop outfit Mausi have brought us a double whammy of news. Not only have they signed on to Washington, D.C. based indie label All Things Go, they are...

Manifesto 25 Jan 2012 Hits:14 Latest

A year-long competition to find the best local talent in the North East begins this week at The Ivy House. Created in association with The Bunker, Split Festival,...

Manifesto 18 Jan 2012 Hits:42 Latest

The Bunker's Sunday Club alumni Moonrunners have been snapped up by Satellite Records. The independent Teeside-based label have signed the Sunderland students, who have recently provided support from Happy Mondays'...

Manifesto 18 Jan 2012 Hits:46 Latest

First Track From The Railway Club's Album Surfaces

South Shields pop outfit The Railway Club have unveiled the first completed track from their forthcoming début album. 'Clouds' is available to listen to on the band's Soundcloud page. The...

Manifesto 18 Jan 2012 Hits:46 Latest

Matt Stalker & Fables To Release New Single

'Chamber-folk' outfit Matt Stalker & Fables are to release a new single. The single will be the first taste of their new material since their charity EP 'Ghost' was...

Manifesto 18 Jan 2012 Hits:77 Latest

Popular open-mic night The Gathering returns for its first outing of 2012. On January 26th, Independent's Little Room will once again play host to the event, the only night...

Manifesto 11 Jan 2012 Hits:90 Latest

Teeside surf-popsters Bird Island are all set to release their début EP. The quartet, formed in May last year, have been on a swift, steady climb since their formation. They wasted...

Manifesto 11 Jan 2012 Hits:37 Latest

We all love it when your mates pass newly-discovered music around. Sharing the exciting sounds that you’ve unearthed in some scummy little venue somewhere is one of the great...

Manifesto 08 Jan 2012 Hits:36 Latest

Old Friends/Bookends Returns for 14th Outing

One of the finest regular nights in the North East makes a triumphant return in February. Cosy folk showcase Old Friends/Bookends marks its 14th event on the 11th of next...

Manifesto 08 Jan 2012 Hits:36 Latest

After the year Wylam pop maestros Vinyl Jacket had in 2011, you could probably forgive them for wanting to stick their feet up for a bit. But you don’t...

Manifesto 08 Jan 2012 Hits:100 Latest

A host of Sunderland musical talent will be lending a hand to troops, by playing a gig at Newcastle's The Riverside. Four bands from around the country will perform...

Manifesto 21 Dec 2011 Hits:102 Latest

The Small Screen Light Show To Play Reunion Show

Seaham indie-pop three-piece The Small Screen Light Show are to play a reunion gig next week, in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. The band, who haven't played together for...

Manifesto 21 Dec 2011 Hits:91 Latest

Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire Release Rarities Record

Former North East favourites Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire have released a posthumous compilation album online. All proceeds from 'Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire 2005 – 2010'...

Manifesto 21 Dec 2011 Hits:73 Latest

The Lake Poets Announce Long Awaited Debut Single

Finally! Scene favourite The Lake Poets, aka Martin Longstaff and his armful of mates, has been hankered after by many record labels recently, but when deciding who to release his...

Manifesto 07 Dec 2011 Hits:104 Latest

London band 12 Dirty Bullets have announced a UK tour which will see the rockers return to play in Sunderland. Touted by the BBC as a “fiery young energetic, swaggering West...

Manifesto 07 Dec 2011 Hits:125 Latest

Tiny Lights Recordings Release End Of Year Comp

Tiny Lights Recordings claim to be 'a record label that wants to be your friend'. Well they're certainly going the right way about it. The Gateshead-based label, established in June this...

Manifesto 23 Nov 2011 Hits:124 Latest

Gig Preview: Little Comets at Northumbria Uni

Before embarking on their country-wide tour in April, local boys done good Little Comets will be popping back home for one night only. The band will play Northumbria University...

Manifesto 23 Nov 2011 Hits:142 Latest

The Union Choir Give Out ‘Scissors and Sellotape’

South Shields outfit The Union Choir are following up their hugely successful debut single with a free download release entitled ‘Scissors and Sellotape’. Their latest track will be offered through...

Manifesto 21 Nov 2011 Hits:186 Latest

The Vaudeville Class Release Second Single

Sunderland three-piece The Vaudeville Class have released their second single. ‘Sex and Music’ is the latest offering from the ‘dirty blues’ outfit. Their debut single ‘Devil at My Door’...

Manifesto 21 Nov 2011 Hits:80 Latest

Local Musicians To Launch Christmas Charity Album

Christmas; it's not just a time for panic-buying and eating until you can't move, it's also a time for giving. Thankfully, a group of North East musicians are making...

Manifesto 09 Nov 2011 Hits:348 Latest

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Eeves – So Long Hurricane

Having been around since 2010, Middlesbrough’s Eeves have hit upon a winning formula with their recently uploaded track 'So Long Hurricane'. A gratifyingly grungy, Pixies-esque bass riff opens the track,...

Manifesto 25 Jan 2012 Hits:76 CD's

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But when a record turns up on your desk bearing the kind of artwork you’d find on a...

Manifesto 24 Jan 2012 Hits:16 CD's

The debut release of both Premise Beach and their parent label, North East-based Pure Casual, ‘Mikolah’ is a pretty, optimistic record. Delicate and understated, but with plenty of melodic clout,...

Manifesto 23 Jan 2012 Hits:77 CD's

Taking its cues from guitar-wailing, spirit-soaked Classic Rock, East Durham’s The Episode has laid down some sturdy, though ultimately unimaginative demos. Channelling the brash, sleazy garage jams of The...

Manifesto 23 Jan 2012 Hits:26 CD's

Samples of world music, electro-fuzz, wind-tousled beach pop; there’s barely a genre stone unturned on Django Django’s self-titled debut. Yet oddly, they sit comfortably under the painfully hip umbrella...

Manifesto 23 Jan 2012 Hits:21 CD's

Great Medical Disaster – Die You Bitch, Screamed Architect

Oxford prog trio Great Medical Disaster aim to make music as ‘publicly alienating as humanly possible’. A fairly odd ambition, and one they haven’t quite managed to achieve with...

Manifesto 23 Jan 2012 Hits:27 CD's

‘Pretty Riddle’ is the latest single from Manchester-based pop rockers Missed You At The Show. While they’ve attracted comparisons to heavy-hitting emotive rock giants such as Biffy Clyro and...

Manifesto 23 Jan 2012 Hits:20 CD's

The Union Choir – Your Melodica/Lavender

While many bands would struggle to live up to the high self-set expectations that come with the release of a sell-out debut, The Union Choir have managed to go...

Manifesto 11 Jan 2012 Hits:161 CD's

Bridie Jackson & The Arbour - Bitter Lullabies

Having been spellbinding audiences on the live circuit since 2007, 'post-folk' songwriter Bridie Jackson has finally put down a full length record. 'Bitter Lullabies' is an exercise in...

Manifesto 28 Dec 2011 Hits:280 CD's

If we had a pound for every time we've come across a band comprised of young men who present their influences as The Rolling Stones, Oasis and The Beatles,...

Manifesto 07 Dec 2011 Hits:92 CD's

Durham's The Castells have built on their back catalogue of barbed, bluesy demos with their latest single 'Young Lovers'. Typically frenetic, it's a caustic and bitterly cool helping of...

Manifesto 07 Dec 2011 Hits:164 CD's

If there's one band around these parts guaranteed to put a cheeky smile on your face, it's The Real Davina. Soulful, irreverent retro-pop is the name of their game,...

Manifesto 23 Nov 2011 Hits:182 CD's

On closer inspection of The Pavestones, Manifesto seem to have discovered some bonafide time-travellers. With their waistcoats, cravats and fab-four haircuts, the trio genuinely look like they're about fifty years...

Manifesto 23 Nov 2011 Hits:202 CD's

Recorded almost in early 2010, Broken Few's début album 'Concision' remained in limbo for almost two years before the band released it on the own label Worn Thin Records....

Manifesto 09 Nov 2011 Hits:384 CD's

Sharks Took The Rest – Rename The Planets

Swooshy pop collective Sharks Took The Rest follow up their February EP with a new single. Though their alternative folk-based vistas has always been interwoven with an innate sense of...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:158 CD's

Self-described as 'melodramatic dub-pop', Lulu James might have to kick the drums up a notch to earn the 'dub' part, but other than that it's a pretty spot on assessment...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:191 CD's

Pale Man Made – B-Line + Started in 1966 (double a-side)

Modern pop music owes a lot to The Beatles. Chief of their gifts at the moment, is their inception of the double a-side single, as this innovation has brought...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:160 CD's

Running From Wolves – What Happens in Vegas (EP)

With the influx of acoustic and pop acts to the region's scene, hard rock is often overlooked in the grand scheme of things. Combining the brash sardonic of tones...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:94 CD's

The term 'folk' is bandied about an awful lot these days. No longer invoking images of weather-beaten men dressed entirely in wool and singing songs about frogs, it's become a...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:220 CD's

Lanterns on the Lake – Gracious Tide, Take Me Home

An album less of songs than of endless sonic landscapes, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home should probably be employed by the NHS as a fail-proof test for unearthing psychopaths. Because...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:139 CD's

Gallery Circus are a band that have evolved on stage; whose shows are things of incredible force, emphasising the significance of the live arena to their ethos. When a band...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:135 CD's

Cattle and Cane have spread their wings a shade since last we heard from them. Now with a sound spanning the entire indie-folk spectrum, from demure to all out,...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:234 CD's

Sonner's EP is only three tracks, but shows an impressive amount of variety. Less proves to be more with 'The Call', its rolling drums and laid-back build up creating...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:155 CD's

There’s a dark country road vibe to Pine Box, like it might take you into the woods and do unspeakable things to you. A rumbling blues backbone powers the track...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:165 CD's

The Yellow Edition proves once again the endearing and face-melting quality of the brother birds. Heftier and more compact than its predecessor, it maintains the band’s infamous line in discordant...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:83 CD's

We Were Promised Jetpacks – The Pit of the Stomach

With a distinctly Scottish tone, We Were Promised Jetpacks' sophomore album is a masterpiece of the loud, quiet, loud school of post-rock. Surges of thrashing white noise give way...

Manifesto 08 Oct 2011 Hits:144 CD's

Cloud City Trap – The Secret Life of Peggy Fleming

A kind of mini concept album, based on the Stephen Robertson's poem 'The Secret Life of Peggy Fleming', Cloud City Trap's EP of the same name is a collection...

Manifesto 28 Sep 2011 Hits:236 CD's

Black Sun specialise in the sort of rock and roll that, if you believe Noel Gallagher, is dead and gone. Invoking the spirits of The Stone Roses, Black Rebel Motorcycle...

Manifesto 28 Sep 2011 Hits:132 CD's

The Karma Heart identify themselves as a 'more-edgy, British Paramore.' As far as description go, you can't really say fairer than that. Although I'm not sure just how much...

Manifesto 28 Sep 2011 Hits:150 CD's

It's always hard to slate a charity single. After all their hearts are in the right place. But the fact is, you rarely buy charity records because they're good...

Manifesto 21 Sep 2011 Hits:186 CD's

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Chased By Wolves, Reckoner @ Sunderland …

Say what you like about 'the big man upstairs', he can't half knock out a good venue. Considering it wasn't built for the purpose of hosting folk-rock bands, the...

Manifesto 16 Nov 2011 Hits:249 Live Reviews

Cottage Industries First Annual All-Dayer @ The Cluny, 5th November 2011

The combined curses of day jobs and public transport strike on this fine Saturday afternoon, meaning that I managed to miss the first four acts at Newcastle label Cottage...

Manifesto 07 Nov 2011 Hits:232 Live Reviews

The Railway Club + The Bluebuds + Brucey Ripper @ The Ivy House, 29th September

Middlesborough's questionably monikered Brucey Ripper kick the evening off with some upbeat, likable but fairly standard rock'n'roll. With songs that have a sound range from Bob Dylan to Tom...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:113 Live Reviews

Matt Stalker & Fables + Boxes + Ditte Elly Kolln @ The Little Room, Independent, October 5th

Ditte Elly Kolln, a singer-songwriter who, performing live for the first time, displays staggering depth in both her songs and her technical ability. An absolutely astounding find. London's Boxes...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:106 Live Reviews

Lilliput + Karima Francis + Natasha Haws @ The Little Room, Independent, October 1st

Independent’s Little Room could do with being a little bit bigger tonight. Exhibiting delicate songs that belie her tender years, and a voice to induce goosebumps, opener Natasha Haw’s...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:131 Live Reviews

You could argue that there are too many festivals these days, but if a festival has its heart in the right place, it can do wonderful things. That Split...

Manifesto 03 Nov 2011 Hits:121 Live Reviews

Folks + Reckoner + The Railway Club @ Plugged Inn, 24th September 2011

Manchester's Folks aren't bad by anyone's standards. Their particular brand of bluesy, laddish indie is inoffensive and if that's the sort of thing that floats your boat, you could...

Manifesto 25 Sep 2011 Hits:556 Live Reviews

While Split Festival can lay claim to having almost every local band you could possible desire on its bill, it's baby sister event, Split Parade, went more than part...

Manifesto 15 Sep 2011 Hits:163 Live Reviews

The State of Things #2 @ Barone, 13th August

“It feels like I'm gatecrashing a private party here,” remarks Ben Trenerry. Usually the front-man of alt-folk trio Is Shepherd, tonight he's flying solo as part of Barone's second...

Manifesto 08 Sep 2011 Hits:142 Live Reviews

Razmataz Lorry Excitement + Gallery Circus + Rover @ Ashbrooke Cricket Club, 23rd July

Young guns Rover are a pleasant surprise; a group of teenage boys who can throw together a wicked post-hardcore tune with vigour. Their drummer in particular impresses, and even...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:237 Live Reviews

B>E>A>K + Grandfather Birds @ The Little Room, Independent, 15th July 2011

You can't really put into words what it's like to see B>E>A>K live. Which sort of renders the next 500 words a bit redundant really. Sorry about that. All I...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:266 Live Reviews

Old Friends/Bookends Presents: The Leisure Society + The Lake Poets, Morris Ford & Reckoner @ Independent, 27th August

Criminally underused instrument, the flute. The flute and the xylophone, or indeed any instrument you can purchase from The Early Learning Centre. London's The Leisure Society are the best...

Manifesto 28 Aug 2011 Hits:568 Live Reviews

The Futureheads @ The Clarendon, 18th August

There's lights, cameras and boom mics surrounding a small table in Hendon's The Clarendon. For those who've never had the pleasure, it's a ramshackle tavern full of strange treasures, no...

Manifesto 28 Aug 2011 Hits:221 Live Reviews

Hyde and Beast + Chased By Wolves @ Cluny2, 19th August

Deep underground in the belly of Ouseburn Valley, big things are afoot. Tonight Hyde and Beast launch their début album at a sold-out gig. It's a very special occasion,...

Manifesto 22 Aug 2011 Hits:461 Live Reviews

Whilst the Wearside festival scene is still in its infancy, just down the A19 on Teesside the Stockton International Riverside Festival (Or SIRF as it likes to be known) just...

Manifesto 11 Aug 2011 Hits:193 Live Reviews

Kings of Leon @ Stadium of Light, 17th June

It's 6pm and Mona know no one is listening. Probably best, because they struggle to fill the venue with their wet Americana. White Lies on the other hand, kill. Their...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:267 Live Reviews

Lucas Renney @ The Central, Gateshead, 16th June

The Sour Mash Trio are a musical anachronism, presenting thoroughly loveable rockabilly tales of whisky and women straight out of Sun Records studio. With the sort of voice that could...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:387 Live Reviews

Does wonders for your ego, being the youngest person in a venue by twenty years, but then again it says something about the lasting legacy of The Stranglers that they...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:548 Live Reviews

Party in the Park @ Mowbray Park, 29th May

Mowbray Park’s bandstand had the honour of showcasing the hottest indie-folk action in the North with Party in the Park, getting Sunderland Live off to an outstanding start. Brilliant sets...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:278 Live Reviews

Spark FM Live Music Night @ The Ivy House, 9th June

First up, Natasha Haws puts in a stellar turn with her wispy voice, and Adam James Cooper’s Little Monsters storm the venue with their bluegrass tunes. And far as reliable...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:327 Live Reviews

Tonight Newcastle’s Matadors open for Detroit Social Club; no mean feat. They’re fronted by Alex Blamire, son of punk rock legends Pauline Murray and Robert Blamire of Penetration. Not only...

Manifesto 08 Jun 2011 Hits:293 Live Reviews

Hey hey hey we’re The Kicks, hey the sticks. Tonight these four punk rock warhorses storm the crowd with a blistering set of classics from all your 77 faves; Pistols,...

Manifesto 08 Jun 2011 Hits:257 Live Reviews

New York Dolls – 27th March, O2 Academy Newcastle

The Dolls come on stage to a half-full Academy and ‘delight’ us with what is becoming their legendary live stage show. The sound is good and clear but not overwhelming....

Manifesto 08 Jun 2011 Hits:294 Live Reviews

American Girl open tonight with their eponymous Tom Petty classic and head on into a blistering set of rock pop and UK country of classic. Fronted by half American, half...

Manifesto 08 Jun 2011 Hits:391 Live Reviews

Cockney Rejects – 14th April, O2 Academy Newcastle

The Rejects open tonight with classic call to arms ‘We Are The Firm’. Mickey Geggus’ guitar sound has all the beef and balls of ‘Bollocks’ period Steve Jones but tinged...

Manifesto 08 Jun 2011 Hits:248 Live Reviews

Japan Tsunami Relief with The Futureheads @ The Cluny, 20/04/11

We’re a benevolent bunch, us North East muso types. Just take tonight’s benefit gig for Japan at The Cluny, for example. Though with a line-up like this, you certainly...

Manifesto 18 May 2011 Hits:253 Live Reviews

Coal Train with Young Liar and James and the Wolf @ Ashbrooke Cricket Club, 6th May 2011

The second night at Ashbrooke Cricket Club since Beats Happening’s recent revival, The Ditchburn Rooms once again boast an impressive line up. Recently formed from the ashes of Sea...

Manifesto 11 May 2011 Hits:547 Live Reviews

Hyde and Beast @ The Little Room, 7th May 2011

Every band remembers their first gig. Usually for all the wrong reasons. You’re playing in a grubby back room of a pub. The football’s on so one’s listening. Except your...

Manifesto 11 May 2011 Hits:369 Live Reviews

Old Friends/Bookends #8: Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards with The Wooden Sky and Chased By Wolves 05/03/2011 @ The Little Room, Independent

Flock wallpaper, candles in pint glasses, and a giant poster of a cat holding hands with a dog; you'd be hard-pressed to find a more suitable setting for Independent's monthly...

Manifesto 22 Mar 2011 Hits:462 Live Reviews

Dave Mcpherson @ Trillians, March 9th 2011

First to the stage at Trillians is support act Howard James Kenny. This young man's form of melancholy folk music grabs the entire room's attention and with songs such as...

Manifesto 16 Mar 2011 Hits:323 Live Reviews

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Outdoing Eleanor: The Union Choir

Science (and by science, we mean, in absolutely no way scientific whatsoever) dictates that the perfect length for a pop song is two minutes and forty two seconds. Somewhere,...

Manifesto 24 Nov 2011 Hits:214 Features

Hollywood, Vines, Mistletoe and Wine: The Christmas Project

Washington Irving once said “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart”. Gracious words there, from...

Manifesto 16 Nov 2011 Hits:320 Features

Mix up Pantera, Devildriver and Sepultura. Add a dash Lamb Of God, a sprinkling of Metallica, and season with Machine Head. What does this get you? A hell of...

Manifesto 15 Nov 2011 Hits:313 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes ...

Manifesto 06 Nov 2011 Hits:181 Features

From the bosom of The Bunker's very own Sunday Club comes Dalaro, a young and upcoming trio from Gateshead. Formed nine months ago, the band went through several evolutionary...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:120 Features

Formed by brothers Ben and Sean Jessen in West Yorkshire, Stations have already enjoyed a decent amount of success; their début EP, released in 2008 on Phoenixx Records, scored...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:83 Features

With ‘The Yellow Edition’, the second release in their ‘Life of Birds’ series, recently hatched, and sell-out shows across the region under their belts, things are looking chirpy for instrumental...

Manifesto 02 Nov 2011 Hits:106 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes ...

Manifesto 06 Oct 2011 Hits:115 Features

It’s a highly subjective beast, music. In these days of the interwebs and social media, the world and his wife can get hold of all of your precious outputs...

Manifesto 23 Sep 2011 Hits:219 Features

Minotaur's début album 'Eat Yr Hate' was released to great acclaim earlier this month. It's a very special record, and you might think it's obliged to be; it's been...

Manifesto 14 Sep 2011 Hits:290 Features

Since their formation in early 2010, Newcastle alt-pop band have been drumming up support across the North East live circuit, garnering impressive reviews along the way. Their five-track EP...

Manifesto 11 Sep 2011 Hits:254 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes ...

Manifesto 08 Sep 2011 Hits:558 Features

As Sunderland University prepares for another batch of new blood to descend upon the City, Spark FM will be gearing up for another full assault on out-of- towners and...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:162 Features

And Here's To You Mr Split: The Lake Poets Interview

Martin Longstaff, local lad and current darling of local music, has had a rapid rise to become one of the most recognised voices in the City under the guise of The...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:107 Features

Soak them feet and pick those feathers from your hair, there is no time to rest as the Parade comes to an end and September 17th and 18th arrives...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:95 Features

Split Festival; it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Not content with offering up a storming line-up as Sunderland’s biggest and best music festival, the Saturday before the big weekend...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:102 Features

If your lead singer upped and moved to New York, most bands would probably concede defeat. Not Vintage Revolution though. Instead, they’ve closed the door on the old days and...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:221 Features

Having played her first, and to date, only, proper gig two months ago, Natasha Haws is climbing the local musical ladder pretty fast. Spotted at one of her regular...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:255 Features

What is it about festivals eh? Space and time away from everyday life in which intense and extraordinary experiences can be created and shared (well that’s the definition). It’s the...

Manifesto 07 Sep 2011 Hits:102 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from Dennis's...

Manifesto 02 Sep 2011 Hits:168 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from Northumberland's Apache Viking,...

Manifesto 25 Aug 2011 Hits:275 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from Gateshead's finest alt-rockers, Warning. The...

Manifesto 15 Aug 2011 Hits:186 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from Gateshead trio Dalaro. The credits are...

Manifesto 27 Jul 2011 Hits:331 Features

The punters of The Ivy House are rapt. There's not been a silence like this here since they were told the Fosters was off. The thing that's holding them...

Manifesto 26 Jul 2011 Hits:350 Features

How fitting that at a time when the local folk scene is rife with talented bands and artists clawing their way alongside the indie boys and up the ladder, that...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:226 Features

This Sunderland four-piece have played together, creating original material since their school days. There is a collaboration of tastes from each member of the band which results in a...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:260 Features

These are three of the hardest working down to earth lads in local music today. There is an obvious passion watching the band live that radiates out from Lewis Cooke's...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:263 Features

Our Guest Editors this month are psychedelic twosome Hyde and Beast. Comprised of The Futureheads' Dave Hyde and former Golden Virgins drummer Neil 'Beast' Bassett, their musical project born of...

Manifesto 20 Jul 2011 Hits:274 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from female-fronted indie-rockers Moonrunners. The credits are...

Manifesto 18 Jul 2011 Hits:227 Features

Welcome to The Big Ten, where Manifesto puts ten of life's biggest, most pressing questions to bands every week. This week's Big Ten comes from Gateshead rock trio Invoke. The credits...

Manifesto 18 Jul 2011 Hits:349 Features

05.02.2012 | 18.00 Terry Gormans Buskers Night @ The Grey Horse
05.02.2012 | 21.00 Acoustic, Blues & Folk @ Smugglers Bar
06.02.2012 | 23.00 Happy Mondaze @ Independant
07.02.2012 | 20.00 Top Busker Night @ The Wheatsheaf
07.02.2012 | 21.00 Pete The Jam @ Smugglers Bar
07.02.2012 | 21.00 Buskers Night @ The Borough
08.02.2012 Confession @ Independent
09.02.2012 - 09.02.2012 | 20.00 Stripped Back 2012 @ The Ivy House, Sunderland, 8pm. Free
09.02.2012 | 21.00 Scott Keirs Open Mic @ Smugglers Bar
11.02.2012 - 11.02.2012 | 20.30 11th February PIC- ANNIE DRESSNER
15.02.2012 - 15.02.2012 | 20.00 15th February Bleech @ The Little Room, Independent
17.02.2012 - 17.02.2012 | 20.00 17th February Them Beatles @ Independent
18.02.2012 - 18.02.2012 | 20.00 18th February 14th @ The Little Room, Independent
23.02.2012 - 23.02.2012 | 20.00 23rd February Lone Wolf Presents: We Beat The System, Spoken Words, S...
24.02.2012 - 24.02.2012 24th February PIC- Matt Stalker & Fables

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