CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS R-FEST IS A BRAND NEW INDEPENDENT LIVE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, which will take place at Retro from the 1st to the 7th of July 2019. Seven days of live shows including 100 live bands, cold beers, Vietnamese street food and lots of spontaneous happenings. R-Fest will be championing Manchester’s grass roots creative community and offer a full week where people can enjoy a diverse array of events taking place over both floors at Retro. Feat. Rook […]

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ROOK & THE RAVENS Next Manchester show: Fri 1st February @ Retro w/ Josh Goddard + The Lilacs Tickets: CLICK HERE Check out: Little Rib

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BANG BANG ROMEO Fronted by vocal powerhouse Anastasia Walker and featuring Ross Cameron (guitars) and Richard Gartland (drums), Bang Bang Romeo are a propelling force for female-fronted bands in a male dominated industry, and a strong and open voice for the LGBT community. Anastasia’s “once in 20 years voice” is unrivalled and the group’s larger-than-life performances are sending audiences wild up and down the country, leaving them with jaws dropped and often reduced to tears. Next Manchester show: Tues 19th […]

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KIDSMOKE Kidsmoke’s shimmering brand of dreamy indie-pop has seen them make waves from their native North Wales. With a sync-feature on Charlie Brooker’s Netflix series Black Mirror under their belts, they burst into 2018 with single Sister Sadness (named one of Steve Lamacq’s ‘6Music Recommends’ tracks of the year), were featured as The Sunday Times’ ‘Breaking Act’ and were invited by Robert Smith (The Cure) to play his Meltdown Festival in support of The Joy Formidable. The band spent last […]

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VIRGINMARYS To support the release of their highly anticipated 3rd album ‘Northern Sun Sessions’ the Virginmarys will play Manchester Club Academy in November for a huge headline date. The Virginmarys exploded onto the rock music scene in 2013 with their album ‘King of Conflict’, which debuted #3 on the Billboard New Artist Alternative Chart and #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. With ‘King of Conflict’, The Virginmarys were dubbed the buzz band of SXSW, received major support from US Active Rock and Alternative radio, and press acclaim from Rolling […]

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NIGHT FLOWERS It has been a whirlwind couple of years for London indie-pop quintet Night Flowers, since these close friends from North England collided with Boston, Massachusetts born vocalist Sophia Pettit and began forming their irresistible brand of heart stirring, romantic pop. Creating a joyous combination of intertwining female/male vocals backed by glistening guitars and dreamlike atmospherics that has seen them amass friends, fans and accolades across the world. The release this spring of their long awaited debut album ‘Wild […]

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  SLOTHRUST “Bluesy alt rock with stellar guitar work and swaggering wordplay” – Stereogum “Genre-bending gems.” -DIY “Wellbaum challenged herself with stream-of-consciousness, automatic writing exercises in the making of “Peach,” all the while cranking up funhouse-mirror guitars toward an absolute wrecker of a chorus.”- Billboard SLOTHRUST have released new single ‘Planetarium’ alongside the announcement of their debut headline European tour for 2019. The video for ‘Planetarium’ reveals the band’s more playful attitude as they were recording their new album ‘The Pact’ this year in […]

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NICK HARPER is one the UK’s best kept musical secrets. Those who have witnessed the spellbinding, one-man show will tell you this. A childhood growing up surrounded by the musical prowess of some of the 60’s most revered songwriters & musicians, not to mention being son of Roy Harper, along with 20 years of crafting songs & touring the land has spawned a truly one-off, original guitarist & songwriter who stands alone as a UK great, to be cherished & revered. […]

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THE BRUMMIES “Good evening, we’re the Brummies.”With that simple introduction, so opens one of the year’s most immersive and adventurous rock albums, Eternal Reach. The d…ebut LP by Birmingham, Alabama, band the Brummies their name is U.K. slang for a resident of Birmingham Eternal Reach is a musician’s album, distinguished by inventive arrangements, lush melodies and straight-to-tape production. Perfectly suited for losing yourself beneath a pair of quality headphones, the record evokes the psych-rock vibe of the Sixties and the […]

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