U.S. GIRLS at the Castle Hotel--------- Saturday 8th December 2012

U.S. GIRLS is the nomme de guerre of one Meghan Remy. She has releases on Siltbreeze, Kraak, Atelier Cisceaux, Medusa Editions, Sibling Sex, Electric Voice, Not Not Fun, Hardscrabble Amateurs, Fast Weapons, Cherry Burger, Palmist, Chocolate Monk, Clan Destine and her own Calico Corp label. Her most recent LP 'GEM' was released on Fat Cat records and is the first of her albums to be recorded with a full band, who'll be joining her on this tour. She also contributed collage and a song to our recent collaboration with MUSEUMS PRESS- MUSEUMS IV .

We've been trying to set up a show for U.S GIRLS for about 5 years now, a time that has seen the U.S.GIRLS sound change considerably and also a time that has seen the rest of the world try and fail to catch up with her music which is, at once, genuinely experimental and unabashedly 'pop'; the sound of the future and yet stacked in nostalgia; academic and emotional; packed with reminiscences and but  singular in it's vision, challenging and unshakeable.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE DEBUT MANCHESTER PERFORMANCE OF U.S.GIRLS (WITH FULL LIVE BAND), WHICH TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY 8th DECEMBER 2012 AT THE CASTLE HOTEL, OLDHAM STREET from 8pm. ADVANCE TICKETS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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Wrong / The Road To War 7"

Wrong / The Road To War 7"

c.o.a.t019 APOSTILLE - 'Wrong / The Road To War' plus Kristina Records Instore

B U Y  H E R E   £ 3 


We are delighted to announce and offer for sale the debut 7" single from  APOSTILLE . Double A side  featuring a reworking of   the misanthropic pop masterpiece 'WRONG' and a brand new song 'The Road To War'.

Limited to 250, screenprinted sleeve and hand-stamped label with lyric sheet and download code.

Comfortable On A Tightrope present the debut vinyl release from Apostille - aka Night School's Michael Kasparis' fractured pop utterances. Kaleidoscopic instrumentation and cracked synths frame two bona fide degraded pop songs centred around a lurking sense of misanthropy, albeit a misanthropy tempered with ecstatic tendencies. 'Wrong' is the mid paced groover for self-erasing western consciousness, possessing a chorus hook so insidious and fun it diverts from the content. 'The Road To War' takes a sisters of mercy in hypnagogia approach to anthems and produces a sing-a-long both unintelligible and seductively drenched in fervour and sweat.

CATCH APOSTILLE / BUY THE 7" TODAY AT KRISTINA RECORDS

CHAIN & THE GANG at KRAAK Monday 26th November 2012

It is with great pleasure we announce the return to Manchester of the mighty CHAIN & THE GANG.

Remember when Rock and Roll was going to  at lest try to change the world? They do! And one night and one town at a time they've been doing exactly that. Now three albums in, the most recent 'IN COOL BLOOD' is out now on 'K', CHAIN (aka Ian F Svenonius of the Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses, Weird War, Felt Letters and etc) has a new GANG---this time comprised of M'Ladys Records mavens Brett Lyman (Bad Thoughts, Saturday Looks Good To Me) and Fiona Campbell (Coasting, Vivian Girls), Katie Alice Greer (last heard, in our house at least on 'Desire' by Duck Duck Grey Duck aka MR001-the first ever release on Mississippi Records) and  Martha Fabi Reyna (of Reynosa, Modern Marriage and She Shreds Magazine) and tomorrow for one night only they perform live in Manchester at Kraak, Stevenson Square.

It's been a while since TRASH KIT last  came to play in Manchester, though you may have had the privilege of seeing some of their other bands HALO HALO, SACRED PAWS, GOLDEN GRRRLS, ELECTRELANE in the past couple of years.   Anyone  present at the Trash Kit /Grass Widow show in 2010, or those in possession of their LP on Upset The Rhythm or split 7" with WOOLF on Milk, will need no reminder of how necessary it is to see TRASH KIT live. Below is an audio/visual postcard from the aforementioned GW/TK tour:

DINNER PARTY have one album 'Swinging' available from Life Dunk International and will get the party started as only they know how.

Our friends from THE VAULT will be providing between-band entertainment (no respite), playing 45's into the night

TICKETS HERE