KAČKALA & WITH OLIVER LOUIS & INDIAN PALE MALE

KAČKALA (pronounced kotch-kolla), the unorthodox, all-women vocal band from Czechia and the U.S., is thrilled to tour the UK for the first time in April 2025. Their mad girl, sad girl, and bad girl original compositions are full of complex arrangements and rich harmonies. Kačkala’s spirited songs inspire emotion, empowerment, and sometimes, revolutionary thought. Their mesmerizing live performances have dynamic presence and fierce energy in any venue.

An idiomatic, unclassifiable creation bringing furious words of wisdom to you in their tunes, femme fatale liberation songs and a few morbid numbers thrown in for good measure. Through a mix of empowering mad girl, bad girl, and sad girl original compositions, international flair, and a dash of homemade choreography, Kačkala creates dynamic and theatrically entertaining performances.

Born in the Lake District, raised in a creative Manchester household, Oliver began playing the drums at age 7; teaching himself bass and guitar from the age of 16. Self recording from his home studio, Oliver first released music with radical expression, under the name ‘A Polar Rose’, where he first experienced the catharsis of sharing music. Emerging as OLIVER LOUIS, he took to the Manchester live music scene, combining naïve lyricism with mature acoustic fingerpicking; all the while, expanding his recording techniques behind closed doors. Here he was able to combine non-traditional percussion with modern technology, transporting folk music into the realm of psychedelia.

INDIAN PALE MALE is former Frazer King genius, Nathan McIlroy’s latest project. Following a period of self imposed exile, Nathan has returned–and Manchester is better for it. Now armed with a single piano, IPM is a unique, funny, sometimes tortured, sometimes jazzy excursion which, if McIlroy chooses, will only go on to garner further acclaim. Check it out.