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Formed in 2019, NIGHTSHIFT continue the city’s rich history of blurring the lines between DIY, Post-Punk and Experimental Pop and features artist Eothen Stearn, Chris White, Andrew Doig aka Robert Sotelo and Georgia Harris. Described as 'hypnotic punk' they do not shy fromemploying repetition in their sound, as well as embracing a variety of other… Continue reading NIGHTSHIFT WITH VELVET TUXEDO & THE SERFS

MORGAN GARRETT has long been a stalwart presence in independent American experimental music. The 2024 release of Purity on Orange Milk Records, his acclaimed fifth full length and first vinyl release, underscores his commitment to his craft and to the wider world of challenging electronic music. Purity is a response to finding a neighbor’s dead… Continue reading MORGAN GARRETT//ADRIAN STEELE//SHE THE THRONE

By some quirk of fate or destiny, we have arrived at the Seventh instalment of the Manchester Folk Horror Festival. Each year we try to approach that innocuous compound from a fresh angle. Indeed, last year's journey took us to the threshold of where we stand now, upon the edge of a precipice. The number… Continue reading SOLD OUT MANCHESTER FOLK HORROR VII

Rotterdam’s Rats On Rafts are David Fagan, Arnoud Verheul, Natasha van Waardenburg and Mathijs Burgler. The Rats’ proclivity for things eroded by the decay of time has remained a constant in their rigorous hands-on ethos. The Moon Is Big (2011), Tape Hiss (2015), and Excerpts Of Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths (2021) are truly gripping timestamps of a band refusing to give in… Continue reading RATS ON RAFTS (ROTTERDAM) & GUESTS

𝗝𝗲𝗸𝗮: Bellyrock dance, feminine, edgy.𝗡𝗲𝗼𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗱: Beams, lasers and strobes shower the techno-groove performer.𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲: Did you say pole dancing over Deftones?𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗢: Feel, experience, let go. This is therapy. 18+ Putting on a gig for the debut album "Between the X and the Z". First headline live show in Manchester.Come down to 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘁, for night… Continue reading CANCELLED BETWEEN THE X AND Z

SKYMOUTH SAYS: "Hello everybody. I've had time to sort out some gigs at The Peer Hat because I've not got a body! Hahahaha. It's GURLGES again and another promoter (though I am NOT a promoter hahahaha I have no body!) has written this rather fantastic capsule sum up of them. It's flesh time!" "Psycheprogpop cosmonauts… Continue reading GURGLES//VELVET TUXEDO//SHITSHOW

The WOOLVERSTONES are an alternative folk duo formed at the end of 2019. In March 2020, they released their debut single "A Song For Harlequins". The single was greeted with positive reviews and was hailed as a "Folk Masterpiece" by David Postal of Laurel Canyon Radio. The single got airplay on radio stations in the… Continue reading THE WOOLVERSTONES//LOLA VAUGHAN//AMY ANTROBUS & THE DUSTY KINGS

Lithuanian ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS returns to The Peer Hat. His music embodies the philosophy of what it means to be a free spirit. By exploring human kindness through hitchhiking and busking, he is inspired to write songs which question the reasons we are all here – but without that sense of arrogance or self-righteousness that suggests… Continue reading ALGIS FEDIAJEVAS WITH LEILA’S DREAM & JUNE HOLLAND

Sheffield based singer, songwriter and banjo player Jimmy Grayburn is the frontman of THE ALL NIGHT CHEMIST. He’s travelling the UK  with a small band to celebrate his latest single and the release of a deluxe edition of his debut album on vinyl.His music combines American and British folk music with 70s rock and 90s… Continue reading THE ALL NIGHT CHEMIST//KENNY//GABRIELLE GEE

No Soap & Fuzz Bat Gigs present... Loup, Autocamper, and Puppet Midnight live at the Peer Hat in Manchester. Loup: Loup is a Belgian-born, Glasgow-based musician and producer whose songs trace a lineage of eclectic independent guitar music. Warm and fuzzy tones interlock with sweet, gentle vocal melodies, underpinned by hushed, steady drums. Devoted to… Continue reading LOUP//AUTOCAMPER//PUPPET MIDNIGHT