Mancubist: Life is good in Manchester » calendar

Regina Spektor @ Academy

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

No relation to producer Phil Spector or footballer Jonathan Spector sadly. Lovely voice, very playful and inventive. �15 seems a bit steep for a gig at the university, mind.

www.myspace.com/reginaspektor

Tickets �15 adv

Decemberists @ Academy

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

Ranting American pop with a subtle Morrissey fixation. A rewarding live experience.

www.myspace.com/thedecemberists

Tickets �11 adv

Four Tet @ Academy

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

Keiran Hebden is unpredictable live: this’ll be either a rave or, with drummer Steve Reid, a jazzy delight. Luckily Reid will be present.
www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden

Tickets �10.50 adv

Damien Rice @ Apollo

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

Long-awaited comeback by the man they call Rice. Tickets are going for �150 a pair on eBay. Expect heartfelt ballads and assorted emotions galore.
www.myspace.com/damienrice

Tickets �23.50 adv (sold out)

Clap Your Hands! @ Academy

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (CLHSY!) return for another inevitably breathtaking performance at Manchester Academy. Expect high-energy, helium-voiced, hell-for-leather music.

Support from Cold War Kids and Elvis Perkins.

www.myspace.com/clapyourhandssayyeah

Tickets �12.50 adv

Electrelane @ Academy

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

All-female four-piece whose whole shtick seems to be to make their music buzz with energy throughout. They succeeds in the same way Stereolab do.

www.myspace.com/electrelane

Tickets �10 adv

Air @ Academy 1

Mancubist — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:58:32 +0000

The French duo return for more star-watching antics. I’ve never seen them live. Are they any good?

www.myspace.com/intairnet

Tickets �tbc

I’m From Barcelona @ Academy 3

Mancubist — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:26:44 +0000

… who are actually from Sweden. Expect plenty of twee, Ooberman-style songs from this clan.

Support from Lucy & the Caterpillar.

www.myspace.com/imfrombarcelona

Tickets �7.50 advance

Vashti Bunyan @ Bridgewater Hall

Mancubist — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:14:45 +0000

Technically a four-way headline night between Adem, Vashti, Vetiver and Juana Molina. All acts are good in their own right but solo ladies Vashti and Juana particularly stand out.

www.twistedfolk.com

Tickets �12.50, �15, �17.50

Joanna Newsom @ Bridgewater Hall

Mancubist — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:36:39 +0000

Potentially one of the best gigs of 2007 – and it’s only mid-January! Newsom should sound amazing given the venue’s acoustics and support is from the equally worthwhile (but lesser-known) Alasdair Roberts.

Newsom will be backed by the Northern Sinfonia.

www.myspace.com/joannanewsom

Tickets �17.50 to �19.50