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Tickets £10 + bf advance / more on the doorUpstairs live room
Manchester indie-rockers Easter have built a reputation as one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Spurred along by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Long with a rotating cast of Manc-underground shredders, they’re a formidable live act who’ve toured the UK repeatedly and provided support for post-rock behemoths Mono, avant-rockers Ranga and Mugstar but also poppier acts such as Canadian shoe-gazers Tallies. However, for all of Manchester’s illustrious musical history, it’s hard to bring to mind a local act that they compare or aspire to. Instead Easter’s binoculars are fixed on the fuzzy indie-rock of Dinosaur Jr , Guided By Voices and Teenage Fanclub with added twin-guitar weaving recalling Television, Chris Forsyth and even Wishbone Ash. Only in Tom’s vocals are there hints of their surroundings with occasional echoes of Morrissey and, a few junctions away across the M62, Dave Gedge.
They’ve found admirers in Huw Stephens and Tom Ravenscroft at 6Music and garnered praise from Uncut, Record Collector and NYC’s The Big Takeover while building a loyal fanbase across the UK.
“pretty darn good… they create tunes that bristle with energy, passion, and a strong anthemic leaning as they neatly blur the lines between alt-rock, grunge, and indie” God Is In The TV Zine Tracks of the week
“a mannered guitar buzz of J Mascis, Teenage Fanclub and Bevis Frond.. but what if Morrissey was the singer of all that?... this stuff’s gooood” Big Takeover Mag (NYC)
“A welcome throwback to the wry, self-lacerating alt.rock of the early 90s” Uncut
“Astonishing” Record Collector
“Lovely bit of noise” Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music
https://easterbanduk.bandcamp.com/album/facsimile-of-a-dream
The Incident
A young band from Halifax fronted by teenage brother and sister Tom Alan Davies lead singer /pianist & songwriter, Emma Maggie Davies lead vocalist, guitar. Recently discovered by Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) Tom was interviewed by Hawkins on his 2024 Justin Hawkins Rides Again Live Tour Hawkins said “You don’t hear voices like that very often do you – staggering, there's not much you can say when someone’s that talented“
Zoltar
Formed in 2022, teenage rock band Zoltar, write catchy, melodic originals. Their influences include legends such as The Beatles, Nirvana, The Buzzcocks and Pink Floyd, though they are working on cultivating their own unique sound. Recently, they have performed several large gigs at music festivals and well known local venues, such as Bands on the Square in Barnoldswick, Blackstock, St Mary’s Chambers and Buffer Stops Bar in Rawtenstall.
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/teenage-burnley-band-zoltar-who-cite-foo-fighters-nirvana-and-pink-floyd-as-inspiration-set-to-launch-debut-album-in-2025-4692060
Poster artwork by Brett Savage
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Golden Lion Todmorden, Todmorden, United Kingdom
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