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OLD TESTAMENT
30 March 2006 / Dry Bar / Manchester
:: The Invention :: Belief System :: RedWings ::
Why don’t you sod off home you little fucker?

CHIMEWATCH OK
29 March 2006 / Joshua Brooks / Manchester
:: Frame Of Mind :: Hannah :: The Star Fighter Pilot :: The Chimes ::
Apologies for the absence of dancing girls and on behalf of a 17 inch TV set, which has blown itself up

AUTOTESTPILOT : TWO HEADED LLAMAS IN WARHOL DRAMAS
26 March 2006 / Tiger Lounge / Manchester
:: Lord Mongo :: Suns Of Potto :: Mr Thompson :: Norman Clayture & Imogen Powder :: Robin Nature-Bold & Band(ism) ::
“We’ve been spending 18 hours a day travelling the country in a horsebox..” - explains the cardboard crab - “...waiting for Prince Charles to shoe me, so I may ride his rough wife until I’m sick...” .

MARCH ON STAGE #3
16 March 2006 / Hard Rock Cafe / Manchester
:: Lodestone :: Chairmen Of The Bored ::
You don’t need scratchy guitars and yelping vocals - You don’t need skinny ties

MARCH ON STAGE #4
23 March 2006 / Hard Rock Cafe / Manchester
:: Thai Bride :: The Second Floor ::
“Who’s on court next, I’ve got my box of Kleenex” .. starts to turn heads up in the party zone

SPACED OUT (HIGH VOLTAGE)
22 March 2006 / The Music Box / Manchester
:: For Tomorrows :: The Early Years :: The Guild ::
As the next wave hits us we’re smiling.

LOST IN A FOREST, NOT ALONE
25 March 2006 / The Garden Hotel / Manchester
:: The Nightjars :: The Forest :: Last Arrow ::
A triumphant return and worth the wait, The Forest are quite definitely back.

I BELIEVE
17 March 2006 / The BierKeller / Manchester
:: The Long Blondes :: Belief System :: Liam Fray ::
Libertines-jacket-man is dancing like a happy six-year-old with gleeful disregard for the fact that people behind him are pointing him out to their mates

MILL HOUSE
04 March 2006 / Islington Mill / Salford
:: Fire Engines :: SAY (Say Jansfield) ::
Time and again he drops to his knees to carve the sound from his instrument like he's having a fight with it and isn't entirely sure of victory

BASEMENT JACKS
15 March 2006 / Joshua Brooks / Manchester
:: Amida :: The Search Map :: Billy Ruffian :: Parasol Star ::
Their arsenal of catchy tunes could see them go a long way

PERMISSIVE PARTY (Fiction Non Fiction)
14 March 2006 / Tiger Lounge / Manchester
:: The Permissive Society :: Moco :: Lady Luck's Burlesque Beauties ::
Your imagination will be fired!, your senses heightened! and your expectations delivered!.

RAVE ON
14 March 2006 / The Roadhouse / Manchester
:: Shit Disco :: 4ft Soldiers ::
A sound that's something like an aroused gerbil...

MARCH ON STAGE #2
09 March 2006 / Hard Rock Cafe / Manchester
:: Politburo :: doublejoHngrey ::
The future is here, the future is now, but with bits welded on and extra fucked up angles

PARTY LIKE ITS...1982
12 March 2006 / Night & Day / Manchester
:: White Rose Movement :: The Violets ::
Quite what the title of opener “Pig Heil Jam” is on about is unclear

SPACE JAZZ
08 March 2006 / Night & Day / Manchester
:: The Other Side Of Sound :: Omerta :: Ellwood ::
Part of my head’s just blown and I head off to stick my brain in the fridge for a bit

SKIN TRADE
09 March 2006 / Academy 3 / Manchester
:: The Like ::
Somebody get naked, or I’m not gonna play

PORK PIES AND TRAM LINES
08 March 2006 / The Roadhouse / Manchester
:: The Upper Room :: Milburn :: The Rifles ::
The sold out crowd gather like Big Brother fans at eviction time

SOMETHING SNAPS
07 March 2006 / Tiger Lounge / Manchester
:: Bobbie Peru :: Sir Yes Sir :: Monkeys In Love ::
In a fur-lined basement FictionNonFiction and their friends are sending postcards from the sharp edge of rock’n’roll

GENTLEMEN, WE ARE FLOATING IN...JABEZ
07 March 2006 / Jabez Clegg / Manchester
:: The Second Floor ::
The Second Floor can’t remain one of Manchester’s best kept secrets for much longer

BOYS OWN ADVENTURE
01 March 2006 / Academy 3 / Manchester
:: Misty's Big Adventure :: Boy Kill Boy :: Astroboy ::
Spinning an acid-fried story over wibbly noises probably not heard since Hawkwind appeard at “happenings" ...

MARCH ON STAGE #1
02 March 2006 / Hard Rock Cafe / Manchester
:: Sara Hawley & The Bang Bang Club :: The Alpha Western ::
It’s a question of when, rather than if, they’ll reach their destination