Gig Guide Monday 11th January 2019

Monday 11th
Beatrice Dillon & Keith Harrison present Ecstatic Material – Caustic Coastal (Salford) 7:30pm
A live, experimental, collaborative performance from “two original figures from their respective fields”, musician/producer Beatrice Dillon and visual artist Keith Harrison. Sound meets sculpture in real time, as part of the 4th Outlands Network UK tour.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13404177/
 
Tuesday 12th
Freeport – University of Salford, MediaCityUK (Salford Quays) – ongoing until Saturday
From Abandon Normal Devices festival, this commission was initially intended for Manchester Airport, picture the slightly more approachable/accessible Uni campus as ‘Terminal MCR’ with artworks, talks and screenings from international artists such as N-Prolenta and !Mediengruppe. Subjects range from cryptocurrency to (digital) citizenship. Expect fascinating-as-ever programming from AND. Free all week.
andfestival.org.uk/events/freeport-terminal-mcr
andfestival.org.uk/events/freeport-critical
www.thennn.eu
 
Wednesday 13th February
Rob Heron & Tea Pad Orchestra – Philharmonic Music Room – 8pm
Reputable ‘North Eastern Swing’ combo highlight jazz’s early 20th century American highlights.
https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/rob-heron--the-tea-pad-orchestra
 
Thursday 14th
Spine presents Arma Agharta, Territorial Gobbing, President Business – Factory Kitchen – 8pm
Ultimate alternative Valentines from the Lonesaw extended industrial music family, featuring Lithuanian high-speed noise, quasi-improvised big-band biz, and a drone act from Leeds. Upstairs at IWF, 25 Carlton Street.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13458298/
 
Free R&R with Mincemeat, Vee VV, and Malfeasance – Sound Basement – 8pm
Alternatively, join the free rock and roll punk party on Duke Street, showcasing some truly outsider computer music from the opener.
 
Friday 15th
Deep Cuts:  Eli Smart, COW, Silver Linings, Heavy North, Dan Disgrace – Jacaranda Phase One – 7pm
A spread of five eclectic live acts from across the pop-musical spectrum as we’ve come to expect from the Get Into This tastemakers. Pure song-writing talent (Eli Smart) rubs shoulders with out-rock jam band antics (COW; Dan Disgrace), dive bar blues (Heavy North), and sizzling dissonance (Silver Linings). Note: at Jacaranda’s second premises – 40 Seel Street.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13459151/
 
Seatbelts, Strawberry Guy, Sara Wolff, Roy – 81 Renshaw Street – 7:30pm
Well worth catching bizzarro bedroom psych-pop kid Strawberry Guy playing before the headliner, the re-jigged Hooton Tennis Club project.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13432964/
 
Leon Vynehall – Meraki – 10pm
A pick from a while back, this electronic music producer’s own records have an imperceptible, gradually-building brilliance that is frequently reflected in his undulating DJ sets, all the more so given LV will play from start to finish (4am!), as part of his DJ-Kicks tour.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13409263/
 
Nekk-Fest 2.0 – Drop the DumBulls Gallery – 8:30pm
Ultra alt. alternative V-day with fast, fun and funny music from the likes of local d-beat/crust-punk sender-uppers DAD. Expect the usual hyper-self-parodying brilliance from DtDB.
 
Looking ahead:
Wednesday 27 February - DAM – Constellations – 7:30pm
Palestinian hip-hop group who rose to prominence in the ‘90s as the first Middle Eastern act of their ilk to ‘break through’ to a wider, global audience, fusing Arabic rhythmic and melodic material with rapped Arabic verse. Opening act DJ Sotusura has been pro-active in the Middle Eastern hip-hop scene for some 15 years. 16+ permitted with guardian.
https://www.skiddle.com/e/13425022/
 
Saturday 23rd Feb – Omar Souleyman (re-scheduled) – 7pm
​Postponed previously from 9th of the month, Syria's original 'acid Arab' with wedding singer flair for the club. 24 Kitchen Street, 10pm finish, Jacques Malchance and Giovanna (SisBis) on world-aware DJ supports.