Music in the North
Johnny James, Managing EditorThe outsiders, the oddities, the outrageous – we’re keeping it weird this month with a hot new batch of underground gigs about to hit Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool.
First up, the guitarist and producer behind local noise outfit Mandy, Indiana, has launched a brilliantly bizarre new electronic side project, Set Dressing, playing live for the first time at p3 annihilation eve this April.
A different shade of weird as Anatole Muster wields an accordion in the face of electronica, jazz and hyperpop at Band on the Wall, while Romare distorts a global array of sounds into something uniquely his at The Blues Kitchen.
Over in Leeds, things get heavier as Anika unveils her dark, avant-garde post-punk album Abyss live for the first time. And in Liverpool, something more haunting awaits as Keeley Forsyth, dubbed “the new Scott Walker” by The Guardian, delivers a rare, stripped-back performance that will have your hairs on end.
More strange beauty and sonic chaos below.
