Under The Radar @ In The City

26th Oct 2006

Pure Space, New Wakefield St (off Oxford Road), Manchester
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October: Doors 2pm, £5 on the door.

Under The Radar makes its debut at ITC with two days of bands who have impressed over the last few months at previous UTR events. So without further ado announcing:

Saturday 28th October
Blind Io
The Southern Electrics
The CMC
Finka
Bluebird Kid Clark
The Knock
Black Cat Bones
The Circle
Out Of The Grey
The Walkers

Sunday 29th October
A Cult Called Karrianna
The Vagabonds
Endeci
Julia
Drop Science
The Fireflys
Broadcast
Superkings
Waiger
State Dancer

More info on the bands below….

Saturday 28th October

The Colonial Movement Company
The Warrington based quintet will perform an excellent mix of sing along songs combining their eclectic mix of perfect indie pop. link.

The Walkers
This local band will perform a fresh and energetic set of rock & indie songs from their latest EP

Out Of The Gray
Bolton-based band Out of the Gray will perform a mixture of acoustic rock & pop from their album Sugar Coated Lies. link

Black Cat Bones
The BlackCatBones band from both Manchester & France have played for more than 3 years and will be performing a combination of indie and folk from their EP Better Than Milk. link

Blind IO
Blind IO are an eclectic five piece from Manchester who are on their promotional tour to launch their debut release “…” EP. link

The Southern Electrics
The Southern electrics combine a blend of excellent funk bass, space-age keyboards, and metal solos. They will be previewing their second album due for release in early 2007. link

The Knock
The Knock are a collective of 5 individuals who use a use mix of sampled and sequenced drums and synths and live instrumentation to make for electrifying performances. link

Finka
With an already impressive track record of gigs including Glastonbury and headline slots at Manchester’s Academy 3 FINKA have now developed a strong following in Manchester. The band are now currently promoting their latest EP Find Your Own Adventure. link

Bluebird Kid Clark
Bluebird Kid Clark are a four piece Beatles –esque pop rock band who formed in late 2003. They will be performing tracks from their excellent forthcoming album Bottom Dollar Discount Store. link

The Circle
This popular Manchester based band will perform an excellent combination of indie/ rock.

Sunday 29th October

A Cult Called Karrianna
Signed to TVS records (home of Towers of London) watch out for these dirty electro pop scoundrels later this year as they have just finished recording their debut album.

The Vagabonds
Pounding Rock N Roll from these ultra serious scousers. Soundscapes and riffs combine in toe tapping ease.

Julia
Muse-esque with keyboards and cello’s. Dual vocals and powerful dynamics

Drop Science
This band claims a fusion of Indie dub with the early nineties indie Movement. They will release their album at the end of 2006. link

Statedancer
Statedancer will perform psychedelic indie with influences from The Jam, The Kinks, XTC and Teenage Fanclub. link

The Fireflys
The Runcorn based band will perform good old fashioned rock n roll with influences from Led Zeppelin, The Red hot Chilli Peppers & Queen. link

Superkings
Superkings are a North West four-piece (including piano, cello and guitar). They are an intricate, bitter-sweet piano-pop outfit, dealing in slow, darkly-melodic love songs as well as upbeat, jazz-imbued indie. link

Broadcast
Broadcast are a Manchester based band who play great indie/ rock with both unique style and added substance.

Endeci
Endeci perform a unique mixture of emo/indie with track such as ‘B’ and ‘My Methadone 2’. link

Waiger
Waiger are a north-west band who in the past year has self recorded their music. The band will continue to flex their unique style ensuring that they captivate their audiences with their ambient indie sound. link