LIVE: CLOUD CASTLE LAKE – 18/03/2015

-GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – On Tuesday night, Gullivers was heaving as the crowds swarmed to watch their hometown prodigy Kiran Leonard. Tonight it feel as if the crowd has just left to the last drones of ‘Geraldo’s Farm’ as barely 20 people stand in the audience for Cloud Castle Lake. The hype for this band which […]
Thomas Traux will mark the release of his eighth studio solo album with a Manchester gig next month. The American troubadour, who uses a range of self-made, experimental instruments, will release Jetstream Sunset on Psychoteddy Records on April 20. His two month UK tour will include a date at Gullivers on Thursday, April 9. Prior […]

THOMAS TRAUX SHARES TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING EIGHTH ALBUM

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN ANNOUNCE FIRST ALBUM IN SIX YEARS

Worriedaboutsatan have announced a Manchester show to promote the release of their first album in six years. The electronic band, comprised of long time collaborative duo Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale, will play Gullivers on March 19. Their new record, Even Temper, follows 2009’s Arrivals, and will be released on March 16 through Miller’s This […]
– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – “I dream away my morning”, Vikesh Kapoor sings on ‘I Dreamt Blues’ conjuring up an image of Alan Sillitoe’s protagonist from Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, Arthur Seaton slaving over his lathe at a bicycle factory dreaming of plotting an escape from his small town drudgery. In fact, this is what […]

LIVE: VIKESH KAPOOR – 03/03/2015

TWISTED REEL TO SCREEN LIFE AFTER DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979

Twisted Reel is proud to have the Manchester premiere of this new film. In 2001, after years of playing in various bands and living together while peers abandoned rock n’ roll to follow more traditional career paths, Jesse Keeler (bass) and Sebastien Grainger (drums), started a band out of boredom and necessity. They hammered out […]
– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER –  I first heard about Krill thanks to the founder of their former UK label Blood and Biscuits writing a genuinely honest description of how great Krill are and how great their album Lucky Leaves is. So as a fan of the label, I obliged, and subsequently fell in love with this Boston based […]

LIVE: KRILL – 23/02/2015

LIVE: LYDIA AINSWORTH – 19/02/2015

– GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – Lydia Ainsworth looks elegant tonight, bedecked in a sweeping knee-length white coat with a brooch hanging from her neck. Manchester’s turn out is paltry in comparison, as the small numbers make Gullivers’ normally throbbing wooden floor seem empty, helping it to feel more like a heartless conference hall rather than one […]
– THE CASTLE HOTEL / GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER – I forget that February is a really wintery month. Once January is out of the way it’s summertime right? Sadly not and it’s another chilly afternoon in Manchester, but luckily I can feel like it’s summer by attending an all dayer split between The Castle and Gullivers, […]

LIVE: NOT A SUMMER FESTIVAL – 07/02/2015

KIRAN LEONARD RELEASES NEW EP AND ANNOUNCES FIVE DATE TOUR

Kiran Leonard has announced a new UK tour for March. The singer-songwriter, from Oldham, will play five dates including a show at Gullivers in Manchester. Terreiro do Paço by Kiran Leonard The 19-year-old has also shared a new EP, Terreiro de Paço, which is available to download on his Bandcamp page. The five-track EP features […]
Gravenhurst will re-released two album as well as a compilation of unreleased material to mark the decade long relationship between Warp Records and Nick Talbot’s alternative folk project. Re-releases of Flashlight Seasons and Black Holes In The Sand are now available, in addition to Offerings: Lost Songs 2000-2004. The compilation of unreleased tracks consists of […]

GRAVENHURST ANNOUNCE REISSUES AND UK TOUR