Bolton News Preview For the Masses Launch Show
By Kat Dibbits »
SUPER Furry Animals-influenced Boltonian pop troubadours Merchandise will release their new album, For The Masses, on Monday.
To celebrate they will be playing the Octagon theatre bar the same night, with support from Moore Marriott and Alex Hulme.
Five years in the making, the band promise that For The Masses will “bring a skip to the beat and a smile to the face.”
The 13 songs on the album include the soon-to-be-released single Lies Like These, plus the darker-tinged Prescription and Enemy.
The core of Merchandise’s collective revolves around Brad B. Wood and Conrad Astley, and live shows are performed on acoustic guitar, mandolin, melodica and cajon… though from time to time they will recruit friends and “rock out” a little. In a gentle manner, mind.
Tickets to the launch night cost £5, with a limited number of tickets free to under 26s. To book, ring the Octagon box office on 01204 520661.
The album is released on the band’s own Cityscape records, and distributed through Universal.
Support act Alex Hulme will be showcasing songs from his EP, The Wood. Just 19 years old, Alex has grown up with music. His grandfather was an opera singer, his older brother Laurie is in Manchester band Beat the Radar (signed to Akoustik Anarkhy) and his cousin Ed is in fellow Manchester band Working for a Nuclear Free City (signed to Melodic).
Alex’s prolific live outings have recently seen him perform at Liverpool Sound City and Sound Control in Manchester, with gigs booked at Blackpool’s Tommyfest, Silverdale Concert for Haiti and Garstang Summer Acoustic Festival.
• Cityscape presents For The Masses launch gig at the Octagon, Howell Croft South, Bolton, on Monday. Tickets £5. To book, ring 01204 520661
Original Article: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/boltonmusic/8195345./
Cityscape Presents 20th June – Free Downloads!
We’ve got another great line up for the 20th June and here’s a sample of each to prove it!
Kirsty McGee: Sandman
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Kirtsty McGee: Sandman Free Download Link
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Hovis in Wonderland sample Free Download Link
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June Cityscape Presents Line- Up Confirmed!
Well, more details to come but I can at least let you know who is playing the next Cityscape Presents. Headlining will be Kirsty McGee and the Hobopop Collective. Our second act will be the radio style play Hovis in Wonderland inspired by the poetry of the much missed Bolton poet Hovis Presley. We’re really happy to have been asked to put this on and I’m sure it’ll be a great addition to the night. Cityscape’s own young troubadour, Alex Hulme, will open the night which will be compered by Katie Mulgrew.
So, music, comedy and theatre in one evening – Cityscape: the new cabaret! Get your tickets from the Octagon box office: 01204 520661
Cityscape Presents – Thanks, free stuff and June 20th line up!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks a lot to everybody who came down to the Cityscape Presents night last night – another full house and three great performances.
If you missed it you can still get a feel for what went on by visiting this link where you can listen to or free download tracks by the artists Blind Atlas, Maxwell Watts and Ben McGarvey:
http://www.cityscaperecords.co.uk/free-downloads-from-cityscape-presents-artists/
As a souvenir we have five copies of the night’s lovely flyer signed by all of Blind Atlas: the first five people to email their address to brad@cityscaperecords.co.uk will get one in the post and the winners will be announced on the Cityscape site. If you saw Blind Atlas last night I think you’ll agree that they’re bloody marvelous! There’ll be pics up on the site soon.
Right, onto 20th June which will be headlined by Kirsty McGee and the Hobopop Collective with support from the wonderful Alex Hulme and one more tbc which is looking very interesting indeed . . .
Remember, tickets are available from the Octagon box office now and there are 10 free tix available for under 26s – ring the box office on 01204 520661 for details. There’ll be some free downloads and more info nearer the time.
Cheers again for supporting Cityscape Records and Cityscape Presents . . .
Brad