They’re not from Manchester and they’re not an orchestra, but they are a great band. Before Manchester Orchestra supported Biffy Clyro on their UK tour earlier this month, we spoke to Andy Hull via email. However, half of our chat has gone missing in the virtual airwaves, so what follows is a much reduced Best of [...]
Manchester Orchestra have announced some shows in early 2010. On January 29th and 30th the band will hit Utah and Colorado with Brand New before headlining some dates on their own.
Hailing from New York, there’s something a bit different about Take One Car and their debut album ‘When Ceiling Hits The Floor.’ With fusion being a key aspect to the record, the band pioneer an interesting contrast between American indie and experimental rock, with fascinating results. Sounding something a bit like At The Drive-In’s younger brother, the band have a ferocious...
“Returning to the scene of the crime,” is how the Get Up Kids phrased it, but really the only injustice was that it had been a 3-year wait for that November 2008 show. Fortunately, since that first reunion show at the Record Bar, the band was kind enough to give the Kansas City metropolitan area [...]
Giving a one day blogging course on Wednesday with the South Cork Enterprise Board. I think it’s open to non-clients too. Futureproof 3 is on November 26th. Russell Buckley, Vice President of ADMOB (just sold to Google for $750m) will be a keynote speaker entitled: The Business Of Mobile – Engaging Consumers through Apps, Marketing, Social [...]
Sire Records’ recording artist Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin, will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. Andrew will be joined by Jack’s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single “Swim” from their current album The Glass Passenger. [...]
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) : James Blunt (37) Belle and Sebastian (34) They Might Be Giants (31) Manchester Orchestra (21) Newton Faulkner (20) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
‘Mon the Biffy! Biffy Clyro + Manchester Orchestra + Pulled Apart by Horses @ Academy, Birmingham, 09-11-09 Life for the three men who make up Biffy Clyro must be pretty good right now; a new album out that has already garnered considerable praise from across the music press and a sold-out Birmingham Academy to help celebrate. All [...]
Manchester Orchestra reference one of the pinnacles of modern film (it's right behind Citizen Kane in importance), Over the Top, in the new video for their buzzing "Shake It Out." But there's no gnarly broken arms here, so it's not as incredible as it could've been. [ Spinner ]
Manchester Orchestra - Shake It OutPublished Thursday, 12th November, 2009 at 9:34 PMUK release date: 16th November 2009Written by Download: Buy CD: From the revving guitars, sparse jolting percussion and Andy Hull's worrisome vocals that open 'Shake It Out' - this austere Atlanta five piece builds-up strikingly to a paranoia unravelling blues rock chorus - that is both startling and strangely reassuring.It's...
Filed under: News , Video , New Music , Exclusive While some music videos look like short films, Manchester Orchestra decided to pay homage to one instead. Frontman Andy Hull channeled his inner athlete by playing a competitive arm wrestler like Sylvester Stallone in 1987's ' Over the Top ' in the band's video for 'Shake It Out.' Directed by Isaac Rentz, the video follows Hull (with his long-lost...