The Affair Steven awoke from a mixed night of creativity and melancholic self-loathing with the sudden realisation that he must form a band. With razorblade vocals, infectious melodies and caustic lyrics, the Affair serves up a poignant musical analysis of modern life with bluesy, ballsy and sometimes just plain beautiful songs on the ever present […]

  Randolph Swain and the Red Lights Earth-based songwriter Randolph Swain and his friends the “Red Lights” write songs about their adventures in Space.  In their first album, Randolph discovered the NEW PLANET whilst (allegedly) spying on Mrs Jones  from No. 34.  They are currently documenting their journey to the Planet ERIS in wonderful music. […]

Katie O’Malley Katie O’Malley is a Rochdale girl who’s raw emotion to her voice fills a venue, her influences clearly shine through and include the likes of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. She began gigging at 17 and became a regular favourite on the Manchester music scene-. After releasing her single “Beg” she has supported […]

Mano McLaughlin and the all night boys Described by Elbow’s Guy Garvey as “one of Britain’s best songwriters”, Mano McLaughlin returns to Shangri La! to present Charlie’s 13th dream in A#, his forthcoming new album. Mano’s songs are sometimes sad, sometimes dryly funny but always authentic, marrying the English pop sensibility of Ray Davies with […]

  The Retrosettes The Retrosettes inject contemporary music with a retro flavour and revive the past within a modern soundscape. Their music combines modernity and vintage in a cool, elegant mix of sounds from 1960s Pop, Northern Soul and Disco. Their music seamlessly echoes The Beatles era which blends into the present. Cult film director […]

tAngerinecAt Multi-instrumentalists Zheka and Paul use field recordings, samples, vocals, hurdy-gurdy and whistles to finely craft sexy and dangerous EBM/IDM/NOISE with personal protest lyrics, sharp satirical imagery and a sweet sadomasochist vibe. Formed in Ukraine in 2008 tAngerinecAt have four albums to date and have performed hundreds of shows all over the UK and Eastern […]

Northern Logic Northern Logic are a four-piece band from Lancashire. They use a combination of live instrumentation and electronic equipment (including pre-recorded synthesized sounds and loops) to create a unique blend of alternative electronica. Northern Logic are currently in the process of recording their first album at Alien Sounds, West Lancashire. You can follow Northern […]

Matt Tiller TV producer, writer and musical comic, Matt can be found singing ditties, one-liners and occasionally even duets with unsuspecting audience members. He has developed and produced comedy for several UK broadcasters (including BBC One, BBC TWO, E4 and Channel 4). He invites you to listen to his work on Spotify and boost his income by […]

Kirsty Almeida One of our favourite singer-songwriters (from Gibraltar!), Kirsty Almeida is back! “One minute she’s a mystical folk faerie cooing gentle madrigals, the next she’s smoking jazzily, the next she’s a foot-on-the-monitor soul belter,” says the Guardian. www.myspace.com/almeidagirl   Kieran King Kieren King is a Salford based spoken word artist. He is best known […]

Captain of the Lost Waves Witness the melody, muse and weirdness of nautical mysticism with the Captain.  “Let’s be clear about one thing first: The Captain really can sing… he has a voice you might hear on a West End stage.” Richard Stamp, Edinburgh Fringe Festival http://captainofthelostwaves.com/   Kat Kehoe Former burlesque dancer, Kat Kehoe […]