Designer Magazine Gig Listings - Dry Bar / The Roadhouse - April 2013

* April 5th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)
On The Radio
Hellbound Hearts
Timebomb
The Wasted Youth
Electric Mafia
* April 6th @ The Roadhouse - 6.30pm doors - £5 (18+)
Adjective Animal
The Fevers
Peur
* April 13th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

METAL ON METAL #12
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SKies Turn Black
Cane Hill Anticult
Skies Are Dawning
The Hero Complex
Ascent

* April 19th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)
Palace Arcade
The Room
Arterix
Off Piste
Blank Cheque

* April 20th @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £6 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)
Post Zero
The High Nines
Indigo Sky
Seize The Chance
The Gullwings
The Amorphous

* April 25th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)
My Extraordinary
Through Colour
Tell It Again
Youth
Those Who Seek

Designer Magazine Gig Listings - Dry Bar / The Roadhouse - Jan + Feb 2013

* Jan 24th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

THE MADDIGANS
This Is How We Fall
The Vibe
Tell It Again
Reckless Riot

The Maddigans - Canadian Pop Punk band fresh from the Warped Tour - a must see!!!


* Jan 26th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

THE RUBYS
The Uptake
Dakota
Moose Patrol
Crawl Space

The Rubys - UK Rock Band exploding from the Manchester Music Scene. They headline for Designer Magazine fresh from support slots at The HMV Ritz with The Rainband, FAC251: The Factory with Supajamma, and The Deaf Institute with Steve Pilgrim.


* Feb 1st @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

The Montoyas
Vinyl High
Remote Control Universe
Taylor & Leigh

The Montoyas return for their long awaited comeback after a 9 month break writing new material for forthcoming release


* Feb 2nd @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

FUNF

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Sister Ray
Nude
Horsebeach
Paddy Mckenzie and The Masters Of Disguise
Olly Jacobs

Funf bands for Funf £££s - Showcase of 5 of Manchester's finest at the legendary Roadhouse venue


* Feb 9th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

METAL ON METAL #10

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Skies Turn Black
Eternal Quarter
Thirty Aethyrs
Bury The Memory
Youth

Metal on Metal - Manchester's finest monthly metal night ft headliners Skies Turn Black who recently supported Malefice on their UK tour


* Feb 16th @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £6 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)

BAKER MAKER

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Gold Jacks
The Bacillus
Bete
Eden
The Rocket

Baker Maker is the night from Designer Magazine where we combine the raucous rock & roll evening events with free cakes and tarts that you'd expect ona casual Saturday afternoon

Food for your ears and food for your belly


* Feb 20th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Special guest headliners
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Four Short Of A Miracle
No Need To Be
Busik Mase
Don't Stop Go

Four Short of a Miracle are a 5 piece band hailing from Farnham and parts of Surrey in the UK. Taking influences from a variety of genres mixing Pop punk, fused with alternative and hardcore riffs


* Feb 23rd @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)
Empire Signal
Small Green Invasion
Big False Assembly

New Indie band showcase at Dry Bar - see the Manchester bands first here

If you want more info on any of the bands below full biogs are available on our facebook events page www.facebook.com/designermagazinemanchester

Taylor and Leigh play Manchester's Dry Bar on Feb 1st

Taylor and Leigh's blend of Nu-Folk-Country Blues is soulful and blisteringly hot. Heather has the voice of an angel with the power of a hurricane. Alex's guitar playing simply takes your breath away. Taylor and Leigh are brother and sister whose song writing is prolific to say the least. They already have three albums available on iTunes - Cut to the Bone - Two Steps ahead of the Hangman - and the latest, Throw them to the Wolves.

Taylor and Leigh’s music has been used on TV by CNN in their programme ‘Go Edinburgh’. CNN used the title track ‘Two Steps Ahead of the Hangman’ to highlight Edinburgh’s past. The track ‘She Moves Me’ from their first album has been used to promote Ken Loach’s film ‘Aye Fond Kiss’.

They play consistently across the UK including The Roadhouse Manchester, Dry Live Manchester, The 02 Academy Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh and The Playboy Club London. Together they are a potent force and playing across the UK has made them a ‘must see’ live act.

http;//www.soundcloud.com/taylorandleigh

http;//www.facebook.com/taylorandleigh

Twitter @taylorandleigh

Designer Magazine presents The Rubys at Dry Bar Manchester

plus special guests

The Uptake
Dakota
Moose Patrol
Crawl Space

Dry Bar, Oldham Street, Manchester
Sat 26th Jan - Doors 6.30pm
£5 in adv from http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-RUBYS/Dry-Bar/683111

THE RUBYS
UK Rock Band exploding from the Manchester Music Scene

Appearances at the inaugural FOMFEST and Collaboration Festival’s are included in a variety of headline gigs in 2011 including The Manchester Academy, Jabez Clegg, Dry Bar, and Night and Day. This is in addition to support slots at The HMV Ritz with The Rainband, FAC251: The Factory with Supajamma, and The Deaf Institute with Steve Pilgrim.

Radio Presenters and Indie Rock Bloggers have described The Rubys as “reminiscent of early Manic Street Preachers”.

Live and recorded appearances on BBC Introducing, North Manchester FM, AllFM, Manchester Radio Online, RedShift Radio, Salford City Radio and Beatwolf Radio have all helped build a strong live following to compliment a strong online prescence.

The Rubys played Future Perfect 3 in Castlefield on May 12 2012, preceding the debut album launch of "LIMELIGHT PARASITE" at The Ruby Lounge on May 19.

The band then signed to Affinity Records in July 2012 after critical acclaim of their debut Album "Limelight Parasite" that was recorded and Produced by Manchester legend "Martin Coogan" Ex lead singer of "The Mock Turtles and Dean Glover at Vibe Studios "The previous home of Manchester greats "New Order".

The bands new single "SHAKE YOU FREE" released 5th October 2012 on Affinity Records has been received amazingly both here in the UK and even more so in the USA.

We are curently planning the 2013 Tour which will include three weeks in America after the massive support received over their from an amazing amount of radio stations but foremost from "Bernie Overly" at SR ROCKS in Philadelphia and our tireless promoter in the states "Beth Cregger"....if only she would sleep from time to time!!!.......she's a star!!!

"Five ordinary lads who love to play music"

http://www.facebook.com/THERUBYS69

Designer Magazine presents The Maddigans at Dry Bar Manchester

plus special guests


This Is How We Fall
The Vibe
Tell It Again
Reckless Riot


Dry Bar, Oldham Street, Manchester
Thurs 24th Jan - Doors 6.30pm
£5 in adv http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-MADDIGANS/Dry-Bar/683064 ( £7 on the door)



THE MADDIGANS
Over the past few years The Maddigans have been busy. They've embarked on 8 Canadian and 2 US tours, followed Vans Warped Tour twice and have turned their sights to the UK, recently completing their second UK tour, while getting ready to announce their third!

They've also released 3 CDs since their inception. Their latest EP 'Love Vs Passion' was released on July 31st 2012. It's full of upbeat, colourful songs that put a spin on the sound they've developed over the years.

The band look to continue touring worldwide in support of the EP in 2013 along with plans for a future release.

Get it on iTunes here: http://tinyurl.com/lovevspassion


http://www.facebook.com/themaddigans


LISTEN TO THE SUPPORTS - SUPPORT THE SCENE
http://www.facebook.com/thisishowwefall
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe/147997568649917?fref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/TellItAgainMusic
http://www.facebook.com/therecklessriot

Designer Magazine gig listings at The Dry Bar/Roadhouse Manchester

Designer Magazine gig listings for November at The Dry Bar/Roadhouse Manchester

Designer Magazine have 4 fantastic gigs this weekend they would like to remind you of

* The Headstart - Fresh from touring with Framing Hanley, My Passion and Blitz Kids
* Tiny Phillips - their last Manchester gig before they head out on a UK Tour with Peter Hook and The Light

* Freedom Of The City - as seen on tour with The Futureheads, Kid British, All The Young and many more

* Kids With Machetes - insane metal meets dubstep crossover act from Manchester

* November 1st @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £6 (14+)

THE HEADSTART
The First Of Many
Better Left Alone
The Vibe
Just Morgan

The Headstart - Fresh from touring with Framing Hanley, My Passion and Blitz Kids

* November 2nd @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

The Imogen Styles
Tiny Phillips
Section II
The Laneys
 * November 3rd @ The Roadhouse - 6.30pm doors - £5 (18+)

Freedom Of The City
The Room
Taylor & Leigh
Keith
 * November 3rd @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Kids with Machetes : Jäger Behaviour EP Launch
plus Support
Seracrusis
Deaf FM

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Designer Magazine Gigs - Oct 2012 @ Dry Bar / The Roadhouse Manchester

Some really exciting bands on here from the start of the month such

* The Fevers - who been described as "Daft Punk meets Foals"
* Saving Syenna - consistently one of Manchester's best metalcore bands
* Coastal Cities have picked up airplay from among others Huw Stephens, Jen Long and Rob Da Bank at Radio 1, Steve Lamacq and Chris Hawkins at 6 Music, XFM’s John Kennedy amongst others
* The Rocket - really exciting young new band - listen here

 October 5th @ Dry Bar - 6pm doors - £5 (14+)

Freedom Of The City
The Reveres
The Fevers
The Room
No Hot Ashes
Small Green Invasion

 October 6th @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

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Advice From A Caterpillar
King Kartel
The Ninth Watch
Pigeons In Motion
The Entity

 October 13th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Metal On Metal #8
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SavingSyenna
Jack's Not Smooth
Blastermann
Easing The Agony
Araxa

  October 20th @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £6 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)

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Straw Dogs
Nervous Company
+ more TBA
  October 27th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 - (14+)

Hollywood Or Bust
Coastal Cities
The Crombies
The Rocket

Designer Magazine presents...Halfway to New York @ The Dry Bar Manchester

Plus Special Guests
Gold Jacks
Silver Lining
Fidel and The Castros
Wilson

Dry Bar, Oldham Street, Manchester
Saturday 29th September - 6pm doors
£5 in advance from http://www.seetickets.com/Event/HALFWAY-TO-NEW-YORK/Dry-Bar/654359



Halfway To New York (HTNY), the British rock band who burst onto the UK music scene last autumn with their debut single Out of Time amidst a cascade of critical media acclaim, are back with an even more impressive musical serving in the form of their debut EP, Treading Water, released on 21st May.

Earlier this year, HTNY flew to LA for a series of meetings and showcases to industry moguls including CAA and Warner Bros and are currently in negotiations with a major US agent for a support tour back in the US.

Throw in a recent sell-out gig at The Barfly, London and an upcoming appearance at HARD ROCK CALLING and HTNY suddenly become a highly formidable indie/rock force across both sides of the Atlantic.

Halfway To New York are taking part in the Paralympics closing ceremony tomorrow night
The band recently supported Bruce Springsteen at Hard Rock Calling

 

LISTEN TO ALL BANDS HERE
http://www.facebook.com/halfwaytonewyork
http://www.facebook.com/goldjacks
http://www.facebook.com/silver.lining.50364
http://www.facebook.com/fidelandthecastros
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wilson/391498534197516?ref=ts

Designer Magazine present Gold Jacks at The Roadhouse Manchester Saturday 21st July

Designer Magazine presents.........

Gold Jacks
Dirty Vagrants
Prose
Kat Mullen
The Newtons
+ more TBC

The ROadhouse, Newton Street, Manchester
Saturday 21st July - Doors 6pm
£5 adv

What can we say on this line up? Best of Manchester for sure and a line up we'd be happy to take to any of the industry showcases as fine reps of Manchester

Gold Jacks played for us last month and blew crowds away so they're coming back for a headline slot

And they're bringing Liverpool band Dirty Vagrants with them

Prose are Manchester's answer to Plan B ... no not the white boy soul chart pop of Plan B - the brutal uncompromising lyrics you saw on his debut hip hop album

Kat Mullen is one of the finest talents to come through the Designer Magazine gigs recently. Emotional songs, beatiful vocals and an EP "Live Laugh Love" packed full of hits

The Newtons are newbies to our gigs but expecting big things


Listen

http://www.facebook.com/goldjacks
http://www.facebook.com/DirtyVagrants
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prose/238914746148320
http://www.facebook.com/katmullenmusic
http://www.facebook.com/thenewtonspage

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Designer Magazine listings for August 2012 - Dry Bar and Roadhouse Manchester

August 3rd @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

GoodLife
Mohawk Radio
The Laneys
Keith
The Cold Few

Goodlife are a brand new Manchester band who recall the plad-shirted spirit of '92. Reminiscent of Teenage Fanclub, Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, early Lemonheads

* August 4th @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

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The Auditeurs
Villiers
The Madding Crowd
Yonic
Quick & To The Pointless

Funf bands for Funf Pound. Drinks offers all night and bands influenced from as varied influences as The Futureheads, Maximo Park, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Verve, The Smiths, QOTSA you may like this storming line up

* August 11th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

METAL ON METAL #6

Silent Victory
Viocide
Osiris
Dread Your Last Day
Araxa

Metal on Metal is fast becoming the most talked about Metal night in Manchester

Featuring the very best in local metal - this is the one night you come for the music rather than the clique


* August 18th @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £6 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)

BAKER MAKER

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Proud Proud People
Sister Ray
Suzie Does It
Big False Assembly
The Crombies
+ more TBC

What is Baker Maker? 6 of the best Manchester bands with free baked treats and tarts as you walk in - food, beer and music - what more do you want


* August 31st @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

FOUR SHORT OF A MIRACLE
Dead Retinas
Without Andrew

FOUR SHORT OF A MIRACLE are a pop punk/hardcore 5 piece, who are one of the biggest upcoming bands in the scene! They've made a name for themselves through various shows around the country, aswell as

countless festival appearances. This year they have released their first ever music video which has brought their YouTube hits to over 30,000! They are also set to play Guilfest's RockSound stage for the 2nd

year running - sharing the stage with GALLOWS and previously played by the likes of YOU ME AT SIX and THE BLACKOUT. After releasing their 1st EP at a sold out launch show at The Palace (Aldershot - ex The

Jam/Wheatus/Hadouken) , they're set to hit the road for the 3rd time hard - following their Headline Tour in October their fan base increased massively with fans so eager for FSOAM to get back on the road,

promising a fantastic stage show, with a sound so tight it can't be missed!

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Designer Magazine presents The Fevers - Manchester Roadhouse - 7th July

The Fevers have been together for two and a half years, and we reside in the great city of Manchester in a shared studio/house. We are aspiring music performers and producers who live and breathe electronic and indie rock music.

Our influences range from Daft Punk to Foals and our music is a “hands in the air”, “toe-tapping” innovation of the two. The music was formed after many nights in clubs, dancing into the early hours, and standing on the front row at countless rock gigs, having the air squeezed from our lungs.

A mixture of “invade your mind” anthemic choruses and lethal neon guitar licks grounded by tight funky bass lines and House beats lift us ceiling high above the shoulders of our contemporaries. The Fevers are perfect for Rocking out and Raving on.

Please find the link to their new single here

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2a3cdd38aaebfdd82fa9d2b7c/files/The_Fevers_Heartbeats_like_a_drum_1_.mp3

http://www.catchthefever.co.uk

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Designer Magazine - July Gig Listings 2012 - Dry Bar and Roadhouse Manchester

* July 6th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Freedom Of The City

Daytona Lights

Eden

Mathew Petit

Big False Assembly

Freedom Of The City have recently played with The Futureheads, Kid British and All The Young... while touring boys Daytona Lights have recently been on Hollyoaks and are getting picked up by Radio 1

* July 7th @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

FUNF (electro special)

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The Imogen Styles

The Fevers

Section II

Skin Walker

+ 1 more TBC

Funf goes electro for one month with headliners The Imogen Styles who put on arena shows in basement venues. Check out their bizarre but fab cover of Kylie and Jason's "Especially For You"

* July 14th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Metal On Metal #5 

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Hellbound Rebels

Skies Turn Black

Chaos Reigns

Jacks Not Smooth

Of Pain & Salvation

Manchester's biggest monthly live metal night - best of Manchester metal with no clique's

* July 21st @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £5 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)

Apollo's Heir

Gold Jacks

Prose

Kat Mullen

The Newtons

+ more TBC

Best of Manchester line up with the hotly tipped Apollo's Heir, Prose and Kat Mullen heading up the bill. Expect big things from all these names in the future

* July 28th @ Dry Bar - 6pm doors - £5 (14+)

RUN FROM ROBOTS

Streets Ahead

Underdogs

This Is How We Fall

Revenge Loves Company

Tainted Memories

Run from Robots - signed to the same label as Young Guns and Deaf Havana. Toured with Me Vs Hero, Sonic Boom Six, Orange and New Riot to name a few

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Designer Magazine's Gigs - Dry Bar and The Roadhouse Listings for June

Here are your listings for Designer Magazines gigs in June. Get along if you can as you're guaranteed a good night out!

* June 2nd @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

The Reveres

The Magic Room Band

Dakota

Gold Jacks 

+ 1 more TBC

Funf is Designer Magazine's biggest monthly night and this month sees a classic indie line up with a international flavour. The Magic Room Band originally hail from Spain while Dakato have moved to Manchester from New Zealand

* June 9th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Metal On Metal #4 

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Kids With Machetes

Revival

Allaira

Of Pain And Salvation

After launching our Metal On Metal gigs in March, Kids with Machetes return with their metal meets dubstep crossover sound

* June 16th @ The Roadhouse - 6pm doors - £5 (14+ till 9pm / 18+ after)

BAKER MAKER

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Fidel and The Castros

The Bright Young Things

Colombia

Conquer Rio

Keith

+ 1 more TBC

Live music and free cakes - oh yes!!

* June 30th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Our Innocence Lost

The Articles

Minutes To Recover

Tainted Memories

Morphine Ghost

Pop punk bill for those who aren't planning to relive Madchester with The Roses

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DESIGNER MAGAZINE PRESENTS: May 2012 Gig Listings - Dry Bar / The Roadhouse

DESIGNER MAGAZINE PRESENTS: May 2012 Gig Listings - Dry Bar / The Roadhouse Manchester

Some exciting new nights like BAKER MAKER launching on the 19th May as well as the return of indie popsters MR TOM and for old school indie types we have the Manchester debut from Famous Villains who are ex The Wallbirds

* May 4th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

MR TOM

Conquer Rio

The Cut Out And Keeps

Plastic Rabbits

Disfunktional

Mr Tom have recently finished working with James Kenosha, noted for his work with Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Dry The River 

* May 5th - FUNF @ The Roadhouse - 7pm Doors - £5 (18+)

Transition Baby

The Peeks

Prose

Straw Dogs

+ 1 more TBC

Funf is Designer Magazine's biggest monthly night - Funf of the best bands for Funf £££

We're really excited about new acoustic hip hop trio Prose - think early Plan B

* May 12th - Metal On Metal @ Dry bar - 6.30pm - £5 (14+)

Deceiver

Synapse

City Of The Ghost

Orion

Dread Your Last Day

Manchester's finest new metal night ft the best of Manchester -  Just Metal - no cliques

* May 19th - Baker Maker @ The Roadhouse - 6pm - £6 (14+ until 9pm / 18+ after 9pm)

Evacuate

The Strive

+ more TBA

Designer Magazine's new night ft bands and freshly baked treats from BBC Young Baker Of The Year Oliver Campbell

* May 19th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm Doors - £5 (14+)

Famous Villains (ex The Wallbirds)

High Nines

The Zetlands

Jackt

Sister Ray

Famous Villains, A 5-piece alternative rock band from Doncaster, Ft Anthony Lindley & Chris Autey (The Wallbirds ex lead singer & drummer respectively),

* May 26th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm Doors - £5 (14+)

Post Zero

The Montoyas

The Madding Crow

The Vox

Sophie Wray

Post Zero fuse their modern take on post-punk with lyrical content reflecting on today's culture and society

* May 30th @ The Roadhouse - 7pm Doors - £5 (18+)

New Band Showcase at Roadhouse - Line Up TBC

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Manchester Music Promoter selected as torchbearer for London 2012

Manchester music promoter Alex McCann of Designer Magazine has been selected as 1 of the 8000 torchbearers for London 2012... and is on 5 stone weightloss mission to take part

Setting up Designer Magazine in June 1999 as an online music magazine that interviewed everybody from The Rolling Stones Bill Wyman through to the likes of My Chemical Romance, Scissor Sisters and Muse. Live events started in the Summer of 2004 and have featured the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Kids In Glass Houses, Dear Eskiimo who went on to be known as the Ting Tings and members of The Kooks, The Wombats and Gallows amongst others. They were also one of the organisers behind the Hungry Pigeon Festival in Manchester which put on Athlete, The Travelling Band and Kid British on in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester City Centre

Explaining how the torchbearing nomination came about Alex explains

"One of the regulars who have attended our gigs in South Manchester and the city centre nominated with the simple nomination of "Alex puts on gigs and that in turn makes people happy". I never really thought I'd get picked as one of the UK representatives, as I'm simply doing what I love. But it's easy to forget how much music saves - I remember listening to The Smiths and The Manic Street Preachers when I was a teenager and how they impacted on my life. I can only hope that some of the bands that play our gigs go on to have that affect on people. I used to run regular all ages gigs at Bar Amp in Sale, South Manchester and to this date I have people who played the events as kids who are now studying music at University as a result so that's a lasting legacy"

It's not just why Alex was nominated that is astounding, but the mission he's been on since November to get in shape to do the run

"Rock & roll is about excess and I even named a night about it called Fish, Chips and Rock & Roll - so my first thought when I was conditionally nominated in November was how the hell do I run this. I made an overnight decision I had to lose 5 stone via a daily exercise regime and I actually chose my Olympic uniform deliberately too small so I was forced to stick to it. 4 months later i've broke the 4 stone loss barrier and am heading to the 5 stone loss mark which ideally i'll hit by the end of the April. I now get up at 6am most mornings to exercise first thing most mornings, which is something I never thought I'd say"

And what's been the highlight of over 12 years in music?

"A lot of people might think it's the bigger names that have come through or the biggest gig which was Athlete in Piccadilly Gardens at Hungry Pigeon. The ultimate highlight for me in all these years has been indie pop band The Mandigans at Sale Waterside in Feb 2009. They were a band I took from their debut gig to managing them a few gigs later and I haven't seen a crowd like this at a gig since. 330 fanatical fans hanging on every word - one of their fans described it years later as Beatle mania but in South Manchester 

I'm very much about looking to the next 12 years though and I believe that Kat Mullen who I've just taken on for management will play a huge part in that. Just pure honest soulful music that's been compared to Tracy Chapman, Laura Marling, Robyn and Adele. She's the best female artist we've had on a gig to date and it's so exciting to be working with a real talent"

Alex McCann is available for interviews to talk about the Olympic Torchbearing

For more info

www.designermagazine.org

www.facebook.com/designermagazinemanchester

A justgiving page has been set up to raise for The Christie for the weightloss here www.justgiving.com/alex-mccann (at the time of going to press it's raised over £400)

Please email designermagazine@hotmail.com or call 07806 774279    

TORCHBEARER DETAILS

* Alex McCann's torchbearer section will be taking place on Friday June 29th in Buxton

* Altrincham, Cheshire Resident

* Events take place in Manchester City Centre and South Manchester

Designer Magazine Presents - Metal on Metal @ Dry Bar Manchester

DESIGNER MAGAZINE PRESENTS... METAL ON METAL #1ft
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Kids With Machetes
Propax
Skies Turn Black
Lute
Lynchpin


Metal on Metal is Designer Magazine's brand new monthly metal night at Dry Bar


Named after Anvil song  the night plans to showcase the best metal from around Manchester


The launch night is headlined by Kids With Machetes - awesome metal meets dubstep crossover band who've played some great shows with Designer Magazine as well as supporting Hadouken and many more


Fantastic support comes in the form of Manchester's finest Propax and Skies Turn Black, Lute and Lynchpin


Also turns out it's Paddy's day on this night as well so extra drinks down you!!!


Do you like Metal? Do you want Metal On Metal?
Listen here

http://www.facebook.com/kidswithmachetes

http://www.facebook.com/propax

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skies-Turn-Black/159863557426837

http://www.facebook.com/luteband

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jurisdiction/147022848646684 *Lynchpin are formerly Jurisdiction - new page coming soon*

Designer Magazine Presents - March 2012 Gig Listings - Dry Bar / Roadhouse

March 2nd @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

The Imogen Styles
Hollywood or Bust
Lizzie Tupman
+ more TBC

The Imogen Styles "We want to make pop music that feels like you've been slapped after you've heard it. We want to write pop songs like 'Blue Monday', or 'It's A Sin', or 'In For The Kill' ... they pretty much succeed in that!!!

* March 3rd @ The Roadhouse - - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

Funf at The Roadhouse feat...
The Room
The Reveres
The Auditeurs
Colombia
+ 1 more TBC

Funf is one of Manchester's most popular local band showcase nights. Funf bands for Funf pound with drinks offers all night. At this one there's rumour's Salfords Super Hero Knight Warrior will be making an appearance in costume - don't have a clue - google it? It's funny!!!

* March 5th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)
French Wives
Bob Dean
The Vox

Overflowing with melody, their songs flutter the heart strings with grace and vigour' The Scotsman on French Wives - think Belle & Sebastian / Camera Obscura - memorable, melodic pop music with interesting and intelligent lyrical content

* March 17th @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)

Metal on Metal launch night featuring..
Kids With Machetes
Propax
Skies Turn Black
Lute
Lynchpin

Designer Magazine's new metal night Metal On Metal (named after the Anvil song) launches with an amazing headline set form metal / dubstep crossover act Kids With Machetes. Have to be seen to be believed

* March 31st @ Dry Bar - 6.30pm doors - £5 (14+)
The Montoyas
Loaded Dice
Grounds
Kat Mullen
Transition Baby

Showcases have become something of a dirty word in 2012 as every man and their dog likes to think they can put on a showcase

However Designer Magazine gigs are different  with 12 years experience running the music website and 7 years running the gig our ears are finely tuned into picking out only the very best that means students earning online associates degrees in
music can listen to all the best music in one place before getting back
to their studies.

With 4 amazing bands and Kat Mullen, literally the best female vocalist we've had on our gigs ever - this is not to be missed!!!

Designer Magazine presents The Imogen Styles at the Dry Bar Mancester

Designer Magazine have THE IMOGEN STYLES headlining our Dry Bar Gig on Friday March 2nd... last time they played we described it as "an arena show in a basement venue - epic"

Top Of The Pops performance, complete with high energy electro synths, flashy retina-searing visuals, some serious pouting and a surplus of double hand claps.
Basically, imagine the opposite of an acoustic set. That's what THE IMOGEN STYLES are all about.

"I like pop with a punch", says wired frontman and song writer Christopher Dresden Styles. "I'm not much of a fan of subtlety. That isn't to say I can't appreciate the realm of the more understated pop song, but it's not what we want to do. We want to make pop music that feels like you've been slapped after you've heard it. We want to write pop songs like 'Blue Monday', or 'It's A Sin', or 'In For The Kill'. We want people so say "wow" after hearing one of our tracks. If we were being pigeonholed, I suppose you could call us 'Exclamation Pop'. If you must."
Fronting the band alongside CDS is Syma - like the very best pop stars, she needs only one name. Imagine the impossibly charismatic lovechild of Madonna and Debbie Harry, with a commanding off-kilter vocal similar to Deborah Evans-Strickland meets a baritone Sarah Nixey. That's Syma.

The following review of their recent headline show at Manchester’s famous Dry Bar in December 2011 sums the whole package up perfectly:
"Imagine if the Pet Shop Boys were fronted by Jarvis Cocker, with Chris Lowe reincarnated as a sassy bitch".

You can't argue with that.

The same gig was also described by the experienced venue promoter as "amazing" and "like an arena show", and that they'd seen nothing like it "in seven years of putting on live music".
If reading the above has piqued your interest and you'd like to experience THE IMOGEN STYLES live, then the band are again headlining Manchester's Dry Bar on Friday 2nd March 2012, with a stage time of approximately 10pm. Email your details through to info@theimogenstyles.com if you'd like to be placed on the guestlist.
If you'd like to see / hear more about THE IMOGEN STYLES before their headline gig, then here are the links:

WEBSITE: http://www.theimogenstyles.com

 MUSIC: http://www.theimogenstyles.com/music.html 

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/TheImogenStyles
TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/theimogenstyles

Waterloo Road star's band at Dry Bar on Fri / Funf on Saturday at Roadhouse

2 big gigs this weekend for Designer Magazine and heads up for you on Friday...

Events Untold is the new band born out of local Manchester faves The Sticks and featuring younger family member Will Rush who you will recognise as Josh from Waterloo Road

And then of course its one of Manchester's favourite live nights - FUNF - Funf bands for Funf Pound

DESIGNER MAGAZINE PRESENTS.....

  

SAM SMITH & COMPANY

EVENTS UNTOLD

THE ROOM

HESELTINE

RYAN JARVIS

Tickets £5 from Skiddle http://skiddle.com/e/11582080

It's the first Friday of the month - which means the Big Indie night with headlines slot Sam Smith & Company

Main support is from Events Untold featuring members of The Sticks with new member Will Rush

Also featured are Designer Mag regulars The Room and Heseltine with Ryan Jarvis making his debut for us

Designer Magazine Presents.... FUNF 

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The Montoyas

The Zetlands

The Statements

Fidel & The Castros

The Mannequins

There's a lot of The bands around again so of course we thought we'd put them on the same bill purposefully rather than by accident

Funf is all about the music and Funf chunks of quality music for Funf pound

Drinks offers are on all night so ask at the bar or see the posters

And now on that all important music for the new term of Funf - listen here.....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Montoyas/153174778105026?sk=info

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Zetlands/14118010325

Designer Magazine Gigs Dry Bar/ Roadhouse - Dec 2011 - Feb 2012

Designer Magazine Gigs Dry Bar/Roadhouse Manchester - Dec 2011 - Feb 2012

Lots of gigs coming up from our friends at Designer Magazine. Make sure you get along and show your support!

NOVEMBER

* November 17th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Wildfire

The Zetlands

Heseltine

Jessica Hammond

 

* November 19th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Run From Robots

Morphine Ghost

Kids With Machetes

Silver Story

Tainted Memories

 

Run from Robots signed to Glasstone Records - Young Guns / Deaf Havana - and supported Me Vs Hero, Sonic Boom Six, Orange and New Riot to name a few

 

* November 25th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Doyle & The Fourfathers

High House

The Room

The Foe

Kat Mullen

 

Doyle & The Fourfathers released their first album, Man Made, in March 2011 followed by a national tour supporting The Undertones. Real indie music rather than Topman Indie

 

 

 

DECEMBER

* December 2nd @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Imogen Style (EP Launch)

Disfunktional

The Cold Few

 

* December 3rd @ The Roadhouse - 7pm doors - £5 (18+)

Freedom Of The City

The Centrals

Lookin

Blk Swn

Jamie Bee

 

Freedom Of The City who have had a great 12 months playing with Andy Burrows (Razorlight), All The Young, Little Comets & Detroit Social Club. This is their last gig of 2011

 

* December 5th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Hey Alaska / Lost Boys

Decades

I Said The Spy

Her Last Goodbye

 

Hey! Alaska who list influences such as New Found Glory and A Day To Remember, have recently enjoyed both national and local success, recently recording their debut single for UNIVERSAL RECORDS. This is just the beginning. Genre-busting debut single We Are Your Saviours defines Hey! Alaskas well structured signature sound. Pop-punk vocals mixed with hardcore growls (think early Funeral For A Friend).

 

* December 9th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

NotimeFor (It)

Odd Squad

7 Day Weekend

Muttley

Fidel & The Castros

 

Notimefor are a 5 piece Italian pop-punk band who started out at the beginning of 2006. This is their debut UK date in Manchester

 

* December 17th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Apollo's Heir (EP Launch)

I Swim With Sharks

The Madding Crowd

The Shade

Shooting Pigeons

 

* December 19th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Terminal Hospitality + special guests

 

* December 20th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Busker One plus special guests

 

 

2012 HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR.............

 

JANUARY

* January 19th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

One Night Stand with Fate

Brooke Hollow

Torn From Tomorrow

+ more TBC

 

One Night Stand With Fate have shared the stage with bands such as Deaf Havana, The Ocean Between Us, Polar, Betrayal, Hey! Alaska

 

* January 28th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Fearless Vampire Killers

Saving Syenna

+ more TBC

 

Fearless Vampire Killers. Death pop punkers from London via the Waveney Valley. Previously described as a mix of Justin Timberlake and Protest the Hero the live show is often ram-shakle and always sweaty. So stick it to the Heartataks and come feast! ;;

 

FEBRUARY

* February 13th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £6 (14+)

The Headstart

Jacks Not Smooth

+ more TBC

 

* February 15th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

My Extraordinary

Years

Big False Assembly

+ more TBC

 

My Extraordinary have shared a stage with the likes of Elliot Minor, Young Guns, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, My Passion & Yashin amongst many others.

 

"Newcastle has failed to provide the music industry with anything deserving of the City's title since Maxïmo Park but now we've finally found our diamond in the rough" The Music Rooms.

 

* February 18th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £6 (14+)

Skint & Demoralised

Daystar

The Centrals

Arterix

+ 1 more tbc

 

Skint & Demoralised - Northern Indie Pop signed to Hit or Heist Records

 

* February 24th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Mr Tom

Apollo's Heir

Sam Haine & The Blood Flames

Taylor & Leigh

 

* February 25th @ Dry Bar - 7pm doors - £5 (14+)

Kill For Company

Pigeons In Motion

The Versions

Mathew Petit