SFTOC returns on Sunday 6 May 2012!
SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY festival returns to the Salford streets, on SUNDAY MAY 6TH, once again uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city’s finest independent promotors, collectives and club nights. Mind on Fire Collective, Drowned in Sound, Faktion, Trash-O-Rama, Now Wave and Hey! Manchester are amongst the brave bunch hosting stages at this year’s extravaganza which takes all over Chapel Street, Salford from 3pm to late.
Venues taking part this year include some of our old favourities such as The Crescent, The Old Pint Pot and The Rover Returns pubs, the beautiful St Philips and Sacred Trinity Churches, and the inimitable Islington Mill as well as a couple of new additions!
Individual line-ups will be announced in the coming weeks. Expect the usual impeccably curated stages as well as a whole heap of unusual happenings.
TICKETS for this year are priced at the same as last year – £18 – and will go on sale on TUES, JAN 24TH, with an intimate launch party at The Gaslamp Bar on Bridge St, where you you will be able to purchase EARLY BIRD TICKETS at the insanely cheap price of £14 WITHOUT BOOKING FEE. If stock remains the early bird tickets will also be available for a limited period on skiddle.com. Once they’re gone….
General release tickets will go on sale from the following Outlets:
Quaytickets
Skiddle
The Gaslamp
Piccadilly Records
Islington Mill
Please check back on the TICKETS page on this site from Tuesday January 24th for all the links and details.
News
A chat with… Grey Lantern and Drowned in Manchester »
Along with the veteran promoters that are curating stages at this years festival, we’re proud to have some new hands on board, too. Drowned In Sound is one of the biggest music review websites in the world, and they’ve recently re-started the Manchester arm of promoting side, getting Simon Jay Catling (among others) to help [...]
A chat with… Work Them »
Having started at the end of 2011 at KRAAK Gallery, Work Them has already been featured in the MEN and all sorts of other places. Already hyped as one of the most important nights in Manchester, we decided to ask them down for this years Sounds, and we thought we’d ask John Thorp a little [...]
A chat with… Underachievers, Please Try Harder »
Whilst other clubnights have fallen by the wayside, Underachievers keeps going from strength the strength. Starting off at the ill-fated Saki Bar, moved on to Gullivers and before moving to its new home of The Roadhouse. Showcasing some of the best new bands before playing some dancefloor fillers until the early hours, they’ve picked up [...]
Videos
The Lovely Eggs – Allergies »
Produced by Gruff Rhys (see if you can spot him in the video, too), Allergies was released through the prestigious Too Pure Singles Club at the back end of 2011. The Lovely Eggs will be playing for Underachievers at The Salford Arms, and it already looks set to be one of the most important moments [...]
Joseph & David – Father »
Filmed for The Unplugged Sessions at The Windmill last spring, this Joseph & David track hints at what you can expect from them when they play Hey! Manchester’s stage at SFTOC this year. Tweet
Sessions from the Other City 2011 – Money »
Now much feted by the likes of NME, as well as having a tape with singer Jamie fully nude on the front cover sell out, here’s Money playing their track ‘Girls’ for Manchester Scenewipe at the 2011 festival. Check out Jamie in rare footage of him fully clothed. Tweet