MURMUR issue nine July 2018 laughing like children living like lovers rolling like thunder under the covers
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MURMUR
issue nine // July 2018
Illustration: Polly Richards
Editors: Olivia Havercroft, Nicole Peeters Huw Spencer & Tom Waring Design: Lisa Lorenz
Polly is a Manchester based zinester and illustrator. Check out more of her work here: Insta: @pollyillustration
Get in touch for to get involved via: murmurmanchester@gmail.com
11 July Caroline Rose @ Gullivers NQ
Welcome to MURMUR: Your alternative guide to Manchester’s independent, radical & inclusive events
Justin Timberlake and 70s punk inspired Caroline Rose sets off on her world tour. Confronting misogyny, trauma, harassment and sexism and still managing to make you laugh - no easy feat. £7, 7.30pm - 11pm
Welcome to the July issue of your favourite Manc newsletter. Our top tips for this month: Be safe, look after one another, stay cool, and stay hydrated! xxx
11 July PROFORMA Presents: Springfield Elementary/Hot Shorts/False Advertising @ Soup Kitchen
L I S T E N 6 July UGLY! 2: The Showers Spengler // Semi Hard @ The Castle Hotel
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UGLY! describe their headliners as a ‘pretty good band lol’ a sum-up for exciting, slowed down jizz jazz sung with a Macclesfield accent.
£3, 8pm - 11pm
6 July Seeds of Doubt/Rodents/The Birthmarks/Secret Admirer/ Handle @ Fuel Cafe Bar
Atonal fuzz with a hint of elephant. 6 Rodents tour with jangly nostalgic Seeds of Doubt across the UK supported by new trio Handle, feat. members of DUDS. £5 donation, 7.30pm - 12.30am
10 July Vital Idles & Wurms @ Marble
Self-styled ‘outsiders and aesthetes’ Vital Idles’ awkward minimal pop will light up your evening. The Glasgow indie resurgence is continually bringing out some of the best music in the UK - jump on the bandwagon! £5, 8pm - 11pm
You like it hot & sweaty? Warmup for and help fund MCR’s newest New Contemporarary Art Fair at MCR Dancehouse on July 28th whilst dancing world pain away. £3/£5 OTD 7pm - 11.30pm
12 July Women in Music: Represent 100 Residency @ People’s History Museum
Come and support women musicians for an incredible musical showcase created by female composers and songwriters from across the north. Pay as you feel, 6.30pm - 8pm
15 July BILAL + Layfullstop @ Matt and Phreds
Join BILAL, one of the most innovative soul artists of our time, for an unmissable show. Layfullstop, Manchester’s up and coming hip-hop and soul talent supports! £17, 7pm-11pm
19 July Amadou & Mariam + DJ SNO @Band on the Wall
Well worth the zaster!: Dive into a sea of timeless, synthy pop by social justice advocats Amadou & Mariam from Mali raising awareness of the difficulties in living in one of the world’s poorest countries. £28, 8pm - late
20 - 28 July MCR Jazz Festival @ Albert Square
Get yourself some jazzityjazz-juzazzZAZZ at Albert Square and various venues throughout the week. Our highlights: the ‘jazz brunch’, running from 11am most days, MCR Duo Täpp and MCR Jazz Collective (Mon 23rd) and Leeds’ raucous Skwid Ink (Fri 27th) Various prices & times.
20 July Küken (Ger), Slumb Party, Unpaid Intern @ Fuel Cafe Bar Hamburg punk chicks Küken hit the UK for the first time. Raging punk and roll jams, with support from sax-loving Slumb Party and murmur favs and crisp lovers Unpaid Intern. £6, 8pm - 11pm
20 July Children of Zeus @ Mint Lounge
Lo-fi soul Children of Zeus bashout their phenomenal debut, with a lineup of all artists featured on the record! Your one-off opportunity to hear it played full with all the trimmings, including MC DRS, Terri Walker, Layfullstop and KSR. Followed by and DJ sets from Lenzman, Konny Kon, METRODOME & Katbrownsugar. £12.50, 9pm - 3.30am
28 July Écru Remedy Single Launch @ Soup Kitchen
Jade Ecru, one of the ‘most arresting singers on the Manc scene right now’ has relaunched as Écru, releasing the dreamy sound of the summer, Remedy.
£5, 7pm - 10pm
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MURMUR REVIEWS
Raw Forms, a biannual journal that presents queer minority perspectives on politics and art. @rawformsmagazine
NORTHERN INDIE MAGS We had our ears on the ground at the June edition of Pecha Kucha MCR. A bunch of fab new publications were presented over the course of the event. Our 3 picks: NRTH LASS, a print mag that celebrates the talent of women in the north, and bemoans anyone that tries to call Halifax the ‘new Shoreditch’. @nrthlass
D A N C E 6 July The Twisted Wheel Club ALL NITER @ Night People
9 hours of propa music, join Twisted Wheel for their 18th anniversary and dance to some Northern Soul. Bacon butties and tea at 6am too. £10, 10pm - 7am
7 July Withington Northern Soul 002 @ Fuel Cafe Bar
Pretend it’s the 60s and head to Fuel for your extra fix of Northern Soul after the previous night’s dose. Plus, it’s hosted by MCR Momentum! £3, 9pm - 2am
13 July Meat Free w/ Dr. Rubinstein @ Soup Kitchen
Trippy & evocative techno by Berlin’s Dr. Rubinstein. Salvation! £13.50 - £15, 11pm - 4am
14 July VAM #3 Summer Shindig @ Eagle Inn
The VAMily is a visual-arts-music collective. They adopt an inclusive clubbing philosophy inside and out of club contexts. Join them at the Eagle Inn for two rooms of music from Manchester’s brightest creative minds. £5, 4pm - 2am
14 July Friends & Family @Hidden
Get acquainted with 3 f loors of love, friendship, euphoria, maybe some nostalgia, too? This night features your favourite amazingnight-out DJs all united under one roof! Jon K, Il Bosco, Niko a.m.m. £14, 11pm - 5am
intern, an online magazine starting a conversation about internships and entering into the world of work. All their contributors are paid! Watch out for their special look at Manchester creatives all this month. www.intern-mag.com
14 July Polarity: Marcus Intalex Tribute @ Soup Kitchen
All proceeds will go towards the Marcus Intalex Music Foundation, a community focussed project that creates an inclusive and specialised environment offering access to essential workshops helping talent find their ground in the music industry. From £10, 9pm - 4am
21 July Me Gusta Mucho!: Middle Eastern Disco Special @ Night and Day Cafe
Expect to hear some Persian funk, Turkish disco, Maghreb psych and many other middle eastern delights as well as the usual global rhythms brought to you by la Banda Me Gusta £4, 11pm - 4am
21 July All Fruits Ripe @ Aatma
A reggae, dance hall and afro beat club night with juicy jams played to you by local DJs Ronin, Samba Wolf, Flash Sampson and Bananaguard. £3, 10pm - 3.30am
28 July Above the Concrete: Huerco S. / Space Afrika / Uon / Phil Struck @ The White Hotel
Learn to f loat above the bricks and Salford wastelands. Enter eternity through white-noise satellite deep dub techno signals. £6 - £12, 11pm - 6am
W A T C H 3 July Generation DIY @ Deaf Institute
Eventbrite has been following young promoters in the DIY scenes of MCR, Glasgow, Bristol,
Special mention to Rare Mags, the recently opened magazine shop in Stockport offering an eclectic collection of new writing and indie publishing. @raremags Heads-Up!: The next Pecha Kucha event will be all about »Reflection« and take place on 2nd August at Fairfield Social Club ☼ @pechakucha_mcr
Birmingham, London, and presents the results in a fivepart series of short films. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with local MCR promoters and a DJ set. FREE, 6pm - 9.30pm
15 July Space is the Place @ HOME
Keep an eye out for July’s cinema listings as HOME are collaborating with the MCR Jazz Festival showcasing an impressive selection of jazz films & documentaries. Space is the Place is a 70s Afrofuturist scifi film with jazz legend Sun Ra starting an all-black colony in the sky. £5/7, 3.50pm - 6pm
D O 1 - 31 July Greater MCR Fringe Next to its bigger Scottish sibling, the MCR Fringe certainly doesn’t come short! Throughout the month of July there will be about 120 events (comedy, mime, drama, spoken word and what not) spread across 30 venues in Greater Manchester. Now in its 7th year the line-up is bigger than ever - from circus to Brexit discussions and James Bond reimaginations, there is a whole lot to see. These 4 plays have sparked our interest: Questions of England, OUT, Just like a Woman, and Things We Tell The Hours After Midnight
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3 July Lady Fest @ Old Abbey Taphouse
Join Murmur’s favourites Lady Pedal for a puncture repair workshop, women’s cycling films and a pay as you feel vegan meal. Donations, 6pm - 8pm
3 July MAKE 4 MINDS SAKE #4 @ PLANT NOMA
To all women and no-binary folk! GROW MCR founder Ruby Friel, will teach you how to make your own terrarium in a jar! And you’ll get the chance to discuss self care and the importance of creating your own sanctuary at home. £3, 6pm - 8pm
7 July Pen Fight Shop Launch & Small Press Day 2018 @ Partisan Collective
MCR’s feminist & queer zine distro Pen Fight is opening a new shop selling zines, radical books, indie art, totes, badges and records. To celebrate the opening, and Small Press Day 2018, they’re holding a day of workshops and creative activities - like zine making & zine swapping! FREE, noon - 6pm
6 July 69 Reasons to Hate the Word MOIST (Part 2) @ The Peer Hat Potentially the juiciest event in Manchester with the catchiest name! MOIST is back for a second night of celebrating queer art & film, burlesque, spoken word and lesbian love. Proceeds go to the Albert Kennedy Trust, the UK’s LGBT youth homelessness charity. Donations, 7pm - 3am
7 July Levenshulme Old Library Official Opening Party @Levenshulme Old Library £3/5, 6.45pm - 11pm
7-8 July Summer of Lev @ The Klondyke
Raise money for Levenshulme’s local causes and charities at this year’s Summer of Lev! Cirque du Leve, yoga, arts & crafts, workshops, kids clubs and more! £10/£5, noon - 11pm
14 July Northern Carnival Against the Nazis: 40th Anniversary @ Manchester Central Library
The Northern Carnival Against the Nazis - a rally and concert held on 15th July 1978 in Moss Side - was a defining moment in establishing anti-racism. Manchester Digital Music Archive and the Ahmed Iqbal Race Relations Resource Centre have brought together the original organisers of the Carnival for a panel discussion and all-day event. FREE, noon - 5pm
19 July Community Land Trusts @Friends’ Meeting House
A community land trust (CLT) is an organisation established with the express purpose of acquiring and managing land for the social, economic, and environmental benefit of the local community. Learn more about CLTs and their benefits. FREE, 6pm - 8.30pm
21 July Hulme is Where the Art is @Hulme Community Garden Centre
Celebrate all things Hulme with food, music and craft stalls aplenty, frolicking among the flowers. Activities for kids and adults all afternoon! + Family Day on 28th July. FREE, 11am - 4pm
28 July MCR Momentum Summer BBQ @The Old Abbey Taphouse £5/£10 with food, 6pm - 3am
A R T 5 July Aquatopia: Preview @ CFCCA
A new exhibition on water and its scarcity. Artist Kingsley Ng prestents his 2014 art project, which invites visitors to share water and create a symbolic horizon across the glasses of the sculpture. FREE, 6pm - 8pm
7 July Craftivism/Representation @People’s History Museum
Participants of monthly workshop The Fabric of Protest explored ideas of representation, political concerns, visibility, vulnerabilities & personal experiences of oppression. FREE, 1.30pm - 3.30pm (until Sun 9th Sept, daily 10am - 5pm)
12 July Floating on the Surface Knowledge @ Islington Mill
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Mollie Milton & Rebecca HalliwellSutton explore the conflict between different modes of communication & their meaning. FREE, 5.30pm - 9pm
13 July PV Prop Me Up @ Bankley Studios
Five artists explore the narrative and theatrics of making by showing the absurdity of props. FREE, 6pm - 9pm
19 July The Body as Archive @ CFCCA
Ada Hao will develop an exclusive performance piece during a short residency about body, language, audience & space. £4, 6pm - 8pm
28 July Proforma @ Dancehouse Theatre
MCR’s new contemporary art festival works with a time restricted format, providing a sense of urgency that reflects the artists’ own live & performance, & moving image based practices. For one night only, there will be 15 new commissions inspired by the artists’ response to the site and ‘epic theatre’. £6 - £10, 7pm - 10pm
R E A D 2 July Oedipa Book Launch @ Peer Hat
Poet Amy McCauley presents a reimagination of the Oedipus myth exploring female sexuality. McCauley will be solo performing Oedipa using wooden spoons, lipstick and masking tape. FREE, 7pm - 10pm
11 July If p then q @ The Peer Hat
An independent poetry press, specialising in Conceptualism and other modes of contemporary writing. Celebrate their 10th birthday! FREE, 7pm - 10pm
11 July A. M. Homes & Kate Feld @ Waterstones Deansgate
Feld and Homes discuss Days of Awe “plumbing the depths of everyday American anxieties” £4, 6pm - 8pm
18 July PN Review: Summer Issue @ Castlefield Gallery
For over 4 decades PN Review has been the go-to mag for discovering poetry, reviews and more. Listen to its contributors reading from their work.
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