Museums at Night 2009 has three nights of top-quality music at Urbis in Manchester as part of an acclaimed annual festival in the city (above). Picture: www.andthewardrobe.co.uk
Manchester's Urbis has always been one of the most cutting-edge arts centres in the UK, and for Museums at Night 2009 they've announced three nights of gigs from some of the most respected and disparate new acts in the business.
Sheffield producer Toddla T has remixed the likes of Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Hot Chip and Tricky in the past 12 months
There's a show from rarely-seen hip-hop group Antipop Consortium (last spotted supporting Radiohead) on Thursday and an electronic extravaganza headlined by Toddla T, one of the hottest up-and-coming producers on the scene, on Friday.
Glasgow DJ Hudson Mohawke was the youngest ever DMC finalist at the age of 15
A night of fuzzy-guitared experimentalism from a cluster of American indie bands on Saturday is described as "irresistible" by organisers thanks to the inclusion of Marnie Stern, whose finger-tapping guitar precision saw The New York Times call her debut record "the year's most exciting rock and roll album." Animal Collective labelmates Arial Pink and Times New Viking support.
Psychedelic Los Angeles performer Daedelus has worked with Madlib and Erykah Badu
It's part of Futuresonic, appearing for the tenth and final year in the city before it resurfaces as Future Everything in 2010.
Leftfield New York hip-hop group Anti-Pop Consortium
Already nominated for this year’s prestigious Lever Prize, the expansive "urban festival" of art, music and creativity features 250 artists across 100 venues and 30 events.
Check out what music oracular Pitchfork had to say about Crystal Antlers here.
Full line-up:
Thursday May 14 2009
Anti-Pop Consortium, DJ Woody, Peter Parker, Rich Reason, Just Good Beats, Elavi, Al Sonar, I.A.N.
Friday May 15 2009
Toddla T and MC Serocee, Hudson Mohawke, Daedelus, Tim Exile, DIY Soundsystem
Saturday May 16 2009
Ariel Pink, Marnie Stern, Times New Viking, Crystal Antlers, New Wave DJs, Stop Making Sense DJs
Starts 8pm Thursday (£12 / £10 in advance), 9pm Friday (£14 / £12 in advance) and 7.30pm Saturday (£16 / £14 in advance).
