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Record Store Day live at Soup Kitchen

Chris Horkan

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Record Store Day live at Soup Kitchen

Soup, Manchester
21 April 2018

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Vulgarians by Chris StAn Hargrave
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The original Manchester Record Store Day all-dayer returns to Soup Kitchen.

From 4pm onwards, the basement offers a chance to see some of the most exciting new bands around – with this year’s line-up featuring chilling post-punk noise from headliners Vulgarians, plus loser rock, haunting vocals and classical guitars, and jangly emo fun courtesy of Inland Taipan, Possum, Mutabase, I’m6 and Strange Friends.

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