Brown Brogues // Don't Touch My Hair

There's plenty of bands, Egyptian Hip Hop, Everything Everything, Wu Lyf and Christian AIDS to name but a select few, bursting from Manchester's burgeoning new class set to steal the limelight and A&R attention from their London peers.

Add to that list Brown Brogues. Listening to the duo's two minute blasts of psych garage is akin to feeling the angst striken buzz of early White Stripes demos like Lafayette Blues or Hand Springs, as thumping drums provide the platform for scuzzy lo-fi guitar.

Before they head out to SXSW, the band's debut 7" is out next week on Suffering Jukebox. For your listening pleasure, samples of two tracks from the release are below, as well as a Manchester Scenewipe directed video for Treet U Beta.

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Local favourites // James Blake

This BBC performance of The Wilhelm Scream offers the absolute explanation for why we still haven't recovered full consciousness since James Blake's incredible support slot for Everything Everything at the Union Chapel last month.

The first 'echo-pop' at 1.13, the blanket synths gathering at 2.21, the refreshing clarity at 4.32; a few examples of the simple beauty Blake achieves in his music, and why February 7th can't come soon enough.