PINS - Manchester Yes - 31st October 2021

Tonight's show is billed as an album launch for PINS' third album Hot Slick, released in May last year, and after a year's delay we finally get to see them play tracks from the album live at the end of a short UK tour. 

PINS - Hot Slick

Hot Slick is PINS' first album for five years, a period where they've undergone a line-up change, losing original members before regrouping as a three-piece. Crunching guitars are replaced by bright synths and drum machines as the music's distinctive characteristic, mirrored by the bold, colourful artwork that represents both the album itself and its accompanying singles. 

TRACK OF THE DAY : PINS - Ponytail

PINS have released their new single Ponytail and announced details of their third album Hot Slick, due for release on 29th May via their own Haus Of Pins label.  Following on from previous singles Hot Slick and Bad Girls Forever, the track confirms the three-piece's shift away from the post-punk sound of their albums Girls Like Us and Wild Nights towards the dancefloor.

TRACK OF THE DAY : PINS - Hot Slick

Hot Slick is PINS' first single of the year, coming from a forthcoming album, their first in five years, that the slimmed-down trio of Faith, Lois and Kyogen are preparing for release. The track which has been in their live set for some time showcases the new dancefloor-inspired direction in contrast to their first two albums.

Ist Ist / PINS - Hebden Bridge Trades Club - 30th January 2019

Ist Ist’s headline show at Hebden Bridge Trades Club as part of Independent Venue Week sold out in advance and a packed room witnessed them launch their Everything Is Different Now EP in style. With PINS as their special guests playing entirely new material the evening in the country’s finest venue, independent or otherwise, the show captured perfectly the spirit and essence of exactly what the week is about.

The Slow Readers Club / PINS / LIINES - Manchester Apollo - 14th December 2018

The sold-out signs for The Slow Readers Club’s biggest headline show to date went up three months ago. Their journey has been one of the most heartwarming and well-deserved rises to the top, one that’s been achieved with a humility and a connection to their fanbase that’s rarely witnessed these days. Tonight was an indisputable triumph, three and a half thousand devotees joined in unison to hail the victory of the underdog and witness a performance that made even this hallowed hall feel like a stopping off point on a ride to somewhere even grander. With PINS and LIINES on the bill it felt like the underground scene in Manchester has risen again.

The Breeders / PINS - Manchester Academy 2 - 17th October 2017

The Breeders are back on the road in support of new single Wait In The Car and a set comprising of tracks from across their four albums, three songs from The Amps' 1995 album Pacer, a Pixies favourite and a number of covers in a lengthy twenty-six song set. Support came from Manchester's own PINS with a set of mostly new material that hints at a new direction.

TRACK OF THE DAY : PINS - Serve The Rich

Serve The Rich is PINS' new single, set for release on limited edition pink vinyl 7" with a 2017 recording of their early track LUVU4LYF ahead of a series of headline dates and support slots with The Breeders across Europe.

Cotton Clouds Festival (PINS / The Coral / The G-O-D / The Blinders / The Whip / TEAR / The Sundowners / Ethan And The Reformation / Darling Club / Stillia / Proletariat) - 12th August 2017

The first Cotton Clouds Festival took place on Saturday in the picturesque setting of Saddleworth Cricket Club in Greenfield. A packed line-up of great bands across three stages, from national names to local up-and-coming bands and a raft of child-friendly activities meant that there was something for almost everyone.

The Slow Readers Club / All We Are / SKIES / Cherry Glazerr / PINS / Babe Punch - Nottingham Dot To Dot - 28th May 2017

ROADTRIP!! 12.30 on Sunday afternoon sat in my mum's house in Swinton, just over two hours later picking up a Dot To Dot wristband in Nottingham and watching bands, the best antidote to the attack on our home city and our music loving family last week.

PINS - Bad Thing EP

PINS latest five track EP Bad Thing, their first release since last year's RSD single Trouble and 2015's Wild Nights album, is a diverse set of songs, featuring Iggy Pop on one song and a cover of Joy Division's Dead Souls as another as well as three further songs that see PINS take various routes at reinventing their sound.

EVEN THE STARS PLAYLIST 4

Welcome to our fourth playlist, ten new songs that we've been listening to this week that we'd recommend to all our readers.

Track Of The Day : PINS - Trouble

PINS continue their tradition of Record Store Day releases with a 10" single of an exclusive new track Trouble backed with a Bernard and Edith remix of the title track and a second unreleased track called I'll Get Mine. Whilst the band are off touring the US, the song was conceived much closer to home at Strangeway Studio in Salford four years on from recording their debut single there.

PINS / Flesh - Manchester Night And Day - 31st December 2015

New Years Eve has become one of those sanitised events of the year that either prices you out of it or becomes so commercialised and an excuse for people to rip you off that it's lost its appeal to so many. Fortunately, the Night And Day has come up with the idea of giving us the opportunity to do what we do all year on this night - watch live music in a great small venue at a reasonable price. Last year we saw Blossoms, this year we saw in 2016 with one of Manchester's best bands PINS ably supported by newcomers Flesh.

Even The Stars Albums Of The Year 2015 - 12 to 9

It's that time of year again when we reveal our favourite records of the year. There's been so many great albums made this year that not all of them could make the final cut and it's been a hard choice to whittle them down to just twenty. We continue our countdown today from 12 to 9.

PINS / Peace And Love Barbershop Muhammed Ali / Kyogen - Manchester Deaf Institute - 18th September 2015

Touring in support of their summer album Wild Nights, PINS made a triumphant return to Manchester following months of globetrotting to promote the album. They've come back a changed band, more powerful, direct and in your face than ever before. Support came from the magnificently titled Peace And Love Barbershop Muhammed Ali and Kyogen.

PINS - Wild Nights

Even The Stars favourites PINS return with Wild Nights, the follow-up to 2013's Girls Like Us. It's a more reflective affair sonically than their debut, merging its post-punk spikiness with classic girl-group harmonies to create a cohesive record that's more ambitious than its predecessor.

Sleater Kinney / PINS - Manchester Albert Hall - 24th March 2015

There's two types of reunion, the bad sort where a band comes back, clearly disinterested in the music and hoping to make a quick buck and the good sort where the band rediscover their fire, their love for their legacy but also the urge to make exceptional new music. Sleater Kinney have done just that with their comeback album No Cities To Love and, at a sold-out Albert Hall in Manchester, they mixed tracks from that with crowd favourites from their back catalogue. Local heroes PINS were in support with tracks from their forthcoming album Wild Nights.

PINS / The Black Tambourines - Salford Eagle Inn - 27th February 2015

Ahead of the release of their second album in May, PINS hit the road for a short three-date tour, previewing ten songs from the album. We caught up with them in the intimate surroundings of Salford's Eagle Inn where they were supported by Falmouth noise merchants The Black Tambourines.

PINS - Interview

PINS release a three-track cassette of covers of 1960's girl-band garage classics on Saturday as part of Cassette Store Day.   We spoke to Faith and Lois from the band about friendship, recording their second album, running their own label and their upcoming trip to the US.