She Drew The Gun / Peaness / Natalie McCool - Manchester Academy 2 - 30th October 2019

She Drew The Gun's UK tour called in at a close-to-capacity Manchester Academy 2 on Wednesday night for an inspirational show pulling from both the Memories Of Another Future and Revolution Of Mind albums as well as new material. Support came from Peaness and Natalie McCool.

Travis / She Drew The Gun - Manchester Bridgewater Hall - 8th September 2017

For two nights only Travis are revisiting the album that is most associated with them, their three million selling 1999 album The Man Who, with shows at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and a headline slot at London's On Blackheath festival. Their Manchester show combined the album with a series of crowd pleasing favourites from the early part of their career, supported by the wonderful She Drew The Gun.

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott / She Drew The Gun - Warrington Parr Hall - 1st June 2017

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott warmed up for their massive Hull stadium show on Saturday with an intimate warm-up show at Warrington's Parr Hall and a set that straddled Paul's time with The Housemartins and his work with Jacqui in The Beautiful South and as a duo including two tracks from their as yet unreleased third album. Support came from She Drew The Gun.

EVEN THE STARS PLAYLIST 2

The second Even The Stars playlist features ten songs from artists we've been listening to recently and which we'd love to share with our readers. It features She Drew The Gun, Josh Kemp, Control Of The Going, Cosmo Calling, Jennie Abrahamson, Phoebe Green, Liv Dawson, Joe Dolman, Einar Vilberg and Mushy Callahan.

EVEN THE STARS ALBUMS OF 2016 - FIFTEEN TO ELEVEN

We continue our countdown of our twenty favourite albums of the year with those we've placed in fifteenth to eleventh place.

She Drew The Gun - Interview

Memories Of The Future is the debut album released by She Drew The Gun earlier this month and looks certain to be near the top when we come to do our end of year polls for 2016. We caught up with Louisa for a quick chat at the end of her recent album promotional tour.

She Makes War / She Drew The Gun - Salford St Philips Church - 1st May 2016

The holy surroundings of St Philips Church in Salford provided the backdrop for two great sets in surreal circumstances with light shining through the glazed windows at the start of Sounds From The Other City from She Makes War and She Drew The Gun, both on the promotional circuit for their excellent recent albums Direction Of Travel and Memories Of The Future.

She Drew The Gun - Memories Of The Future

Memories Of The Future is the debut album from She Drew The Gun, one of our top tips for 2016. We're pleased to report that the album delivers on and exceeds all the hopes we had for it and the promise displayed by their early singles.

Track Of The Day : She Drew The Gun - Poem

Poem is the latest single from She Drew The Gun ahead of the release of their much-anticipated debut album Memories Of The Future in March. The song, from one of top five tips for 2016, is one of the pointed pieces of social and political commentary set to music for years.

Even The Stars Tips For 2016 - The Top Five

On the last day of the year we reveal the five acts that we expect big things from in 2016. Of last year's top three, we were the only blog to nominate Blossoms in the Blog Sound Of 2015 poll and they finished the year headlining The Ritz and close to selling out Albert Hall. We have high hopes for these five acts that we've championed during 2015 and expect big things of in 2016.

Track Of The Day 1 : She Drew The Gun - Where I End And You Begin

Where I End And You Begin is the third single from She Drew The Gun and her most accomplished so far. A beautiful electronic shuffling beat competes with a hauntingly emotional dismissal of an ex-lover for centre stage. It has us eagerly awaiting a debut album at some point in 2016.

She Drew The Gun - Manchester Academy 2 - 17th October 2015

Since we first featured She Drew The Gun's debut single If You Could See back in January, things have started to happen for Louisa and her band. Second single Since You Were Not Mine won her a whole legion of new fans and with Steve Lamacq debuting new song Where I End And You Begin and them securing a huge support slot on Fink's European tour, the future looks promising. We caught their opening set at Manchester Academy 2 on Saturday night.

The Sundowners / The Jade Assembly / She Drew The Gun / HAPI - Manchester Night And Day - 19th February 2015

 

A four-band line-up, each very different in their own right, thrilled a packed Night And Day Cafe. Headliners The Sundowners fought illness, in the form of co-vocalist Fiona losing her voice, and against all the odds demonstrated what a versatile and fabulous live band they are.

Track Of The Day : She Drew The Gun - If You Could See

She Drew The Gun is the nom de guerre of Wirral songwriter Louisa Roach. Her band's debut single If You Could See is released on James Skelly's Skeleton Key Records on February 23rd and is our Track Of The Day.