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Greater Manchester’s multi-award-winning broadcaster StreamGM has announced a new music series: Spill The Sound.
Featuring some of the best indie talent from the North, the upbeat bi-weekly music series launches at 19.00 on www.streamgm.co.uk, 29th February 2024.
With a mission to recapture some of the magic of Generation X music programming, StreamGM’s Spill The Sound blends new and unsigned acts alongside established headliners.
Kicking off the series are ‘calypso and Caribbean’ indie three piece Cassia. Formed in the Northern market town of Macclesfield Rob Thomas (vocals, guitar), Lou Cotterill (bass), and Jacob Jeff (drums), Cassia have been dubbed a ‘sun drenched, positive, indie pop’ band with over 350,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and in 2022 they won the prestigious Reeperbahn Festival International Music Award (Anchor). Cassia perform tracks: ‘Find My Way Around’ and ‘High Tones’ from their brand-new EP – Home Soon.
Cassia bring elements of African and world music into their sound and are heavily inspired by the likes of Vampire Weekend and Bombay Bicycle Club as much as Fela Kuti and Ebo Taylor.
Supporting Cassia are Wull, a lively indie/alternative quintet from Merseyside. Wull consist of Ben Coles (vocals), Ethan Tyler (guitar), John Carter (guitar), Jim Green (bass) and Oscar Hellewel (drums). Influenced by The Strokes, Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, the band give buckets of post punk attitude across their melodic lyrics.
Spill The Sound Spotify Playlist here
Full series line-up:
1 Feb 29th 7pm Cassia & Wull
2 March 14th 7pm The Clause & Alex Spencer
3 March 28th Red Rum Club Special
4 April 11th TBA
5 April 25th Seb Lowe & Antony Szmierek
6 May 9th Blossom Caldarone & Hi Sienna
7 May 23rd Covasettes & Nico Harmony
The show is filmed in The Yard Mcr, a former Victorian school in the heart of Manchester’s Cheetham Hill. This unique setting with stunning natural acoustics, partnered with StreamGM’s production team and the support of pioneering technology organisation Black Magic Design, Spill the Sound offers acts a high quality, global platform to promote their music.
Spill The Sound’s mixes quirky interviews in a bathtub full of plastic balls, hook-a-duck quick fire QnA’s with presenter Louise Schofield. Her cheerful chats peppered with exclusive live music sessions, are reminiscent of legendary music television programs such as Channel 4’s music show T4, Granada TV’s ‘So It Goes’ hosted by Antony Wilson, Tyne Tees classic The Tube, and Snub TV, a cult music show that launched The Stone Roses.
Louise Schofield said: “One of my goals when I was starting out as a presenter was to have my own music TV show with live sessions and interviews, so it has been an absolute dream to work with StreamGM to produce and front Spill The Sound.
“The lively and light-hearted tone to Spill The Sound, coupled with fun interview skits in a bathtub of plastic balls and seriously good live music is reflective of my personality. The acts have all loved diving into the Spill The Sound set where their music takes centre stage, and the artists take centre bath!
“Music is and always has been a huge passion in my life and this show really marks how far I’ve come as a presenter. From starting out interviewing every band I possibly could at gigs and festivals, and cutting my teeth with my self-made YouTube channel, to becoming a professional presenter in the industry. I have loved reawakening the concept of dedicated music TV with StreamGM and welcoming some of the very best new breakthrough bands and artists from north of the M1.”
Spill The Sound is the latest digital broadcast series for not for profit organisation StreamGM, since it was created in 2021 by the team behind United We Stream.
United We Stream began four years ago in response to the covid lockdowns and government ‘stay home’ campaign. The team raised a staggering £477,000 for various local charities, night time economy outlets and creative freelancers by livestreaming Greater Manchester’s music, DJs and cultural experiences worldwide, and won a string of broadcasting, PR and digital innovation awards for the groundbreaking nine-month project.
Through the remarkable legacy of United We Stream, StreamGM continues to promote the vibrant music and culture from Greater Manchester and create new local, national and global audiences.