In The City 2009 is this weekend (18th - 20th October) at The Midland hotel and at venues througout the city centre. Started by Tony Wilson, ITC have been finding the next big thing for the past 18 years so that you can find your new favourite bands and the world's music industry can wax their budgets on signing them. It's one of the highlights of Manchester's music calendar and we recommend you get yourself a wristband and check out as much as possible...

Our own Beat The Radar are playing Busk at The Garrat on Sunday 8.30pm & the Friends Of Mine showcase on the Monday at 7.00pm :-) Their new single '18, 19, 20, 21, 22' is out this week as well so it's all good.

http://www.myspace.com/beattheradar

The rest of this year's ITC will feature showcases by NME (at Night & Day), BBC Introducing (at Moho), SJM Concerts (at Ruby Lounge), Front Magazine (at Roadhouse), Big Scary Monsters and Same Teens (Hatters Hostel), Now Wave, Friends of Mine, Bella Union, Murkage, Artrocker, Rock Sound and loads more with buzz bands like The Drums, Esben and the Witch, Frightened Rabbit, Unicorn Kid, MAY68, Egyptian Hip Hop, Hatcham Social, Gallops, Copy Haho, The Northwestern and hundreds more. Check out the times here

Wristbands for the full 3 days are only £20 and it's sure to be a hectic three days - get some time off work or lectures and prepare to see more bands and drink more booze than you ever thought possible....

Check the full line up here:
http://www.inthecity.co.uk/showscreen.php?site_id=30&screentype=folder&screenid=6122

Order your wristbands from here:
http://www.seatwave.com/inthecity

Get the ITCU album here:
http://tinyurl.com/ITCUnsigned09

Check out the main website:
http://www.inthecity.co.uk

Ahead of next Friday's 'Golden Animals / Beth Jeans Houghton / Sam and Me album launch' party at The Deaf Institute here's a bit of a mix to get you in the er, 'zone'...

LEGO: 010809 MIXTAPE

BERNARD LAVILLIERS - LES ADVENTURES EXTRADINAIRIES
THE LAUGHING WINDOWS - ALPHA TEST
SPARKLEHORSE FEAT GRUFF RHYS - JUST WAR
TIM AND SAM'S BAND - ROLLING HILLS
ALAN WHITE - DARKNESS
CARAVAN - A HUNTING WE SHALL GO [ REPRISE ]
TIME & SPACE MACHINE - THROUGH YOUR MIND
AMO1 - HAIL PLEASURE
SONIC BOOM - ANGEL [ EXTENDED MIX ]
YELLOW MOON BAND - SOLARIS [ TIME & SPACE MACHINE MIX ]
10CC - THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD
DAVID BOWIE - MOONAGE DAYDREAM [ LEO ZERO DUB ]
DOVES - JETSTREAM [ LINDSTROM MIX ]
DR HOOK - [ AMO1 MIX ]
VICTOR LEVASHOV - I CANNOT LEAVE RUSSIA

http://www.zshare.net/audio/63500824e4b7e234/