All of these (generally DiS-friendly) people are playing Manchester some time between now and December. Most I've never seen live before but to see them all would cost about 400 notes so help me pick the ones which will be worth splurging my student loan on, yeah?

Who's good live, who's bad? Any bargains? Is the Ruby Lounge always shit for gigs or was it just my fateful night to see Mumford & Sons which tainted it for me? etc etc

Feel free to suggest other good things coming up too, these are just my last.fm recommendations.

Or alternatively, ignore this and I'll at least have it bookmarked so I don't miss loads of them as I tend to do.

El-P - £14.50 - Academy 3 - Mon 17 Sept

SBTRKT / Four Tet / TNGHT / Hoya:Hoya - £25 - WHP - Sat 6 Oct

Egyptian Hip-Hop - £8 - Soup Kitchen - Tue 9

Errors - £11 - Soup Kitchen - Weds 10

Balam Acab - £8 - Soup Kitchen - Thurs 11

Dirty Projectors - £16.50 - Gorilla - Sun 14
We Were Promised Jetpacks - £9 - Ruby Lounge - Sun 14

Pains of Being Pure At Heart - £13 - Ruby Lounge - Mon 15

Submotion Orchestra - £11 - Ruby Lounge - Tues 16

Grizzly Bear / Villagers - £22 - Academy 1 - Thurs 18
I LIKE TRAINS - £10 - Deaf Institute - Thurs 18

Bloc Party / Chromatics / Theme Park - £25 - WHP - Fri 19

Liars - £14 - Sound Control - Sun 21

Django Django - £13.50 - Ritz - Tues 23

The Cast Of Cheers - £11 - Club Academy - Weds 24

Japandroids - £11 - Sound Control - Sat 27

Tallest Man On Earth - £18.50 - Ritz - Sun 28
Immortal Technique - £15 - Academy 2 - Sun 28

Twin Shadow - £12 - Sound Control - Weds 31

Tame Impala - £16.50 - Ritz - Thurs 1 Nov

Polica - £11 - Sound Control - Sat 3

Animal Collective - £18.50 - WHP - Thurs 8

Flying Lotus / Squarepusher etc - £25 - WHP - Fri 9

Mystery Jets - £15.50 - Ritz - Sat 17

First Aid Kit - £14.50 - Ritz - Thu 22

Orbital / Modeselektor etc - £25 - WHP - Sat 1 Dec

Black Keys / Maccabees - £30+? - M.E.N. - Tues 11

Soulwax / 2manydjs etc - £18.50 - WHP - Thurs 13