The Wants (NYC) + The Dirt + [slab] live at Factory Manchester

The Wants (NYC) + The Dirt + [slab] at Factory Manchester

Brooklyn trio The Wants land at Factory Manchester on one of just three UK dates this winter. Welding Detroit techno pulse to New York post-punk and no wave attitude, they’ve sharpened their sound on 2025 album Bastard: synth-driven, dancefloor-ready and darkly hypnotic. Expect motorik grooves, spoken-word menace and hooks that stick, from a band who cut their teeth in the New York underground.

Joining them, The Dirt are an Anglo-Japanese duo from the hills above Manchester, pairing Jack Horner’s abrasive spoken word with Sachiko Wakizaka’s shoegaze guitars and electronic rhythms. Uncompromising DIY psych-punk with real theatre to it.

Completing the bill, [slab] deliver heavy, brooding, largely instrumental noise, following the acclaim for debut album Taut.

Three bands, one room, zero filler. Come for the groove, stay for the racket.