Band on the Wall, 11 Jun 2026
Seven-headed joy machine
Police Dog Hogan came together in 2009 in West London and have been ploughing an idiosyncratic furrow ever since. Now 5 albums and a several EPs in they are best described as ‘pop music with all the wrong instruments’. Their fiercely loyal fans self identify as Hoganistas and travel around the country to see them play. They are a hard-to-pin-down mix of Americana influences and British songwriting tradition.
They combine fiddle, trumpet, banjo, mandolin, accordion, drums and guitars with four-part harmonies – then fuse it all into songs whose subjects range from shitty white wine to the first day’s battle at Passchendaele; from their trip to Nashville to being hung for stealing at Tyburn, taking in songs about love, loss and growing up in the West Country along the way. After the success of their OVERGROUND LP in 2022 this year sees them releasing regular singles, the latest being Devon Fields.
One of Manchester’s most respected independent live music venues
25 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JZ
0161 834 1786 / info@bandonthewall.org