Update: gig postponed
Catch John Peel favourites Accrington Stanley, with Neko Roshi, playing live in Bitterne Park at the Bitterne Park Hotel on Friday, January 18 (free entry). Read more for links to interviews with Accrington Stanley about their recent appearance in the John Peel archive and to hear extracts from their new album. Pic: Adam Barnes

Accrington Stanley had two of their albums featured in the first 100 of the recently released John Peel archive: here's a clip from South Today from May of two band members talking about this:

You can also hear an interview with Dan and Rufus from Accrington Stanley, and songs from their new album ‘Exactly’ , when they were guests in December on South By Southampton, on community station Voice FM from this link.

Meanwhile it’s the first 猫老師 (Neko Roshi) gig (pictured left) for some time – although you can still hear, and indeed download for free, their excellent acoustic set from our earlier podcast here. The band say they intend to play more widely in 2013.