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Pounding beats and driving basslines with shimmering guitar tones - powerful music
Seasick Steve and his guitar 'The Three Stringed Trance Wonder' have recently come off the festival circuit and preparing for a UK tour starting this month so Sam Murray rang his Norway home to find out about the man, the music and get a story or two.
"Being a promoter is terrifying" - Leeds guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm takes on the promoter-role as he brings his 'Leeds Guitar Night' concept to the Brudenell Social Club on July 6th.
indie dance
A third sold-out Leeds date for the UK's latest finding, The Music, and this time it doesn't take a guest DJ appearance to bring in the crowds.
Civic Hall in Pudsey to host the first Leeds Guitar Show
Buying a guitar is an exciting, if not at times daunting, experience. The best way to buy a guitar is to see, feel and hear the instrument and that's not always as easy as it sounds.
The Music Roll Exchange: Untitled
The Music Roll Exchange (North London with Huddersfield connections) have their chief blurb-writer primed to start abbreviating the name (they shall be known as TMRE) before anybody has heard of their carefully chosen long name.
The Music: You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me EP
"You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me" is the debut release from Leeds' The Music on the Hut label, and, put bluntly, is a blinding tune.
The Music: Take The Long Road And Walk It
Avid followers of The Music will be more than a little familiar with the latest offering from Leeds' biggest buzz band of the moment.
Following the success of their debut EP, and nearing the completion of the UK tour, The Music return home to a sold out (and then some), heaving and very hot Leeds Warehouse, a gig that also welcomes Liverpool's The Coral.
The Music: The Truth Is No Words
Taken from their eponymous album, The Truth Is No Words is the latest single release from The Music and includes DVD format, a live recording from their September 2002 appearance at Blank Canvas.
The Music @ Leeds Festival 2002
It's the hometown dream... their favourite sons headlining the world's largest dual-site festival in front of 2,000 ecstatic music fans and with the news that Take the Long Road and Walk it may be hitting the UK Top Ten in a couple of days the atmosphere is electric.
The Music: Take The Long Road And Walk It
Currently unsigned, this 4-piece from Leeds are already being hailed as the biggest thing since Oasis.
Oh my gaawwwd, they've only gone and bettered themselves! Maturing fast into a psychedelic rock crossover act with huge prospects for the future, Leeds four-piece The Music have released an extremely impressive follow up to last year's debut single.
The best kind of pop music is pop music that knows it's pop music, and isn't afraid to tell everyone just how pop it is. Gavin Miller explains...
The Music have had a phenomenal start to their working lives. Three years on from their origins in Kippax, expectations and circumstances have said "this album has got to be massive." Early gigs at the Duchess of York in January 2000 showed glimpses of their root talents: a searing voice and twitching charismatic in Robert Harvey and a guitar trance demon in Adam Nutter.
John Harvey catches up with Leeds' guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm...
The Music @ Roadhouse (Manchester)
Review featured with permission from www.manchestermusic.co.uk Not unlike the amount of feather boas and leopard print present for the Manic Street Preachers, or backwards caps for Limp Bizkit, the traditional demin clad bowlheads fill Manchester's Roadhouse for the most hyped band this year.
It about time the best band in Leeds came back to claim the unofficial crown from the local indie kids.
Protectors is a 3 piece guitar rock band from Leeds.
I was excited about this gig. I've enjoyed The Music's debut album and have been looking forward to tonight for sometime - tickets sold out about 4/5 weeks earlier so I was expecting an electric atmosphere inside this rather strange new venue under Leeds train station.
Further proof, if proof was needed, local music is still very much alive and well. The hasty uprising of the Faversham and its current status as indie mothership and NME bum buddy has been nothing short of miraculous, as are their reliably superb Saturday night offerings.
A simple blend of sweet, melodic melodies, infused with a warm glock rockin beats cooked up by a lean mean fat guitar grilling machine. Basically its indie pop.
James Burkitt caught up with Gracie (vocals) and Mafro (guitar) of The Antix at The Elbow Room in Leeds
Deryn Cullen: cello, keys, composer; Dan Cullen: guitar, bass, composer, producer
Entering the Leeds Irish Centre for the first time (after finding it with surprising ease) it was refreshing to find a large audience already gathered and paying attention to the support bands.
Band from West and North Yorkshire, with critical aclaim for both thier first EP and thier long-player in 2005, the talent of this band is boundless, expect expert piano and guitar parts with cutting bass and drum sections
New City Centre Music Festival Announced: Across The Tracks
Live music venues The HiFi Club and The Faversham have this week announced the arrival of a brand new city centre music festival for the city of Leeds.
original folk-music with a DiY twist
Uplifting melodies and memorable riffs, the band will be showcasing their new music at venues around Leeds soon.
Halifax-based covers band playing popular music
LMS invites its readers to vote for their favourite Leeds music venue of 2005...
By now you may have seen recent press and radio coverage detailing The Independent Leeds Music Awards 2005 which will take place at The Northern Light in Leeds on Saturday, 7th January 2006.
"Lonely" imbeds itself in my head immediately. Unfortunately it's because it has the worst guitar lick ever.
Leodis, Indie band, located in Hunslet, Leeds, original music
Music people can get their stomp on to!
Writing songs about writing songs can be a tricky business. Lord knows I've tried it when I'm either bored or suffering from writer's cramp, but somehow Chungking have turned it into some kind of beautiful hymn.
Superelectric: Music For Joyriding
"10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0-Do It!". The 16 second countdown of Go! is complete. Having listened to the Superelectric demo CD (absolutely amazing) and seen the live show a couple of times I could see a different direction on their free CD, Music For Joyriding.
In a music scene as wide and varied as Leeds is at the moment, you're bound to get the odd one or two who just seem so captivating, so unique and so... "where the fuck did this guy come from?"
Cathy Simpson talks to The Blueskins about music, festivals, The Beatles and lazy journalism...
First bands announced for Clarence Park Free Music Festival...
The Wakefield Music Collective have spent the last few months listening to over 100 demos, going to see as many bands as possible, scouring the internet and music press, and are pleased to announce the first batch of bands we hope to confirm for the ever popular free music festival.
Cathy Simpson talks to The Warlocks about drugs, music, guitars and groupies...
Hayashi are a band based in Leeds who play live Drum & Bass without the use of sequencers or drum loops. The music is a melodious breakbeat experience. Their new album 'b a d m a c h i n e' is due for release in August. "Hayashi will make you dance
Various Artists: Mainstream Music Is Shit
Another credit-crunch busting compilation from DIY, not-for-profit punk label TNS Records. Following on from the success of their Vol.
Blah Blah Tin: The Interesting Inept Music Thing
Home produced and bearing all the hall marks of it Blah Blah Tin are not here to trouble the charts, but instead to do exactly as they please with a drum machine, synth, dirty guitar and big collection of records by The Fall.
Kate Zezulka talks music, venues and days off work with Leeds' i concur in the run up to the single release...
Various Artists: Music By People Who Drink Cider In The Gutter
'Music By People Who Drink Cider In The Gutter,' the mammoth twenty song, twenty band round-up of punk bands from in and around the Manchester area, kicks off with 'Midnight Scene' from The Dangerfields.
Leeds Music Scene had a chat with guitarist Dave Fawbert from Defend Moscow
Leeds Music Scene asks This Et Al some burning - or at least mildly broiling - questions in the wake of some storming dates in the North and in anticipation of the release of the Figure Eight EP...
Billy Talent put us straight on hangover cures and the fact that Canadian music's not all Celine Dion and Bryan Adams...
Rob Galloway Dubbed 'The Rebel of the Leeds Music Scene' ROB GALLOWAY describes himself as Beck meets Iggy Pop, creating an electric sound from dance beats, guitars, trip hop and punk rock
Corinne Bailey Rae nominated at 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards and 2007 MOBO Awards
Corinne Bailey Rae has been nominated for the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards in the Ultimate Urban category and as Best UK Female Artist in the 2007 MOBO Awards.
Acoustic music with all the energy front and vigour of a full band, Benny sets out to get up get you singing along, and having a great time all round
Interview: The Boxer Rebellion
Leeds Music Scene talk to Piers from The Boxer Rebellion on the eve of their appearance in Leeds
We catch up with The Glitterati at their Leeds show supporting Wildhearts to talk about local music scenes, rock and roll, and record deals...
'Intense and claustrophobic music from Bradford. Extra proof, as if anyone needed it, of the Leeds/Bradford axis of musical accomplishment. More edge than a very edgy thing.'
Leeds Music Scene speaks to Rob and Paul from The Automatic after their set at Leeds Festival 2008
Casino are a four piece indie band from Leeds who have been playing music from a very young age. We have been playing collectively as Casino since mid 2008 and we all enjoy performing together.
Refreshing Heavy Rock from this Leeds based band! Rock yer f**king socks off!
indie rock
Band Profile: The Pattern Theory
The Pattern Theory was formed in 2006 by Carl Carlson (Guitar), Lukas Creswell-Rost (Guitar), James Yates (Drums) and Danny Laycock (Bass).
Simon - guitar, piano and vocals Adam - lead guitar Chris - bass Dave - drums Well except for colplday and the music, and of course blazin squad, the british music scene is a shambles, where here to rock it back into shape with a mixture of melodic tunes, uplifting ballads, screaming instrementals and a lead guitarist who enjoys lying on the floor at sponge.
Atropine are metal right down to the core. Everything is here from the double bass drums to the detuned guitar riffs.
Band Profile: Project New City
indie dance
Alt-americana / Post rock.
Band Profile: Anti-depressants
alternative rock
indie rock
alternative acoustic
Band Profile: The Academy Is...
The Academy Is... are: William Beckett - vocals Mike Carden - guitar Adam Siska - bass Tom Conrad - guitar / vocals Andy Bishop Mrotek - drums "We want to move people...
pop rock
Band Profile: Friends of the Family
Drums - Chris Jackson Bass - John Summers Vocals / Guitar - Michael Burton Guitar / Vocals - Benjamin Dunn Formed at the tail end of 2004, Friends of the Family are a collective of songwriters who met while studying for one degree or another at the University of Bradford.
Band Profile: Anderson Congress
indie rock
Taken from the forthcoming 5-track EP, Take A Holiday is one of Juxtaposition's more accessible songs.
It's been a while since I first listened to this CD. When I received it, I used to play it whenever I was trying to relax, it has that sort of ambience to it.
Simon Wiffen is a solo acoustic singer/songwriter from Leeds.
i concur @ Leeds Festival 2008
i concur's focussed songwriting and euphoric guitar sounds set them apart. They go to no great lengths to present themselves as individuals or as a band on stage.
Pint Shot Riot: Punches Kicks Trenches And Swords
Now I would have given the song title a little more punctuation, but that is how I received and therefore review this song.
Band Profile: 5 Counts of Treason
rock grunge
funk jazz pop
Toxixity consists of Carl (vocals, guitar, programming), Nial (guitar), Mark (drums), Richie (keyboards) and Steve (bass).
Milf are a three-piece Bradford band and have been plying their trade for over 4 years now, since they were 14, and bring us a truly fantastic four-track EP.
indie rock
Dean Roy Holmes - lead vocals + bass Chris Kipper Summers - lead guitar Bryan Bell - rhythm guitar Phil Rhodes - drums From Pudsey in Leeds, 45 Revolutions formed in 2003 and have already played the many respected venues in and around the Leeds area including The Cockpit, Joseph's Well, Rios in Bradford and The Dry Bar in Manchester.
We are currently a four-piece in Leeds. We have played many clubs/pubs in Leeds & Lincolnshire. Jonny Bates is on guitar & lead vocals, Jamie Berry on Lead guitar, Adam Wetherill on bass & Luke Burton on drums.
folk acoustic
23-year-old songwriter Misterook has been around a fair bit as far as music is concerened. Since the age of 13, he has played guitar and wrote with countless bands from funk, soul, rock/metal, solo folk artistes, right through to experimental live drum and bass projects.
Band Profile: Frankie Eisenhower
country blues rock
Leeds Solo artist performing acoustic versions of the songs he writes.
Ben Brentnall - Lead Guitar / Vox Louis Lister - Lead Guitar / VoxMark Riley - Bass Karl Jenkins - Drums / Vox Karl Trotter - Guitar / Programming We are a five strong guitar act from Dewsbury who play Rock 'n' Roll with Radiohead twists.
Band Profile: Ali Whitton and the Broke Record Players
Following a successful few years gigging as a four-piece that still went under Ali's name, the line-up of his new band was finalised in early 2006.
Juxtaposition @ Brudenell Social Club
An inspiring solo piano performance kick starts the evening's proceedings, a 15-minute epic from, I believe, Will from Juxtaposition.
Squarepusher: Hello Everything
A purveyor of experimental music and a bass guitar fanatic, Squarepusher has become one of the world's most respected electronic artists releasing one acclaimed record after another on the mighty Warp Records.
Middleman are a four piece band from Leeds. Slurpy (Drums) Andy Craven-Griffiths (Vocals) Lee Smith (Bass) Krishna Thiruchelvam (Guitar) The band consists of four blokes who love to make music because it's really good fun!
Cal Williams Jr: Driving as a form of prayer
What kind of music does Cal Williams Jr Play? Cal Williams Jr plays very ambient classical folk music.
Band Profile: Astonishing Sod Ape
electronica
Tim Canfer grew up playing guitar; a longhaired indie-kid in the throws of the grunge era. At the age of 18 he blagged a job teaching music at an American summer camp and, while there, decided against a career in the glamorous world of electronic engineering for the drudgery of Rock 'n' Roll.
The Wow featuring ex-members from Spy vs. Spy and Future Adventures ... blah blah blah ... to be honest I don't care who they were in, I hate this ex-members of whoever rubbish.
There's a band in front of you playing really good music, great pop music on guitars, with beautiful intertwining vocal melodies from a lovely lady and a lovely man.
Formed around six months this Leeds based outfit have managed to pull together a 4-track demo, which features tracks taken from their usual set list.
Band Profile: Bad White People
Kieran - Vocals Parksie - Guitar Paul - Guitar Olly - Bass Joe - Drums A bit strange to find a welshman, laaanndoner, coupla chester blokes, lich-vegas guitarist all joined together.
indie rock
indie rock
It's wrong to compare, but what first attracted me to this band was a rock rush, the crash of a song, in an unashamedly indie way.
Paul Street - Vocals Stephen Shield - Guitar Jamie Mosley - Guitar Chris Purdy - Bass / Backing Vocals Andrew Dykes - Drums / Backing Vocals Hey there music lovers, we are a new band on the scene in Leeds.
The Forgotten Cowboy: Untitled
Slices of indie, heaps of raw callous vocals and an excitable scattering of computer shenanigans are the makeup behind this truly unique outing from Widnes based loon The Forgotten Cowboy, Pseudonym Dilbert Chesterton.
Terms like precocious are banded around a little too easily in music today. Talent forgoes the spotlight and an artist's age is sadly the main talking point.
Pushbike Army: Sleeping In The Ditch
Lets face it, music can transcend plenty of boundaries, but I for one didn't think that time and space was one of them.
Band Profile: The Unsung Heroes
The Unsung Heroes are a diverse rock band from Leeds
alternative DiY folk musician
House music is an odd genre. Over the past few years, it's been everywhere from funk to punk, and back again.
Tempting Kate: Waiting For Nothing
Three-piece Tempting Kate are a Scotland-based band with a Garforth contact address - drummer Paul is from Leeds - but even the most tenuous Leeds-link is acceptable as far as I am concerned because these guys have sent me a top-class CD with four excellent guitar-pop tracks.
Karl - vocals / guitar; Ste - bass; Ant - drums; Woody - lead guitar In 1997, the foundations of what has now become Sawthroat, were laid.
Craig Kaye: lead vocals and guitar Chris Robbins: bass guitar and vocals Jamie Lofthouse: drums Talk To Angels are Craig Kaye (guitar & vocals), Chris Robbins (bass) and Jamie Lofthouse (drums).
Helica are a five piece band based in Leeds and Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The band have been together for just short of a year, although they have all been making music in one way or another for a long time.
Rory Holl - Guitar and vocals Dave Watson - Guitar and backing vocals James Bornshin - Bass Guitar Stuart Cooke - Drums and percussion Formed in summer 2004, 9 Volt Shot, who were James, Rory, Stu and Tim, gigged around Leeds and Wakefield bringing a smile to everyones faces and a leak in their pants.
It has been said that a Live Dance Act is the preferred entitlement of new electro/rock boys, Jeuce. Granted, the line up of a bass guitar and an electric guitar is commonly seen of that from a typical band - but when this young collective, inspired and fuelled by a range of dance music decide to accompany these acoustic elements with synthesisers and sequencers.
More funky house music? Oh yes. King Booty sound like some sort of cross between those endless 'chilled dance music' CDs you see clogging up valuable space in Virgin Megastores and the sound of French dance music from about 1998 - 1999.
The Killers: All These Things That I've Done
The Killers are probably the most aptly-named band around at the moment, after having whipped, bludgeoned and slayed their way across the British music scene with sharp ties and nicely-pressed trousers.
10 Days: The Future is Unwritten
"10 Days are one of the truly original bands on the underground currently." "Ten Days are a trio to be at the forefront of the next generation of alt.guitar bands in this city." With chronic press notices like those any band is going to struggle to make an impression.
rock prog instrumental
It doesn't take a finger on the pulse to know that in recent times "Dance" music has been on its knees.
indie rock
When I received this EP from Dave I knew absolutely nothing about Hatch or their music so this is a new experience for me!
Admit it, you thought they'd split up didn't you? For those who don't remember 'em first time around, Silver Sun were one of those bands who emerged around the tail end of Britpop specialising in bright and sparkly guitar-pop anthems.
The Fencott Disaster: Rome and Step On It
Four-track EP from these boys - 4 songs of NY garage influenced post punk, not a bad effort, some of the guitar work is quite interesting with the dual lead thing going on and with the bass rumbling away in the back makes for an ok listen.
Band Profile: A Perfect Rebound
post-hardcore emo
Band Profile: The Superlatives
indie punk
James Trevelyan (Lead Vocals) Anshul Kapoor (Lead Guitar) Alex De Boer (Keyboards, Vocals) Simon Fitzpatrick (Bass Guitar, Vocals) Greg Sykes (Drums) A shared passion for guitar driven, melodic rock inspired five Huddersfield University students to start making music together.
It was when the drums kicked in that Palo Alto immediately demonstrated how phenomenal they are. Glances were exchanged with comrades, sat around one of the low tables at Leeds' newest and hugely promising full-time music venue Mixing Tin.
This is a good CD. I'm told nothing about the band before I slot the disc in my machine, just a pretty piss poor name and a green CD/r.
Band Profile: Johnny Poindexter
Johnny Poindexter's music was often described as bleak, bold, beautiful, and anything inbetween. Safe to say, you wouldn't find it down the disco.
Max - Guitar, Vocals Tash - Guitar, Vocals James - Bass Guitar Andy - Trumpet Stevie - Drums Doctor Dot is an exciting, original new band formed at the University of Leeds in September of 2008.
Band Profile: South View Juniors
South View Juniors are an indie band from Leeds, West Yorkshire Influenced by bands ranging from The Beatles to Doves.
When I arrived at The Cockpit for this evening's musical extravaganza, I was struck first of all by how quiet it was.
Alternative psyche/prog/goth/ambient rock band
Band Profile: The Western Front
indie rock
There's no denying Matt Joe Gow's sincerity as he breathily sings "You were my one true love", but the snaps adorning his website of him strumming in a white vest akin to an aftershave advert, paint an uncomfortable picture.
Band Profile: The Escape Route
punk rock
Tonight was a night that saw the merging of football and local music, and whilst the action on the field fell short of inspiring the music was, as expected, spectacular.
This is a big-hearted CD with two very good songs. The sound is full, the tunes are strong and Matt Worall has a voice on him that draws all the attention.
Designated Driver: Design At Edd River
Middlesex's Designated Driver do what a lot of modern Emo frat-party nu-punk rockers don't - they actually write songs that feel like they mean it rather than purely sounding good when you've got a skinful.
Zandra Klievens - Vocals Jordan Radcliffe - Guitar Jack Haigh - Bass Sam Marns - Drums David Barber - Guitar Shoegaze guitars and ethereal vocals are a well proven combination, and The ABC Club don't put a step wrong to disprove this.
Flaccid Soapher are a four piece rock'n'roll band from Halifax. They call themselves experimental, but the sound on this CD is straight down the middle smalltown heavy guitar music built in four bar chunks with a blues foundation.
Band Profile: The Lucky Rainbow Club
Electronic space pop
The Cut: Walking Lonely Streets EP
Has anyone ever seen a really cheesy porno flick, or even a piss take of one? If you have then you will most likely have heard that defining music that plays in the background.
Jinzena... we do it our own way - the music that is. No conforming to unwritten rules or daft trends.
Not too sure what to think about this EP really. A 4 piece "Yorkshire-based alternative rock outfit", recorded this on an 8 track in their drummer's garage in true punk rock fashion apparently.
For someone raised on guitar music, the whole concept of electronic music doesn't always sit well with me.
Polytechnic: Cold Hearted Business
Manchester-based Polytechnic's latest release 'Cold Hearted Business' is a song about the reality of being involved in the music business.
Explosions in the Sky: The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Texas guitar band Explosions in the Sky have been building themselves a reputation over a slow-burning three years of intense and single-minded music making.
Featuring the talents of Bill Hudson (harmonica, penny whistle, melodica, percussion and backing vocals) Dougie Brister (vocals, lead guitar), Cecil Zinyuku (vocals, guitar, percussion and production), with contributions from Denny Austin (rhythm guitar, vocals, songwriting), and Liz Mackenzie (songwriting and vocals).
Disarm: By Any Means Necessary
What can I say about Disarm? This is a band of energetic musicians that makes a team Sir Alex Ferguson would be proud of.
Felix Leiter: Lighter Than Leiter
"Lighter than Leiter" is a 2 track CD with "Ten to Seven" and "Learning to be Selfish" pushing out the word about this back to basics three piece band.
30 Day Hex: Black Square : Yellow Square
30 Day Hex class themselves as "experimental rock" and bring us an 11 track album full of melancholic madness.
Pete Higginson - Vocals and Lead Guitar Leigh Green - Rhythm Guitar and Backing Vocals Tom Mitchell - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals Liam Allen - Drums and Harmonies DC66 started life as Harvey Dent in 2004 but, re-launched themselves in 2009 with a new drummer, a rhythm guitarist, and a new name.
The most striking thing about this single is how it takes seemingly disparate parts of guitar-based pop music from the last 25 years and turns them into a rolling, modern blast of a song.
Not bad beginner stuff. But a long way from ready to roll up the slithering pile of shite that is modern popular music.
Band Profile: Unexploded Shells
Awkward indie noise-pop
The duo of Rodrigo Y Gabriela have wowed crowds at Glastonbury and Womad with their amazing guitar skills.
The Faith Healers @ The Junction (Otley)
Readers of the Leeds Music Scene website might be forgiven for thinking that I never watch bands anywhere other than The Junction in Otley.
Blue Mantis: Real Life Is Absent
Blue Mantis do muscular, slow rock with a heavy heart. Each song lumbers along like a Motorhead single played at thirty three and a third.
alternative rock
Michael Rossiter: Like a Green Moray on a National Path
A very relaxing chilled out effort from Michael Rossiter, this roughly recorded demo is something of a little gem, sounding like the backing music for Watercolour Challenge or any other relaxing daytime show for your grandparents.
Founded in York, UK, May 1996. Percy are a distinctive evolution of the North of England's post-punk indie pioneers.
indie rock
Can anyone say stuttering poppy indie guitar music? Will that do? Do you need any more information? Is it really necessary?
Band Profile: Hundred Dollar Cigar
Hundred Dollar Cigar are a three piece rock band from Bradford and have been together for about 5 years.
Kayla Kavanagh is a solo artist with a twist. The 29 year old Irish singer/songwriter performs live with an array of instruments, wires and technology, taking the audience on a journey from acoustic to full technology-led electronica.
I heard Change My Mind on BBC 6 Music this week and rather liked it, but as usually happens with me I didn't have a clue who I was listening to.
Covers band.
London's Circuit magazine and Manchester's Charabanc Promotions have tonight arranged to bring Leeds three of the best bands from the top Northern cities of Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds.
Sometimes I hate writing reviews. I got into it because I love writing and love music. But sometimes you have to review something that you really don't enjoy and it's horrible because it's no fun slagging off bands that put their heart and soul into their music.
A lot of you will know of Geordie boys Carma. They tend to pimp themselves around these parts quite a lot.
acoustic rock
The Echo: Cast Those Stones EP
Come on now, another band with "THE" in the title. I received 4 cds this week to review and 3 of the bands were either called the somethings, the somebodies, or the so fucking whats.
5 O'clock Charlie: Find A Place EP
Oh Jesus, Cast are back. No, honestly they are. Well a slightly tarnished, illegitimate son but you get the vague picture.
It may seem an odd follow up for Trash Aesthetics, the label that opened the eyes of the world to Bloc Party and The Rakes, to take a gamble with some country music but that's exactly what they've done.
Another acoustic night at Joseph's Well and it's noticeable how popular these nights are becoming with around fifty or so sitting and standing in the candlelit venue.
The Olympic Symphonium: More In Sorrow Than In Anger
Another offering from the Forward Music Group featuring three Canadian dudes sharing singing and writing duties, namely Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak and Graeme Walker.
Stylus are a heavy rock band from Cleckheaton. Their three track demo is available for download from the music section of their website.
This is infectious, intelligent, tough music that thrills the hairs on your arms and tucks your granny up at night with a cup of something poisonous.
Tremulous Monk: Sparkle Like Your Shoes
The monk in question is York boy Chris Wilkinson. After building his own studio in his hometown he set about recording several EPs which lead to the release of this album.
Band Profile: Penny Broadhurst
The best librarian pop you ever heard.
The majority of you will wince at the very mention of 'world music,' and I don't blame you one bit. 'Masiteladi' is the latest single from Amadou & Mariam, a blind couple from Mali who seem to have simmered away under the radar with two albums and the grace of Damon Alburn.
Formed autumn 2004, Baseburner will stop at nothing to get their music heard. When asked what they play the four piece outfit simply reply 'RAWK!' and get over excited.
Keeping in tune with the current fascination of resurrecting Britpop, Pioneers arrive with their brand on melodic pop songs, centred around jangly guitars, blistering vocals and fuzzy organ.
Fifth Goodbye: This Is My Impression EP
Sadly, I cannot remember back to my experimentation with guitar playing so the name of the guitar effects used to open Bandstand escapes me, so for my lack of technical knowledge I do apologise.
"We're in for a treat here," was my first thought when glimpsing this rather professional looking, although homemade, I'm assured, CD.
Metal has arrived people, and it has in the form of Brody. This Leeds based four-piece have, over the last few months, astounded everyone with their live performances.
Band Profile: The Scarlet Rays
alternative rock
This formulaic piece of Finnish Scandinavian rock metal offers precious little to tantalise the eardrums.
Football and music. Everyone knows the horror stories. The Anfield rap for instance, Del Amitri singing for Scotland, or even that atrocious butchering of 'Come On Eileen' that plagued every radio station and TV channel during Euro 2004.
indie pop rock
funk rock
Playing acoustic guitar before Jon Gomm must be a rather daunting experience but Tim knocks out quite a strong set of songs with confessional and indeed rather poetic lyrics with fresh sounding strummy guitar.
Hailing from Los Angeles and yet taking influences from such UK stalwarts as the The Kinks, Buzzcocks and The Jam.
Joe Lewis: singer/songwriter, guitar Paul Jepson: guitar Simon Albone: bass, keyboards Tim Mills: drums This band have been on the Leeds music scene for a good few years under various names (Tragic Minds, The Neat, Overlord, Gee Spot to name a few).
I resisted this and it still won. Speed Circus can really do it: types of music that never grabbed me before have got me this time.
Amberman's five-track CD comes in a very well presented package with an equally well-designed CD cover; on the inside there is the message: "this is the eagerly anticipated first demo".
acoustic rock
The Palms really fit the modern day bill with their take on the current Indie rock / dance scene ala Kasabian, but one or too vocal production issues and an occasional penchant for misguided fret-wanking hold them back from hitting the full throttle.
Band Profile: The Smokin Jones
From a song-writing partnership spanning over 3 years, The Smokin Jones was formed in Leeds, UK, by singer Kris Jones and guitarist Kevin Sumpter after a chance encounter at a Shaun Ryder gig.
If you like your music to the point and under 3 minutes then you might be better taking a wide berth around My Computer.
Band Profile: The Old Romantic Killer Band
The Old Romantic Killer Band play blues and folk orientated pop music but they play it hard and loud.
Last Night's TV: Quiet Storm EP
The opening song "Quiet Storm" will be on Last Night's TV's forthcoming album "Too Much in Doubt". The three other tracks, "Some Place to Go", "Shoes, Model's Own", and "Gone" (this last played solo) can only be found here.
There must be something in the water down in Derby, as Umlaut recorded this three track EP down in the mid(ish)lands.
Staerimto can be described as lush, poignant, quirky folk. In this DIY solo effort lead by John Perry there are moments of brilliance and also emptiness.
Band Profile: Your New Antique
indie alternative
Divided by Zero's new 4 song CD has the angelic whine of Mansun and the fresh innocence of a local band.
I had a lot of preconceived ideas about this gig, hair in the wind guitar solos and flying V's, my stereotypical preconceptions were true, although there was a number of surprises that slightly changed my small minded opinion of these American head bangers by the end of the night.
This three track demo starts very bright and clear on some strong arpeggiated guitar, with a movement through to a slowly rising bass and drums crescendo that speeds up a little uncertainly.
Soul::Rock is how Indirah describe their unique sound which fuses old-school soul vocals with ferocious guitar riffs and frantic, exotic rhythms.
indie rock
This Black Velvetine's latest release, the three track EP "Goodbye" reeks of all things sleaze, snot and debauched rock.
Archie Bronson Outfit: Der Dang Der Dang
This is the second album from the retro-blues rock group Archie Bronson Outfit. Hailing from the West Country before relocating to South West London, they studied art with, amongst others, members of The Duke Spirit.
Rob Nichols is some rare creature darting across the normally beaten tracks with a flurry of noises and graceful swerves, to disappear in the woods and haunt your memory weeks later.
"el cartel" are a five piece indie band from Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The Chiara L's, named aptly after front-woman Chiara Lucchini, are a sprightly, nave, fun, bundle of scratchy guitar pop.
"Heavy as John Prescott's Wallet" Progressive/alternative metal - you decide!!!!!
Dionysis: The Butterflies Cry EP
Relative babes on the music scene (7 months to be exact), Halifax's Dionysis show a wealth of potential in this hit and miss 3-song collection.
Band Profile: Judging Johnny West
funk rock
Funk, why oh why do you keep tracking me down and ask me to review you? I have to start this review by saying that I really don't like funk music.
All My Friends Are Dead @ Mixing Tin
I walk in to the Mixing Tin. It's just past nine o'clock and there's some movement on stage. Disconcertingly, Mr.
Some music genres never die. The recent wave of highly polished new wave music a la Stellastarr, The Killers, and even Fountains of Wayne is looking to get even bigger, especially with this neon nugget set to blow the charts skyward.
The biog of London based Dripfeed makes numerous references to Coldplay and although the music itself has a distinct whiff of the band it stands up enough by itself to dispense with such lazy comparisons.
Band Profile: Albert Ross & The Otters
Albert Ross, Vocals, Piano, Guitar Laura Haughey, Vocals, Melodica, Organ Dave O'Donnell, Vocals, Guitar, Piano Rob Julian, Bass, Horns Kerry Harrison, Drums and all things percussive This Leeds band is a collaboration of friends and fellow musicians who have decided to come together at long last.
There are six tracks of home-made music-like stuff here. Track 6 is called "Danube" and it lasts for 17 minutes and 28 seconds.
To be honest I've never seen Downfall before, never heard a single note played by this lot before, I've heard good things, don't get me wrong, but I've never been to a gig to see them play, call it laziness I guess...
Band Profile: Broadcast Society
Young Leeds three piece
Following their sold-out self-titled debut single, Your Vegas offer up a second limited edition single Flybuzz - limited edition not being a PR way of saying small run then?
NME- "A Dirty, skuzzy garage-rock band whose tracks sound like they were actually recorded in a shed in Detroit by Nick Zinner from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 'Man' in particular makes us want to neck a bottle of JD, turn up the stereo and shake it like a Polaroid picture."
rock funk
Mommy & Daddy: Live How You Listen
I read the biog and listened to the CD; I read the biog again and listened again; I re-checked the biog and listened a couple more times; I gave it to a friend - he read the biog and listened, he also re-read the biog and listened again; We both turned to each other and shrugged!
"In life, I'm excited by things that I don't understand" goes the opening line to Napoleon IIIrd's debut, a 7" single on the fast-becoming-legendary-already Dance To The Radio label.
Appropriately here is a review of a song called "Summer" just as the weather turns wet and cold... no hang on it's always been wet and cold.
Leatherhead are an alternative rock 3-piece from Leeds.
There's a very good turn out for this winter solstice gig at Joseph's Well, and a distinct air of anticipation before Juxtaposition take to the stage.
Logan - bass Red - guitar vocals Parnell - drums After finishing in the recording studio, Last Letter are now ready to distribute their music to the masses.
Love Panda: Should'a Seen It Coming
It all started with the White Stripes. Then, all of a sudden, bands started to crop up with strange combinations of musicians.
Since picking a guitar up for the first time only eight years ago, Brooke Taylor has already crammed more into the resultant time frame than many performers do in a career.
Flipside's demo spins around in the CD player, while a huge cringe appears on my face. Three tracks, three power ballads.
The Marmozets are a 5 piece band hailing from Bingley, West Yorkshire. They formed in late 2007 at school and since then they have taken the Bradford music scene by storm winning 3 local Battle of the bands competitions.
British Sea Power @ Leeds Festival 2002
There's something uniquely well, British about British Sea Power when compared to the legions of yank bands on show at this year's festival.
The Echo are a group of musicians and songwriters descending from various backwaters across Northern England. With its Americana twist and tequila-toting atmosphere The Echo conjure a cinematic live sound.
Experience dictates that all but a few outstanding songs ever last this longer than 6 mins 30 secs. Therefore it is with some trepidation I note Riser's average track time somewhere above this.
Milo was hosting Night Vision, an interesting mix of music and poetry. Playing first, a three-piece who didn't give their name gave a short mix of covers including and an innovative re-working of Frou Frou's "Let Go" and a somewhat less innovative version of Ryan Adams' "Oh My Sweet Carolina" (maybe they should've done the 'classic' "This Is It"),as well astraditional Irish folk songs.
Uptight borrow from many sounds mostly from around the 60's/70's period to create a funky mod-rock vibe.
Leeds band The Kaleids consist of Ollie Dickinson (Lead Guitar & Vocals), Mike Robinson (Bass & Backing Vocals) and Rich Thomas (Rhythm Guitar), three lads who have decided to make an original acoustic sound.
Five piece Alternative / Jazzy / Rock / Grunge outfit from Leeds
thrash metal
Apparently trucker style baseball caps are now "cool". Well Grandaddy were wearing them long before the ponces and poseurs deemed them suitable to wear and continue to do so now they are, but for much different reasons I'm sure than the world's fashion victims.
This certainly sounds promising. An indie duo consisting of a female singer/guitarist and her husband drummer (who really can play nearly everything: drums, various percussion, keys, and - wait for it - a kazoo.
It's been a funny few years for Incubus. From the dizzy heights of success with the mall-metal of their breakthrough album 'Morning View', to nu-metal's untimely demise and losing their bassist, the good looks of lead singer Brandon Boyd aren't the only thing that draws people to them any more.
In the middle of the country's petrol crisis live music just doesn't get any breaks does it. Tonight was supposed to feature three bands, but we had just the two as Inhale had to pull due to transport problems.
Clare Kelly: Vocals Joe Armitage: Lead Guitar & Synthesizer Chris Warr: Rhythm Guitar Tom Kelly: Bass William Ashton: Drums & Backing Vocals Night Herons have been gigging relentlessly around Leeds and Bradford over the last two years.
Band Profile: Those Freeloaders
Those Freeloaders were founded in Leeds in late 2006 by four students from the College of Music, Bruce (bass), Petchy (guitar, vocals, piano and general northern abuse), Liam (guitar and vocals) and Sammy (drums).
You've probably already got records in your collection that sound like this one, the thing is, you probably stole those records from your dad.
Effortlessly cool. Tunefully pure. This is iced peach sorbet for any music-glutted ear. Four Tet (on his fourth album for Domino) does digital cut and paste with beautiful instrumental samples and exotic percussion scrapes.
A clear, heart-breaking guitar line across a damped guitar rhythm track, Joe McAdam's pure soaring voice and heartbreak on the agenda.
Surprisingly the holes left in the music world by the decline of Portishead and (less so) My Bloody Valentine have never been filled.
blues rock
A: Hi-Fi Serious (with DVD Serious)
Hi-Fi Serious: a constant hi-octane buzz dealt from twelve tracks fired out at warp speed; gloriously unashamed mainstream UK rock, with heavy guitar riffs that emanate from an inherently delightful radio-friendly pop core.
My Morning Jacket: Sweatbees EP
Ok, lets get it out of the way. The Flaming Lips. There, I said it. It's something My Morning Jacket are going to have to live with; people will always make comparisons.
Band Profile: Tender Hooligans
We are now looking for gigs in the Leeds area
Ambient, alternative music is on the cards tonight in the ridiculous upstairs room of the Atrium. Peasman, aka.
Anita Mann (drums) Mark Crossley (vocals, guitar) Ali Valium (backing vocals, bass , synth) The band have performed live under forever changing line ups and finally settled as a three piece.
Folk / Acoustic
The Ladykillers: The Stars Of A Teenage Wet Dream
Having been exposed to The Ladykillers' live experience - and to be honest, not being overly impressed - I nervously accepted a request for a review of "The Stars Of A Teenage Wet Dream", their latest CD.
acoustic rock
So this is where rock music got to! It has become interesting again. No skateboards, no tattoos, no trouser furniture, no monitor wedge posturing.
Having never heard anything by !!! (Chk Chk Chk) before I decided to go see them purely based on what I had read.
Stephen Fox - vocals, guitar, piano Dayle Coe - guitar Jason Ripley - bass Matthew Roberts - drums Stephen Fox, Jason Ripley and Matt Roberts have played music together since their school days in the late eighties.
After arriving home from my brief holiday in Iceland, it's ironic to find a song about summer waiting on my doorstep.
I was disturbed when I received this CD through the post. Not by the cover or the content, but by what it said on the label stuck to it.
Various Artists: United Sounds of the HiFi Club
This brilliant compilation showcases a whole music scene that a lot of the other parts hardly touch. American style funk, soul and R&B is not exactly leading edge these days.
Five nice blokes, four affable tracks. Some springy little guitar riffs and a load of enthusiasm. A goofy, friendly CD with a big SG type guitar in moody black and white on the sleeve.
The night started with the metal soundings of "Nerve Engine". Metal Hammer praised this band not to long ago, so I was quite looking forward to the music and how good they were going to be.
Matt Southall - Vocals Jamie Baker - Guitar Kieran Wherrett - Guitar Stu Drinkall - Synths Matt Lunn - Drums The Officers' debut show was late last summer in London at the Camden Barfly.
Emmy The Great @ Brudenell Social Club
Emmy is often name-checked as one of the leading lights in the recent popular resurrection of alt-folk music in this country, along with the likes of Laura Marling and Lightspeed Champion, and the charming setting of The Brudenell seems like the perfect place to show off her cosy wares.
I will say right at the beginning that this CD gets steadily worse as it goes along. It starts off in the average-to-good category, a mixture of punk-metal but unfortunately peters off, with the last two live tracks not too inspiring to say the least.