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CD Review: The Lodger - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion
"TWONG!" That is the sound of a bedspring snapping as a fully-grown man attempts to replicate the "pogo", a fairly basic dance move last performed by the subject in an indie disco circa 1995.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3868/ | 2,161 hits
"TWONG!" That is the sound of a bedspring snapping as a fully-grown man attempts to replicate the "pogo", a fairly basic dance move last performed by the subject in an indie disco circa 1995.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3868/ | 2,161 hits
CD Review: Air Traffic - Shooting Star
The heroes of Live At Leeds have their new single, a song which on first inspection lacks the vivacity that drenched their performance at The Cockpit last month.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8573/ | 414 hits
The heroes of Live At Leeds have their new single, a song which on first inspection lacks the vivacity that drenched their performance at The Cockpit last month.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8573/ | 414 hits
CD Review: The Downfall - Atrofeed
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...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2265/ | 493 hits
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...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2265/ | 493 hits
News Article: collective zine
"The End to Empires sound is indeed very danceable and that shit you can't fake. End to Empires are not at all bad, quite the opposite if I had to be honest." Tony - Collective zine
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13344/ | 242 hits
"The End to Empires sound is indeed very danceable and that shit you can't fake. End to Empires are not at all bad, quite the opposite if I had to be honest." Tony - Collective zine
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13344/ | 242 hits
Interview: The Wombats
Jonny Mawson spoke with Murph and Dan from The Wombats backstage at Leeds Met ahead of their gig on the 9th March.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14388/ | 1,011 hits
Jonny Mawson spoke with Murph and Dan from The Wombats backstage at Leeds Met ahead of their gig on the 9th March.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14388/ | 1,011 hits
Band Profile: The Departed
The Departed are 5 lads playing honest, aggressive hardcore punk. They follow DIY ethics and love playing shows.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15598/ | 21 hits
The Departed are 5 lads playing honest, aggressive hardcore punk. They follow DIY ethics and love playing shows.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15598/ | 21 hits
CD Review: Mary Gauthier - The Foundling
The sixth album from the internationally renowned alternative country singer Mary Gauthier, is one comprised of startling truth and honest depictions of a lifelong struggle to come to terms with life as an adoptee.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13004/ | 240 hits
The sixth album from the internationally renowned alternative country singer Mary Gauthier, is one comprised of startling truth and honest depictions of a lifelong struggle to come to terms with life as an adoptee.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13004/ | 240 hits
CD Review: Manifesto - Approaching The Traps
The CD kicks off with the track "Human Rights" which to be honest is not a very impressive track. The drums are relatively lazy with the fills being out of time, the bass sometimes lags behind the guitar and vocals in the track.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6020/ | 174 hits
The CD kicks off with the track "Human Rights" which to be honest is not a very impressive track. The drums are relatively lazy with the fills being out of time, the bass sometimes lags behind the guitar and vocals in the track.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6020/ | 174 hits
News Article: The Lodger to release their debut 7" single...
The Lodger release their debut 7" single, "Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion", on May 23rd on the Dance To The Radio label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3835/ | 309 hits
The Lodger release their debut 7" single, "Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion", on May 23rd on the Dance To The Radio label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3835/ | 309 hits
News Article: The Lodger to release third single on 1st May
The Lodger release their third single "Let Her Go" through Angular Records on 1st May. The single is backed with "We Come From the Same Place" and is available on limited 7" single (1000) only.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6527/ | 335 hits
The Lodger release their third single "Let Her Go" through Angular Records on 1st May. The single is backed with "We Come From the Same Place" and is available on limited 7" single (1000) only.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6527/ | 335 hits
CD Review: Alexi Murdoch - Someday Soon
Alexi Murdoch is probably best known for the use of his songs on film soundtracks. The most impressive example was the use of his songs for the Sam Mendes film 'Away We Go' which, when combined with Murdoch's songs, is a masterpiece of cinema and of representing reality in film.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14440/ | 422 hits
Alexi Murdoch is probably best known for the use of his songs on film soundtracks. The most impressive example was the use of his songs for the Sam Mendes film 'Away We Go' which, when combined with Murdoch's songs, is a masterpiece of cinema and of representing reality in film.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14440/ | 422 hits
Band Profile: Retrograde
Chris Lee - Lead Vocals Jonny Mawson - Lead Guitar Jason Blackburn - Rhythm Guitar Ryan Needham - Drums We are a group of students from Leeds/Liverpool looking to make it in the music industry, we play mainly pop punky alternative kind of music, well to be honest you should be the judge on our genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15269/ | 172 hits
Chris Lee - Lead Vocals Jonny Mawson - Lead Guitar Jason Blackburn - Rhythm Guitar Ryan Needham - Drums We are a group of students from Leeds/Liverpool looking to make it in the music industry, we play mainly pop punky alternative kind of music, well to be honest you should be the judge on our genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15269/ | 172 hits
Live Review: Chapter Thirteen
For a rock band like Chapter Thirteen an acoustic gig is to say the least - unexpected. I've seen the band many times and when I first heard about this gig I wondered what was going to be left without the crunching guitars and the wide range of effects they usually use in such an imaginative way.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/679/ | 192 hits
For a rock band like Chapter Thirteen an acoustic gig is to say the least - unexpected. I've seen the band many times and when I first heard about this gig I wondered what was going to be left without the crunching guitars and the wide range of effects they usually use in such an imaginative way.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/679/ | 192 hits
Band Profile: The Nervous Shakedown
"A whole grain slice of dirt rock!" LMS.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2152/ | 1,698 hits
"A whole grain slice of dirt rock!" LMS.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2152/ | 1,698 hits
CD Review: Whole Sky Monitor - Bland Bland Bland
There's such an obvious joke opportunity in the title of this record that I'm having to put a lot of effort into actually writing an honest review, instead of falling back on a cheap gag.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9617/ | 388 hits
There's such an obvious joke opportunity in the title of this record that I'm having to put a lot of effort into actually writing an honest review, instead of falling back on a cheap gag.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9617/ | 388 hits
Band Profile: Orange Pulp
A four piece from the North. Ready to rock your cotton socks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15322/ | 254 hits
A four piece from the North. Ready to rock your cotton socks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15322/ | 254 hits
Band Profile: Anton Barbeau
Everybody passes through the automatic door except for him. He doesn't like the sound of those boncentration bamps, is I think, the problem.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9027/ | 104 hits
Everybody passes through the automatic door except for him. He doesn't like the sound of those boncentration bamps, is I think, the problem.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9027/ | 104 hits
Band Profile: More Than Life
More Than Life are five kids from the south west U.K playing honest and passionate hardcore. We started this band to make shit that means something to us ,tour as much as we can and to create memories driving around playing our songs to people.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14993/ | 332 hits
More Than Life are five kids from the south west U.K playing honest and passionate hardcore. We started this band to make shit that means something to us ,tour as much as we can and to create memories driving around playing our songs to people.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14993/ | 332 hits
Band Profile: The Lullaby Junkies
Doncaster's friendliest outcasts join forces to create passionately cheeky, toe-tapping, thought-provoking music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13291/ | 122 hits
Doncaster's friendliest outcasts join forces to create passionately cheeky, toe-tapping, thought-provoking music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13291/ | 122 hits
CD Review: Stuffy and The Fuses - Where's The Captain?
I was disappointed by this to be honest. I've seen Stuffy and The Fuses live a few times around Leeds in the last year or so and their enthusiasm and attitude has always come across as a definite plus point to me especially in the current "taking itself a bit too seriously" indie climate.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3643/ | 333 hits
I was disappointed by this to be honest. I've seen Stuffy and The Fuses live a few times around Leeds in the last year or so and their enthusiasm and attitude has always come across as a definite plus point to me especially in the current "taking itself a bit too seriously" indie climate.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3643/ | 333 hits
Band Profile: Being Paranoid
Refreshing Heavy Rock from this Leeds based band! Rock yer f**king socks off!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7128/ | 343 hits
Refreshing Heavy Rock from this Leeds based band! Rock yer f**king socks off!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7128/ | 343 hits
News Article: Leeds bands feature on "In The City Unsigned 2005" compilation
Following successful live appearances at this year's industry showcase in Manchester, several Leeds bands appear on the official iTunes "In The City Unsigned 2005" compilation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4282/ | 1,533 hits
Following successful live appearances at this year's industry showcase in Manchester, several Leeds bands appear on the official iTunes "In The City Unsigned 2005" compilation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4282/ | 1,533 hits
CD Review: Nathan Burton - Untitled
The six tracks on offer here feature 3 already released so it's a little bit like going over old ground.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7736/ | 274 hits
The six tracks on offer here feature 3 already released so it's a little bit like going over old ground.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7736/ | 274 hits
CD Review: The Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
To be honest, I wasn't overly fussed about getting my hands on this album. The only reason was I had 'Don't Upset The Rhythm' playing over in my head again and again due to its incessant use on television and on the radio waves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10866/ | 506 hits
To be honest, I wasn't overly fussed about getting my hands on this album. The only reason was I had 'Don't Upset The Rhythm' playing over in my head again and again due to its incessant use on television and on the radio waves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10866/ | 506 hits
Band Profile: Sharks
Born and raised in Royal Leamington Spa, Midlands UK. SHARKS are a British rock group with absolute heart, that embellish their hardcore D.I.Y ethics with the raw power of the soul.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13827/ | 118 hits
Born and raised in Royal Leamington Spa, Midlands UK. SHARKS are a British rock group with absolute heart, that embellish their hardcore D.I.Y ethics with the raw power of the soul.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13827/ | 118 hits
News Article: The Lodger release a new single on 5th April
The Lodger will release a new single - 'Have A Little Faith In People' - on 5th April via the This Is Fake DIY Records label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12645/ | 424 hits
The Lodger will release a new single - 'Have A Little Faith In People' - on 5th April via the This Is Fake DIY Records label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12645/ | 424 hits
Band Profile: Twelve Angry Men
A Leeds based acoustic alt. folk group sporting mandolins, violins, delicate harmonies and damaged goods.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16203/ | 141 hits
A Leeds based acoustic alt. folk group sporting mandolins, violins, delicate harmonies and damaged goods.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16203/ | 141 hits
Band Profile: Gavin Mart
It seems a lifetime ago that Gavin Mart was facing an endless apprenticeship on the European rock scene as a drummer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11419/ | 446 hits
It seems a lifetime ago that Gavin Mart was facing an endless apprenticeship on the European rock scene as a drummer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11419/ | 446 hits
CD Review: Lewis Denby - Next Year
This is an honest, brave and at times naive collection from the ambitious Mr Denby, an acoustic saunter through 10 tracks of heartfelt angst.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3818/ | 422 hits
This is an honest, brave and at times naive collection from the ambitious Mr Denby, an acoustic saunter through 10 tracks of heartfelt angst.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3818/ | 422 hits
CD Review: Tina Dico - Give In
'Give in' is the third single to be taken from Tina Dico's album 'In the Red'. Pretty voice, inoffensive song, but very forgettable.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7567/ | 178 hits
'Give in' is the third single to be taken from Tina Dico's album 'In the Red'. Pretty voice, inoffensive song, but very forgettable.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7567/ | 178 hits
CD Review: Agent Blue - Something Else
As this CD finished, I found myself asking 'oh right, is that it?' You see, Agent Blue are not the most original band in the world.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2871/ | 598 hits
As this CD finished, I found myself asking 'oh right, is that it?' You see, Agent Blue are not the most original band in the world.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2871/ | 598 hits
CD Review: The Cinematics - Break
Joy, joy, joy. The slew of bands raping Joy Division's back catalogue continues. People who detest Interpol/Editors et al but like Joy Division are idiots.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6377/ | 817 hits
Joy, joy, joy. The slew of bands raping Joy Division's back catalogue continues. People who detest Interpol/Editors et al but like Joy Division are idiots.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6377/ | 817 hits
CD Review: Unclejohnny - Old Men Round A Table
I've heard a lot about this band from various people but never actually seen or heard them so it was good to finally hear them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7465/ | 296 hits
I've heard a lot about this band from various people but never actually seen or heard them so it was good to finally hear them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7465/ | 296 hits
CD Review: Flailing Wail - May the officers fall first
Flailing Wail hark from the South Wales valleys, a place at the moment that seems to be kicking out some of the poorest sounding Victory Records-inspired Jock Emo I've ever had the misfortune to hear.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2260/ | 341 hits
Flailing Wail hark from the South Wales valleys, a place at the moment that seems to be kicking out some of the poorest sounding Victory Records-inspired Jock Emo I've ever had the misfortune to hear.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2260/ | 341 hits
Band Profile: Cities Between Us
Cities Between Us houses three Icelandic/Kiwi brothers Stefan, Jo, & Valdimar Einarsson along with Canadian Joshua Cottreau, And Kiwi/Sri Lankin Nimal Fernando.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12065/ | 301 hits
Cities Between Us houses three Icelandic/Kiwi brothers Stefan, Jo, & Valdimar Einarsson along with Canadian Joshua Cottreau, And Kiwi/Sri Lankin Nimal Fernando.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12065/ | 301 hits
CD Review: Bloc Party - I Still Remember
Lets clear one thing up before I write this review. I love Bloc Party. I can find very few criticisms of them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8204/ | 615 hits
Lets clear one thing up before I write this review. I love Bloc Party. I can find very few criticisms of them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8204/ | 615 hits
CD Review: Dead Sons - Boom Boom
So we all cut our teeth in the sort of indie clubs where the DJ played anthems guaranteed to fill the dance-floor, didn't we?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15677/ | 652 hits
So we all cut our teeth in the sort of indie clubs where the DJ played anthems guaranteed to fill the dance-floor, didn't we?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15677/ | 652 hits
News Article: Ashley Hicklin top 20 across Europe...
Leeds College of Music graduate Ashley Hicklin has hit the charts across Europe with the track 'Me & My Guitar', a song he co-wrote for Belgium's Eurovision entry 'Tom Dice' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlRq8E_Teoc The song charted top ten on many i-Tunes charts across Europe, and made it into the top 20 in several countries' official charts - On the success Ashley said "It wasn't a typical Eurovision song and that's why I think it captured the hearts of so many people, it's just an honest song that people could relate to..." Meanwhile, Ashley's own career as an artist in his own right sees the release of his debut single 'Eskimos To Astronauts' and the Official video which is now on-line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7gABQT9Me0
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13206/ | 218 hits
Leeds College of Music graduate Ashley Hicklin has hit the charts across Europe with the track 'Me & My Guitar', a song he co-wrote for Belgium's Eurovision entry 'Tom Dice' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlRq8E_Teoc The song charted top ten on many i-Tunes charts across Europe, and made it into the top 20 in several countries' official charts - On the success Ashley said "It wasn't a typical Eurovision song and that's why I think it captured the hearts of so many people, it's just an honest song that people could relate to..." Meanwhile, Ashley's own career as an artist in his own right sees the release of his debut single 'Eskimos To Astronauts' and the Official video which is now on-line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7gABQT9Me0
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13206/ | 218 hits
CD Review: Sneaky Sound System - UFO
Sneaky Sound System are 2 guys on the club scene in Australia who, in time honoured tradition, have recruited singer Connie Mitchell to add a little glamour to proceedings.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10208/ | 323 hits
Sneaky Sound System are 2 guys on the club scene in Australia who, in time honoured tradition, have recruited singer Connie Mitchell to add a little glamour to proceedings.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10208/ | 323 hits
CD Review: Outsider (Midlands) - Through Exiles Eyes
My mum used to tell me that if you've got nothing constructive to say, then don't say anything at all.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2434/ | 257 hits
My mum used to tell me that if you've got nothing constructive to say, then don't say anything at all.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2434/ | 257 hits
News Article: The Lodger announce details of new single and album
The Lodger are set to release their third album "Flashbacks" on Monday 26th April 2010 on CD/DL through This is Fake DIY Records (UK) and Slumberland Records (USA).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12438/ | 444 hits
The Lodger are set to release their third album "Flashbacks" on Monday 26th April 2010 on CD/DL through This is Fake DIY Records (UK) and Slumberland Records (USA).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12438/ | 444 hits
Live Review: Dillinger Escape Plan
Dillinger Escape Plan got things off to a storming start on the Main Stage at Leeds. Coming at you with mighty 3-minute power bursts of songs the kids down the front loved it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/999/ | 434 hits
Dillinger Escape Plan got things off to a storming start on the Main Stage at Leeds. Coming at you with mighty 3-minute power bursts of songs the kids down the front loved it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/999/ | 434 hits
Live Review: Chevron
To be honest I can't remember how CHEVRON started, but I know that something went wrong. If you've seen chevron before, you'll know that this is a regular occurrence in their set, and have learnt to deal with bad luck as they go along.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/710/ | 178 hits
To be honest I can't remember how CHEVRON started, but I know that something went wrong. If you've seen chevron before, you'll know that this is a regular occurrence in their set, and have learnt to deal with bad luck as they go along.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/710/ | 178 hits
CD Review: Tom Odell - Songs From Another Love
Tom's debut LP is due out early next year so this four track EP is a good way to get to know him. I was enjoying 'Another Love' enough until halfway through when the pulse of the song starting beating louder and stronger.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17145/ | 661 hits
Tom's debut LP is due out early next year so this four track EP is a good way to get to know him. I was enjoying 'Another Love' enough until halfway through when the pulse of the song starting beating louder and stronger.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17145/ | 661 hits
CD Review: The Black Hawk War - Enemies of Fate
Minimal packaging, minimal production but respectable never-the-less. The Black Hawk War feature a fairly convincing drum machine and a sound that plods along slowly, full of ugly guitars.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6656/ | 208 hits
Minimal packaging, minimal production but respectable never-the-less. The Black Hawk War feature a fairly convincing drum machine and a sound that plods along slowly, full of ugly guitars.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6656/ | 208 hits
Band Profile: The Drastics
The Drastics are a 4-piece punk rock band from Bradford, England.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14795/ | 164 hits
The Drastics are a 4-piece punk rock band from Bradford, England.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14795/ | 164 hits
Band Profile: Gisli
There are currently two artists known as Gisli: 1) A Danish hiphop artist. 2) Currently residing in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Gisli Kristjansson has made an unexpected impression on the British pop critics with his unpretentious and experimental alternative pop/rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8232/ | 112 hits
There are currently two artists known as Gisli: 1) A Danish hiphop artist. 2) Currently residing in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Gisli Kristjansson has made an unexpected impression on the British pop critics with his unpretentious and experimental alternative pop/rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8232/ | 112 hits
News Article: The Pigeon Detectives invite fans to star in new video
The Pigeon Detectives are embarking on their most honest, raw and energetic phase yet and they're looking for extras to be in the video for their new single.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17413/ | 217 hits
The Pigeon Detectives are embarking on their most honest, raw and energetic phase yet and they're looking for extras to be in the video for their new single.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17413/ | 217 hits
CD Review: JJ72 - She's Gone
After recruiting ex-Fangs bassist Sarah Fox, I wanted to see what JJ72 had come up with in their long absence.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3918/ | 487 hits
After recruiting ex-Fangs bassist Sarah Fox, I wanted to see what JJ72 had come up with in their long absence.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3918/ | 487 hits
CD Review: The Pretty Machine - Untitled
It's a genuine shame that throughout the 4 songs on offer from Huddersfield's The Pretty Machine the kick drum infuriatingly sounds likes a wet fart being loudly let off in your ear.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3512/ | 472 hits
It's a genuine shame that throughout the 4 songs on offer from Huddersfield's The Pretty Machine the kick drum infuriatingly sounds likes a wet fart being loudly let off in your ear.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3512/ | 472 hits
CD Review: Simple Kid - The Average Man
Very rough and raw sounding (we even get a little laugh left in the vocal track) this a Dylan-esque little ditty that's verses are stronger than it's chorus.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/609/ | 310 hits
Very rough and raw sounding (we even get a little laugh left in the vocal track) this a Dylan-esque little ditty that's verses are stronger than it's chorus.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/609/ | 310 hits
Live Review: Ryan Spendlove + Daniel Lucas
On what was a cold damp evening in Wakefield, Guy Fawkes night seemed to be a good night to spend indoors, rather than freezing your backside off watching a bonfire and fireworks, which seem to lose their sparkly charms after the millionth bang.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13804/ | 242 hits
On what was a cold damp evening in Wakefield, Guy Fawkes night seemed to be a good night to spend indoors, rather than freezing your backside off watching a bonfire and fireworks, which seem to lose their sparkly charms after the millionth bang.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13804/ | 242 hits
CD Review: Fightstar - The English Way
'The English Way' is the latest offering from post-hardcore band Fightstar, which starts pretty much as you'd expect a song of theirs to go.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10153/ | 448 hits
'The English Way' is the latest offering from post-hardcore band Fightstar, which starts pretty much as you'd expect a song of theirs to go.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10153/ | 448 hits
CD Review: Lisa Brown - What's That Sound
Lisa Brown are a bit of a surprise. With that name you expect a solo female acoustic guitar type thing going off but it's nothing of the sort.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6252/ | 640 hits
Lisa Brown are a bit of a surprise. With that name you expect a solo female acoustic guitar type thing going off but it's nothing of the sort.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6252/ | 640 hits
Band Profile: Sanity Falls
Sanity Falls began in April of 2007. Sick of the stale, tired formula that many bands were following, Sanity Falls were determined to shape an identity that was their own.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8912/ | 195 hits
Sanity Falls began in April of 2007. Sick of the stale, tired formula that many bands were following, Sanity Falls were determined to shape an identity that was their own.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8912/ | 195 hits
CD Review: The Checks - Take Me There
I'd not even heard of The Checks until it was announced that one of my favourite Sheffield bands (The Dodgems) are supporting them on their UK tour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8657/ | 378 hits
I'd not even heard of The Checks until it was announced that one of my favourite Sheffield bands (The Dodgems) are supporting them on their UK tour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8657/ | 378 hits
CD Review: The Proclaimers - Whatever You've Got
I'll be honest, Craig and Charlie have got a pretty good deal out of this. First and foremost, and utterly ignorant on my behalf, I expected this to be completely awful.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16906/ | 159 hits
I'll be honest, Craig and Charlie have got a pretty good deal out of this. First and foremost, and utterly ignorant on my behalf, I expected this to be completely awful.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16906/ | 159 hits
CD Review: Phoenix Bodies - Raise The Bullshit Flag
Jesus. This is sort-of the hardest review I've ever written. Ok, it could be a case of "if you like Converge and mean it, you'll like Phoenix Bodies".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7369/ | 777 hits
Jesus. This is sort-of the hardest review I've ever written. Ok, it could be a case of "if you like Converge and mean it, you'll like Phoenix Bodies".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7369/ | 777 hits
Live Review: The Drums
GUESTLIST BITCHES! If you have ever been to a gig at the refectory and wondered what it is like up on that balcony bit, I tell you now it is a positive rock and roll Valhalla with whores and coke and more whores and coke.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13984/ | 671 hits
GUESTLIST BITCHES! If you have ever been to a gig at the refectory and wondered what it is like up on that balcony bit, I tell you now it is a positive rock and roll Valhalla with whores and coke and more whores and coke.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13984/ | 671 hits
CD Review: Cypher - Keep From Breathing
It's hard to write critically about something I haven't had any interest in, nor have any knowledge about.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/42/ | 215 hits
It's hard to write critically about something I haven't had any interest in, nor have any knowledge about.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/42/ | 215 hits
CD Review: The Candle Thieves - Happiness Blues
Peterborough isn't renowned for its burgeoning music scene. Not that it's renowned for much except for the relative easiness of getting out of it quickly and into London.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13433/ | 288 hits
Peterborough isn't renowned for its burgeoning music scene. Not that it's renowned for much except for the relative easiness of getting out of it quickly and into London.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13433/ | 288 hits
Band Profile: White Belt Yellow Tag
White Belt Yellow Tag are an Alternative rock band, formed by former YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO guitarist Justin Lockey and Craig Pilbin.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11332/ | 288 hits
White Belt Yellow Tag are an Alternative rock band, formed by former YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO guitarist Justin Lockey and Craig Pilbin.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11332/ | 288 hits
News Article: Want to play at Leeds Festival? Applications now being accepted for Futuresound 2012
With summer almost upon us (honest!) that can only mean one thing for West Yorkshire bands - the annual Futuresound Competition and the opportunity to appear live at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16551/ | 1,485 hits
With summer almost upon us (honest!) that can only mean one thing for West Yorkshire bands - the annual Futuresound Competition and the opportunity to appear live at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16551/ | 1,485 hits
Band Profile: Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards' new album 'Never Surrender' due for release November 2012. please visit facebook.com/jackedwardsband or www.jackedwardsmusic.com for details. Thanks for stopping by.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13481/ | 240 hits
Jack Edwards' new album 'Never Surrender' due for release November 2012. please visit facebook.com/jackedwardsband or www.jackedwardsmusic.com for details. Thanks for stopping by.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13481/ | 240 hits
CD Review: Senses Fail - Calling All Cars
Firstly, I do not hate Senses Fail. I am a big fan of their early work, their first EP and its lead track 'Steven' are fantastic slices of hook-laden pop-core, heavy enough to raise an eyebrow among metal heads, and with lyrics to suit even the most sensitive of souls.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7829/ | 352 hits
Firstly, I do not hate Senses Fail. I am a big fan of their early work, their first EP and its lead track 'Steven' are fantastic slices of hook-laden pop-core, heavy enough to raise an eyebrow among metal heads, and with lyrics to suit even the most sensitive of souls.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7829/ | 352 hits
CD Review: The Wow - Come Here EP
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/636/ | 385 hits
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/636/ | 385 hits
CD Review: Allison Weiss - ..Was Right All Along
Allison Weiss creates honest, heartfelt pop for the masses with an overwhelming authenticity and from-the-heart feel.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11502/ | 464 hits
Allison Weiss creates honest, heartfelt pop for the masses with an overwhelming authenticity and from-the-heart feel.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11502/ | 464 hits
CD Review: Shakinouts - Time You Were Told
The debut single from Leeds four-piece Shakinouts is a bouncy indie pop number that sits very squarely within its genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9571/ | 440 hits
The debut single from Leeds four-piece Shakinouts is a bouncy indie pop number that sits very squarely within its genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9571/ | 440 hits
Live Review: Vega 4 + Grammatics
Support band tonight was a band called Grammatics. Little was known to me about this five-piece band from Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7625/ | 923 hits
Support band tonight was a band called Grammatics. Little was known to me about this five-piece band from Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7625/ | 923 hits
News Article: four day Hombre single release date confirmed...
four day Hombre release their Radio One acclaimed First Word is the Hardest debut single on July 7th.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1498/ | 196 hits
four day Hombre release their Radio One acclaimed First Word is the Hardest debut single on July 7th.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1498/ | 196 hits
Band Profile: Save Your Breath
Save Your Breath are a band from Newport, South Wales, playing honest straight up pop punk. Their E.P.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15510/ | 66 hits
Save Your Breath are a band from Newport, South Wales, playing honest straight up pop punk. Their E.P.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15510/ | 66 hits
Live Review: Saosin + Lights. Action! + You Me At Six
Prior to tonight, I'd heard approximately three Saosin songs, and to be honest didn't have a clue who was supporting them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8363/ | 1,111 hits
Prior to tonight, I'd heard approximately three Saosin songs, and to be honest didn't have a clue who was supporting them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8363/ | 1,111 hits
CD Review: Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
Long Island's Brand New are, errm, brand new to me... funny git, bet they get that all the time. No seriously, I haven't listened to their music before - even though this is now the second UK single from their second album release - and it is the remixes and acoustic versions of songs that caught my attention at first.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2263/ | 1,602 hits
Long Island's Brand New are, errm, brand new to me... funny git, bet they get that all the time. No seriously, I haven't listened to their music before - even though this is now the second UK single from their second album release - and it is the remixes and acoustic versions of songs that caught my attention at first.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2263/ | 1,602 hits
Live Review: Ian Brown + Silverfinger
The Refectory was the venue for the legendary Mr Brown. No, not the famous soul singer Mr James Brown (RIP) but the ex Stone Roses lead singer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8885/ | 858 hits
The Refectory was the venue for the legendary Mr Brown. No, not the famous soul singer Mr James Brown (RIP) but the ex Stone Roses lead singer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8885/ | 858 hits
Live Review: Laika Dog + The Broken Hearts Club Band
A perfect night for drinking and shenanigans and, with just the one support band this evening, but what an amazing choice to open up with!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14652/ | 665 hits
A perfect night for drinking and shenanigans and, with just the one support band this evening, but what an amazing choice to open up with!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14652/ | 665 hits
Live Review: Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun
I'm going to be honest. Initially, I wasn't blown away after listening to 'Atlases'; the 2010 album release from Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16568/ | 252 hits
I'm going to be honest. Initially, I wasn't blown away after listening to 'Atlases'; the 2010 album release from Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16568/ | 252 hits
CD Review: Koop - Come To Me
"Welcome to Koop Islands. A place where music and life swing to a slightly different drum." Whoo. Let's vacate down to the beaches then, where you can hear, err, Portishead on Prozac.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7639/ | 610 hits
"Welcome to Koop Islands. A place where music and life swing to a slightly different drum." Whoo. Let's vacate down to the beaches then, where you can hear, err, Portishead on Prozac.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7639/ | 610 hits
Band Profile: We Are The In Crowd
We Are The In Crowd didn't require much time to live up to their name. Formed in 2009 and signed by Hopeless Records shortly after, this is a band that had all their dominoes poised and ready to fall in their favor in quick succession.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15682/ | 102 hits
We Are The In Crowd didn't require much time to live up to their name. Formed in 2009 and signed by Hopeless Records shortly after, this is a band that had all their dominoes poised and ready to fall in their favor in quick succession.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15682/ | 102 hits
CD Review: Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Godhopping
Uh oh. The NME strikes again. This week, they are proclaiming that DDIHC are "one of the most exciting new bands in the UK".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2600/ | 533 hits
Uh oh. The NME strikes again. This week, they are proclaiming that DDIHC are "one of the most exciting new bands in the UK".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2600/ | 533 hits
News Article: 'Spiders' is the three track debut EP from Louise Distras
Louise Distras has announced the release of her three track 'Spiders' EP. The release will be the debut record from the former Blockades front woman.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13588/ | 319 hits
Louise Distras has announced the release of her three track 'Spiders' EP. The release will be the debut record from the former Blockades front woman.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13588/ | 319 hits
Band Profile: Galitza
Formed in Leeds in 2000, out of the remnants of 2 defunct bands Chest and Landspeed Loungers. Galitza persued a frank approach to their music, which was sometimes delicate and often brutal.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4408/ | 614 hits
Formed in Leeds in 2000, out of the remnants of 2 defunct bands Chest and Landspeed Loungers. Galitza persued a frank approach to their music, which was sometimes delicate and often brutal.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4408/ | 614 hits
Band Profile: Bright Paper Werewolves
There are at least two bands named Bright Paper Werewolves. 1) A british band (from Doncaster).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5369/ | 123 hits
There are at least two bands named Bright Paper Werewolves. 1) A british band (from Doncaster).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5369/ | 123 hits
CD Review: The Lodger - The Lodger Sings A Demo CD
The Lodger is starting the Britpop revival as of NOW. His lyrics are honest and insecure at times but he ain't no bedroom melancholic, no no.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2573/ | 844 hits
The Lodger is starting the Britpop revival as of NOW. His lyrics are honest and insecure at times but he ain't no bedroom melancholic, no no.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2573/ | 844 hits
CD Review: Story Of The Year - The Black Swan
'The Black Swan' is the new long awaited album from Story Of The Year. Having never really been into them, or really giving them a chance to be honest, I thought that perhaps I was missing out on something, especially as they seem to have a major following and this will be their third studio album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9650/ | 236 hits
'The Black Swan' is the new long awaited album from Story Of The Year. Having never really been into them, or really giving them a chance to be honest, I thought that perhaps I was missing out on something, especially as they seem to have a major following and this will be their third studio album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9650/ | 236 hits
CD Review: The Apparatus - Matter Of Time
The Apparatus are a Welsh based indie-punk band - I use the word punk in the broadest possible sense of the word - this is more of an attempt at the commercial and tedious punk rock that we've heard a million times.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8360/ | 385 hits
The Apparatus are a Welsh based indie-punk band - I use the word punk in the broadest possible sense of the word - this is more of an attempt at the commercial and tedious punk rock that we've heard a million times.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8360/ | 385 hits
Band Profile: Dialog
There are several acts: 1) Swedish electronic duo consisting of Johan Ericsson and Marcus Johansson.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7716/ | 108 hits
There are several acts: 1) Swedish electronic duo consisting of Johan Ericsson and Marcus Johansson.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7716/ | 108 hits
CD Review: Protokoll - Paradoxon
What the world doesn't need is a poor man's Killers. For fuck's sake, the original band is bad enough.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8212/ | 239 hits
What the world doesn't need is a poor man's Killers. For fuck's sake, the original band is bad enough.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8212/ | 239 hits
CD Review: Being 747 - The Girl Who Fell Asleep Whilst Watching Her Life Flash Before Her Eyes
'Bom, bom der-der-der-der, Bom, Bom der-der-de-der-der, Dum dum dum dum'. That's the genius of this song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3405/ | 1,246 hits
'Bom, bom der-der-der-der, Bom, Bom der-der-de-der-der, Dum dum dum dum'. That's the genius of this song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3405/ | 1,246 hits
Band Profile: Young Rebel Set
Formerly known as Billy The Kid And The Brothers Barbaylios made up of three now defunct bands of the North East, The Lurios, Whalter and The Romance, Young Rebel Set are beginning to get fans up and down the country.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11470/ | 227 hits
Formerly known as Billy The Kid And The Brothers Barbaylios made up of three now defunct bands of the North East, The Lurios, Whalter and The Romance, Young Rebel Set are beginning to get fans up and down the country.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11470/ | 227 hits
CD Review: Spitfire Charlie - What did we do last night?
For some reason after hearing the name Spitfire Charlie bounded about I'd started picturing a bunch of Oasis-soundalikes in Parkas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3582/ | 492 hits
For some reason after hearing the name Spitfire Charlie bounded about I'd started picturing a bunch of Oasis-soundalikes in Parkas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3582/ | 492 hits
CD Review: Rodina - Over The Sun
There are a lot of female vocalists out there at the moment, none though, who have quite the same intrigue as Aoife Hearty from Rodina.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10369/ | 534 hits
There are a lot of female vocalists out there at the moment, none though, who have quite the same intrigue as Aoife Hearty from Rodina.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10369/ | 534 hits
Band Profile: Leatherhead
Leatherhead are an alternative rock 3-piece from Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10078/ | 475 hits
Leatherhead are an alternative rock 3-piece from Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10078/ | 475 hits
Live Review: Fightstar
The Refectory is a shit venue. Lets be honest here, I've seen countless bands here over the past few years, Dragonforce, Trivium, Alkaline Trio and Funeral For A Friend to name but a few, and every time I leave bitterly disappointed.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9176/ | 382 hits
The Refectory is a shit venue. Lets be honest here, I've seen countless bands here over the past few years, Dragonforce, Trivium, Alkaline Trio and Funeral For A Friend to name but a few, and every time I leave bitterly disappointed.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9176/ | 382 hits
CD Review: Jon Doe's - Just Say Go
The Jon Doe's have been around for a while now - they're a 4-piece emo/melodic punk outfit from Leeds/Bradford - you've probably heard the name but never seen the band...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/351/ | 191 hits
The Jon Doe's have been around for a while now - they're a 4-piece emo/melodic punk outfit from Leeds/Bradford - you've probably heard the name but never seen the band...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/351/ | 191 hits
CD Review: Andrew Vincent - Rotten Pear
I'm no expert on Canadian rock, (Neil Young, Bryan Adams and Arcade Fire are perhaps the furthest my knowledge stretches on the matter) but for some reason Andrew Vincent still somehow comes across as unashamedly Canadian to me.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12265/ | 402 hits
I'm no expert on Canadian rock, (Neil Young, Bryan Adams and Arcade Fire are perhaps the furthest my knowledge stretches on the matter) but for some reason Andrew Vincent still somehow comes across as unashamedly Canadian to me.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12265/ | 402 hits
CD Review: Aces & Eights - s/t
After seeing Aces & Eights at The Cockpit many, many nights ago, I was extremely excited to see that they'd been signed.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10086/ | 286 hits
After seeing Aces & Eights at The Cockpit many, many nights ago, I was extremely excited to see that they'd been signed.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10086/ | 286 hits
CD Review: The Blueskins - User Friendly
An out of nowhere an A&R buzz for this mysterious band took a fair few folks on the scene by surprise around the turn of the year.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/292/ | 342 hits
An out of nowhere an A&R buzz for this mysterious band took a fair few folks on the scene by surprise around the turn of the year.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/292/ | 342 hits
CD Review: 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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/26/ | 331 hits
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/26/ | 331 hits
News Article: Embrace to begin recording fourth album with Youth...
Embrace played their first live dates in over 18 months last weekend when they performed three secret, sold-out gigs as "The Good Good People" at the Cockpit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1604/ | 444 hits
Embrace played their first live dates in over 18 months last weekend when they performed three secret, sold-out gigs as "The Good Good People" at the Cockpit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1604/ | 444 hits
CD Review: Cathy Davey - Clean And Neat
In which a 25-year-old sweet and innocent looking gal makes a distinctly sweet and innocent sounding song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2968/ | 460 hits
In which a 25-year-old sweet and innocent looking gal makes a distinctly sweet and innocent sounding song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2968/ | 460 hits
Live Review: Wonderswan
What would ex-Boyracer member Ged and ex indie sweet band Grammatics synth player sound like together?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10058/ | 551 hits
What would ex-Boyracer member Ged and ex indie sweet band Grammatics synth player sound like together?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10058/ | 551 hits
CD Review: The High Chairs - s/t
Dan International, Pete, Roj, Simo and T. Any ideas? Yes. You got it. They are The High Chairs. Well done.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9005/ | 305 hits
Dan International, Pete, Roj, Simo and T. Any ideas? Yes. You got it. They are The High Chairs. Well done.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9005/ | 305 hits
CD Review: Andy Clare - Only in Your Glory
Andy Clare follows his three track demo with a consistently well tempered 6 track mini album "Only in Your Glory".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/146/ | 324 hits
Andy Clare follows his three track demo with a consistently well tempered 6 track mini album "Only in Your Glory".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/146/ | 324 hits
CD Review: Rising Times - All The Way
Lee, Kieran, Cameron and Si from Rising Times are the new boys on the English rock scene and they've already made a huge impact, having just supported The Cooper Temple Clause and opened at the QuingDoa International Festival in China in front of 27,000 revellers.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3265/ | 376 hits
Lee, Kieran, Cameron and Si from Rising Times are the new boys on the English rock scene and they've already made a huge impact, having just supported The Cooper Temple Clause and opened at the QuingDoa International Festival in China in front of 27,000 revellers.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3265/ | 376 hits
CD Review: Broohaha - EP
I have seen Broohaha live on a few occasions and have observed some noticeable line-up changes, sometimes featuring a shouty-shouty-man sometimes not featuring a shouty-shouty-man, and sometimes with more brass than other times.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12722/ | 305 hits
I have seen Broohaha live on a few occasions and have observed some noticeable line-up changes, sometimes featuring a shouty-shouty-man sometimes not featuring a shouty-shouty-man, and sometimes with more brass than other times.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12722/ | 305 hits
Live Review: The Lodger
'The Lodger (lodgus newyorkshissimus): a beduffled presence haunting the dingier recesses of Leeds' student heartlands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6712/ | 655 hits
'The Lodger (lodgus newyorkshissimus): a beduffled presence haunting the dingier recesses of Leeds' student heartlands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6712/ | 655 hits
Band Profile: Andy Doonan
Andy Doonan combines an intimate indie-acoustic sound with pop and alternative influences to deliver powerful honest songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14515/ | 341 hits
Andy Doonan combines an intimate indie-acoustic sound with pop and alternative influences to deliver powerful honest songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14515/ | 341 hits
CD Review: The Barbs - Massive Crush
This must be the aural equivalent of what happens when one of those people who try to make themselves look like Dracula smiles 'cause they're, y'know, happy and stuff.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3117/ | 1,046 hits
This must be the aural equivalent of what happens when one of those people who try to make themselves look like Dracula smiles 'cause they're, y'know, happy and stuff.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3117/ | 1,046 hits
Band Profile: Will & The People
Will and the People are more than just a band. They are a way of life. Living, rehearsing, being together, who are on a journey beyond the realms of conventional popular music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10850/ | 271 hits
Will and the People are more than just a band. They are a way of life. Living, rehearsing, being together, who are on a journey beyond the realms of conventional popular music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10850/ | 271 hits
CD Review: Loyal Trooper - The Doctor
'The Doctor,' the debut single from Loyal Trooper is a beautiful, downbeat and heartfelt ballad that avoids the pitfalls that often befall this type of song, and emerges as a gorgeously understated, heart-string-bothering ballad.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10813/ | 310 hits
'The Doctor,' the debut single from Loyal Trooper is a beautiful, downbeat and heartfelt ballad that avoids the pitfalls that often befall this type of song, and emerges as a gorgeously understated, heart-string-bothering ballad.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10813/ | 310 hits
CD Review: Pioneers - Falling
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3054/ | 263 hits
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3054/ | 263 hits
CD Review: Crash Cartel - Decayed
Crash Cartel. Hmmm, now there's a name you can't help but think you've heard before but in which lifetime god only knows.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/465/ | 353 hits
Crash Cartel. Hmmm, now there's a name you can't help but think you've heard before but in which lifetime god only knows.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/465/ | 353 hits
Live Review: The Mystery Jets + Fields
Support tonight was a band called Fields and to be perfectly honest, after I got my free badges from signing the mailing list I wasn't too fussed about them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6607/ | 188 hits
Support tonight was a band called Fields and to be perfectly honest, after I got my free badges from signing the mailing list I wasn't too fussed about them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6607/ | 188 hits
Band Profile: LITTLEgiants
LITTLEgiants' music is a unique blend of old time, blues, country, bluegrass, rockabilly and just about anything as long as it's raw, and passionate.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12283/ | 160 hits
LITTLEgiants' music is a unique blend of old time, blues, country, bluegrass, rockabilly and just about anything as long as it's raw, and passionate.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12283/ | 160 hits
CD Review: Tug Ether - Year of Evolution
Eddie Vedder inspired an entire generation of rock vocalists to realise they could sing respectably, Chris Cornell spread the word with Soundgarden, but more recent acts have pushed it to exhaustion i.e.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2339/ | 538 hits
Eddie Vedder inspired an entire generation of rock vocalists to realise they could sing respectably, Chris Cornell spread the word with Soundgarden, but more recent acts have pushed it to exhaustion i.e.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2339/ | 538 hits
Band Profile: As Silence Falls
Sharing the hometowns of Hondo Maclean and Funeral For a Friend and having spent enough time performing alongside the likes of the aforementioned bands who have risen up and out of the thriving South Welsh music scene - As Silence Falls, who are somewhat of a 'local band super group' to those in the know are infact a genuine proposition to join the UK's metal elite.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7979/ | 108 hits
Sharing the hometowns of Hondo Maclean and Funeral For a Friend and having spent enough time performing alongside the likes of the aforementioned bands who have risen up and out of the thriving South Welsh music scene - As Silence Falls, who are somewhat of a 'local band super group' to those in the know are infact a genuine proposition to join the UK's metal elite.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7979/ | 108 hits
Live Review: White Rose Movement + Protocol + Dead Disco
Well the night had a nice little twist right at the beginning on this occasion. I arrive at the venue all geared up to go on the hunt for the tour manager again (about 7.10pm) and get turned away.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4258/ | 3,203 hits
Well the night had a nice little twist right at the beginning on this occasion. I arrive at the venue all geared up to go on the hunt for the tour manager again (about 7.10pm) and get turned away.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4258/ | 3,203 hits
Live Review: Handsome Family + Blanche
Never let it be said that Leeds Music Scene does not offer you variety, not so! For tonight I have sat slap bang in the middle of a whole different generation, yes, hilarious as it may sound I've just been the youngest person in a sea of Radio 2 listeners (don't get me wrong, I actually love Radio 2).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1324/ | 395 hits
Never let it be said that Leeds Music Scene does not offer you variety, not so! For tonight I have sat slap bang in the middle of a whole different generation, yes, hilarious as it may sound I've just been the youngest person in a sea of Radio 2 listeners (don't get me wrong, I actually love Radio 2).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1324/ | 395 hits
CD Review: Flaccid Soapher - Untitled
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/67/ | 247 hits
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/67/ | 247 hits
Live Review: Kate Nash + The Wallbirds
The first in a series of Live at Leeds gigs, an initiative to celebrate the city's 800th Birthday, Kate Nash managed to kick off the three day extravaganza with pure class.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8483/ | 1,904 hits
The first in a series of Live at Leeds gigs, an initiative to celebrate the city's 800th Birthday, Kate Nash managed to kick off the three day extravaganza with pure class.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8483/ | 1,904 hits
Band Profile: Greg Holden
Greg Holden is a Scottish-born, English-raised songwriter currently living in New York City.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14161/ | 472 hits
Greg Holden is a Scottish-born, English-raised songwriter currently living in New York City.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14161/ | 472 hits
CD Review: Lail Arad - Who Am I
Dripping with a very British sense of humour, Lail Arad could very easily be described as the replacement for Lilly Allen, but that would be very harsh indeed - although it does give an idea of the genre this fits into.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12379/ | 562 hits
Dripping with a very British sense of humour, Lail Arad could very easily be described as the replacement for Lilly Allen, but that would be very harsh indeed - although it does give an idea of the genre this fits into.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12379/ | 562 hits
Band Profile: OtherPeoplesLives
Peasey // Vocals, guitars James // Guitars, vocals Bryce // Drums Sam // Keys, guitars, vocals Chris // Bass, vocals OtherPeoplesLives origins lie within the honest songwriting of Matthew Pease-Bower and the delicate, textural playing style of James Acornley.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17579/ | 16 hits
Peasey // Vocals, guitars James // Guitars, vocals Bryce // Drums Sam // Keys, guitars, vocals Chris // Bass, vocals OtherPeoplesLives origins lie within the honest songwriting of Matthew Pease-Bower and the delicate, textural playing style of James Acornley.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17579/ | 16 hits
Live Review: Cooler Green
I was instructed by Cooler Green to write a review for their gig at the Rocket on Friday 1st February.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/758/ | 138 hits
I was instructed by Cooler Green to write a review for their gig at the Rocket on Friday 1st February.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/758/ | 138 hits
CD Review: The Start - Untitled
The first thing that hits me about The Start is the female vocalist. She (Aimee Echo) has a very distinctive voice that you'll either love or find that it grates you, ever so slightly.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/473/ | 178 hits
The first thing that hits me about The Start is the female vocalist. She (Aimee Echo) has a very distinctive voice that you'll either love or find that it grates you, ever so slightly.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/473/ | 178 hits
Live Review: Fall of Troy + Daughters
Daughters look like they'd be a set of right pricks. The singer has a handlebar moustache, for starters, which ordinarily I'd greatly admire (this being the only acceptable variety of moustache, ever), but to be honest it makes him look like a bit of an idiot.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8870/ | 264 hits
Daughters look like they'd be a set of right pricks. The singer has a handlebar moustache, for starters, which ordinarily I'd greatly admire (this being the only acceptable variety of moustache, ever), but to be honest it makes him look like a bit of an idiot.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8870/ | 264 hits
CD Review: Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat
Break and post break-up songs are great. Ask any disco fan. Or pop fan. Or country fan. Or folk fan...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7954/ | 398 hits
Break and post break-up songs are great. Ask any disco fan. Or pop fan. Or country fan. Or folk fan...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7954/ | 398 hits
Band Profile: Laish
Laish means The Tribe of Dan. This is Daniel Green's tribe music. Green, originally a solo performer moved to Brighton four years ago and has since been making himself very useful amongst the Willkommen Collective, a central part of the alternative folk scene by putting on shows and lending a musical hand to the likes of Sons of Noel and Adrian, Shoreline, Alessi's Ark and even Laura Marling.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9454/ | 234 hits
Laish means The Tribe of Dan. This is Daniel Green's tribe music. Green, originally a solo performer moved to Brighton four years ago and has since been making himself very useful amongst the Willkommen Collective, a central part of the alternative folk scene by putting on shows and lending a musical hand to the likes of Sons of Noel and Adrian, Shoreline, Alessi's Ark and even Laura Marling.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9454/ | 234 hits
Live Review: Commonside + Recess
Another weekly dose of four band mahem that is now recognised as one of the up and coming unsigned band nights - I am of course refering to It's Gone Ballistic at The Rocket Venue.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/855/ | 376 hits
Another weekly dose of four band mahem that is now recognised as one of the up and coming unsigned band nights - I am of course refering to It's Gone Ballistic at The Rocket Venue.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/855/ | 376 hits
Live Review: Jet + The Stands
Been looking forward to seeing The Stands play live since I got a sneak preview of their forthcoming album (on Echo Records) recently.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1241/ | 210 hits
Been looking forward to seeing The Stands play live since I got a sneak preview of their forthcoming album (on Echo Records) recently.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1241/ | 210 hits
CD Review: Youth Lagoon - A Year of Hibernation
With a debut truly like no other only one question can remain, where has Trevor Powers been hiding? At only 22 years of age the youngster created his own buzz through uploading his track 'July' onto his Bandcamp page and following was then signed to Fat Possum/Lefse (Europe).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15431/ | 364 hits
With a debut truly like no other only one question can remain, where has Trevor Powers been hiding? At only 22 years of age the youngster created his own buzz through uploading his track 'July' onto his Bandcamp page and following was then signed to Fat Possum/Lefse (Europe).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15431/ | 364 hits
CD Review: Desert Monkey - Made Great By A Breeze
Starting off with the title track sounding like a rougher Kyuss with furious bluesy guitar riffage and fat drums, Desert Monkey are looking like quite the heads down, balls to the wall rock band.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2802/ | 471 hits
Starting off with the title track sounding like a rougher Kyuss with furious bluesy guitar riffage and fat drums, Desert Monkey are looking like quite the heads down, balls to the wall rock band.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2802/ | 471 hits
CD Review: Paddy Casey - Living
Paddy Casey has a severe case of David Gray-itis - huge in Ireland, but pretty unheard of over here. This LP was kept off the Irish top spot by Dido - and then by only 86 measly copies.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2498/ | 914 hits
Paddy Casey has a severe case of David Gray-itis - huge in Ireland, but pretty unheard of over here. This LP was kept off the Irish top spot by Dido - and then by only 86 measly copies.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2498/ | 914 hits
CD Review: Clockwork Angst - Untitled
I'll be honest. If this review stinks and subsequently I get annihilated by you good reader folks for not delving deeper, or trying to understand the songs or yabba yabba feckin' yabba then in this case, on this very occasion, it ain't my damn fault.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6733/ | 269 hits
I'll be honest. If this review stinks and subsequently I get annihilated by you good reader folks for not delving deeper, or trying to understand the songs or yabba yabba feckin' yabba then in this case, on this very occasion, it ain't my damn fault.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6733/ | 269 hits
CD Review: Vondelpark - NYC Bags and NYC Stuff
Vondelpark are a recent signing to legendary Belgian dance label R&S Records, and with the release of their second EP NYC Stuff and NYC Bags, they truly show why they are turning heads.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16137/ | 172 hits
Vondelpark are a recent signing to legendary Belgian dance label R&S Records, and with the release of their second EP NYC Stuff and NYC Bags, they truly show why they are turning heads.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16137/ | 172 hits
Live Review: Wonderswan
Wonderswan have been given the job of opening the whole three days, as first band on the BBC Introducing Stage for 2009.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11185/ | 482 hits
Wonderswan have been given the job of opening the whole three days, as first band on the BBC Introducing Stage for 2009.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11185/ | 482 hits
News Article: Black Diamond Bay sign management deal
Black Diamond Bay have had a very interesting few months, playing sell out shows in several London venues as well as appearing on the BBC Introducing stages at Leeds and Reading festivals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15754/ | 241 hits
Black Diamond Bay have had a very interesting few months, playing sell out shows in several London venues as well as appearing on the BBC Introducing stages at Leeds and Reading festivals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15754/ | 241 hits
Live Review: Johnson House
Well, I told you all about this gig - so those that didn't come along missed a real music treat! Johnson House are a real enigma of a band, and probably Leeds' best kept secret.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1296/ | 327 hits
Well, I told you all about this gig - so those that didn't come along missed a real music treat! Johnson House are a real enigma of a band, and probably Leeds' best kept secret.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1296/ | 327 hits
CD Review: Lynchpin - In The Interest of Absolution
I do not proclaim to be an expert in the genre of metal by any standards, but listening to In The Interest of Absolution from North Yorkshire's nu-metallers, Lynchpin, it all seems very familiar, and I am doubtful that is because I have heard this particular band before.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7272/ | 264 hits
I do not proclaim to be an expert in the genre of metal by any standards, but listening to In The Interest of Absolution from North Yorkshire's nu-metallers, Lynchpin, it all seems very familiar, and I am doubtful that is because I have heard this particular band before.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7272/ | 264 hits
CD Review: Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat LP
From the stark opening line of the album 'We're All Going To Die' you instantly form the impression that this album might not be as positive as the title would have you believe.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8079/ | 225 hits
From the stark opening line of the album 'We're All Going To Die' you instantly form the impression that this album might not be as positive as the title would have you believe.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8079/ | 225 hits
CD Review: The Alamo - Hello Venus!
It's fresh, it's loud. It's the Alamo. Four bars, four beats, four songs, four kids. And they're doing a great enthusiastic blast of natural rock with no frills and no attempt to imitate anyone except themselves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/318/ | 352 hits
It's fresh, it's loud. It's the Alamo. Four bars, four beats, four songs, four kids. And they're doing a great enthusiastic blast of natural rock with no frills and no attempt to imitate anyone except themselves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/318/ | 352 hits
Interview: Ryan Spendlove
After a whirlwind set at The Graziers, in Wakefield on Friday, I sat down with one of the most enigmatic young men I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Ryan Spendlove is a force of nature to be reckoned with, both musically and on a more personal level. After many sambucas and plenty of vodka and cokes, I tried to get a better understanding of one of the hottest talents ever to have emerged from oop t'north.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13781/ | 1,051 hits
After a whirlwind set at The Graziers, in Wakefield on Friday, I sat down with one of the most enigmatic young men I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Ryan Spendlove is a force of nature to be reckoned with, both musically and on a more personal level. After many sambucas and plenty of vodka and cokes, I tried to get a better understanding of one of the hottest talents ever to have emerged from oop t'north.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13781/ | 1,051 hits
CD Review: Luke Sital-Singh - Fail For You EP
Suitably impressed by his recent support slots on tour with both Fossil Collective and The Staves I wanted to say some more about Luke Sital-Singh.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17213/ | 211 hits
Suitably impressed by his recent support slots on tour with both Fossil Collective and The Staves I wanted to say some more about Luke Sital-Singh.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17213/ | 211 hits
Band Profile: Cube
Multiple artists have used this name including: Alternative/Heavy rock band from Athens, Greece, Italian Disco/Techno, Indie-rock 4-piece on Polydor UK circa 1998, Oslo based artist, and a Japanese acoustic unit who later gained a drummer and changed their name to flumpool.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4712/ | 230 hits
Multiple artists have used this name including: Alternative/Heavy rock band from Athens, Greece, Italian Disco/Techno, Indie-rock 4-piece on Polydor UK circa 1998, Oslo based artist, and a Japanese acoustic unit who later gained a drummer and changed their name to flumpool.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4712/ | 230 hits
CD Review: Hipstream - Out of the Picture
Huddersfield's five-piece Hipstream feature the literally amazing vocals of Natalie and Gaff over the top of some equally amazing blues-soul-jazz created by Ski's lead guitar alongside Ian, Reid and Paul.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/189/ | 264 hits
Huddersfield's five-piece Hipstream feature the literally amazing vocals of Natalie and Gaff over the top of some equally amazing blues-soul-jazz created by Ski's lead guitar alongside Ian, Reid and Paul.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/189/ | 264 hits
CD Review: Wheatus - Suck Fony
Every so often, an album comes along so wretched, so dire, so utterly worthless that it prompts you to feel like sitting by your garden pond and wondering what exactly the point of it was.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3642/ | 1,913 hits
Every so often, an album comes along so wretched, so dire, so utterly worthless that it prompts you to feel like sitting by your garden pond and wondering what exactly the point of it was.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3642/ | 1,913 hits
Live Review: The Downfall + Diawara + OFM + Imodiom
First up tonight are Imodiom; to say the least they are unprepared. After an unsure start the set quickly went downhill.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1068/ | 302 hits
First up tonight are Imodiom; to say the least they are unprepared. After an unsure start the set quickly went downhill.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1068/ | 302 hits
CD Review: The Hair - Untitled
The Hair are foot soldiers in the great army of rock and roll. They play bluesy soulful rock, with some keyboard frills.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2648/ | 639 hits
The Hair are foot soldiers in the great army of rock and roll. They play bluesy soulful rock, with some keyboard frills.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2648/ | 639 hits
Band Profile: Candid
Hailing from the frozen bit of hell that is Syracuse, New York, the boys of Candid spew a buzzing brand of rock that is equal parts youthful spark and upstate bitterness.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5100/ | 105 hits
Hailing from the frozen bit of hell that is Syracuse, New York, the boys of Candid spew a buzzing brand of rock that is equal parts youthful spark and upstate bitterness.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5100/ | 105 hits
Live Review: Young Guns
Young Guns are back in Leeds to warm up the crowd on the cold November Tuesday night and to showcase songs from their debut album 'All Our Kings Are Dead'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13844/ | 471 hits
Young Guns are back in Leeds to warm up the crowd on the cold November Tuesday night and to showcase songs from their debut album 'All Our Kings Are Dead'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13844/ | 471 hits
Live Review: The Stands + Tramp Attack
Arrived at the Well to find most people milling around outside trying to keep cool - so I missed most of the Casual Terraces set - sorry guys (however, I have seen them before and a fine band they are too).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1265/ | 563 hits
Arrived at the Well to find most people milling around outside trying to keep cool - so I missed most of the Casual Terraces set - sorry guys (however, I have seen them before and a fine band they are too).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1265/ | 563 hits
Live Review: Idiot Pilot + The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
It's 8pm and the Cockpit pit is already absolutely rammed. That's saying quite a lot considering there are only 2 bands on tonight, Idiot Pilot and The Seal Cub Clubbing Club.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6334/ | 964 hits
It's 8pm and the Cockpit pit is already absolutely rammed. That's saying quite a lot considering there are only 2 bands on tonight, Idiot Pilot and The Seal Cub Clubbing Club.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6334/ | 964 hits
CD Review: Mr Hudson And The Library - A Tale Of Two Cities
I first caught this band on the Jools Holland show some months ago and to say that I saw a group of quirky individuals would be a huge understatement.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7968/ | 801 hits
I first caught this band on the Jools Holland show some months ago and to say that I saw a group of quirky individuals would be a huge understatement.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7968/ | 801 hits
CD Review: GoodBooks - The Illness
The new single from imaginative Kent four-piece, GoodBooks, begins with a mechanical whir that could possibly be the sound of JP Duncan's arcane keyboard being brought to life.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8341/ | 338 hits
The new single from imaginative Kent four-piece, GoodBooks, begins with a mechanical whir that could possibly be the sound of JP Duncan's arcane keyboard being brought to life.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8341/ | 338 hits
CD Review: The Lodger - Untitled
When Ben (the tunesmith for The Lodger) released his first three-track demo as a solo project, it showed that his taste and song writing were spot on.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3388/ | 1,445 hits
When Ben (the tunesmith for The Lodger) released his first three-track demo as a solo project, it showed that his taste and song writing were spot on.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3388/ | 1,445 hits
CD Review: Tom Waits - Real Gone (sampler)
Tom Waits is a damn legend. It's that easy, the actor/musician/genius has always been producing work which provokes and stretches from every chord, this been no acception.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3230/ | 391 hits
Tom Waits is a damn legend. It's that easy, the actor/musician/genius has always been producing work which provokes and stretches from every chord, this been no acception.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3230/ | 391 hits
Live Review: The Feeling
Whilst in the presence of the allegedly toe-tapping show-stopping band The Feeling at Leeds University I did indeed get 'a Feeling'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6791/ | 525 hits
Whilst in the presence of the allegedly toe-tapping show-stopping band The Feeling at Leeds University I did indeed get 'a Feeling'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6791/ | 525 hits
Band Profile: Jonny Goode
'Melancholic Rock,.. think The Jam meets Elliott Smith'
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16764/ | 48 hits
'Melancholic Rock,.. think The Jam meets Elliott Smith'
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16764/ | 48 hits
Live Review: Stephen Fretwell + Morning Runner + Jody Wildgoose
In a modern world where singersongwriters are hotter than ever, unfortunately the bland James Blunt and beautiful Daniel Powter rule the airwaves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6224/ | 536 hits
In a modern world where singersongwriters are hotter than ever, unfortunately the bland James Blunt and beautiful Daniel Powter rule the airwaves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6224/ | 536 hits
Band Profile: Wintersleep
Wintersleep are a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. What started out as a side-project, eventually turned into one of the most popular live shows in Atlantic Canada.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10786/ | 201 hits
Wintersleep are a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. What started out as a side-project, eventually turned into one of the most popular live shows in Atlantic Canada.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10786/ | 201 hits
CD Review: The Reindeer Section - Son Of Evil Reindeer
The Reindeer Section have a good story, and you can find plenty of well researched articles and reviews in the professional press now that Album number 2 on Bright Star Recordings is out.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/422/ | 413 hits
The Reindeer Section have a good story, and you can find plenty of well researched articles and reviews in the professional press now that Album number 2 on Bright Star Recordings is out.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/422/ | 413 hits
CD Review: Blueryder - Untitled
A trip down to Joseph's Well a while ago saw me coming away with a 5-track demo CD from York/Leeds band Blueryder.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/190/ | 248 hits
A trip down to Joseph's Well a while ago saw me coming away with a 5-track demo CD from York/Leeds band Blueryder.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/190/ | 248 hits
CD Review: The Whippets - You'll Be Fine EP
I'm not really a lover of filling reviews with press release fodder, but this is fucking excellent: "The Whippets sound like a dip in a plunge pool, followed by a particularly tricky numbers round of Countdown, standing on your head and then finding a tenner you didn't know you had and spending it all on Pic n'Mix." Right dissection fans, let's go...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8445/ | 300 hits
I'm not really a lover of filling reviews with press release fodder, but this is fucking excellent: "The Whippets sound like a dip in a plunge pool, followed by a particularly tricky numbers round of Countdown, standing on your head and then finding a tenner you didn't know you had and spending it all on Pic n'Mix." Right dissection fans, let's go...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8445/ | 300 hits
Live Review: Giant Drag + Foreign Born + Joff Whitten
Joff Whitten is a rather talented boy: a solo performer he mixes an acoustic guitar, a bass and wistful vocals, throws them all into a loop, swaps instruments, generates layer-upon-layer and comes out with some rather intriguing folk-pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6680/ | 1,240 hits
Joff Whitten is a rather talented boy: a solo performer he mixes an acoustic guitar, a bass and wistful vocals, throws them all into a loop, swaps instruments, generates layer-upon-layer and comes out with some rather intriguing folk-pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6680/ | 1,240 hits
News Article: Debut album from Harry George Johns released in February
Harry George Johns has this week confirmed that his mini album 'Post Breakdown Blues' is set for a release on 11th February 2013.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17185/ | 279 hits
Harry George Johns has this week confirmed that his mini album 'Post Breakdown Blues' is set for a release on 11th February 2013.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17185/ | 279 hits
Live Review: Orka + Helen + Albeit + Baseborn
Joseph's Well saw a storming gig on Saturday night as everyone is treated to four top bands, a brilliant atmosphere, a full venue and plenty of beer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/881/ | 467 hits
Joseph's Well saw a storming gig on Saturday night as everyone is treated to four top bands, a brilliant atmosphere, a full venue and plenty of beer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/881/ | 467 hits
CD Review: The Flaming Lips - The Wand
The Flaming Lips are one of those bands who seem to have reached a comfortable plateau mid-way between commercial success and critical credibility; cool to enough to be dropped into earnest conversations over Jack and Cokes in bohemian watering holes, mainstream enough to be a regular fixture on the lucrative summer festival circuit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7123/ | 270 hits
The Flaming Lips are one of those bands who seem to have reached a comfortable plateau mid-way between commercial success and critical credibility; cool to enough to be dropped into earnest conversations over Jack and Cokes in bohemian watering holes, mainstream enough to be a regular fixture on the lucrative summer festival circuit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7123/ | 270 hits
CD Review: Libero - Defined and Refined
They hail from Wakefield. A lady I thank you and 3 Gentlemen folk. Spangly bittersweet guitar melodies been the sound that the masses may or may not sway along to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6085/ | 322 hits
They hail from Wakefield. A lady I thank you and 3 Gentlemen folk. Spangly bittersweet guitar melodies been the sound that the masses may or may not sway along to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6085/ | 322 hits
CD Review: Les Georges Leningrad - Sur Les Traces De Black Eskimo
Les Georges Leningrad are back with their delightfully bizarre second album, which follows up Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3274/ | 341 hits
Les Georges Leningrad are back with their delightfully bizarre second album, which follows up Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3274/ | 341 hits
Band Profile: Jaed
Jaed, the punk rock 3 piece fronted by Melbourne based songstress Vanessa Eve, are set to release their debut download only single 'Catherine / Gutter Girl' in the UK on December 12th through Instant Karma.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6594/ | 117 hits
Jaed, the punk rock 3 piece fronted by Melbourne based songstress Vanessa Eve, are set to release their debut download only single 'Catherine / Gutter Girl' in the UK on December 12th through Instant Karma.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6594/ | 117 hits
Live Review: The Dead Certs + Kharma 45 + Cursed Diamond
I just made it to Rio's in time to catch Cursed Diamond doing a pretty decent a cover of "Fell In Love With A Girl" for their final song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8856/ | 473 hits
I just made it to Rio's in time to catch Cursed Diamond doing a pretty decent a cover of "Fell In Love With A Girl" for their final song.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8856/ | 473 hits
CD Review: British Daylight - British Daylight
British Daylight are a relatively new band, but they are already playing headline shows at Eiger Studios, The Well and The Cockpit Room 3.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14353/ | 630 hits
British Daylight are a relatively new band, but they are already playing headline shows at Eiger Studios, The Well and The Cockpit Room 3.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14353/ | 630 hits
CD Review: Underdog - Sunny Estate EP
Upon the first listen to this EP I would have sworn I was listening to a group of twee American rockers, however these lads are from Essex!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7836/ | 286 hits
Upon the first listen to this EP I would have sworn I was listening to a group of twee American rockers, however these lads are from Essex!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7836/ | 286 hits
Band Profile: Sergeant Lewis
Alternative Pop & Rock act with a nod towards the more obscure...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6333/ | 552 hits
Alternative Pop & Rock act with a nod towards the more obscure...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6333/ | 552 hits
Band Profile: The Bravery
The Bravery is an alternative rock band with electronic influences, formed in New York City in 2003. Their musical style has been compared to The Strokes, New Order and The Killers, amongst others.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5611/ | 246 hits
The Bravery is an alternative rock band with electronic influences, formed in New York City in 2003. Their musical style has been compared to The Strokes, New Order and The Killers, amongst others.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5611/ | 246 hits
CD Review: Signal Generator - Output EP
This four track EP from Huddersfield's Signal Generator manages to do away with (admittedly now antiquated) notion that electronica is an automatically forward thinking and inventive genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6143/ | 247 hits
This four track EP from Huddersfield's Signal Generator manages to do away with (admittedly now antiquated) notion that electronica is an automatically forward thinking and inventive genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6143/ | 247 hits
Interview: The Naked and Famous
Rosie Driver meets up with Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14372/ | 915 hits
Rosie Driver meets up with Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14372/ | 915 hits
CD Review: Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
Three sons of a preacher (and their cousin) from America's deep south, all with snake hips, long hair, thick fringes, flares and most importantly (gasp) beards!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/586/ | 432 hits
Three sons of a preacher (and their cousin) from America's deep south, all with snake hips, long hair, thick fringes, flares and most importantly (gasp) beards!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/586/ | 432 hits
Band Profile: Halcyon Days
Halcyon Days are a Keighley-based band playing original upbeat Brit-rock, influenced by classic melodic guitar bands from the '60s to the '90s.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16682/ | 65 hits
Halcyon Days are a Keighley-based band playing original upbeat Brit-rock, influenced by classic melodic guitar bands from the '60s to the '90s.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16682/ | 65 hits
CD Review: Protest The Hero - Kezia
Protest The Hero could have played this oh so simpler. Vocalist ... high pitched wail of a voice would no doubt have suited any number of identikit extremo songs that could have been cobbled together in a matter of minutes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7033/ | 711 hits
Protest The Hero could have played this oh so simpler. Vocalist ... high pitched wail of a voice would no doubt have suited any number of identikit extremo songs that could have been cobbled together in a matter of minutes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7033/ | 711 hits
Live Review: Hell Is For Heroes + Aereogramme
Tonight's support act Aereogramme are an oddity - they have a singer who resembles what you imagine Fran Healy would look like if he acquired a bit of a meths habit, a guitarist who's the dead spit of Bill Bailey and a bassist who looks like he's on loan from Saxon.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3232/ | 474 hits
Tonight's support act Aereogramme are an oddity - they have a singer who resembles what you imagine Fran Healy would look like if he acquired a bit of a meths habit, a guitarist who's the dead spit of Bill Bailey and a bassist who looks like he's on loan from Saxon.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3232/ | 474 hits
CD Review: Bon Iver - Bon Iver
When I first heard that Bon Iver were bringing out a new album (entitled 'Bon Iver'), I did not really know whether to be happy or not.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15134/ | 283 hits
When I first heard that Bon Iver were bringing out a new album (entitled 'Bon Iver'), I did not really know whether to be happy or not.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15134/ | 283 hits
Live Review: Nina Nastasia
Apart from the most spellbinding songs, drawn from all three albums, Nina Nastasia also treated us tonight to five world class accompanists and some astonishing arrangements that had been worked out in just a couple of days before the gig.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2776/ | 658 hits
Apart from the most spellbinding songs, drawn from all three albums, Nina Nastasia also treated us tonight to five world class accompanists and some astonishing arrangements that had been worked out in just a couple of days before the gig.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2776/ | 658 hits
Live Review: Nic Armstrong + David Viner
Geordie Nic Armstrong is old before his time, but thank the mighty Nashville Lord because his delta-swamp, blues-rock is the perfect antidote to the ageing process.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2892/ | 410 hits
Geordie Nic Armstrong is old before his time, but thank the mighty Nashville Lord because his delta-swamp, blues-rock is the perfect antidote to the ageing process.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2892/ | 410 hits
Live Review: Good Shoes
Forgive me for my ignorance but I thought nobody actually gave a rat's arse about indie guitar bands any more...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9007/ | 378 hits
Forgive me for my ignorance but I thought nobody actually gave a rat's arse about indie guitar bands any more...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9007/ | 378 hits
CD Review: Goons of Doom - For A Girl
This is the first single from the Goons' second album 'I Hate My Hair And Want To Die', which carries on their very stripped back, garage band esq.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10166/ | 1,212 hits
This is the first single from the Goons' second album 'I Hate My Hair And Want To Die', which carries on their very stripped back, garage band esq.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10166/ | 1,212 hits
Live Review: Rob Nichols + Paul Marshall + Tony Lambert + Debra Robson
Down at the Well on a Sunday is a relaxing end to one of the maddest weeks, and in such context I review this gig.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/708/ | 493 hits
Down at the Well on a Sunday is a relaxing end to one of the maddest weeks, and in such context I review this gig.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/708/ | 493 hits
CD Review: A Silver Mt. Zion - "This Is Our Punk Rock" Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing
As openers go, they don't get much more perfect or sublime than the choral, vocal arrangement of " Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom." On a personal level, it seems to summarize every regret, every mistake I ever made.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/610/ | 500 hits
As openers go, they don't get much more perfect or sublime than the choral, vocal arrangement of " Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom." On a personal level, it seems to summarize every regret, every mistake I ever made.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/610/ | 500 hits
CD Review: Jack Butler - Velvet Prose
The acapella intro of 'Velvet Prose' and immediate ska-like upbeat tempo make you want to keep listening to this song and quite right too because this is very, very good.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7209/ | 361 hits
The acapella intro of 'Velvet Prose' and immediate ska-like upbeat tempo make you want to keep listening to this song and quite right too because this is very, very good.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7209/ | 361 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - ...and besides everyone knows it's not just boys fun: Manifesta Compilation #1
Everyone knows that women do not a good rock star make. That is, of course, utter bollocks, and Manifesta are out to prove it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3281/ | 757 hits
Everyone knows that women do not a good rock star make. That is, of course, utter bollocks, and Manifesta are out to prove it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3281/ | 757 hits
CD Review: The Wallbirds - The Avenue
What is there not to like about this trio of lads from Donny? Signed to the infamous Dance To The Radio label here is the first release by the band on 7" vinyl, an old school fashion which is coming back and making every trendy indie kid go out and get a gramophone.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9068/ | 1,398 hits
What is there not to like about this trio of lads from Donny? Signed to the infamous Dance To The Radio label here is the first release by the band on 7" vinyl, an old school fashion which is coming back and making every trendy indie kid go out and get a gramophone.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9068/ | 1,398 hits
Interview: Lostprophets
Joseph Seager spoke briefly with Lee Gaze, guitarist from Lost Prophets before their Valentines gig in Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12362/ | 1,062 hits
Joseph Seager spoke briefly with Lee Gaze, guitarist from Lost Prophets before their Valentines gig in Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12362/ | 1,062 hits
CD Review: You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep
"I'm married to the music / for better or for worse" sings You Me At Six's Josh Franceschi on Bite My Tongue.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15813/ | 300 hits
"I'm married to the music / for better or for worse" sings You Me At Six's Josh Franceschi on Bite My Tongue.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15813/ | 300 hits
Live Review: Fulc + Scott Young + Foruta + Dudley Town + Electronic Noise Projection
Hamster Pizza: Okay, I am not going to lie, I wasn't expecting anything from this band. I thought it would be one to miss, but they were better than I expected.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1228/ | 309 hits
Hamster Pizza: Okay, I am not going to lie, I wasn't expecting anything from this band. I thought it would be one to miss, but they were better than I expected.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1228/ | 309 hits
CD Review: Reigning Sound - Love And Curses
Former oblivion man, Greg Cartwright and his troop of garage rockers offer up their fourth album, 'Love and Curses;' a seething compilation of rusty old 60s rockers and ballads.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11135/ | 346 hits
Former oblivion man, Greg Cartwright and his troop of garage rockers offer up their fourth album, 'Love and Curses;' a seething compilation of rusty old 60s rockers and ballads.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11135/ | 346 hits
CD Review: Saving Lenny - Easy Way Out
Ska Punk is one of those phrases that fails to describe the music of Saving Lenny. They have primitive songs (punk-ish) and occasional spurts of up-beat horns (sort of ska-ish nearly).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/250/ | 462 hits
Ska Punk is one of those phrases that fails to describe the music of Saving Lenny. They have primitive songs (punk-ish) and occasional spurts of up-beat horns (sort of ska-ish nearly).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/250/ | 462 hits
Live Review: Mark B & Blade + Homecut Directive
The Warehouse may be out on a limb, up there near the ring road, but if this is a precedent for future Friday nights - then it'll be worth every step.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9844/ | 224 hits
The Warehouse may be out on a limb, up there near the ring road, but if this is a precedent for future Friday nights - then it'll be worth every step.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9844/ | 224 hits
Live Review: Fran Rodgers
When I first read that Fran Rodgers had been chosen to play on the rather large Festival Republic Stage in a large marquee at the very early time of midday I was worried.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9976/ | 281 hits
When I first read that Fran Rodgers had been chosen to play on the rather large Festival Republic Stage in a large marquee at the very early time of midday I was worried.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9976/ | 281 hits
CD Review: This Black Velvetine - Goodbye
This Black Velvetine's latest release, the three track EP "Goodbye" reeks of all things sleaze, snot and debauched rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6391/ | 355 hits
This Black Velvetine's latest release, the three track EP "Goodbye" reeks of all things sleaze, snot and debauched rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6391/ | 355 hits
Live Review: Mir + Steward + Farming Incident
Tonight brings together three fine, but different, bands for a Satellite magazine special at the Royal Park Cellars, and by the end of the night a decent sized audience has gathered, perhaps 50 or so, to see the headline act of Mir.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/889/ | 276 hits
Tonight brings together three fine, but different, bands for a Satellite magazine special at the Royal Park Cellars, and by the end of the night a decent sized audience has gathered, perhaps 50 or so, to see the headline act of Mir.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/889/ | 276 hits
Band Profile: Speech Debelle
Speech Debelle (1983, London, England) is a British rapper winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize and was formerly signed to the Big Dada record label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11196/ | 143 hits
Speech Debelle (1983, London, England) is a British rapper winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize and was formerly signed to the Big Dada record label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11196/ | 143 hits
Live Review: Black Wire + Flylife
Black Wire's website promises them to be all about 'smashing your skull open with the kind of nasty punk electronic action that could fuck a corpse back to life'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3268/ | 1,017 hits
Black Wire's website promises them to be all about 'smashing your skull open with the kind of nasty punk electronic action that could fuck a corpse back to life'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3268/ | 1,017 hits
Live Review: Duels + The Breech + Samsa + Nikoli + Behaviour
Five bands, three hundred words, no time for an introduction. Go. Tonight's Tea Time Shuffle was opened by current Bright Young Things, Behaviour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3615/ | 666 hits
Five bands, three hundred words, no time for an introduction. Go. Tonight's Tea Time Shuffle was opened by current Bright Young Things, Behaviour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3615/ | 666 hits
CD Review: Revelation Theory - 6 Song EP
The first 29 seconds of this 6 track EP from US newbies Revelation Theory sounds pretty damn good. Consisting of hard, dirty drop D riffage and that unmistakably 'fat' American drum sound.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2334/ | 1,866 hits
The first 29 seconds of this 6 track EP from US newbies Revelation Theory sounds pretty damn good. Consisting of hard, dirty drop D riffage and that unmistakably 'fat' American drum sound.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2334/ | 1,866 hits
Live Review: Add9
The Meters, Conny Price, Jimmy Smith. So much brilliant instrumental Jazz Funk has passed through my ears that I find it hard to be impressed in recent times, but I was intrigued to see why a band that had only been around three years (with many line-up changes I may add) had been getting their performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival hailed as: "highly energetic" and "powerful and absorbing." I arrived into Leeds Uni's Mine Bar to a quite unsettling atmosphere, with a tense omnipresence about the place.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7366/ | 306 hits
The Meters, Conny Price, Jimmy Smith. So much brilliant instrumental Jazz Funk has passed through my ears that I find it hard to be impressed in recent times, but I was intrigued to see why a band that had only been around three years (with many line-up changes I may add) had been getting their performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival hailed as: "highly energetic" and "powerful and absorbing." I arrived into Leeds Uni's Mine Bar to a quite unsettling atmosphere, with a tense omnipresence about the place.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7366/ | 306 hits
Band Profile: Freewheeler
Freewheeler was born in the later half of 2001 in London, England. Brought together & inspired by their love of real loud, ballsy, good-time Rock bands, like: AC/DC, G'n'R, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rolling Stones.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4941/ | 124 hits
Freewheeler was born in the later half of 2001 in London, England. Brought together & inspired by their love of real loud, ballsy, good-time Rock bands, like: AC/DC, G'n'R, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Rolling Stones.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4941/ | 124 hits
CD Review: Herdwhite - Lost In The Big City
I'm bombarded with a soundscape of guitars, synths, samples, beats, male/female vocals and industrious effects.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8197/ | 229 hits
I'm bombarded with a soundscape of guitars, synths, samples, beats, male/female vocals and industrious effects.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8197/ | 229 hits
CD Review: Emmet - Untitled
After reviewing rock bands for the last few months, it's an unexpected change of direction that sees me listening to this 4 track CD by dance trio Emmet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2259/ | 289 hits
After reviewing rock bands for the last few months, it's an unexpected change of direction that sees me listening to this 4 track CD by dance trio Emmet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2259/ | 289 hits
CD Review: Virginia Creep - Crack Out Baby
There was a time, years ago, when hulking behemoths stood astride the world we call 'Rock!' with their axes in hand and their lean bodies covered in garish spandex, tight fitting leather and tremendously outrageous haircuts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7049/ | 612 hits
There was a time, years ago, when hulking behemoths stood astride the world we call 'Rock!' with their axes in hand and their lean bodies covered in garish spandex, tight fitting leather and tremendously outrageous haircuts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7049/ | 612 hits
CD Review: Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline
Lacuna Coil's latest album Dark Adrenaline starts with their first release single from the album, 'Trip The Darkness'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16104/ | 355 hits
Lacuna Coil's latest album Dark Adrenaline starts with their first release single from the album, 'Trip The Darkness'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16104/ | 355 hits
CD Review: The Lodger - Grown Ups
Melodic indie-pop minstrels The Lodger have avoided rushing into recording their debut album, the band instead deciding to rouse interest through several single releases on a variety of independent labels.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8515/ | 720 hits
Melodic indie-pop minstrels The Lodger have avoided rushing into recording their debut album, the band instead deciding to rouse interest through several single releases on a variety of independent labels.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8515/ | 720 hits
CD Review: Beasts - s/t
Listening back to Beasts' original demo recording - released in April last year - it' amazing to note how much a band can achieve in just a few months.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8170/ | 256 hits
Listening back to Beasts' original demo recording - released in April last year - it' amazing to note how much a band can achieve in just a few months.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8170/ | 256 hits
Live Review: four day Hombre + Drat
"i found a skull today by the motorway its bone was paper thin could crack under anything" because drat create fiercely intelligent ferociously random observational songs with two guitars a bass a drums and a notebook that lends catchy loops to some of the quirkiest yet shamelessly honest compositions i've encountered for a while sung through telephones bolted to microphone stands following introductions every bit as surreal i mean songs about bells palsy don't hit you in the face very often even if youd only half notice when they did but drat are an aural and visual acyclovir-prednisone cocktail tasting of smile on my lips which is of course a first rate thing as the bending notes plus quirky chords swish with sway around the busy buzzy royal park cellars where there are no s m u k punk royal girls stretching today but lots of untailored folk instead even sitting on the floor which is effective although i wouldnt as its covered in stout spilt earlier but got away with i think a sample lyric might shed some light so theres one at the top of the page on their exemplary website there is brittle pale blue and theres even a guitar tuner so go and observe for yourself four day hombre get better and healthier every time i glimpse them which hasn't been enough lately but sufficient to see their hair grow out as their songs strengthen until i love the choruslines that flex and spin like simone clarke like on don't go gently where they probably really did give it away but its okay to remember and reflect that if your miss u contestant did thump you in the chest it was probably just to keep you going believe me sometimes thats more than you deserve child then the im sorry song lifts the place back up in a flurry of oxymoronic harmony joy soon theres drink too both beer and tea which is apt since four day hombre are so very english sounding by which by i suggest they are eloquent when using its not like it used to be you need to download the video you need to offload but in the interim simon or richie or both can do that for you by proxy while you put your hand in the back pocket of those jeans but not to buy the boys the drinks they request from the stage maybe later because right now bathed in red light he looks like john cale before the nobodys little girl song resolves and until the epic single room wends steadfastly into the night we don't have to go home from for a while yet
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3157/ | 838 hits
"i found a skull today by the motorway its bone was paper thin could crack under anything" because drat create fiercely intelligent ferociously random observational songs with two guitars a bass a drums and a notebook that lends catchy loops to some of the quirkiest yet shamelessly honest compositions i've encountered for a while sung through telephones bolted to microphone stands following introductions every bit as surreal i mean songs about bells palsy don't hit you in the face very often even if youd only half notice when they did but drat are an aural and visual acyclovir-prednisone cocktail tasting of smile on my lips which is of course a first rate thing as the bending notes plus quirky chords swish with sway around the busy buzzy royal park cellars where there are no s m u k punk royal girls stretching today but lots of untailored folk instead even sitting on the floor which is effective although i wouldnt as its covered in stout spilt earlier but got away with i think a sample lyric might shed some light so theres one at the top of the page on their exemplary website there is brittle pale blue and theres even a guitar tuner so go and observe for yourself four day hombre get better and healthier every time i glimpse them which hasn't been enough lately but sufficient to see their hair grow out as their songs strengthen until i love the choruslines that flex and spin like simone clarke like on don't go gently where they probably really did give it away but its okay to remember and reflect that if your miss u contestant did thump you in the chest it was probably just to keep you going believe me sometimes thats more than you deserve child then the im sorry song lifts the place back up in a flurry of oxymoronic harmony joy soon theres drink too both beer and tea which is apt since four day hombre are so very english sounding by which by i suggest they are eloquent when using its not like it used to be you need to download the video you need to offload but in the interim simon or richie or both can do that for you by proxy while you put your hand in the back pocket of those jeans but not to buy the boys the drinks they request from the stage maybe later because right now bathed in red light he looks like john cale before the nobodys little girl song resolves and until the epic single room wends steadfastly into the night we don't have to go home from for a while yet
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3157/ | 838 hits
CD Review: Seven Hours - Make It Up
Sounding like coffee table jazz funk, but with a rougher Tom Waits on vocals, Seven Hours are a bit of a mixed bunch.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2720/ | 483 hits
Sounding like coffee table jazz funk, but with a rougher Tom Waits on vocals, Seven Hours are a bit of a mixed bunch.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2720/ | 483 hits
CD Review: Tilly And The Wall - O
Purveyors of lush, romantic rock and roll they may be, but in a world that needs a handle, these guys will - for the time being - continue to be 'that one with a tap dancer instead of a drummer'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10067/ | 303 hits
Purveyors of lush, romantic rock and roll they may be, but in a world that needs a handle, these guys will - for the time being - continue to be 'that one with a tap dancer instead of a drummer'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10067/ | 303 hits
Live Review: The Lodger + Napoleon IIIrd + Champion Kickboxer + The Folk Theatre Partisans + Piskie Sits + Monster Killed By Laser + Bonsai Kittens + Worriedaboutsatan + Unexploded Shells
The Bone is 1 year old today. No longer sucking at the mother's teat of gig promotion, it's now old enough and daft enough to stand on its own 2 feet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7646/ | 997 hits
The Bone is 1 year old today. No longer sucking at the mother's teat of gig promotion, it's now old enough and daft enough to stand on its own 2 feet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7646/ | 997 hits
CD Review: Ash - Meltdown
Ash are a strange beast. After the success of their album '1977' back in 1997, they went all a bit mental and released 'Nu Clear Sounds', which was nothing but a disappointing mishmash of ideas, from blazing rock to nu-metal ish scratching and screaming, it was patchy at best.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2647/ | 841 hits
Ash are a strange beast. After the success of their album '1977' back in 1997, they went all a bit mental and released 'Nu Clear Sounds', which was nothing but a disappointing mishmash of ideas, from blazing rock to nu-metal ish scratching and screaming, it was patchy at best.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2647/ | 841 hits
Band Profile: Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun
Anarcho-anglo storytellers JL&tSS deliver their blend of country-folk/punk - the most energetic, poetic and engaging British folk music in the UK today.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16567/ | 88 hits
Anarcho-anglo storytellers JL&tSS deliver their blend of country-folk/punk - the most energetic, poetic and engaging British folk music in the UK today.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16567/ | 88 hits
CD Review: Popup - Chinese Burn / Stagecoach
A positively energetic guitar-laden introduction on 'Chinese Burn' paves the way for yet another popup piece of pure [expletive-ridden] brilliance.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7787/ | 443 hits
A positively energetic guitar-laden introduction on 'Chinese Burn' paves the way for yet another popup piece of pure [expletive-ridden] brilliance.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7787/ | 443 hits
Live Review: Baby Food + The Id + The Black Helicopters + Dave Procter
Right, I'll get my disclaimers out of the way first: I don't write reviews anymore as a rule but it was the only way I could blag into the gig for free.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2367/ | 591 hits
Right, I'll get my disclaimers out of the way first: I don't write reviews anymore as a rule but it was the only way I could blag into the gig for free.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2367/ | 591 hits
Live Review: Beirut + Magic Arm
When I heard the first Beirut album, 'The Gulag Orkestar', I thought that Rufus Wainwright had started singing with Romanian folk bands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9008/ | 538 hits
When I heard the first Beirut album, 'The Gulag Orkestar', I thought that Rufus Wainwright had started singing with Romanian folk bands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9008/ | 538 hits
Live Review: The Cribs + The Lodger
If your priorities when it comes to gigs include musicianship and not getting shoved around, then you probably shouldn't go to see The Cribs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3691/ | 1,143 hits
If your priorities when it comes to gigs include musicianship and not getting shoved around, then you probably shouldn't go to see The Cribs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3691/ | 1,143 hits
Live Review: Maps + Ulrich Schnauss
I had high hopes for this one, their Mercury award nominated 'We Can Create' has been getting daily spins at Casa Stevish all through our so called summer and hasn't faded.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8934/ | 384 hits
I had high hopes for this one, their Mercury award nominated 'We Can Create' has been getting daily spins at Casa Stevish all through our so called summer and hasn't faded.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8934/ | 384 hits
Live Review: Band Of Horses + Mojave 3 + Goldheart Assembly
I like to think of myself as a punctual individual - unlike my parents, they have turned being late into an art form - maybe I'm punctual because of them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14226/ | 492 hits
I like to think of myself as a punctual individual - unlike my parents, they have turned being late into an art form - maybe I'm punctual because of them.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14226/ | 492 hits
CD Review: Swound! - Into the Sea
'Oh, No!' is what haunts your mind when Whatever Happened, Happened, a documentary a part of Swound!'s album Into the Sea, is over.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16105/ | 177 hits
'Oh, No!' is what haunts your mind when Whatever Happened, Happened, a documentary a part of Swound!'s album Into the Sea, is over.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16105/ | 177 hits
Live Review: Monster Killed By Laser + Mz Sojourn + Project 506
At gigs in pubs I usually turn up too late to see the first act, sadly today was not one of those days.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1317/ | 485 hits
At gigs in pubs I usually turn up too late to see the first act, sadly today was not one of those days.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1317/ | 485 hits
Band Profile: Appease
Appease screamed its first breath in the Spring of 2001 in Bolton, Manchester. It's members came together from three different continents and in a frighteningly short space of time ten songs were written and recorded as their first demo.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4800/ | 98 hits
Appease screamed its first breath in the Spring of 2001 in Bolton, Manchester. It's members came together from three different continents and in a frighteningly short space of time ten songs were written and recorded as their first demo.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4800/ | 98 hits
Live Review: Dog City + Rob Galloway + 45 Revolutions + Type Press
To be honest I had never heard of the first two bands that were on the bill this evening, so I went into this completely blind but very open to the prospect of hearing something new and fresh to my ears.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6714/ | 762 hits
To be honest I had never heard of the first two bands that were on the bill this evening, so I went into this completely blind but very open to the prospect of hearing something new and fresh to my ears.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6714/ | 762 hits
Interview: Blackbud
With their "Heartbeat EP" out now, Nicholas Sell caught up with Wiltshire three piece Blackbud prior to their Club NME gig in Leeds
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6026/ | 896 hits
With their "Heartbeat EP" out now, Nicholas Sell caught up with Wiltshire three piece Blackbud prior to their Club NME gig in Leeds
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6026/ | 896 hits
Band Profile: Popup
About Popup. The current bio story: Popup are from Glasgow. They are Adi, Damian, Michael and Nicholas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7216/ | 288 hits
About Popup. The current bio story: Popup are from Glasgow. They are Adi, Damian, Michael and Nicholas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7216/ | 288 hits
Interview: The Futureheads
The Futureheads are back, armed with their latest album; The Chaos. I spoke to animated front man, Barry Hyde, following their recent gig at The Cockpit. Read on for the beans on the new record, side projects, and deliberately pissing off record company execs over haggis dinners.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12894/ | 661 hits
The Futureheads are back, armed with their latest album; The Chaos. I spoke to animated front man, Barry Hyde, following their recent gig at The Cockpit. Read on for the beans on the new record, side projects, and deliberately pissing off record company execs over haggis dinners.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12894/ | 661 hits
Interview: Cosmo Jarvis
Ahead of his supporting slot with Leeds legends The Sunshine Underground, I have a leisurely long chat with multi talented Cosmo Jarvis.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12420/ | 638 hits
Ahead of his supporting slot with Leeds legends The Sunshine Underground, I have a leisurely long chat with multi talented Cosmo Jarvis.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12420/ | 638 hits
Live Review: Pure Reason Revolution + Benjamin Wetherill
Due to Vib Gyor pulling out, it was a good two hours before Benjamin Wetherill took to the stage to play his trademark set of Formby covers, banjo strumming and all those minor keys.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3623/ | 1,886 hits
Due to Vib Gyor pulling out, it was a good two hours before Benjamin Wetherill took to the stage to play his trademark set of Formby covers, banjo strumming and all those minor keys.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3623/ | 1,886 hits
CD Review: The Answering Machine - Animals
I was at The Answering Machine's third ever show. It was in a cafe in Rusholme, when they still had a drum machine called Mustafa Beat instead of a drummer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13683/ | 422 hits
I was at The Answering Machine's third ever show. It was in a cafe in Rusholme, when they still had a drum machine called Mustafa Beat instead of a drummer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13683/ | 422 hits
Live Review: Sawthroat
The Royal Hotel in Morley Bottoms, my local, last night saw one of its most musically intense nights to date.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1132/ | 222 hits
The Royal Hotel in Morley Bottoms, my local, last night saw one of its most musically intense nights to date.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1132/ | 222 hits
Live Review: LaRusso + The Gold Fever + Jinzena
It's around 9 o'clock when I wander down to Carpe Diem, feeling a little dazed and inebriated. (I blame the afternoon spent in the pub celebrating degree results).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3977/ | 818 hits
It's around 9 o'clock when I wander down to Carpe Diem, feeling a little dazed and inebriated. (I blame the afternoon spent in the pub celebrating degree results).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3977/ | 818 hits
CD Review: Ludwig - Snake District
Ludwig sound somewhere between Orbital, Boards of Canada, and, well, the rest of the Warp back catalogue to be honest.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2893/ | 372 hits
Ludwig sound somewhere between Orbital, Boards of Canada, and, well, the rest of the Warp back catalogue to be honest.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2893/ | 372 hits
Band Profile: The Unthanks
The Unthanks were formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. The name changed with the lineup, in the summer of 2009.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11233/ | 226 hits
The Unthanks were formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. The name changed with the lineup, in the summer of 2009.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11233/ | 226 hits
Live Review: The Research + The Nervous Shakedown
Quite what The Engine Room think they're doing by opening the evening with The Nervous Shakedown, I do now know.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3284/ | 1,097 hits
Quite what The Engine Room think they're doing by opening the evening with The Nervous Shakedown, I do now know.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3284/ | 1,097 hits
Live Review: Deftones + Mnemic
It's hard to believe The Refectory has finally been refurbished. Swish new floors, blue LEDs in the ceiling, changing lights in the pillars, very snazzy.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8109/ | 416 hits
It's hard to believe The Refectory has finally been refurbished. Swish new floors, blue LEDs in the ceiling, changing lights in the pillars, very snazzy.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8109/ | 416 hits
CD Review: French Kicks - The Trial of the Century
The first track of this decidedly melodious album opens up like a blooming flower, with all the passion of The Walkmen and the synth-pop giddiness of Pulp aligned in a wonderful, mind/body/soul-warming manner.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3290/ | 399 hits
The first track of this decidedly melodious album opens up like a blooming flower, with all the passion of The Walkmen and the synth-pop giddiness of Pulp aligned in a wonderful, mind/body/soul-warming manner.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3290/ | 399 hits
CD Review: Micawba - Linear
In the first fifty seconds of joyous simplicity, Micawba burst through all the barriers. "In all her dresses" is a shimmering song in a performance to put alongside "There she Goes" by the Las.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/553/ | 392 hits
In the first fifty seconds of joyous simplicity, Micawba burst through all the barriers. "In all her dresses" is a shimmering song in a performance to put alongside "There she Goes" by the Las.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/553/ | 392 hits
CD Review: Dugong - Hat Danko
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/347/ | 828 hits
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.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/347/ | 828 hits
CD Review: Juliette & The Licks - Four on the Floor
Who can be expected to empathise with Miss Juliette Lewis other than her equally hard done to peers? It must be a real bitch knowing that celebrity A is worth X many more millions than you and queen bitch B got that movie role you wanted.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7363/ | 1,553 hits
Who can be expected to empathise with Miss Juliette Lewis other than her equally hard done to peers? It must be a real bitch knowing that celebrity A is worth X many more millions than you and queen bitch B got that movie role you wanted.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7363/ | 1,553 hits
Live Review: Mainline + The Fret + The High Chairs
Saturday night, and as usual I'm off to see some indie bands... for once however I know very little about the bands I'm going to see.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7013/ | 822 hits
Saturday night, and as usual I'm off to see some indie bands... for once however I know very little about the bands I'm going to see.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7013/ | 822 hits
CD Review: Wilful Missing - Molehills out of Mountains
For anyone having difficulty acclimatising themselves to the new year and brink of foretold apocalypse, the stark and refreshing optimism of Wilful Missing's debut album 'Molehills Out Of Mountains' may well give new light and hope to an otherwise dreary and uninviting winter.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16047/ | 515 hits
For anyone having difficulty acclimatising themselves to the new year and brink of foretold apocalypse, the stark and refreshing optimism of Wilful Missing's debut album 'Molehills Out Of Mountains' may well give new light and hope to an otherwise dreary and uninviting winter.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16047/ | 515 hits
Live Review: Alabama 3
Tonight is my first experience of Alabama 3. Preceded by recommendations and my vague awareness of them through a 90's Jools Holland spot, I suppose you have to start somewhere.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11473/ | 375 hits
Tonight is my first experience of Alabama 3. Preceded by recommendations and my vague awareness of them through a 90's Jools Holland spot, I suppose you have to start somewhere.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11473/ | 375 hits
CD Review: Crimson Tide - Let's Hear It For The B List Celebrities
I was somewhat bemused when I heard read the name of this band and wondered idly if they are aware that (thanks to the 1995 hit movie Clueless) the name of their band is in fact a euphemism for menstruation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7096/ | 460 hits
I was somewhat bemused when I heard read the name of this band and wondered idly if they are aware that (thanks to the 1995 hit movie Clueless) the name of their band is in fact a euphemism for menstruation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7096/ | 460 hits
Feature: Advent Calendar: 15th December
Day 15 of LMS's Advent Calendar 2011
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15886/ | 219 hits
Day 15 of LMS's Advent Calendar 2011
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15886/ | 219 hits
Band Profile: The Coast
The Coast released their much-anticipated debut full-length, Expatriate, on Aporia in April 2007 in Canada and AUGUST 19, 2007 in the United States.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12388/ | 113 hits
The Coast released their much-anticipated debut full-length, Expatriate, on Aporia in April 2007 in Canada and AUGUST 19, 2007 in the United States.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12388/ | 113 hits
CD Review: Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
Emerging from the serene waters of the West Country, Ben Howard's 'Every Kingdom' produces a collection of acoustic arrangements and harmonies that embody the singer's natural surroundings and experiences, which gives Howard a distinctive edge against other singer/songwriters of the moment.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15453/ | 725 hits
Emerging from the serene waters of the West Country, Ben Howard's 'Every Kingdom' produces a collection of acoustic arrangements and harmonies that embody the singer's natural surroundings and experiences, which gives Howard a distinctive edge against other singer/songwriters of the moment.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15453/ | 725 hits
Live Review: Two Wheel Fury + Two Legs Bad + Flaming Apes Head + Anabasis
This is the honest truth: I just got off the phone to a friend of mine and when I mentioned that I had been to the student union Battle of the Bands, she said "Oh, and did the winner of the event happen to be a metal type band who did some well known covers?" The formula is that obvious then.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/799/ | 283 hits
This is the honest truth: I just got off the phone to a friend of mine and when I mentioned that I had been to the student union Battle of the Bands, she said "Oh, and did the winner of the event happen to be a metal type band who did some well known covers?" The formula is that obvious then.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/799/ | 283 hits
Interview: From Autumn To Ashes
Daniel Powell talks with Long Island post-hardcore band From Autumn To Ashes when they play as part of Live At Leeds 2007
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8572/ | 4,926 hits
Daniel Powell talks with Long Island post-hardcore band From Autumn To Ashes when they play as part of Live At Leeds 2007
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8572/ | 4,926 hits
Live Review: InSatellites + Bear Mask + Vincent Massive + Ryan ROCKiT
With the student population decimated for April it's a more chilled night at the Library. However, the atmosphere's no less buzzing and the line-up's no less varied.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14526/ | 569 hits
With the student population decimated for April it's a more chilled night at the Library. However, the atmosphere's no less buzzing and the line-up's no less varied.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14526/ | 569 hits
Band Profile: Ashley Hicklin
Singer-Songwriter. Travelling monkey. Part-Time Eskimo. Sometime Astronaut. Writes songs in a boat. Debut album "Parrysland" due for release in Autumn 2010 :)
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6130/ | 937 hits
Singer-Songwriter. Travelling monkey. Part-Time Eskimo. Sometime Astronaut. Writes songs in a boat. Debut album "Parrysland" due for release in Autumn 2010 :)
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6130/ | 937 hits
CD Review: Dugong - Quick to the City
2003's "Hat Danko" is still one of my favourite New Yorkshire albums. Opening track "Honest Industry" gets at least one play a month even now.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4146/ | 1,077 hits
2003's "Hat Danko" is still one of my favourite New Yorkshire albums. Opening track "Honest Industry" gets at least one play a month even now.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4146/ | 1,077 hits
CD Review: A Day Left - The pseudo post neo modern avante bassment garden rock EP
Two spelling mistakes in a pisstake title that takes no piss is not a good start. A sound check drum intro to a trying-hard-to-impress first track takes things down another notch.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/323/ | 499 hits
Two spelling mistakes in a pisstake title that takes no piss is not a good start. A sound check drum intro to a trying-hard-to-impress first track takes things down another notch.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/323/ | 499 hits
Live Review: Fran Rodgers + Benjamin Wetherill
Ok first things first I got to this gig rather late and missed the first two acts. I really felt quite bad about that, and it also means I have no words to write about David Broad and Michael Rossiter (who I am sure were fantastic if the last two acts were any thing to go by)...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6092/ | 525 hits
Ok first things first I got to this gig rather late and missed the first two acts. I really felt quite bad about that, and it also means I have no words to write about David Broad and Michael Rossiter (who I am sure were fantastic if the last two acts were any thing to go by)...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6092/ | 525 hits
CD Review: Adam Green - Sixes and Sevens
Well, this is a pleasant record. Kind of pleasant in the Gary Lineker sense of the word. You know where you are with it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9249/ | 489 hits
Well, this is a pleasant record. Kind of pleasant in the Gary Lineker sense of the word. You know where you are with it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9249/ | 489 hits
Live Review: GoodBooks + Fields + Kid Harpoon
I love gigs like this. You go down to some random (admittedly, in the case of the Faversham, glorified) pub on the outskirts of the city to see a band or two that you've never heard of and to be brutally honest, probably never will again.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7506/ | 310 hits
I love gigs like this. You go down to some random (admittedly, in the case of the Faversham, glorified) pub on the outskirts of the city to see a band or two that you've never heard of and to be brutally honest, probably never will again.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7506/ | 310 hits
CD Review: The Definitve List - Untitled
There comes a point when someone has to say: "OK lads, that'll do. Now go away and have another listen to the stuff you're borrowing".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/72/ | 250 hits
There comes a point when someone has to say: "OK lads, that'll do. Now go away and have another listen to the stuff you're borrowing".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/72/ | 250 hits
Live Review: Benjamin Wetherill + James Skinner + Rik Lee + Luke Hirst
Underground rock mega-haven, The Vine, looks bare and empty tonight. A smattering of people enjoy their overpriced drinks in relative silence.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2541/ | 494 hits
Underground rock mega-haven, The Vine, looks bare and empty tonight. A smattering of people enjoy their overpriced drinks in relative silence.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2541/ | 494 hits
Live Review: The Lodger + Downdime + The Chiara L's + The Manhattan Love Suicides
People teemed like ants from the early evening into the comfort of the Brudenell Social Club - one of Leeds' best loved venues.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6941/ | 1,007 hits
People teemed like ants from the early evening into the comfort of the Brudenell Social Club - one of Leeds' best loved venues.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6941/ | 1,007 hits
CD Review: This Et Al - The Figure Eight EP
We'd seen angry young men come and go before, and Leeds has been brim-full of earnest tunefulness for years, but from the early days This Et Al seemed like something a little different (remember the red shirts?) But here, three years on from the split 7" that launched Dance To The Radio, the main differences between themselves and contemporary Leodensians such as the band with whom they shared that single, ˇForward, Russia!, seem to revolve around the resolute failure of the national media to pick up on their efforts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9520/ | 452 hits
We'd seen angry young men come and go before, and Leeds has been brim-full of earnest tunefulness for years, but from the early days This Et Al seemed like something a little different (remember the red shirts?) But here, three years on from the split 7" that launched Dance To The Radio, the main differences between themselves and contemporary Leodensians such as the band with whom they shared that single, ˇForward, Russia!, seem to revolve around the resolute failure of the national media to pick up on their efforts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9520/ | 452 hits
Live Review: The Walkmen + The Open
Let's be honest and get everything out in the open. The whole of the Cockpit is here solely to hear and see "The Rat" in action, a blistering, demented, Ian Curtis joyride of a song which has been exploding everywhere without even a trace of hyperbole.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2829/ | 548 hits
Let's be honest and get everything out in the open. The whole of the Cockpit is here solely to hear and see "The Rat" in action, a blistering, demented, Ian Curtis joyride of a song which has been exploding everywhere without even a trace of hyperbole.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2829/ | 548 hits
Live Review: Being 747 + The Lodger + Filth
I'd gone down to The Cardigan Arms to experience wonderful, shiny guitar pop. Stuff with hooks, choruses you can sing along to (if you wish), and that won't leave your head for days afterwards.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3597/ | 923 hits
I'd gone down to The Cardigan Arms to experience wonderful, shiny guitar pop. Stuff with hooks, choruses you can sing along to (if you wish), and that won't leave your head for days afterwards.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3597/ | 923 hits
Live Review: Two Door Cinema Club
For a band signed to Kitsune I was surprised to see just how many guitars were being lined up at side stage; most of my experience with Two Door Cinema Club is based on floods of remixes, and their album ploughs with a kind of mechanical relentlessness, which is possibly a ridiculous way of saying they might have used electronic drum sounds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13527/ | 547 hits
For a band signed to Kitsune I was surprised to see just how many guitars were being lined up at side stage; most of my experience with Two Door Cinema Club is based on floods of remixes, and their album ploughs with a kind of mechanical relentlessness, which is possibly a ridiculous way of saying they might have used electronic drum sounds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13527/ | 547 hits
Live Review: Carnabells + St. Somebody + Apollo's Basement + Eskimo Fandango
Eskimo Fandango are first up and sounding a lot more together than the last time I saw them. They belt out a few catchy indie numbers and display great confidence despite a few minor mishaps!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17271/ | 424 hits
Eskimo Fandango are first up and sounding a lot more together than the last time I saw them. They belt out a few catchy indie numbers and display great confidence despite a few minor mishaps!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17271/ | 424 hits
Live Review: Good Shoes + O Fracas + My Luminaries
To say this was a popular night would be somewhat of an understatement. We were packed and packed in proper...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6285/ | 349 hits
To say this was a popular night would be somewhat of an understatement. We were packed and packed in proper...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6285/ | 349 hits
Live Review: The Young Knives
On the surface of things, The Young Knives do not come across as an instantly likeable band. Their whole geek-chic image, seemingly meaningless moniker and ludicrously named bass player (The House of Lords, those of you who were wondering) make it easy to mark them down as achingly hip, annoyingly pretentious passengers on the indie scenester bandwagon where being able to pout is much more important than being able to play.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7479/ | 596 hits
On the surface of things, The Young Knives do not come across as an instantly likeable band. Their whole geek-chic image, seemingly meaningless moniker and ludicrously named bass player (The House of Lords, those of you who were wondering) make it easy to mark them down as achingly hip, annoyingly pretentious passengers on the indie scenester bandwagon where being able to pout is much more important than being able to play.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7479/ | 596 hits
Interview: Sky Larkin
One EP and one gig sums up Sky Larkin's musical contribution to planet Earth so far, yet for a band so young, there's a lot of promise locked away in the three piece as Gavin Miller explains...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4254/ | 3,082 hits
One EP and one gig sums up Sky Larkin's musical contribution to planet Earth so far, yet for a band so young, there's a lot of promise locked away in the three piece as Gavin Miller explains...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4254/ | 3,082 hits
CD Review: King Nothing - LTGTR
80's Hair Metal is a genre that smacks of 'Guilty Pleasure' right? Come on we've all played air guitar to Motley Crue, and we ALL wish we were Wayne Campbell at that Alice Cooper concert, but that's where it ends right?...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17033/ | 238 hits
80's Hair Metal is a genre that smacks of 'Guilty Pleasure' right? Come on we've all played air guitar to Motley Crue, and we ALL wish we were Wayne Campbell at that Alice Cooper concert, but that's where it ends right?...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17033/ | 238 hits
CD Review: Bobby Tank - Afterburn
Deep into April, with the weather promising a scorching summer, it is high time we start talking about summer anthems.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16495/ | 364 hits
Deep into April, with the weather promising a scorching summer, it is high time we start talking about summer anthems.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16495/ | 364 hits
CD Review: Four Stroke - 4mornings
4mornings is an ambitious project. Each of four songs is led in by a sound montage of one of the band member's morning.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2300/ | 599 hits
4mornings is an ambitious project. Each of four songs is led in by a sound montage of one of the band member's morning.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2300/ | 599 hits
Live Review: David Thomas Broughton + Twi the Humble Feather
The Faversham is not my favourite Leeds venue, to put it mildly. I find the layout exasperating; the enormous pillars forever eclipsing your view of the bands, the bland floorboards giving it an odd village-hall type feeling, and the bar so lengthy and omnipresent that, in quieter musical moments, you are often distracted from what you came to see by the perpetual tinkling of ice and clatter of glasses.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11244/ | 528 hits
The Faversham is not my favourite Leeds venue, to put it mildly. I find the layout exasperating; the enormous pillars forever eclipsing your view of the bands, the bland floorboards giving it an odd village-hall type feeling, and the bar so lengthy and omnipresent that, in quieter musical moments, you are often distracted from what you came to see by the perpetual tinkling of ice and clatter of glasses.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11244/ | 528 hits
News Article: 360 Club Xmas gig for Martin House Childrens Hospice.
Leeds based 360 Club which is rapidly becoming one of the UK's most respected live music events, showcases the very best in up and coming acts, whilst also assisting them with music industry advice and guidance, having seen several of its bands feature at Glastonbury, Leeds and Reading festivals this year as well as extensive coverage on BBC Introducing and Radio 1 play list being achieved for one act working with 360 Club's founder Richard Watson, the well respected gig night has had a very exciting year so far.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15880/ | 391 hits
Leeds based 360 Club which is rapidly becoming one of the UK's most respected live music events, showcases the very best in up and coming acts, whilst also assisting them with music industry advice and guidance, having seen several of its bands feature at Glastonbury, Leeds and Reading festivals this year as well as extensive coverage on BBC Introducing and Radio 1 play list being achieved for one act working with 360 Club's founder Richard Watson, the well respected gig night has had a very exciting year so far.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15880/ | 391 hits
Live Review: The Cut + The Invention + The Voltaires
The Mixing Tin is renowned for its vibrant atmosphere, especially late into a weekend night and tonight, the Noisebox showcase featuring four of the hottest bands around, is no exception.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8190/ | 299 hits
The Mixing Tin is renowned for its vibrant atmosphere, especially late into a weekend night and tonight, the Noisebox showcase featuring four of the hottest bands around, is no exception.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8190/ | 299 hits
Live Review: Selfish Cunt + Robochrist + Baby Food
I dunno about anyone else but it really bugs me when bands, especially ones at the bottom of the bill, start acting as if, on top of paying the five quid entrance fee to their gig, us punters somehow owe them our undying appreciation for watching them peddle their musical wares for half an hour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3254/ | 921 hits
I dunno about anyone else but it really bugs me when bands, especially ones at the bottom of the bill, start acting as if, on top of paying the five quid entrance fee to their gig, us punters somehow owe them our undying appreciation for watching them peddle their musical wares for half an hour.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3254/ | 921 hits
Live Review: Fyfe Dangerfield
"I can't believe I just said that; why did I say that?", Fyfe sniggers after wryly introducing the two rather elegant violinists at his side as "my bitches." Wearing a haggard suit and sporting the audacious combination of socks and sandals (he later admits he forgot to pack another pair of shoes before he left home earlier that morning), he casually tussles with his golden hair, looking more like a bohemian businessman than anything else.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12651/ | 491 hits
"I can't believe I just said that; why did I say that?", Fyfe sniggers after wryly introducing the two rather elegant violinists at his side as "my bitches." Wearing a haggard suit and sporting the audacious combination of socks and sandals (he later admits he forgot to pack another pair of shoes before he left home earlier that morning), he casually tussles with his golden hair, looking more like a bohemian businessman than anything else.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12651/ | 491 hits
CD Review: Simon Pollard Band - The Dark Before the Dawn
Whilst sitting down listening to this EP from The Simon Pollard Band, thinking about an angle for this review, I was trying to think when it was that Country music became cool.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16221/ | 243 hits
Whilst sitting down listening to this EP from The Simon Pollard Band, thinking about an angle for this review, I was trying to think when it was that Country music became cool.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16221/ | 243 hits
CD Review: Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
Quirky acoustic guitarists are not exactly redundant at the moment. So for something of this genre to be deemed 'important', in my opinion it has to be essential and most of all, interesting.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8737/ | 985 hits
Quirky acoustic guitarists are not exactly redundant at the moment. So for something of this genre to be deemed 'important', in my opinion it has to be essential and most of all, interesting.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8737/ | 985 hits
Interview: S.C.U.M
I caught up with S.C.U.M. front man Tom Cohen in the wake of their critically acclaimed debut, 'Again Into Eyes', and ahead of their Leeds stage of the NME tour at the Cockpit. We chat of a love of synthesisers and Lou Reed, ambitious instrumentation and a worrying desire to turn an audience into an 'entirety'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15488/ | 587 hits
I caught up with S.C.U.M. front man Tom Cohen in the wake of their critically acclaimed debut, 'Again Into Eyes', and ahead of their Leeds stage of the NME tour at the Cockpit. We chat of a love of synthesisers and Lou Reed, ambitious instrumentation and a worrying desire to turn an audience into an 'entirety'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15488/ | 587 hits
CD Review: Hands On The Stereo - Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
Hands On The Stereo might not be a household name on these shores just yet, but there's more than enough evidence on this 5-track EP to suggest that this might not be the shape of things to come for the New Jersey quintet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15669/ | 166 hits
Hands On The Stereo might not be a household name on these shores just yet, but there's more than enough evidence on this 5-track EP to suggest that this might not be the shape of things to come for the New Jersey quintet.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15669/ | 166 hits
Live Review: Willy Mason + Sam Airey + Michael Ainsley
It is always a challenge to review someone who you hold in high esteem as a musician and a songwriter whilst trying not to be a fan boy, and to also give them the accolade that they deserve.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14715/ | 397 hits
It is always a challenge to review someone who you hold in high esteem as a musician and a songwriter whilst trying not to be a fan boy, and to also give them the accolade that they deserve.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14715/ | 397 hits
Live Review: Her Name Is Calla + Birds of Passage
Bugger me, it's cold. The Left Bank Centre - a little known piece of Church heritage turned arts centre tucked away in the centre of Hyde Park.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14528/ | 369 hits
Bugger me, it's cold. The Left Bank Centre - a little known piece of Church heritage turned arts centre tucked away in the centre of Hyde Park.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14528/ | 369 hits
Live Review: Ten Benson + Sludgefeast + The Pistol Apostles
It's Monday night. And people have left their warm cosy houses, braved the elements and piled down the Well for a sloppy, dirty, nasty sludge-rock extravaganza!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1337/ | 249 hits
It's Monday night. And people have left their warm cosy houses, braved the elements and piled down the Well for a sloppy, dirty, nasty sludge-rock extravaganza!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1337/ | 249 hits
