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Band Profile: 11 Rude Noises
We do not have a biography for 11 Rude Noises.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1647/ | 730 hits
Band Profile: Helicopter Quartet
Post-Everything dark violin & guitar noises
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16778/ | 114 hits
CD Review: Cardboard Cowboy - Untitled
From the depths of Zebra Industries, I'm clouted on the back of the head by a very interesting three track demo CD of side project material.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/98/ | 261 hits
CD Review: Pure Reason Revolution - The Bright Ambassadors of Morning
Sounding like the first half of someone's album, Pure Reason Revolution have quite an ambitious single here.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3753/ | 790 hits
CD Review: Rudolf Rocker - Rabbiting With Richard Dido
This is Rudolf Rocker's second album released on Leeds' very own House Of Mook label. John Peel listened upon the band favourably, as he did with many 'Mook' arists and you can hear why.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6059/ | 339 hits
CD Review: Kid Samson - Untitled
The Kid Samson CD has two tracks: "For the Love of an Eskimo" and "Photos of Dead Pets". You can buy it for £2 through their pretty looking Web site.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/419/ | 236 hits
CD Review: Magoo - We r synchronized
Stadium sleaze and slither from Magoo with space noises and big chords. Sounds like a very thin boy in dark make-up and a monster sound rig up front.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/653/ | 213 hits
Live Review: Joe Ninety + APB + Mr Popular + Humanfly
John Canvas of Humanfly is a man who has abandoned lyrics and singing in favour of screaming "YEEEEEAAAAAH!" in a tight voice.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/744/ | 341 hits
Band Profile: Ktula
thrash metal
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2488/ | 293 hits
Band Profile: The Sick Men Of Europe
Vocals/Guitar - Sam Carter Pots and Pans - Jim Bee Bass/Upright Bass - Andy Jessop The Sick Men Of Europe are a 3 piece, gin drinking, basement dwelling outfit from Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12869/ | 157 hits
News Article: Superface to release "State Your Business" on the GLP label
"State Your Business" is the brand new EP from alternative rock / pop band Superface, released on the GLP label (Groove Laboratory Productions).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8671/ | 194 hits
CD Review: Khopek - s/t
This elegantly European-looking collection of four pieces from five piece Khopek comes cloaked in pale blue mystery.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2734/ | 355 hits
Band Profile: The Priory
Together they create the collective. Operating not singularly, the band is their instrument. Distorting, beating, and teasing computers, loops, and inanimate metal objects alike into electronic noises give an edge to the unmistakable and contagious danceable beats that can be heard in all their songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8072/ | 113 hits
CD Review: Uma - Live at the Met
Well. Recorded onto a minidisk with the live mix uncooked this does sound very good. 40 minutes of cunningly made songs, played faultlessly.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/315/ | 304 hits
CD Review: Ginger - Market Harbour
The name 'Market Harbour' for an album may just seem like a random name; not many albums out there with it, better than self-titled etc.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9230/ | 715 hits
CD Review: Joan of Arc - In Rape Fantasy & Terror Sex We Trust
Joan of Arc's Tim Kinsella is one of those multiple-attached US artists who can sneak into the Leeds Fenton one May evening, en route from Paris to Dortmund via Glasgow and Manchester, and maybe 100 people know.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/560/ | 439 hits
Live Review: Good Shoes + Vincent Vincent and the Villains
I started my day in a very groggy fashion indeed. I had already come to terms with the fact that my football team (Tamworth FC) will be slogging it out somewhere outside of the football league next season, and that I was flat broke after paying long overdue bills...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8194/ | 462 hits
Band Profile: Hearts & Souls
4 piece Alt/Rock/Pop from Leeds
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14358/ | 533 hits
CD Review: Parisman - A Lesson In The Art Of Balance
Parisman take one great leap into their own future with this very polished three track CD. No more uncertainty about how to balance the rock and the electronics.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/60/ | 319 hits
CD Review: The Music - Take The Long Road And Walk It
Currently unsigned, this 4-piece from Leeds are already being hailed as the biggest thing since Oasis.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8/ | 349 hits
CD Review: Aqualung - Good Times Gonna Come
Matt Hales, dropped by Mercury after two singles with the 45s, sent a tune off to VW. Since motor vehicle manufacturers rule the world and kill more children per day than Sadam Hussain does in a mass destructive lifetime it probably seemed like a good idea.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/471/ | 1,608 hits
Band Profile: Giants
Born out of skateboarding and all other aspects of general teenage disorder, the quintet play a stern cocktail of fast, hard hitting, Melodic Punk/Hardcore with gritty and raw metal.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15331/ | 27 hits
CD Review: Sharko - Meeuws 2
This is the second album from Belgian alt-pop outfit Sharko and yet from its 15 tracks there is a struggle to find any true stand out moments.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/580/ | 350 hits
CD Review: Do Me Bad Things - Time for Deliverance
Okay so I'm heading into this review with a kinda biased viewpoint of the band to begin with after seeing their piss poor performance at the Reading festival this year.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3261/ | 538 hits
CD Review: Sear - Until The Dust Lies
Danny North, Tom Allen and Michelle Richfield are Sear. Sear's music is tuneful and intense, with richly matured musical content.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/302/ | 680 hits
CD Review: Signal Generator - Square Wave EP
The "Square Wave" EP from Huddersfeld's Signal Generator (Peter Morttram) is four tracks with (as far my lugs can tell) not a square wave anywhere.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/289/ | 365 hits
CD Review: Rob Nichols - 2nd Album
Rob Nichols is some rare creature darting across the normally beaten tracks with a flurry of noises and graceful swerves, to disappear in the woods and haunt your memory weeks later.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/41/ | 353 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/ | 1,885 hits
Band Profile: Pictish Trail
The work of Johnny Lynch, aka 'The Pictish Trail' is more stirringly subversive stuff from the Fence Collective.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10829/ | 90 hits
Band Profile: Sloth Hammer
Luke - Toys, noise & rhythms Paul - Bass, rumbles & noise LUKE circuit bends dolls and games and speak n spells and keyboards and toys and alien figures and makes them make noises they shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't make ordinarily.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15102/ | 67 hits
CD Review: Maupa - Helpless
Delay pedal mania, breathy reverb ridden vocals & keyboard noises that go woooooooouuuuup..p..p..p! Inevitably your reviewer is going to reach for their off the peg Coldplay (tired) and Elbow (starting to look worn) comparisons!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/642/ | 453 hits
CD Review: The Voyeurs - If I'm Right / World
The Voyeurs certainly know how to do good pop music, yet make it listenable for the most 'alternative' of music fan.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4011/ | 1,574 hits
CD Review: Whirlwind Heat And Lightspeed Champion - How Do You Do?
Don't worry, the sleepless nights are over. You know, the ones you were having about "What happened to the Test Icicles?" It's been tough hasn't it?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7932/ | 280 hits
CD Review: Clarkesville - Secret File
Being slow with this review, I'm told by those who go places that this tune is already on the compilation CDs from Woolworths that they play at the gym for people to hyperventilate to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/619/ | 767 hits
CD Review: Yann Tiersen - Skyline
Yann Tiersen releases his latest offering Skyline in the wake of Dust Lane an album which very much combined a musical soundscaping with a popular music style, something Tiersen is synonymous for and something continued in this record.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15593/ | 466 hits
CD Review: Guided * - Little Light
So how does this work? Out of nowhere, a lo-fi, home recorded CD goes on the stereo after a hard day.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/415/ | 264 hits
CD Review: The Rain Band - Easy Rider
Bog standard songs with max production trickery equals radio possibility and no reason to be interested.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/523/ | 307 hits
Band Profile: Data.Select.Party
Data.Select.Party were a menage a trois of electro pop rock. Hailing from London, Tom (drums) James Monnington (guitar), Hugo Edwards (bass) and Daniel Quanstrom (vox and guitar) made sexy noises.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9253/ | 201 hits
Band Profile: Box Jellys
!!Audiogasmic!!!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13055/ | 328 hits
CD Review: Drinkme - Manifesto EP
Displaying their influences like a BUMWARS tattoo in BIG BOLD letters on their forehead, this EP is a real call to arms for punk-funk fans everywhere.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3308/ | 446 hits
CD Review: Brave Captain - Advertisements For Myself
"Wake Up Boo" has become something of an albatross for Martin Carr. The Boo Radley's never managed to write anything as catchy again and subsequently split up.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/476/ | 258 hits
CD Review: The Hickey Underworld - The Frog
The Hickey Underworld are a four-piece alt-rock band from Antwerp, Belgium, and from the press release that came with this single, 'The Frog', I was pretty excited- on paper, it sounded as if this single would be quirky, dynamic, and unpredictable.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16966/ | 156 hits
Live Review: Herrod + Missed Her Bliss + Chevron
Not being witness to the rebirth of Chevron on Tuesday (jazz odyssey, anyone?) here I am, two days two late with the latest news as usual, and wondering why I only ever seem to write reviews of Chevron and Herrod gigs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/725/ | 280 hits
CD Review: Chickenhawk - Untitled
Ok well put simply Chickenhawk are a tad demented. Demented is good. I like that and I quite like Chickenhawk.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6074/ | 411 hits
CD Review: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1
This is genius. What a random concept for a song, and this is totally fictional. With great lyrics such as "she's gotta be strong to defeat them, so she's taken lots of vitamins" coupled with the fantastic noises coming from...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/502/ | 278 hits
Live Review: Animal Collective
Light being faster than sound, the first thing that hit me as I descended from the (quite expensive!) bar was a blinding light, pulsating from the stage.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9033/ | 247 hits
CD Review: Patrick Plankton Donnelly - Plankton's Guitarsake
Patrick Donnelly's 'Plankton's Guitarsake' is quite literally the oddest album I have ever had to review.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14893/ | 233 hits
CD Review: Test Icicles - Circle, Square, Triangle
I love hearing a song for the first time on the good ol' MTV2 and getting excited about it. It's reliably a tingly feeling that only comes around once every so often and should be embraced while you apprehensively wait for the credits to role to reveal the artist responsible.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4339/ | 564 hits
Band Profile: Conquering Animal Sound
Conquering Animal Sound is a Glasgow-based two piece, who make loops, flowing sounds and abstract electrical noises.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12900/ | 212 hits
Band Profile: Soft Toy Emergency
Soft Toy Emergency were a five-piece electro-pop band from Liverpool; Jen (vocals), George (bass), Luciano (synths), Andy (guitar) & Will (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11085/ | 81 hits
Band Profile: Master & The Mule
Master & The Mule deliver dark, heavy, slightly unusual guitar based music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13271/ | 442 hits
CD Review: We vs Death - s/t
It's post rock kids, but not as we know it... actually, it's pretty much as we know it, but with the added bonus of trumpets!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3947/ | 481 hits
CD Review: Little Japanese Toy - Calling Disused Numbers
This is a very nice single from the Star Harbour label. It tucks right into the New Art Underground as if Chicago or Montreal were just up the road.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/272/ | 311 hits
CD Review: The Knife - Deep Cuts
Storming out of Sweden are brother and sister combo Olof and Kristin Dreijer, aka The Knife. Unlike other famous brother and sister combos, the music isn't thrashy garage rock, nor is it arty punk pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3118/ | 2,775 hits
CD Review: The Mars Volta - The Widow
Before the play button is pressed, the new The Mars Volta single is already a head fuck. It is two tracks long, yet it last nearly twenty minutes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3699/ | 813 hits
CD Review: Chris Liebing - 10 Years Clr
Starts with a thud, that strengthens, the syncopated cymbal starts and you know you're listening to techno.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13015/ | 185 hits
CD Review: Milf - This Silence
Milf have advanced a lot since I first heard an early demo of theirs. The ear for melody and driving guitars which was evident back then has stuck with them and has developed into a rather appealing wall of sound.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/307/ | 426 hits
CD Review: Mama Scuba - El Shake
I deliberately delayed starting this review as the first listen frightened me into the thought that the single El Shake might be too challenging to describe very well, but when I played it today things became distinctly clear...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3694/ | 393 hits
CD Review: My Toys Like Me - Sick Couple
Like a hypnotic kids jewellery box My Toys Like Me have created a song that purrs and makes a beautiful backdrop for the almost infant-like vocals of singer Frances Noon.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7707/ | 684 hits
CD Review: Andy Votel - All Ten Fingers
Record label boss for Badly Drawn Boy, DJ, entrepreneur, sleeve designer, tea maker and generally good bloke Andy Votel has his own proper album out.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/460/ | 349 hits
CD Review: The Myth - Untitled
Despite sitting down to listen to this demo with something approaching a hangover, my sluggish mind cannot be fooled into thinking it is rubbish.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3002/ | 256 hits
CD Review: The Sweet Chap - Superman 3 / Girl With A Curl
From a label who will only release things as MP3 downloads, which in my opinion, is a brilliant idea, The Sweet chap swings and saunters over to my place, bottle of vino in hand, sleazy look on face.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3726/ | 363 hits
CD Review: Terrence Fixmer - Comedy of Menace
Home cooking is reassuring, even when it is slightly over cooked, or with too much of one spice, it still satisfies and you will always want more.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13602/ | 323 hits
CD Review: Funk D'Void - Volume Freak
Signed to the esteemed Soma label, home to Silicone Soul and Slam no less, Funk D'Void's latest release has the weight of expectation behind it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2453/ | 316 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Roger / Boys of Scandanavia - split single
It's a funny thing, electroclash. A few years ago it was considered the in thing, the hip new sound from the underground, the tipple of choice for people who wear ghastly 1980s clothing and cake themselves in make up.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3972/ | 271 hits
Live Review: Kid 606 + Drop The Lime + Random Number
It's a fairly quiet night tonight at the legendary Brudenell Social Club and tonight's venue sees a more leftfield electronica crowd appear out of the woodworks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4307/ | 355 hits
CD Review: Tract - Destroy Reality TV
Hey dismals, cheer up. It's Tract to the rescue. They refuse to enjoy dross, shit or reality TV. They make a lovely fresh noise with bass, guitar, drums and two fine voices.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2880/ | 591 hits
CD Review: Telegramme - Okay
There's no doubt that Telegramme frontwoman Faye has a powerful voice. However, she also has an unusual habit of serving her vocals with a helping of random warbling noises and sudden high notes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10101/ | 268 hits
CD Review: Afraid of the Dark - The Sun Is Your Enemy
Smash, Smash, grrr, grrr, bang, slice, wham, dunka dunk, girly voice... hang on a minute! Girly voice??
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/196/ | 298 hits
CD Review: Four Tet - Rounds
Effortlessly cool. Tunefully pure. This is iced peach sorbet for any music-glutted ear. Four Tet (on his fourth album for Domino) does digital cut and paste with beautiful instrumental samples and exotic percussion scrapes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/548/ | 356 hits
CD Review: Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens is well know as a musician who advances within the genres he works within, probably best known for his folk based musics in the 50 states project where Sufjan announced he was to create an album for each state in the US, alas it came to fruition that this was a joke and wasn't going to happen, well not at least at the moment.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13570/ | 243 hits
CD Review: Samsa - Untitled
Following on from a whole album full of stuff back in 2002, Samsa are back in the hunt with a three track EP that comfortably fulfills the promise of the best stuff on that first expedition.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/376/ | 320 hits
Band Profile: Cha-Cha
myspace.com/wearechacha A fellowship of individually talented songwriters, initially brought together by a phonographic love for The Virgins, The Strokes, The Police and Phoenix, have finally emerged from their London hideout to introduce themselves.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12402/ | 100 hits
Live Review: Whirlwind Heat + The Detonators
Don't you just love it when the support band turns out to be better than the headliners? Of course you don't know that when you're watching them, but they turn out to be the unexpected surprise of your evening.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2391/ | 592 hits
CD Review: Heads We Dance - The Human Touch
'The Human Touch' by Heads We Dance is five minutes of industrial-tinged electro with futuristic synths and robotic noises aplenty, and a modest amount of addictive beats.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10172/ | 336 hits
Band Profile: Superface
rock pop
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8670/ | 186 hits
CD Review: Cha Cha Cohen - All Artists are Criminals
This is an angry piece of work. Jaqi and Keith Gregory have gone to Australia and do not intend to promote the product.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/219/ | 458 hits
CD Review: Kubrick - Untitled
Anyone who remembers 90s indie rockers Midget will know of Richard Gombault, and obviously this, his new project.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2570/ | 371 hits
CD Review: Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Imogen Heap is, according to the Guardian, "the first download diva", views of her Myspace and downloads of the music seem to make her bigger than the Beatles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6938/ | 278 hits
CD Review: Narco - Control of the Stereo
Narco are the start of a riot. Machine gun fire pings round my room and I duck for cover before the dirty grinding bass line of 'Hey You' kicks in like an exploding atom bomb on repeat.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4202/ | 697 hits
Live Review: Modeliste + Being 747
Live music returns to Halifax town centre with the launch of "The Dog House", a new band night upstairs at The Royal Oak pub.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3632/ | 809 hits
CD Review: Nonpareil - Changing Tides
Blimey, these guys are serious. Very serious. There's moody inlay pictures of the band looking all sullen, there's black everywhere and some very arty song titles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3462/ | 487 hits
CD Review: Givers - In Light
After the release of single 'Up Up Up' I was quite excited at the prospect of Givers' debut album release as the single, which opens the album, is a wonderful combination of what almost is afro-pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15295/ | 225 hits
CD Review: Emmet - Emmet 3.0
There's little more that LMS can say about Emmet. We've already creamed our collective pants over their brand of high class dance music, or as everyone seems to call it, 'dance music it's ok to like'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3772/ | 320 hits
CD Review: Metronomy - Everything Goes My Way
Mercury prize nominated Metronomy have been a busy bunch lately, touring to sell-out shows and making an appearance on "Later...With Jools Holland".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15533/ | 318 hits
Live Review: James Chance
Truly weird, truly out there is when you don't mean to be, I mean for the last 25 years I was happy to think that James Chance had produced this freakish, extraordinary noise out of a punkish desire to confront and to explore boundaries in what you could do with funk or jazz or punk, but no, it seems he just is freakish and extraordinary.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8928/ | 270 hits
CD Review: New Order - Krafty
It's a tricky one, the remix CD. It can prove to be a bit of a pain in the rear sometimes, as your fans want the one they heard on the radio, not the 'DJ Killbot 12" extended techno-dub mix', but as evidenced here, sometimes it can prove to be a fruitful exercise.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3859/ | 480 hits
CD Review: Sidearm - Graffitied Litter
Sidearm are an ambitious and adventurous bunch. This idea-rammed CD of three songs shouts out "gi's a gig!" in a loud and convincing voice.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/655/ | 260 hits
CD Review: Dolores - s/t
Apparently I called these guys jazz in an earlier review, and they got a bit mad. So, I sit with the new full length offering from the band spinning on my computer (us kids don't do CD players anymore y'know) with an open mind and my Miles Davis CDs as far away as possible...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3377/ | 559 hits
CD Review: Cardboard Cowboy - Untitled
This is a good CD. I'm told nothing about the band before I slot the disc in my machine, just a pretty piss poor name and a green CD/r.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/230/ | 257 hits
Live Review: Chindits + Fig 4.0 + Freeborn
Punk is punk is punk. Yeah? Well not here. In a single, unusually poorly supported gig, you could have seen at least three different shades of punk - really up close and personal.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/903/ | 295 hits
CD Review: Superboss - Protoretro
This sound is so big now; '80s and '90s electronics rediscovered and manipulated in a way truly worthy of the 21st century.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/112/ | 234 hits
CD Review: Hallelujah Johnson - 33.3 Revolutionsperminute
Hallelujah Johnson have plenty of talent, some crafty-sounding beats and some cunning turntable noises.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2302/ | 543 hits
Live Review: The Blood Brothers
Warming up his vocals, one of The Blood Brothers' front men screams a few off shots into the mic and screeches his rendition of doing your scales into the mic.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3698/ | 620 hits
CD Review: Simple Kid - #1
I was disturbed when I received this CD through the post. Not by the cover or the content, but by what it said on the label stuck to it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2546/ | 549 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Aural Quagmire
Voltage Records in Bradford, managed by Tim Walker, have recorded a lot of rock in the last couple of years.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/194/ | 239 hits
CD Review: Charlotte Hatherley - Grey Will Fade
You can almost see the cogs at work. "I'm virtually guaranteed rock star rights for the next 5-10 years thanks to Tim Wheeler's pop dynamic sensibilities, the definitive Best of will be released soon giving me a pretty tasty cash flow and I am adored by all frustrated, sweaty indie boys aged 14-30, who find me sexy in a dominating, older woman type way.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2993/ | 472 hits
Live Review: Iodo
It's a familiar story. All too familiar for my liking: young band comes all the way to Leeds from afar (Lincoln in this case) with the promise of a headline slot at a decent venue.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4163/ | 398 hits
Live Review: Xi + Catylyst + The Downfall
Hidden behind a Wakefield office block lies the Snooty Fox. After a chance meeting with Xi, we get directions to the venue, which is to be part of Xi's whirlwind tour of the Mainland's shores.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1227/ | 393 hits
CD Review: Finn LeMarinel - Violence
Having only stumbled upon Finn LeMarinel a few months ago, I am still taking in the true depth and creativity of his music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17225/ | 288 hits
CD Review: Mumm-Ra - These Things Move in Threes
I tend to be a little wary of bands like Mumm-Ra, who take up instruments with the sole purpose of being in a band to pass the time - something all the members of this group admit to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8435/ | 1,074 hits
Live Review: King Tonka + Rockadile
Rockadile play a set of familiar tunes with an uncommon competence and jovial showmanship. Yes, to repeat, it's well played and audience-friendly and gently bounces off of the evening and the environs with big hearted smiles all round.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2901/ | 602 hits
CD Review: Y? - Untitled
What we have here are two good voices and one mission to go spaced out and relaxed. Superficially it has Boards of Canada for the underlay and lite nu R&B as the deep pile upholstery.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/229/ | 190 hits
Live Review: Vae Solis + Action Directe + Beyond Redemption
So, metal night at the Royal Park, and the turnout looks quite good as the first band, BEYOND REDEMPTION, take the stage.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/923/ | 185 hits
Band Profile: Johnny Powell
Multi-layered alternative folk and electronica act with a meditative, mindful and lyrical emphasis.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11371/ | 623 hits
CD Review: The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
'Steady, As She Goes' - y'know it, right? That driving romp through backwoods Americana, all gloomy shots of forest-covered mountains, wild horses and ranch-hands with stubble and cigarettes running about everywhere like convicts; that stupidly-infectious, slightly-ominous singalong with offbeat smacks of whiskey-bothered guitar to handclap with and weird little noises thrown hither and thither to swing your hips to?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6760/ | 522 hits
CD Review: Kava Kava - Maui
Kava Kava are a real band doing clubs and festivals with total commitment to the music they love. It's acid funk and it's live on stage with pounding drums, big guitar and wah wah pedals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/274/ | 302 hits
CD Review: Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
He dropped out of college in 2004, touched the sky in 2005 and by 2007 was living the good life, but in 2008 Kanye West is welcoming us to heartbreak with the greatest artistic gamble mainstream pop has seen in years.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10210/ | 716 hits
CD Review: The Shallow Call - s/t
The Shallow Call arrive surrounded by the type of over enthusiastic hyperbole which is usually reserved for world beaters like Radiohead, et al.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2903/ | 463 hits
CD Review: Viva Stereo - The Surface has been scratched EP
Sounding like the bastard love child of Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Death In Vegas' Richard Fearless, Viva Stereo are cooking up quite a sound.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2569/ | 303 hits
Live Review: The Sunshine Underground
Strange things are happening in the dance world. Warp records not only sign Geordie punk monkeys Maximo Park in a holyfuckthisisn'tthenewBoardsofCanada moment but they also release a white soul album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4102/ | 881 hits
CD Review: Colin Mounsey - The Hungry Pig EP
This vintage quality EP has five full-bodied songs from Colin Mounsey (aka The Hungry Pig). Colin is a recent solo arrival in Leeds as a fully-formed songwriter and performer with a lavish sense of musical adventure, having served time with Blue Planet and Anabasis.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2959/ | 699 hits
CD Review: Mexican Alibi - The Ace Catastrophe
"I've seen people and I've seen places/ But I'll never see familiar faces / I'll be your alibi and you'll be mine / we'll be fine in the countryside" are fairly catastrophic lyrics I'll grant you.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/650/ | 364 hits
Live Review: sammyUSA + Desolation Angels + Herrod
It's cold, it's Friday night, it's the Royal Park Cellars and it's empty for Herrod's arrival on stage.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1043/ | 324 hits
CD Review: Being 747 - Amoeba To Zebra
Being 747 don't like to make life easy for themselves. Not only have they devised a show covering subject matter that'll make your head hurt - the evolution of Earth, from single-celled organisms, right the way up to mankind - they've pitched it at the most awkward audience imaginable, by touring around secondary schools.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13107/ | 611 hits
Live Review: Soberskin + Robochrist + Project New City
Enthusiasts of tonight's bands nervously surround me, uniting in small rival groups, all with a clear objective at hand, to support and more importantly, cast a vote for the devoted band of which they are acquainted to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2867/ | 579 hits
Live Review: The Coral
The first album The Coral did was a whirlwind of seaside fairground noises on an acid trip of sound. "Magic and Medicine" still had this feeling, but the Dylan influence was more prominent with the excellent "Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1339/ | 293 hits
CD Review: Chevron - Twisted And Fallen
Chevron's two-track CD release on the Valentine label is a chaotic splurge of grungy-school-kid rock with an unsteady blast of musical intelligence struggling to escape.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/83/ | 320 hits
CD Review: The Apes - Tapestry Mastery
The Apes allegedly make music around drawings they make. If this is the case then I would love to see this art-form and would love to hear there reasoning behind introducing their Tapestry Mastery EP with a monologue of a robot receiving a parcel through the post and proceeding to put into his cassette recorder.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3332/ | 292 hits
Interview: Volcanoes
Lesley Jackson talks with Leeds and Sheffield four piece Volcanoes
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10998/ | 573 hits
CD Review: The Erratic Man - Back In The Day
Some time ago I interviewed The Infadels for a University project. Now, I realise this is a music review and not a character reference but what I was met with were five of the genuinely nicest, down to earth and hospitable gentlemen I have ever had the pleasure to meet in my life.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17073/ | 192 hits
Live Review: 30 Day Hex + Invention of Hands + Glissando + Cipher
Mmmmm it's a bit nippy out! So I took the car, unfortunately the heater took so long to get going I was still cold (going blue actually) when I arrived.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/733/ | 377 hits
Live Review: Bilge Pump + David Thomas Broughton + Dungeon Dungeon
Was I the only person left in Leeds who hadn't seen Bilge Pump yet? I suspect there might be one or two guitar band members who haven't had the experience.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2456/ | 966 hits
CD Review: Uprights - Wall Ball
'Wall Ball' by Leeds' Uprights, is one of those albums where the vocals play second fiddle to all the strange noises the band are able to twist out of a guitar.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11204/ | 327 hits
Live Review: Kasino + Parisman + Sidearm
The Royal Park Cellars is a fine venue: a PA and sound engineer that rival Joseph's Well, great lighting effects and its own bar.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/810/ | 268 hits
Live Review: tUnE-yArDs + Thousands + Swimming Lessons
Quite a busy evening at the Brudenell for a Sunday. First up were local support Swimming Lessons, a guitar, drums, synth 3-piece.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14888/ | 391 hits
Live Review: Low + Fortdax + Geoff Smith
Leeds Parish Church is such a perfect venue for a band like Low. As soon as the bright eyed crowd had filled up the carved choir stalls, the boxed pews, the balconies and the nave seating it was obviously going to be something special.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1096/ | 502 hits
CD Review: Cardboard Cowboy - Untitled
I've got a lot of time for the Cardboard Brothers ... forced screamy voice notwithstanding. They are creating their own sound, and finding a genuinely distinctive corner of pop territory all of their own.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/345/ | 393 hits
CD Review: Capital State - Revolution Thoughts EP
You have to respect Capital State. They just keep coming back at you. Ever since I saw them at Leeds Festival back in 2001, I've been intrigued.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/378/ | 379 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
Live Review: Envy + False Flags
[This review has been reproduced with permission from penguinorchestra] What a mouth watering evening!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15629/ | 179 hits
CD Review: Jonny Berliner - s/t
This is a charming and musically accomplished collection. Jonny Berliner has a great voice and some stylish sidemen.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/94/ | 352 hits
CD Review: The Music - s/t
The Music have had a phenomenal start to their working lives. Three years on from their origins in Kippax, expectations and circumstances have said "this album has got to be massive." Early gigs at the Duchess of York in January 2000 showed glimpses of their root talents: a searing voice and twitching charismatic in Robert Harvey and a guitar trance demon in Adam Nutter.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/199/ | 489 hits
CD Review: The Alarm - In the Poppy Fields
The Alarms' fresh new CD has two halves. Tracks one through six are clear throated, sharp sounding 80s post punk rock, evoking U2, Echo and the Bunnymen, Big Country and The Alarm.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2558/ | 1,225 hits
CD Review: Vessels - Helioscope
What's this then? It's only the hotly awaited 2nd stab at a full album by Leeds' very own post-rock/ambient darlings, Vessels.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14408/ | 503 hits
Live Review: Bodixa + Dionysus + Q-Dose
Tonight the Highwood, yet again packed to capacity saw another three bands from Leeds' increasingly fertile music scene.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1134/ | 276 hits
CD Review: The A.M. - The A.M.
Due to various factors, I have had this album for quite a while now. This I am pleased about as I have a relationship with this album just as I have with all my albums that I have invested in and, due to this, I feel adequately prepared to review it.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/662/ | 736 hits
CD Review: Dear Reader - Idealistic Animals
I'd warmed to "Idealistic Animals" before I heard a single note. I like animals. Not in the way that would force Republican candidates to cry "It's unnatural!" of course but in the "They're ace!" sense.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16032/ | 490 hits
CD Review: Atlantic Dash - Human Error
Ethan and Nathan Dickens, Stuart Morrison , Rob Soulsby and Tom Francis: Fierce Panda's latest punt into the unknown.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2654/ | 788 hits
Live Review: Worriedaboutsatan + The Civil Service + Russia Elects Cobwebs
Poor Pifco. Unfortunately for them, the organisers of tonight's event, Tiny Cat, haven't realised that for those living outside of the city centre the cutoff point is basically about 11pm.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7258/ | 491 hits
CD Review: Cardboard Cowboy - Shorthand For Love
I often think I'd like to marry a harmonica. They're neat, compact, shiny little things; you can use them as liberally or minimally as you wish and they make all the right noises.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4222/ | 463 hits
CD Review: Last Night's TV - Know and Love
A well presented 3-track CD with evocative picture sleeve (good photo by Susan Porteous) from Spencer Bayles (vocals and guitars and songs), Owen Marriott (percussion and recording) and Sarah Jones (violin).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/157/ | 286 hits
CD Review: Instant Species - The Longer You Leave It, The Louder It Gets...
Lured by some professional quality graphics I bought Instant Species' "Home Alone" CD last year. I ended up a bit disappointed by what I thought of at the time as bleak plodding music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/77/ | 242 hits
CD Review: This Days Fury - Nineteen Days To Die
Recently, while looking for my inner soul, I got lost and ended up at an emo cult membership party. I spotted a pale young girl staring blankly out of the window.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7388/ | 356 hits
CD Review: The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
So you start off as a crazy youth with point blank attitude and more guts than sense. You play in stupid venues and say yes to everything and anything, including a name to die with: "Afghan Whigs".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2244/ | 510 hits
Live Review: Chikinki + Cope + Solo
Being first on the bill is never an enviable task. This point is emphatically made by the demonstrative display from tonight's headliners Chikinki, replete with the most hyperactive and manic lead this side of Axl Rose and Wayne Coyne's illegitimate love child.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2427/ | 642 hits
Live Review: Mama Scuba + Buen Chico + Dustin's Bah Mitzvah
I have to admit that I wasn't really sure whether or not I wanted to see "Meet the Fockers", OK the first one was amusing but was there really enough mileage in the concept to spawn a sequel?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3526/ | 1,372 hits
CD Review: Kong - Snake Magnet
While Manchester's Kong have their own distinct sound, Brew Records' latest release continues in the vein of previous signings, most notably improvised prog-rockers Castrovalva, and the mental vocal stylings of Chickenhawk.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10814/ | 715 hits
CD Review: Afro Celt Sound System - Capture (1995-2010)
'Capture,' 15 years of the Afro Celt Sound System is a great compilation, not excellent throughout, but different people will like different tracks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13601/ | 377 hits
CD Review: Björk - Greatest Hits
In a time before you were born, dearly beloved, an Icelandic child called Björk joined a punk band called KUKL.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/469/ | 376 hits
CD Review: Parisman - Responsible for Everything EP
Parisman's "Responsible for Everything" EP starts in a blaze of unabashed Geetar Rock-disco synthesiser fusion.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/173/ | 291 hits
Live Review: Stateless + Samsa + i concur + Worriedaboutsatan
It is about 8.15 when the Worriedaboutsatan boys set up in front of the Brudenell stage. There is a small crowd of people gathered to watch Gav and Tom as they begin to create strange noises scattered with heavy cut up beats and slow swarming chords.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8207/ | 395 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - The Velvet Orchestra / Solus Locus - split single
'The Creator' is a slice of prog-rock madness you're either going to love or not understand in the slightest.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10026/ | 458 hits
Live Review: Seismic Loveshift + Candid
After a day slogging round York, I thought some music was in order to round the night off. Having promised Seismic Loveshift I would try to see their full set this time (failed as usual - sorry!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1171/ | 241 hits
Live Review: Visa + Oceansize + Mojo Pin
The evening kicks off with MOJO PIN, a young band who I have not heard before. I was suitably impressed for a first hearing (normally I prefer to hear bands at least once before I review them); although the vocals were a little soft in parts and definition to the words would be an asset, especially when announcing songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/709/ | 288 hits
Interview: 22
Earlier this year, I caught up with Arcane Roots at Sonisphere where they raved about a Norwegian band by the name of 22. Now, several months on, the two bands have been touring the UK together, and I just had to check out what those guys were raving about. Following the two bands' phenomenal performances, I had a chat with 22's guitarist about sci-fi, guitar pedals, and their views on the music industry.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15696/ | 450 hits
Live Review: The Arrogance Of King Canute + Return To Aljustrel + Deadwall + Cruyff
It is a cold and very wet night and after braving the Headingley canal, I dock at The Library in Hyde Park, home to the 360 Club.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16763/ | 517 hits
Live Review: 5ft4 + Herrod + Catylyst
It's Saturday night, the cellars are dark, and Steve Kind is bellowing for us to greet rock uber-beasts CATYLYST, and as they take the stage amidst the roar of two distorted guitars, I'm sitting on the edge of my seat with my fist poised for punching the air and I'm ready to rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/689/ | 328 hits
CD Review: Alabama 3 - M.O.R
When faced with the prospect of the unknown I was hesitant on how I would find this album, having no experience of Alabama 3 I had no idea what to expect.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8946/ | 687 hits
CD Review: Stateless - s/t
Leeds' Stateless, after seemingly never ending games of label (hip)hop scotch, have finally released their long awaited self-titled full-length.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8651/ | 802 hits
Interview: Mum Locked In Castle
Jessica Thornsby spoke to Mum Locked In Castle about playing Coastival and how they chose their name!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10568/ | 591 hits
Band Profile: Violens
Violens summon influences as diverse as 60s psychpop,thrash metal, and Miami freestyle. Their music channels the sophistication of Roxy Music and the no-wave roar of Sonic Youth, all within the laughing nightmare spaces of Stanley Kubrick or Nobuhiko Obayashi.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13849/ | 140 hits
Live Review: Happy Daggers
Unsure of what to really expect from my evening, I tentatively made sure my bow tie was securely in place, tried not to look too self conscious and alighted the steps into a wonderful little boutique, hidden away in Leeds' market district - Paper Dress Vintage.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16600/ | 352 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Leeds Urban Fusion 2003
According to the liner notes here in the CD wallet of Leeds City Council's 'Urban Fusion 2003' album it says, rather cringingly, that this is a CD "born from hip hop, r&b and urban flavaz" although what 'urban flavaz' is meant to mean I have no idea.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2254/ | 753 hits
Live Review: Angelo Palladino + Jon Gomm
What do you do when none of your mates will go to a gig with you? When Jon Gomm is on the bill, you go on your own!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3399/ | 1,002 hits
CD Review: Lost Calm - Untitled
The debut EP from Salford five-piece Lost Calm gets the balance right between choruses that are big and brash enough to fill arenas, and the sharp, emotional edge that makes all that noise feel personal to you.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10929/ | 314 hits
CD Review: The Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown
It's here. It's black. It's got a whopping fluorescent neon logo on it. It's in a real plastic case - y'know, one of those that proper singles are packaged in when you buy them from huge chain retailers called things like 'HMV' and 'Virgin Megastores'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6208/ | 1,749 hits
Live Review: Bilge Pump + Downdime + Cowtown
The Brudenell Social club played host to three bands, all helping to raise funds for the Asian Earthquake Disaster appeal.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3572/ | 1,183 hits
Band Profile: Synapse
Synapse is: 1. industrial hardcore producer from the Netherlands. 2. electro/Electronic producer from UK.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2045/ | 238 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Big Tunes: Ministry of Sound
If you are part of the clubbing scene at the moment, you will either already be familiar with these tunes, or you soon will be as they continue to make waves in the clubs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3169/ | 2,511 hits
Live Review: Sound Of Sirens + Broohaha + Woodrose + Origami Bullets
It's Friday 12th March, the time is 8:30, and The Library is the place to witness the good, bad and ugly of fresh local talent.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12654/ | 643 hits
Live Review: Fifth Goodbye + The River Club + Rays of Helios + Twist Eye
Leeds' local punk, emo and ska promoters Strikepunks put on a veritable banquet of emo hardcore deliciousness this Friday, as the Cardigan Arms played host to four hot new bands playing the circuit for nothing more than that which is the greatest love of all, that wonderful love of music...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2870/ | 577 hits
Interview: The Dharma
Victoria Holdsworth caught up with local band The Dharma when they headlined the Cockpit in Leeds
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10131/ | 670 hits
Live Review: The Music + The Officers
It about time the best band in Leeds came back to claim the unofficial crown from the local indie kids.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9450/ | 1,281 hits
CD Review: Shrag - Life! Death! Prizes!
When I was about 14 the highlight of my miserable little virgin week was watching 'My So Called Life', an undervalued tee- vee classic starring pre fame Claire Danes and Jared Leto.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13566/ | 706 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - This Is The New (art/goes/pop sampler)
I love art/goes/pop: they found me when they went looking and proceed to send me top quality compact discs like this little gem which compiles some of their glorious little upstarts onto one disc.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7826/ | 644 hits
Live Review: Hope of the States + Razorlight
£50 is the price currently being offered for Chichester's newest (and probably only) post rock group's first EP, the epic 'Black Dollar Bills'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1301/ | 909 hits
CD Review: Crystal Stilts - In Love with Oblivion
Brooding Brooklyn-based quintuplet Crystal Stilts made waves in 2008 with their debut album 'Alight of Night.' The group attracted acclaim from critics who complimented their downbeat lyrical subject matter, brusque guitar sound and reverb-heavy production.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15137/ | 287 hits
Live Review: Chevron + Lorimer + OFM + Five Years Later
Wandering into McDermotts on Saturday night I noticed that tonight held the promise of music. Four bands whose apparent self-proclaimed musical leanings sounded tempting (if beer mat flyers are to be believed).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/801/ | 361 hits
Live Review: Yo La Tengo + Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
You gotta love the music industry. I arrive at the rather plush West Yorkshire Playhouse excited, yet a little nervous because of all this guest list stuff.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2463/ | 662 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - The Lab: One
The Lab: One is a collection of ten tracks by ten artists all orbiting the indie and folk genres. Despite the genre correlations, each track has its own unique sound, making for a constantly surprising compilation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9715/ | 348 hits
CD Review: The Scaramanga Six - Strike! Up the Band
Strike! Up the Band is a monster. The 13 songs, the two videos and the SIX SIX SIX count-in absolutely guarantee one hell of a good mood.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/227/ | 443 hits
Live Review: Jesse Malin + Jeff Klein
There's was no support listed for tonight's gig, so it's a surprise when a lone figure wanders onto the stage and picks up an acoustic guitar.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1079/ | 468 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Three Peaks
Three artists, five songs, one split EP. What a great way to discover and celebrate some of the best new music coming out of the city at the minute!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16479/ | 492 hits
Live Review: Catylyst + Brody + Colour of Fire + And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots + Drugdealer Cheerleader
It's nights like this that show what's great about the Leeds music scene. As I'm walking to the Well it pisses it down.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1071/ | 520 hits
Interview: Kasms
Jessica Thornsby spoke with Rachel Mary Callaghan, vocalist with Kasms, about 'shriekbeat', their name and why they wrestle with people at their gigs!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10650/ | 648 hits
Live Review: Múm + Animal Collective
The last time I came to the City Varieties was about three years ago to see Sigur Rós. It's good to see the place hasn't changed that much since then, as I'm sitting here waiting for fellow country men (and woman) Múm (pronounced "moom" for anyone unfamiliar with Icelandic).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2626/ | 1,165 hits
Interview: Zico Chain
James Elson talks with Zico Chain.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16358/ | 636 hits
Live Review: Saving Lenny + Three 33 + The Fuss + Erin's Third Incident
The first band to take to the stage tonight are the local three-piece punk-rock outfit Erin's Third Incident.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1093/ | 357 hits
Live Review: 5ft4 + Danny Carr + Percy
There's always been a place for humour in music. All the best bands had wit without being cheesy and over the top with it, and tonight proves that humorous observations and amusing asides don't mean you have to be the Grumbleweeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1160/ | 307 hits
Band Profile: The Black Keys
The Black Keys are a two-man blues-rock group from Akron, Ohio, United States which formed in 2001, consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5583/ | 273 hits
Live Review: Lorimer + 5ft4 + Floozy
Another cracking line-up courtesy of the Blue Star boys, this time with a bit of a rockier edge leading to possibly the fullest showcase since Leeds Music Scene maestro Dave Sugden and Joseph's Well manager Karl Baird began the monthly nights back in December 2000.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/920/ | 402 hits
Interview: Hot Club De Paris
Hot Club De Paris play Leeds on 1st June and release their new album on 16th June. Joseph Seager caught up with the band to ask them some questions.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9558/ | 635 hits
CD Review: The Wednesday Club - Soap
The first thing you'll notice about The Wednesday Club's 'Soap' album is its daunting length (twenty two songs, to be exact), and the second is the nonsensical song titles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10539/ | 354 hits
Live Review: The Longcut + Dartz! + Hot Club De Paris + The Whip + Hadouken! + Pull Tiger Tail + Yes Boss + Example
It's all just about to get a little bit Nasty. The great thing about dubbing yourself a 'festival of nu-wave' is that you pretty much have the leeway to put anything you want on the bill and slam the indiscriminate tag of 'nu-wave' atop and no-one will bat an eyelid.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7679/ | 1,052 hits
CD Review: The Birdman Rallies - Moons
La! A new release from The Birdman Rallies! This is a brilliant (brilliant in the sense of effervescent, ebullient) album, just like all of the other material released by The Birdman Rallies, though with the added benefit of greater duration than their previous collections.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16432/ | 443 hits
CD Review: Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
I distinctly remember the initial thrill and feeling of complete and utter excitement when I first heard a clutch of demos by Arctic Monkeys all the way back in 2005.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15569/ | 804 hits
Band Profile: Lorna
There are three artists named Lorna 1) A studio project from England featuring Mark Rolfe, Sharon Cohen-Rolfe, Matt Harrison, Andy Bullock and Paul Skinner.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4876/ | 303 hits
Live Review: Penguin + Reverend And The Makers + The Whip + King Charles + Skint & Demoralised + Chris Helme + Redwire + The Glass Caves
This was a festival debut for Crooked Ways at Pontefract Park and a cracking line up for the day's event.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16707/ | 521 hits
CD Review: The Ghost Of A Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations
You have to feel sorry for The Ghost Of A Thousand. 'New Hopes, New Demonstrations' is an inwards-looking, absolutely massive-sounding hardcore album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10748/ | 1,139 hits
News Article: Come The Desert (LP) - Album Release
Give this new album a look.... Black Diamond Bay - Come the Desert (LP) "Poised and delicate" TRAFFIC MAGAZINE "Amazing" WHO'S JACK "Beautiful" JOHN KENNEDY XFM "Epic" MTV "Amazing" NO TITLE "Spine tingling" METRO Take two excellent vocalists, add an Iranian electric guitarist with a penchant for effects pedals, add one drummer with an electronic kit and a mac, throw in a seasoned bass player, a laptop wizard and the occasional violin, mix in some beautifully written songs with catchy choruses and you have music that's pretty hard to describe but brilliant to listen to.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14427/ | 397 hits
Band Profile: Thomas Tantrum
Hey, as we've got a new album coming out we thought everyone would like to know the story behind what they're going to hear, so here it is our new 'Biog'....
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10037/ | 288 hits
Band Profile: British Sea Power
British Sea Power are a four-man indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band hail originally from Kendal in Cumbria.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4616/ | 469 hits
CD Review: Cardiacs - Concerts Vol I & II
I give you fair warning.  I am about to break the ancient, time-honoured and globally respected code of the International Covenant of Authors, Note-Takers, Writers, Reviewers, Interviewers, Talkers and Editors (or ICANTWRITE for short) covering the critique of musical releases and/or performances on precisely 2 counts.  In fact one of these has already been broken.  So apologies if this warning comes too late in the day and has already caused you unnecessary distress.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6107/ | 646 hits
Interview: Young Guns
With their much-anticipated debut full-length released earlier this month, Jessica Thornsby spoke to Simon Mitchell, the bass player in High Wycombe's Young Guns.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13156/ | 1,207 hits
Interview: Apollo's Basement
Gale Searcher philosophises and trivialises with Apollo's Basement.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15836/ | 546 hits
Interview: Jon Gomm
"Being a promoter is terrifying" - Leeds guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm takes on the promoter-role as he brings his 'Leeds Guitar Night' concept to the Brudenell Social Club on July 6th.
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Band Profile: Deftones
Deftones is an American rock band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8110/ | 331 hits
Band Profile: Wilco
Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure from that group.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5472/ | 246 hits

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