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Band Profile: Electric Mud Generator
Leeds band playing psychedelic heavy rock
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2037/ | 1,425 hits
Band Profile: Calusari
psychedelic rock
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6134/ | 478 hits
Band Profile: The Mt. Sierra Trip
Four piece dream pop/psychedelic rock band from Halifax.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16529/ | 90 hits
CD Review: The Psychedelic Breakfast - Confusion
On this set of three studio tracks, the erstwhile Psychedelic Breakfast from Tyneside have come a long way from last year's live recording of slightly dodgy psyche-noodling and jamming.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2492/ | 427 hits
Band Profile: The Spector Effect
The Spector Effect are a dedicated 5 piece indie rock/post-punk band based in and around Leeds. Inspired by a shared love of music we formed in mid-2009 and have been gigging since early 2010.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13121/ | 507 hits
Band Profile: The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band was a Scottish acoustic band who (in the words of one of their earlier songs) "way back in the 1960s" built a popular following among the British counter culture, and are considered psych folk music pioneers.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5198/ | 209 hits
Band Profile: The Clouded Lights
Indie pop rock
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6466/ | 1,287 hits
Band Profile: Harrys Hotel
indie rock
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3479/ | 480 hits
News Article: Huddersfield band Kava Kava included on TV soundtrack
Yorkshire band Kava Kava will have three songs on the new season's soundtrack to FX TV show Dirt (featuring Friends star Courtney Cox Arquette).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9304/ | 1,195 hits
Band Profile: Cav
Acoustic Rock
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2191/ | 643 hits
CD Review: The Compression - Au Naturel
Debut single from Wakefield band The Compression is standard indie-rock fare, with an intriguing, psychedelic edge thanks to frontman Matty's fuzzy vocals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10959/ | 289 hits
Live Review: Night Beats + Rent Boys + Jonny Quits + The Glass Moths
The gig was headlined by an American psychedelic band called Night Beats and the other bands on the bill had a very psychedelic feel from Jonny Quits and The Glass Moths as well as the incredibly entertaining Rent Boys, more on them later...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17629/ | 185 hits
News Article: Elephants On Acid release their debut EP on May 1st
Leeds-based blues-garage-psychedelic-rock band Elephants On Acid are releasing 100 copies of their debut EP.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9493/ | 242 hits
CD Review: Jonny Quits - Untitled
Jonny Quits are an Alternative-Rock band formed in North London but the twin brothers in the band Jon and Chris Beagley soon migrated up North where their energetic live shows have given them another large fan base, rivalling that of their native London.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17307/ | 161 hits
Live Review: Parisman + The Pyschedelic Breakfast + Cheer Up Mungo Hump and the Daddy Special
Mungo Hump sounded as proficient as they did interesting as they blasted through their first two songs but the set averaged out from that point onwards.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/828/ | 300 hits
CD Review: Neils Children - Always the Same
Wow that's a sick guitar sound! Yet it pounds around my head picking up on each one of my senses. This is a crazy indie-punk number from Neils Children, sounding like The Futureheads mixed with Pistols-esque vocals yet they have their own unique psychedelic feel to the piece.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3949/ | 695 hits
Band Profile: Sun Dial
A British psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon. The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-'80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12688/ | 155 hits
Band Profile: Fuzzy Jones
soul folk
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8527/ | 1,226 hits
Band Profile: The Pablos
The Pablos are: Mitch Cameron - Vocals, rhythm guitar Andy Steingold - Lead guitar, mouth harp James Pepper - Bass Paddy Phillps - Drums Hailing from Leeds, the band is an original psychedelic garage outfit formed in winter 2008 and quickly rising from obscurity to playing at popular venues including The Cockpit and The Brudenell Social Club.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11614/ | 808 hits
CD Review: Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Who? Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock band hailing from Perth, Australia. Relatively unknown in the UK compared to their Australian counterparts such as Wolfmother and Jet, the group have built a significant following back home, and already have three No.1 singles in their homeland under their belts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13536/ | 273 hits
CD Review: Maximo Park - Graffiti
Having been brought up listening to all the 60's and 70's hippy-mod bands, it was a real treat to be sent this CD, all I can say is these guys have some talent between them, and a very decent producer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3788/ | 638 hits
Band Profile: The Heist
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Heist are a London, UK based rock band. Formed in 2008, they consist of Frontman Roni, Guitarist Joel, Bassist Jon and Drummer Aaron.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6223/ | 161 hits
Band Profile: Tame Impala
Tame Impala are a four piece psychedelic rock band from Perth, Australia. The band consists of Kevin Parker (lead guitar and vocals), Dominic Simper (guitar) and Jay Watson (drums and backing vocals, synths), and touring member Paisley Adams becoming full time on bass in 2010 (Adams played guitar in most shows from late 2008 through 2009, swapping guitar for bass with Dom in 2010).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13522/ | 182 hits
Band Profile: Barry and the Beachcombers
Oxford-based socio-political punk rock, taking in diverse subject matter such as the dangers of flying kites next to pylons, xenobiology, and fat men on mopeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4591/ | 133 hits
CD Review: Tame Impala - Elephant
Tame Impala have unveiled the lead single 'Elephant' off their second album due in October. After the success of 2010's psychedelic debut album 'Innerspeaker' the Perth based band toured heavily and after recording a critically acclaimed and excellently received album with side-project Pond they are back readying the release of their sophomore LP 'Lonerism'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16863/ | 365 hits
News Article: Elephants On Acid to release their second EP in November 2008
Leeds-based psychedelic blues band Elephants On Acid will release their second EP - titled 'Whisky and Good Times' - on November 10th.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10106/ | 309 hits
News Article: Jack's aTTic release their debut single on Dead Sober Records
Dead Sober Records has this week announced the release of the debut single from Jack's aTTic. Titled 'Playing Cards and Special Brew' the single was recorded at 2fly studios with Alan Smyth (Arctic Monkeys, Richard Hawley).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14351/ | 613 hits
CD Review: The Black Velvets - Get on Your Life
In an era when rock music is well and truly back, The Black Velvets are gonna settle in to a CD collection near you just nicely.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3372/ | 389 hits
CD Review: Dylan Donkin - Make A Choice
Dylan Donkin - a man, a dream or a musical marvel? A slice of this psychedelic-surf pie has produced a smorgasbord of responses.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8890/ | 225 hits
Band Profile: Cyann & Ben
Cyann & Ben is a French post-rock band formed in 2001. They released a self-produced and self-titled EP in December 2001.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7596/ | 72 hits
Band Profile: Wilt
WILT are at least two bands: 1) An American dark ambient project that has recorded and released several different records under the same name.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4493/ | 167 hits
CD Review: Viva Voce - Faster Than A Dead Horse
Viva Voce's latest single 'Faster Than A Dead Horse' is a psychedelic pop gem. Soak up the feel of the song and you'll think you're cruising through San Francisco in the mid-60's.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7797/ | 326 hits
Band Profile: Formes
Caught adrift somewhere between the backwash art noise of Sonic Youth and psychedelia of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, but with lapses into a rich and gut-felt Blues soundscape
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16161/ | 253 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Elevate, 21 Pop And Indie Gems From The Underground
The beauty about underground albums like 'Elevate' is that they can really surprise you. There are no preconceptions about the artists.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9683/ | 312 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/ | 1,576 hits
CD Review: Ten Kens - s/t
Bearing a striking resemblance with fellow Canadian rockers Black Mountain, this Toronto-based outfit's debut release on FatCat compromises of raging distorted guitar, reverb soaked vocals and dark psychedelic passages.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10089/ | 225 hits
Live Review: Junior Senior
No support bands for this gig. The tickets stated "note early gig". And Junior Senior weren't on stage till past nine.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1222/ | 155 hits
Band Profile: Oasis
There are multiple artists who have used the name Oasis: 1. A popular and influential British rock group 2.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4555/ | 517 hits
Band Profile: Wolf People
Wolf People are an English psychedelic rock band based in London, Bedford and North Yorkshire. They formed in 2006 around the release of a very limited CD EP on Sea Records as part of the Lifeboat Series.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16067/ | 82 hits
Band Profile: The Black Bloc
Formed in the autumn of 2006, The Black Bloc spent the following 10 months locked in their rehearsal room, endlessly jamming and creating brand new material.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9018/ | 437 hits
Live Review: Tigerbomb + Jinzena + Unexploded Shells + Warning?!-Achtung?!
I had not heard any of these bands before the day of the gig, so I wasn't really sure what to expect.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6491/ | 702 hits
Band Profile: Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene is an alternative rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1990. Currently, the band consists of Simon Fowler (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Steve Cradock (guitar, organ), Andy Bennett (guitar), Tony Boylan (guitar), Dan Sealey (bass) and Oscar Harrison (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4624/ | 396 hits
Live Review: Wooden Shjips + Hookworms
Entering the Brudenell this damp evening was like entering a freak wormhole in the space-time continuum to a parallel universe where the 70's never stopped and Prog was still king (though beer was the same price).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15238/ | 506 hits
Band Profile: The Id
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Id is a four-piece experimental hip hop/rock/folk/metal/funk/jazz band from Richmond Virginia.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5275/ | 121 hits
CD Review: Sleeve - Untitled
Yet another indie/ rock four piece are here to stifle our souls. Hooray. This time it's Sleeve, a Sheffield formed band that "live in a dream." There's a bit more to them than the usual Oasis sound-a-likes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8196/ | 222 hits
CD Review: Meat Puppets - Rat Farm
This is the Meat Puppets 14th studio album, and is an acoustic-heavy return to form. A third Kirkwood (Curt's son Elmo) has joined on guitar, giving that extra layer, not that Curt's amazingly complicated guitar sound needed a back up.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17465/ | 169 hits
News Article: Elephants On Acid announced the release of their debut album
Hyde Park based band Elephants On Acid have announced the release of their debut album - 'From Tusk Till Dawn' - on 12th October 2009.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11250/ | 407 hits
Band Profile: The Horrors
There are at least three bands called The Horrors: 1) An alternative rock band from Essex, England.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8496/ | 355 hits
Band Profile: Dead Confederate
Dead Confederate is an alternative rock band which formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 2006. The band consists of Hardy Morris (vocals, guitars), Walker Howle (guitar), John Watkins (keyboards), Brantley Senn (bass) and Jason Scarboro (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11341/ | 138 hits
News Article: Alaska confirmed for Green Man Festival
Leeds four piece psychedelic rock band Alaska have been confirmed to play at the Green Man Festival in Wales in August 2012.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16110/ | 227 hits
CD Review: MonMon - Monkey Fist
Leeds' three-piece MonMon's debut EP is an interestingly varied effort, taking in scuzzy indie, melodic rock and more experimental areas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10693/ | 341 hits
CD Review: Darker My Love - Alive As You Are
Darker My Love's 'Alive As You Are' album is sedate indie-rock with psychedelic vocals, which takes the route of repeating the same blurry-eyed hook over and over, until the song eases its way into your memory.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13246/ | 331 hits
Band Profile: The Machine
There is more than one artist named The Machine. 1. A Dutch psychedelic rock band 2. Matt Edwards also known as Radio Slave 3.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5094/ | 131 hits
Band Profile: Clone
1) Clone is an indie rock band based in Helsinki, Finland. Their debut album "Fuzzy Times, Fuzzy Spaces" was released in the beginning of 2007.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4425/ | 137 hits
CD Review: White Denim - Fits
Second album from the Austin trio, 'Fits,' is a blistering amalgamation of all things bright and beautiful from the archives of American music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10892/ | 226 hits
Band Profile: The Mission
Several bands have used this name. 1) The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States due to a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band) is a goth band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved goth band The Sisters Of Mercy.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4881/ | 345 hits
CD Review: Meat Puppets - Lollipop
With its psychedelic cover and random accompanying videos, you would think this latest album from Meat Puppets was a little "out there" like some of their earlier recordings, but this is a catchy, smooth selection of music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14674/ | 354 hits
CD Review: The Lucid Dream - Erbistock Mill
The first impression of Carlise based The Lucid Dream is of 80's industrial Goth. The drumbeat starts, and keeps going, with no fills or frills.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12552/ | 525 hits
Band Profile: Zox
Zox are an alternative rock group from Providence, Rhode Island, United States who formed in 2002. The band consists of Eli Miller (vocals, guitar), John Zox (drums), Spencer Swain (violin), and Dan Edinberg (bass, keyboards).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7497/ | 150 hits
Live Review: Parva + The Union Volts + Being 747
Would putting rock bands in a massive hole work? With a crowd made-up of mostly of people wanting to be seen and grab the free booze, it was a triumph for the bands for so many to be grabbed from the bar by the quality of the music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/835/ | 456 hits
CD Review: The Mt. Sierra Trip - The Mt. Sierra Trip
Halifax's The Mt. Sierra Trip are here to take you on a dreamy, psychedelic five song journey. From the opening feedback drenched chords of 'Colbalt, Idaho', to the swirling outro of closer 'Karis', this is an impressive debut from a band that shows promise throughout.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16540/ | 355 hits
CD Review: The Music - The People EP
Oh my gaawwwd, they've only gone and bettered themselves! Maturing fast into a psychedelic rock crossover act with huge prospects for the future, Leeds four-piece The Music have released an extremely impressive follow up to last year's debut single.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/100/ | 440 hits
Band Profile: element
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Element is a technical death metal band from USA. They formed in 2004 and have released their debut full-length album "Aeons Past" in January 2007 on Brutal Bands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4914/ | 169 hits
Band Profile: Widgykeff
Debut album - A Town Of Alcoholic Children out now on King Prawn Records!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9367/ | 358 hits
Band Profile: Anyone
ANYONE is a band from Southern California that emerged from the short lived Sylvia project. Their LIVE ACID'S raw unedited LIVE performance earned the band the distinction of OUTSTANDING ORANGE COUNTY ARTIST at the 1999 Los Angeles Music Awards.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5125/ | 91 hits
News Article: Leeds bands to feature on 'A Collection of Calamity: Volume One' compilation
Over the past 3 years, The Rock And Roll Circus has established itself as the premier music rehearsal studios in Leeds and a vast array of musical creators have passed through its doors.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12392/ | 584 hits
Band Profile: Le Blorr
Le Blorr is a psychedelic rock band from Satellite Beach, FL, United States. Forming in 2008, they started to emerge in 2010 with their debut EP, Bim Bom EP, promoting genres such as blues, jazz, bossanova, psychedelia, and dance.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16874/ | 21 hits
Band Profile: Colour
There are multiple artists on Last.fm with the name Colour: 1) A British math pop band. 2) An American shoegaze band.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10640/ | 374 hits
Band Profile: Witch
There are four bands and one singer of this name: 1) The group Witch was born from a marriage of apparently contradictory influences.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9333/ | 189 hits
CD Review: The Unisex - Watching Traffic EP
It seems that when they are not busy making porn movies, the people of Sweden also like to produce top notch records for the rest of the world to enjoy.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2854/ | 227 hits
Band Profile: Soundtrack Of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives is an alternative rock band which formed in 1995 in Göteborg, Sweden. The band consists of Ebbot Lundberg (vocals), Mattias Bärjed (guitar, vocals), Ian Person (guitar, percussion, vocals), Åke Karl Kalle Gustafsson (Bass, violin, vocals), Martin Hederos (keyboards) and Fredrik Sandsten (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4979/ | 106 hits
Band Profile: Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex is an alternative rock/ jazz fusion band, founded by Jimmy Chamberlin and Billy Mohler.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5686/ | 134 hits
Band Profile: My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is a rock band which formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The band consists of Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar), "Two Tone" Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4536/ | 160 hits
Band Profile: Traffic
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Traffic were an English rock band. 2) Traffic is a poprock band from Estonia.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14322/ | 109 hits
Band Profile: The Bandits
There are (at least) 3 bands named The Bandits. 1) A fictional band featured in the German movie "Bandits" (1997).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4640/ | 165 hits
CD Review: The Somatics - Dynamo Mercurial
Insert the second album from Leeds' band The Somatics. Turn volume to a loud but enjoyable seven point five.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7094/ | 523 hits
Band Profile: The Zutons
The Zutons are a British band whose music has proved difficult to categorise, and has been described as "psychedelic cartoon punk" with a unique blend of rock pop, jazz, funk, and general eclecticism.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5161/ | 247 hits
Band Profile: Darker My Love
Darker My Love is a psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of 5 members.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13176/ | 150 hits
Live Review: The Somatics
"I've been here for ten minutes, and so far I've heard ten minutes of feedback". Someone said that to me last night at The Vine about mid-way through The Somatics' set.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3371/ | 475 hits
CD Review: Wilful Missing - Untitled
There's some really good talent here: in the playing, the singing and the songwriting. As Kingsley Amis said about some other very pleasing things, 'I'm clear on why I like them, thanks; but why do I like them so much?' The answer has to be a subtle intensity in Wilful Missing's often fragile-sounding songs written and sung by Sam Kipling, with a range of well-controlled instruments in the hands of guitarist Sam Lawrence and bass player Albert Freeman.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7073/ | 382 hits
Band Profile: King Charles
King Charles is a singer-songwriter whose sound has been described as everything from psychedelic rock to folk-pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16634/ | 130 hits
Live Review: Simian Mobile Disco + Cansei de Ser Sexy + Digitalism + Metallica + Tenacious D + Pendulum + Adam Green + Eureka Machines
August Bank Holiday is upon us again and that brings with it Leeds 2008 and a rocking end to the summer music festival season.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9963/ | 417 hits
Live Review: The Mystery Jets + This Et Al + Napoleon IIIrd
To say that I was a fan of Napoleon IIIrd would be a severe understatement; this so called low-fi wizard of leftfield rock is about as appealing as leprosy and manages to push the crowd to the recesses of the dingy corners of the bar for salvation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3900/ | 882 hits
CD Review: Random Hand - Another Change of Plan
Random Hand re-release their 2007 debut 'Change of Plan' under the new moniker of 'Another Change of Plan' re-mastered and sounding better than ever complete with the long deleted 'On the March EP' and a previously unreleased track.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16365/ | 152 hits
Live Review: iLiKETRAiNS + O Fracas + Xi
The Hi Fi Club is nicely full. Not heaving. Nicely full. It's a Friday, and the young and beautiful of Leeds have come out.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4199/ | 671 hits
Band Profile: The Moon
Several bands go by The Moon: 1) An American band formed 1967 2) A Hungarian rock band formed 2003, http://www.themoon.hu 3) A German band, www.the-moon.de.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4475/ | 107 hits
Band Profile: A Place To Bury Strangers
A Place to Bury Strangers are a power trio comprised of Oliver Ackermann (guitar/vocals), Dion Lunadon (bass) and Jay Space (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11140/ | 208 hits
Live Review: The Labels + No AV On The TV + Metro + Never So Few
Tonight at The Bedroom sees WEAREYOU (of Thursday night @ Carpe Diem fame) expand its reaches to Wakefield.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6405/ | 654 hits
Live Review: Howling Bells + Cold Specks + Laboratory Noise
It's been five years since the bells tolled to announce the eponymous album of this Australian gang of four.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15342/ | 377 hits
Live Review: The Scaramanga Six + The Terminals + The Downfall + Vessels
Well blimey! I walk into Joseph's Well at about 3:20pm after standing in the pissing rain for 20 minutes outside the place (yes, you said you were opening at three!) but at least it gave me chance to sober up slightly seeing as I had been in Carpe Diem for the three previous hours and was somewhat jolly already.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7162/ | 1,038 hits
Live Review: The Dykeenies + Figure 5
This was the last night of The Dykeenies' latest tour, and by the time Figure 5 took the stage the big room in the Cockpit was already filling up in anticipation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9418/ | 455 hits
Band Profile: Dr John
There are at least two bands/artists with the name (band name) Dr. John. (1) Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13070/ | 97 hits
Band Profile: Lowrider
There are three bands with the name Lowrider. 1) Lowrider is a swedish stoner rock band, formed in the mid-1990s by bassist/singer Peder Bergstrand and lead guitarist/singer Ole Hellquist, along with guitarist Niclas Stalfors and drummer Andreas Eriksson.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2030/ | 482 hits
Live Review: Mclusky + Modey Lemon + Tricky Nixon
It's another night down at the Well and tonight we're in the presence of some nice ol' dirty rock. The night kicks off with Tricky Nixon.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3370/ | 693 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/ | 665 hits
Band Profile: Jail
Indie punk-pop
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2111/ | 357 hits
Band Profile: Alaska
ALASKA hail from Leeds and create high energy, B-movie-inspired psychedelic garage rock with a surf-pop twist.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14321/ | 846 hits
Live Review: InSatellites + Alaska + Tsar Nicholas III And The Exiles + Six O'Clock Showdown
First up on tonight's 360 Club showcase of local unsigned talent are Six O'Clock Showdown. Their indie rock 'n' roll has a distinctly Northern flavour with accented vocals and contagious riffs not unlike the Artic Monkeys (circa 2007) and The Cribs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15471/ | 347 hits
Band Profile: The Damned
The Damned are a punk rock group originally from Croydon, England, a suburb of London, who were formed in 1976.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11550/ | 296 hits
CD Review: Return To Aljustrel - Tell The People I'm Not Coming Down
Having never heard this Leeds based 6 piece before I stumbled upon 'Tell The People I'm Not Coming Down,' it gave me a chance to discover this band with a completely open mind.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17066/ | 489 hits
Live Review: 6 Fingered Man + The Retrose + The Hazey Janes + The Pipers
The Vine seems to have a cross section of every genre of rock 'n roll tonight, as we move through pseudo funk, light indie, Maiden-esque metal and then finally some anthemic indie stompers.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3685/ | 827 hits
Live Review: RoboChrist + Nshwa + Eventually + Glasshouse + Urban Eyez
Hyde Park's Unity Day Festival could be described as a mini Glastonbury, complete with kid's field, several music stages and all sorts to look at and petitions to sign.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1267/ | 675 hits
Band Profile: Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4967/ | 221 hits
Band Profile: Bear in Heaven
Bear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music and krautrock Jon Philpot has previously released music as part of the duo Presocratics, in collaboration with guitarist and composer Need Thomas Windham.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13369/ | 126 hits
Band Profile: Fields
There are at least 4 bands named Fields: 1) Fields were an Anglo-Icelandic electronic/indie band formed in London comprising Nick Peill (Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Keyboards), Þórunn Antonía (Vocals/Keyboards/Synths), Henry Spenner (Vocals/Drums), Matty Derham (Bass Guitar) and Jamie Putnam (Electric Guitar).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6281/ | 297 hits
Live Review: Westport
A Swedish hitchhiker near York asked if I played a musical instrument and when the answer was no he told me he was returning from Ireland.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3209/ | 376 hits
Band Profile: The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4557/ | 249 hits
Band Profile: Brazil
There are two bands with the artist name Brazil: 1. Brazil was a six-man progressive punk group based in Muncie, Indiana.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4415/ | 257 hits
Band Profile: James
There are several artists in this entry: 1. James (formed 1981 in Manchester, England) are a popular band that were at the forefront of the indie rock movement, releasing a string of hit singles and maintaining popularity through the '90s.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4790/ | 265 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/ | 490 hits
Band Profile: Spiritualized
Spiritualized is an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom by Jason Pierce, who often goes by the alias J.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4994/ | 247 hits
Live Review: i concur + Napoleon IIIrd + Dinosaur Pile-up
Perhaps it's the excessive rock posturing and lunging, but tonight Dinosaur Pile-up seem more of a rock behemoth than ever.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10070/ | 522 hits
Band Profile: Dead Meadow
Dead Meadow met in the DC punk/indie scene, though their music draws from more faraway sources. The band formed in the fall of 1998 from the ashes of local bands The Impossible Five and Colour, when singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of writers J.R.R.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8747/ | 229 hits
Band Profile: The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree are a psychedelic pop group which formed in 2000 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4514/ | 166 hits
Live Review: Angels & Airwaves + Le Blorr
All doors are shut as an ever growing, excited crowd circles the old Coliseum building now known as the O2 Academy in Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16875/ | 408 hits
Live Review: The Walkmen + Sound Team
As support band Sound Team launch into their brief but stunningly good set it is evident that this band are meant for big things, even despite the slightly dodgy name.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7398/ | 211 hits
Band Profile: Scarling
Scarling. is an art rock band from Los Angeles, whose music contains elements of noise, shoegazing, psychedelic rock, and gothic rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6762/ | 117 hits
Band Profile: Detroit Social Club
Detroit Social Club are a psychedelic blues rock band from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England formed in 2007.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12381/ | 341 hits
Band Profile: Neurosis
Neurosis is an experimental metal band, based in Oakland, CA. Their unique sound draws from influences ranging from hardcore punk and doom metal to dark ambient, progressive rock and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of post-punk and folk music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5428/ | 188 hits
Band Profile: The Others
There are at least 15 groups that go by the name of The Others: 1.) The Others are UK dubstep artists Dexterous and D-Code.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5066/ | 342 hits
Band Profile: Warpaint
Warpaint is a psychedelic rock band which formed in 2004 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band consists of Jenny Lee Lindberg (vocals, bass), Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (vocals, guitar) and Stella Mozgawa (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14745/ | 89 hits
Band Profile: Klaxons
Klaxons are an indie rock band based in London. The band consists of Jamie Reynolds (bass, vocals), James Righton (keyboards, vocals) and Simon Taylor-Davies (guitar) with drummer Steffan Halperin being officially added in 2007.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7224/ | 1,334 hits
Band Profile: Why?
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) A band from Oakland, California who play both indie rock and alternative hip-hop 2) A folk rock band from England active in the 1990s.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5795/ | 145 hits
Live Review: The Sailmakers + Formes + Mordrake + Look Yonder
Opening tonight's 360 Club is moustachioed singer songwriter Look Yonder. Everything about the performance, from his appearance to the ukulele to the thoughtful stance of the songs themselves feels very deliberate.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16914/ | 499 hits
Live Review: Wiht
The Packhorse is a downcast and claustrophobic venue to say the least. But it's that eerie drabness in the air, an atmosphere that seemingly evokes the spirit of 70s pub rock and generally times long since gone, that set the perfect stage tonight for Wiht.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12676/ | 330 hits
Live Review: Secret Machines + M83
Us Anglophones seem reluctant to embrace le rock français. While we'll happily pose and mosh to Scandinavian garage, dance to French electronica and (reluctantly) acknowledge that our Gallic neighbours do the rap thing better than us, digging French boys with guitars appears to be a little beyond us us still.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3666/ | 930 hits
Band Profile: Melt Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock group founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University for Foreign Language.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6047/ | 140 hits
Band Profile: Akron/Family
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and is currently based in New York on the Dead Oceans label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16819/ | 14 hits
Live Review: The Strokes + Pulp + The Breeders + Weezer + The White Stripes + Dandy Warhols + Mercury Rev + The Bellrays + Parva
Firstly let me state the thing this weekend confirmed for me, above all others, that people at festivals so often have such varied opinions about the bands they saw.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9742/ | 490 hits
Band Profile: Marc Bolan & T-Rex
Initially a psychedelic folk-rock combo called Tyrannosaurus Rex , T.Rex was a primary force in glam rock, thanks to the creative direction of guitarist/vocalist Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8919/ | 234 hits
Band Profile: Goose
(1) Dance/electro rock band from Kortrijk, Belgium. (2) Post- Rock/Noise Band from Thailand (3) 16 piece Funk Band, Adelaide, Australia (4) Rock Band Cicinnati, Ohio, USA (5) Dark Ambient project by Brett Lunceford (6) Amiga/mod artist, Sandnes, Norway (7) Hardcore band from Edmonton, AB (8) Underground hip hop artist from Tiffin,OH (9) Hip-hop artist(s?) from Miami, Florida (USA) (1) Formed in the summer of 2000, they won the Belgian National Humo Rock Rally which led to a live session on the Belgian Radio One and MTV equivalent.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7916/ | 340 hits
Band Profile: Witchcraft
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Witchcraft are a doom metal band from Sweden. Strongly inspired by the early '70s rock, they play with a heavy and slightly psychedelic rock style typical of other similar stoner doom metal bands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5444/ | 348 hits
Band Profile: Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre was formed in San Francisco in 1990. The band has had over 40 members since then, but its driving force and main songwriter is Anton Newcombe.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5218/ | 194 hits
Live Review: Hope of the States + The Open + Pure Reason Revolution
Pure Reason Revolution are a prime example of why I get really narked when people tell me they can't be bothered to see support acts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3302/ | 470 hits
Band Profile: White Denim
White Denim is a bluesy, jazzy, garage-rock trio, hailing from Austin, Texas USA. According to vocalist/guitarist James Petralli, White Denim's songs are the musical manifestations of abstract paintings or philosophical tracts.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9644/ | 172 hits
Band Profile: Midlake
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16997/ | 25 hits
CD Review: Runaround Kids - Kiss Chase
The first professional release from Wakefield's Runaround Kids takes a little while to get going, thanks to unnecessary 'introductory' song 'Kiss Chase.' The spine-tingling atmospherics and frontman George Garthwaite's distant, crackling vocals make this sound bizarrely like the soundtrack to an episode of flash-in-the-pan online cartoon sensation Salad Fingers, which makes for um, interesting listening.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11200/ | 831 hits
CD Review: The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of...
OK. This is the story. Tim DeLaughter was in a psychedelic band called Tripping Daisy. The guitarist had a fatal drugs accident and Tim created the Polyphonic Spree in 2000 as an experimental gospel pop rock orchestra thing to bring joy to as many people as could be got into the band or into the gig.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/449/ | 425 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/ | 470 hits
Live Review: Bobby Conn + The Cribs + Kaiser Chiefs
So it's my first time back at the Well since that whole unfortunate 'incident' when The Stills overran by about six hours or something.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2537/ | 2,686 hits
Live Review: Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince Billy
What is it about Bonnie Prince Billy and Scotland? Not content with adopting a moniker almost the same as The Young Pretender so famously defeated at the battle of Culloden, William Oldham has now linked up with Glasgow psychedelic mediaeval folk band Trembling Bells in a collaborative venture not quite as daring as a Jacobite uprising.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16522/ | 489 hits
Live Review: Infadels + ¡Forward, Russia! + Electric Eel Shock + The Rifles + Keith + Smother
For the uninitiated in things Nasty, Nasty Fest is the coolest, most fashionable festival in Leeds. This is the land of the true fashionista, where colossal hair for the boys; plunging neck lines for the girls and the most god damn cool clothing available to mankind are compulsory!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4128/ | 1,580 hits
Band Profile: Stars
Not to be confused with Japanese rock band, The Stars. There are several artists called Stars: Stars is a Canadian indie pop band signed to the Arts and Crafts label.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6189/ | 271 hits
Band Profile: Koala
There are at least five artists who use the name Koala 1. An American experimental/post-rock band 2.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5667/ | 198 hits
Interview: Wintermute
Leeds Music Scene and Wintermute have a gossip about the new "Fun With Wizard Stencils" EP, managing along the way to incorporate some obligatory wizard magic.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9884/ | 623 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - On The Bone Records: Compilation One
Eventually, a compilation release is the logical step in any promoter's relationship with their artists and audience.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7895/ | 574 hits
Interview: The Blueskins
Cathy Simpson talks to The Blueskins about music, festivals, The Beatles and lazy journalism...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1631/ | 633 hits
Live Review: Mucky Sailor
Impossibly big-mouthed Richard Archer of chart-hugging Staines chancers Hard-Fi props the bar up and gazes amenably into the eyes of his young paramour, trying hard not to notice being noticed and no doubt savouring the relaxed Thursday night vibrations and eclectic vinyl selections of the Chicken Shack DJs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6001/ | 978 hits
Band Profile: Meat Puppets
The Meat Puppets are a rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1980. The band's best known lineup consisted of Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitar), Cris Kirkwood (bass) and Derrick Bostrom (drums) (a lineup that lasted from its inception to 1996).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14660/ | 200 hits
Band Profile: Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1988. Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D'Arcy Wretzky, using a drum machine.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8782/ | 126 hits
Band Profile: People in Planes
People in Planes is an alternative rock group from Porthcawl, Wales which formed in 2000. Previously the group was known as Robots in the Sky, and later Tetra Splendour before settling on People in Planes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5260/ | 254 hits
Band Profile: Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first latino group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums and one of the first rap groups to gain a following with fans of alternative and hard rock music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5316/ | 192 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/ | 276 hits
CD Review: Outcry Collective - articles
'articles,' the debut album from Surrey quartet Outcry Collective, was recorded in a pig sty that the band gutted and converted into their own recording studio.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11020/ | 687 hits
Live Review: British Sea Power
It's hard to think of a more English band than British Sea Power. And for English read eccentric. The merch stall at Leeds Met gives it away in buckets and spades.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17520/ | 444 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/ | 349 hits
Interview: The Somatics
Andy Roberts heads round to The Somatics' house for a cuppa and a chinwag about their debut platter, local themes canal spotting and how prog will be cool once they release their new album...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1614/ | 434 hits
Band Profile: Mastodon
Mastodon is an American progressive metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band comprises bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13018/ | 133 hits
CD Review: Mastodon - The Hunter
The eight legged prehistoric prog-metal pachyderm has migrated beyond the security of concept album territory and arrived at pastures new.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16109/ | 225 hits
Live Review: Cables Cause Fires + Empire Safari + Thief Taker + Tom McKenzie
Leeds is a city with a growing music scene of undeniable promise, and 360 Club, a weekly showcase of new talent held at The Library pub, is frequently one of the most diverse collections of musicians in the area, none more so than in tonight's line up.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14207/ | 712 hits
Band Profile: Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. They dissolved in 1991, but briefly returned to tour in 1997 and subsequently vanished shortly thereafter.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4969/ | 139 hits
Band Profile: Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an alternative rock band formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, UK in 1985. The band is fronted by Shaun Ryder, who formed the band with his brother Paul Ryder, who played bass.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8901/ | 268 hits
Interview: The Hickey Underworld
Jessica Thornsby spoke with Jonas, guitarist with The Hickey Underworld
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11544/ | 869 hits
Live Review: Maximo Park + Arctic Monkeys + We Are Scientists + The Mystery Jets
It all sits a bit on knife-edge this one; I can't be the only one that feels it. The sweet, sweet taste of anticipation impregnates ever fibre of my body and, in empathy with a dog on heat, I pace round the Refec like a chained beast.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6300/ | 1,152 hits
Band Profile: Rosemary
There several artists with this name: 1) Female rocker from Nashville. 2) Skatepunk band from Bandung, Indonesia 3) Band from Dartford, UK 4) Alternative rock band from Mumbai.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7104/ | 221 hits
Band Profile: Julian Cope
Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October 1957, in Deri, Mid Glamorgan) was raised in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9246/ | 302 hits
Live Review: Foo Fighters + Trash Talk + Mark Lanegan + Crooked Tongues + Pulled Apart by Horses
Since forming in 2008 Pulled Apart by Horses have built a formidable live reputation, playing several times on the various stages across the dual sites working their way up to today's billing.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16922/ | 559 hits
Band Profile: Phoenix
There have been a number of artists going by the name of Phoenix (1) A popular French alternative rock band (2) A Romanian folk rock band (3) A short-lived British hard rock band (4) A UK-based filk band (5) A goa project (6) A rac band with members from France and Sweden.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11483/ | 325 hits
Band Profile: Dawn of the Replicants
www.dawnofthereplicants.com DAWN OF THE REPLICANTS 1996 - 2006 A brief year-by-year bio by forward captain frog 1996 A kitchen table in Galashiels, Scotland, is struck by improvisation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7361/ | 135 hits
Band Profile: Twisted Wheel
Twisted Wheel was formed in February 2007 in Oldham Band members are guitarist and singer Jonny Brown, bassist Stephen Evans and drummer Eoghan Clifford The Guardian's Paul Lester commented on the band: 'The sound of Manchester's youth snatching back '60s psychadelia and using it to smash in the windows of '77 punk..Basically, the kid from 'Kes' has formed a punky skiffle band and he's pissed off about that dead bird..the band produce a 'furiously fast rockabilly rumble, so primitive and unrefined it makes the Monkeys sound like ELP.' BACKGROUND First things first...Twisted Wheel are not named after the legendary Northern Soul club of the same name (though they are aware of it), are encyclopedic about their musical heroes and recoil at the thought of being pigeon-holed as a 'northern band'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9477/ | 591 hits
Band Profile: Guns'n'Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band founded in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band has released six studio albums: Appetite For Destruction in 1987, G N' R Lies in 1988, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in 1991, The Spaghetti Incident?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4980/ | 142 hits
Band Profile: Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals (also known as "SFA", the "Furries" and the "Super Furries") are a critically acclaimed welsh alternative rock band, with leanings towards psychedelic rock, punk, britpop and electronic experimentation.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5208/ | 325 hits
Band Profile: Sunshine
There is more than one band/group/project named Sunshine, two most notable are Czech electro-punk and Serbian HC/hip-hop bands.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6056/ | 286 hits

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