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CD Review: Various Artists - Bristol - The Punk Explosion
When you think back to the days of punk rock, Bristol is not the first city name that might spring to your mind.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12940/ | 891 hits
CD Review: The Thermals - We Were Sick
The Thermals have just released their latest album, 'Now We Can See,' a pure and simple jettison of pop punk; and this, their second single from this album is certainly all you've come to expect from the infectious Portland trio.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10887/ | 191 hits
CD Review: Liar Liar - He Said, She Said
'He Said, She Said' is the new E.P. from Sheffield based pop-punkers Liar Liar. The band's sound boasts a suitably teen angsty feel mashed together with epic stadium rock riffs reminiscent of 'Good Charlotte' and 'You Me At Six'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17027/ | 174 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
CD Review: FineApple - A New Hope EP
Fine Apple, one of Bradford's unknown bands outside the area, choosing to ply their trade at Rios, bring us a great four-track EP.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/78/ | 302 hits
CD Review: The Explosion - Black Tape
Old school punk taught us a lot of things, but one thing it didn't teach us was high production values - someone should have informed The Explosion.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4035/ | 307 hits
CD Review: The Lockjaws - Look Dad, You Can Cook Muffins On It
Crawling out of the dingiest and filth ridden areas of Bradford come the alcohol fuelled Lockjaws. A band bred on old school punk rock, beer, Guinness, late nights, hangovers, lager, kebabs, vodka, cider, gin, whiskey...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2650/ | 530 hits
CD Review: Model 13 - California 4 Play
Model 13's "California 4 Play EP" has now been placed in music collections in over 1,000 households, due to some clever band marketing, and is blatant melodic-punk in a Blink 182 style.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/25/ | 227 hits
CD Review: Jon Doe's - For Emergency Use Only
Having been around since 1998 it is hoped that Jon Doe's would now be at ease with their craft enough to have overcome all those painful mistakes synonymous with any bands early days.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/193/ | 251 hits
CD Review: Everything We Left Behind - Pull Back And Go
The debut mini-album from Bristol-based four-piece Everything We Left Behind has a formula, and that formula is: take all the best features of pop-punk (the energy, exuberance and big, fat choruses,) while replacing all the worst features of pop-punk (the tenancy towards character-less over-production; the irritating over-chirpiness) with some actual punk characteristics, like you actually find in actual punk (and not, very often, in pop-punk.) So, album-opener 'Big Thanks To The Sun' features all the usual offenders of the pop-punk genre - springy drumbeats; "whoooooa" backing vocals; melodic-voiced frontman - wrapped up in a crackly production, with lashings of broken-glass riffing and a general roughness that pleasantly recalls local bands and live music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12323/ | 493 hits
CD Review: Faintest Idea - Ignorance Is This
'Ignorance Is This' from Norfolk based Faintest Idea, is the sort of ska-punk that plays down the chirpiness usually associated with the genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14056/ | 603 hits
CD Review: Calvin Harris - Merrymaking at My Place
Perhaps this is the moment where people start to see through the bizarre phenomenon that is Calvin Harris.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8768/ | 248 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/ | 438 hits
Live Review: John Cooper Clarke
With glacial slowness forty-five minutes of Frank Sidebottom creaked by - not for everybody of course, just for me and anyone else who'd already waited thirty years to re-encounter John Cooper Clarke on Leeds University territory.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11197/ | 797 hits
CD Review: Millencolin - Ray
Everyone's favourite Swedish pop-punk mavericks launch their latest long-player "Kingswood" with "Ray" being the lead single.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3804/ | 990 hits
CD Review: The Blueskins - Magic Road EP
Ryan Spendlove is name to watch. He has a pretty face, a sharp-tongued soulful voice and the kind of snarly delivery that every generation likes to call its own.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/357/ | 367 hits
CD Review: The Prototypes - A Twist Of Fate
I can't fathom The Prototypes. A Twist of Fate comprises four songs each of which have their own unique style.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3849/ | 444 hits
CD Review: Helen Love - Long Hot Summer
Swansea's answer to the Bonsai Kittens return with an absolute corker of a song which, had it been released two months earlier, might just have been a smart outside bet for a surprise summer hit single.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4216/ | 455 hits
CD Review: Dead At 27 - Scatter the Shrapnel
"Scatter the Shrapnel" is the second EP from this Halifax based band and featuring a wah guitar heavy, punked up version of the Grange Hill theme tune, this is a band who aren't as morbid as their name suggests.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3848/ | 487 hits
CD Review: Mr Shiraz - Sleeping With The Enemy
Dum Dum. Dum Dum. Dum Dum. Dum Dum. The bass drum thumps with moody guitars then the wailing brass kicks in to captivate you rather than provide a tune.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/322/ | 338 hits
CD Review: Little Man Tate - Sexy In Latin
My initial impression before I was handed this one track CD was that these were the typical modern band that are ten-a-penny at the moment.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7849/ | 382 hits
CD Review: Crash Cartel - Decayed
Crash Cartel. Hmmm, now there's a name you can't help but think you've heard before but in which lifetime god only knows.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/465/ | 353 hits
Live Review: Kenosha + The Longshots + les Flames!
Walking on 'stage' (i.e. area defined by monitors, speakers etc) following a spasticated 'Freres Jacques', in their usual display of solidarity, les Flames!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1271/ | 394 hits
News Article: East Leeds FM launch their second 24 hour Musicathon
This May Day weekend community radio station East Leeds FM launch their second 24 hour Musicathon. From 3pm on Saturday 1st May the Musicathon brings together a whole host of bands and performers from across Leeds for a musical spectacular, performed live from Seacroft Methodist Chapel.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12716/ | 444 hits
CD Review: Crack In The Sun - Jim'll Fax It EP
Firstly I will say I am not a huge fan of new punk bands but somehow after seeing these guys live in some place in Northwich the other night the energy and humour onstage from these Mansfield lads compelled me to grab a hold of one of their free CDs which humorously had several cut-outs of Jim Bowen (one complete with a doll of Bully!) on the cover along with...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3749/ | 471 hits
CD Review: Mybe - The Shite Album
This surprisingly appropriately named CD from pop-punk trio Mybe, proved to be rather less than I had hoped for.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2931/ | 572 hits
CD Review: Beasts - s/t
Listening back to Beasts' original demo recording - released in April last year - it' amazing to note how much a band can achieve in just a few months.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8170/ | 256 hits
CD Review: Charlotte Hatherley - Siberia
Having defected from the tedium of eternal teenagers Ash for a full time solo career and having been prompted to do so on the basis of "enthusiasm shown by Ash fans for her writing" it's questionable whether Miss Hatherley is deserving of a solo career all together.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8577/ | 278 hits
CD Review: Fuji Heavy - Untitled
I like my music to be snarling, intense. I love my guitar wretched and spiky. I love pit bull style, bite yer arse, spitty vocals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3613/ | 579 hits
CD Review: Spring - Circle Cake
Spring have a smooth rock style that has not been much heard in the last twenty five years. Punk - first from America and then in its nastier English variant made it as good as compulsory to throw some tasty venom into each and every musical cake you could bake.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2404/ | 659 hits
CD Review: The Four Marys - Sweet And Sour EP
It's seems that the mighty Pale Man Made have grown some legs and spawned another band in the form of guitarist Christianne's other project known as The Four Marys.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3160/ | 449 hits
CD Review: Gold Chains - Young Miss America
'Post Punk', 'Avant-garde Rap', 'Punk - Hop', these are just a few of the descriptions given to Gold Chains musical style.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/544/ | 201 hits
CD Review: les Flames! - Commitment to Excellence
Oh the joy of breaking out a real 7 inch single and then loving it as much as this. les Flames! go at it like rutting dogs in a home for delicate poodles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/326/ | 348 hits
CD Review: Little Japanese Toy - Fingermouse
Oh the joy of breaking out a real 7 inch single and then loving it as much as this. les Flames! go at it like rutting dogs in a home for delicate poodles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/327/ | 373 hits
Live Review: Rancid + The Unseen + The Yorkshire Rats
Pontefract youngsters The Yorkshire Rats, with the average age of 20, are a good start to the evening.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7652/ | 690 hits
Live Review: Lorimer + Kenosha + sammyUSA
Despite some speculation as to the true identity of The Rebellion Threat Kills, tonight's mysterious support band, it's clear that much of the enthusiastic audience at the sold-out Pack Horse venue were given a tip-off that Sammy USA were the act in question.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/941/ | 350 hits
CD Review: Bearfoot Beware - The Elegant Philanthropist
Sprightly Leeds four-piece Bearfoot Beware do it themselves with their first single: 'The Elegant Philanthropist.' It's a scrappy, meandering guitar tune with a fuel injected hit-hat disco chorus.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12607/ | 467 hits
CD Review: Louise Distras - Heart Strings on a Hand Grenade
I reviewed Louise's last EP, and my only major complaint then was that the whole thing seemed a little bare - a bit thin if you will - for the style of music she plays.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14550/ | 448 hits
Live Review: Ok Go
With the ample crowd salivating in anticipation it's finally time for the main event, and American rockers Ok Go fail to disappoint launching a violent tirade of killer hooks and candy floss anthems.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6237/ | 494 hits
CD Review: Hot Club De Paris - Everyeveryeverything
Yet another mouthful of a title, Hot Club De Paris prove they have the goods to back up this pedantism with another distinctive and adventurous slice of jerky, Scouse indie-pop.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7436/ | 261 hits
CD Review: Education - Cool As You, Charles
Method Education use brash guitars and a singer that sounds rather like Morrissey to create rip-roaring 80s style punk-pop tunes.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7620/ | 248 hits
Live Review: Pray For Hayden + Esper Scout + Gentle Breeze + The Laurels
The Laurels are an indie rock band with a very 1960's sensibility, think The Rolling Stones meets The Libertines and they provide an accomplished start to the evening.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14418/ | 485 hits
CD Review: Harmacy - Carla's Song
I was lucky enough to review Harmacy's first offering. They must have liked what I wrote because they sent me another one!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6529/ | 373 hits
CD Review: Scary Kids Scaring Kids - The Only Medicine
They hail from Arizona, they scream a lot. And I have no doubt if you presented this single to my 4-year-old nephew it would probably scare him.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4285/ | 715 hits
CD Review: Matt and Kim - Block After Block
Disco-punk duo Matt & Kim have released jovial party track "Block After Block" from their 2010 album "Sidewalks".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15041/ | 287 hits
CD Review: Indigo Skins - Untitled
Having supported Laika Dog and with an upcoming show sharing the stage with Forward Russia, Indigo Skins could be going places.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6442/ | 537 hits
Live Review: The Playmates + The Hair + O Fracas
Something's in the air tonight at The Cockpit and it's not just the smell of the Leeds music scene's great and good as they sweat profusely in the mid-Summer's heat which stifles the city's infamous indie club.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4072/ | 1,639 hits
Live Review: Porcelin + Trash Heap Heroes + Esclavage + Misled Vision + Stroodle
I was really surprised when I turned up early to see the place packed! I've been to the Valley a few times before and have not seen it like this for ages...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/780/ | 408 hits
Live Review: Marvel + King Tonne + Innocent OJs + Bazooka Joe
The evening kicked off with new lads BAZOOKA JOE. I am told that this was their first show. They definitely deserve credit for their performance, they put on an excellent show with some pretty damn good pop/ punk tunes which got the kids pretty warmed up -like they needed it - I think it was the sweatiest show I have been to all year.) Plenty of people were up dancing especially for the outstanding cover version of Celine Dione's "My heart will go on." Watch out for them in the near future.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/682/ | 320 hits
CD Review: Charlotte Hatherley - I Want You To Know
Ash albums were always a right old mess - tracks were either totally poptastic gems or just plain shit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7999/ | 470 hits
Live Review: Less Than Jake + Zebrahead + We Are The Union + New Riot
There's already a good crowd gathering at the O2 by the time we get in, and sadly we've missed opening act New Riot due to a traffic incident; given the quality of the 3 track single I heard later that night that's definitely a bad thing and I look forward to catching them in the future.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13780/ | 416 hits
CD Review: Unexploded Shells - Hexthorpe 1
A posthumous tribute, even if there is the occasional mediumistic tremor on Myspace. Neither too slick nor too coltish, Unexploded Shells' CD revives an old-fashioned tension in the listener over whether the band will make it to the other end of the performance tightrope without dropping off and landing on the self-destruct button.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9813/ | 388 hits
Live Review: Insect Guide + Cakey Face + The Starfighter Pilot + Guile
I've never seen the Mixing Tin so packed midweek, especially for a Monday night! So it looks as though we are in for a treat with the band line up this evening - or so I thought!
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7485/ | 659 hits
CD Review: Rico - Violent Silences
"Rico sounds like the bastard child of Tom Waits and Kurt Cobain" - Q Magazine. You gotta love Q, once the epitome of cool, now an absolute joke.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2853/ | 809 hits
CD Review: Jesse Malin - Glitter In the Gutter
After owning 'The Heat' for some time now, I was really excited about the upcoming album from New York's Jesse Malin.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8143/ | 583 hits
CD Review: Six By Seven - Ready For You Now
This is a right good conventional guitar/keyboards band doing a proper pop song with all the right ingredients and no artificial colouring.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2693/ | 353 hits
CD Review: The Halcyon Band - Sirocco
This 10 track CD on Eggbert Records is a celebration of traditional guitar pop values. Danny Slack, Sam Forrest, Dave Hunt and Tom Johnson do timeless craftsman-built songs as if English punk had never happened.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/493/ | 414 hits
CD Review: Vatican Jet - Green Demo
I went to The Vine once in hope to see these guys play but unfortunately when I arrived they had finished and I was treated to this God-awful electro band - but finally I am happy to hear some of Vatican Jet's material.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4036/ | 664 hits
CD Review: Lasse Brawn - Untitled
Within thirty seconds of EP-opener 'Watchmaker,' you'll know whether Lasse Brawn are for you or not, as 'Watchmaker' immediately throws up a solid wall of grinding, heavy metal riffs, punctuated by fast and furious drumbeats.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10512/ | 465 hits
CD Review: Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Flogging Molly are an unusual bunch of individuals. A Irish-American folk band from a drinking hole in downtown LA, brought together by the love of Guinness and a good Celtic tune; the same seven individuals that use the inlay card for their new 12-track album, Drunken Lullabies to big up the likes of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Hot Water Music and Sum 41.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/459/ | 636 hits
CD Review: Jesse Malin - The Heat
Seemingly bursting out of nowhere from Queens, New York last year with debut 'The Fine Art Of Self Destruction' Jesse Malin won over a legion of fans with his punk-inspired yet, gentle, melodic and lyrically strong songs in the classic songwriter mould.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2742/ | 921 hits
Live Review: Indicator
This was always going to be a special gig for Indicator because not only is it their first ever headline show, its also the first gig since the release of the "Critical Resistance EP" and as a group of slightly pissed up punks gather in the pool room turned rock club of "the Railway" it's impossible to ignore the great sense of expectation in the air.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/768/ | 375 hits
CD Review: The Accidental - I Can Hear Your Voice
Crikey, with a name like The Accidental I thought this lot were going to be some mad disjointed punk effort, complete with a customary boredom inducing 2 stars.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9682/ | 193 hits
CD Review: Saving Lenny - Driven To Distraction
On receiving a lovely 7" sized plastic sleeve I eagerly anticipated the smooth black vinyl slipping out into my hand.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/362/ | 496 hits
Live Review: 8 Day Decline
So I ventured to the Fenton of a Friday night... and an interesting night was had by all. Two bands were playing in the upstairs room, headlining were Punk band JBH and in the support role was a metal band called 8 DAY DECLINE.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/675/ | 209 hits
Live Review: Big Audio Dynamite
I am a fan of The Clash. I am a fan of Dreadzone. I understand the legendary status of DJ Don Letts. Therefore who was I to turn down a trip to see B.A.D.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14554/ | 406 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/ | 796 hits
Band Profile: Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5197/ | 211 hits
CD Review: The Kirkz - Agroculture
Imagine label-buddies Revenge of the Psychotronic Man with a more riff-centric slant, and you'll have a good idea of what Macclesfield-based The Kirkz sound like.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14002/ | 505 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
Live Review: Billy Talent + The Holiday Plan
Okey dokey, it's Halloween, it's miserable outside, and I'm nice and warm tucked up in the Cockpit ready for a night of bouncy hooky punk rock.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1325/ | 391 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
Live Review: Lowrider + The Lost 45s UK + The Old House
As darkness falls all around the Headrow in Leeds City centre, most of the people on the streets are setting off to the trendy wine bars, the oversized clubs and most are incapable of stringing two words together.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2411/ | 554 hits
CD Review: Pink Grease - All Over You
Pink Grease are sexy in a trashy, New York fanshionista way, and with the inclusion of The Greasettes- three girl backing singers- you can guarantee there will be someone on stage you want to fuck.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/572/ | 395 hits
Live Review: Whirlwind Heat + The Detonators
Despite an interesting stage get up (bandit style scarves over their faces and shirts with military targets on them) the Detonators take their sound and pretty much every move they make straight out of 1979, and with such cutting edge opening lines as 'You middle-class wankers' they obviously mean business.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2303/ | 490 hits
Live Review: Snipereyes + Finka + Speakeasy + The Restaurant
Sounding like a hybrid of The La's accompanied by Beach Boys-esque style vocals The Restaurant open a mixed evening at the Vine in terms of style and quality.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3272/ | 709 hits
Live Review: The Somatics + The Sunshine Underground + Farming Incident + The Xenith Sound + Vatican Jet
It may have been the 1st of April but there were no fools on display tonight. Kicking off proceedings were the highly energised Vatican Jet who ripped through a set of grinding riffs with a sharp British edge.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3727/ | 998 hits
Band Profile: Cleckhuddersfax
CLECKHUDDERSFAX are a London based D.I.Y Rock band Formed in 2004. They draw influences from the weirdest corners of Punk, Prog, Synthy Pop and Disco to create a unique sound which mixes up experiment and fun in equal measures.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11047/ | 166 hits
CD Review: These Monsters - Heroic Dose
These Monsters are, in my opinion, the fathers of the Leeds music scene at the moment, or at least they are the leaders of the noisy scene within Leeds.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17634/ | 75 hits
Band Profile: Bis
There is more than one artist with this name: 1. bis, a Scottish electro pop/twee band popular in the 1990s 2.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9748/ | 146 hits
Interview: Enter Shikari
Jessica Thornsby spoke to Enter Shikari guitarist Rory Clewlow about their recently-released live DVD, 'Live From Planet Earth', and what Enter Shikari fans can expect from their forthcoming third studio album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15078/ | 1,728 hits
Live Review: Alaska
According to their fan page, Alaska describe themselves as a 'four piece garage rock, post-punk, surf/psych-pop band'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16144/ | 320 hits
Live Review: I'm From Barcelona + Jeremy Warmsley + Buen Chico
Buen Chico's lead singer Morgan delivered sharp yelps over bursts of pop-punk and wry explanations of song titles.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8834/ | 503 hits
CD Review: David Potts - I'm The Greatest
Hi fans. Last year (or in 2005, depending on when you read this) Supergrass made a bold and brilliant album called 'Road To Rouen'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7800/ | 441 hits
Live Review: Darren Hanlon + James William Hindle
James William Hindle's story reads like a classic rags to... er... slightly nicer rags tale. Originally from Leeds, things started to pick up after sending a cover of a John Denver tune to an American record label putting together a Denver tribute album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/942/ | 192 hits
CD Review: Sparkwood - Jalopy Pop
Jalopy Pop is a sugar filled, super happy, smiley faced ride from start to finish. Song after song of catchy, infectious American pop that is so chirpy that it could brighten up the day of the most miserable, down in the dumps bastard.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3650/ | 667 hits
CD Review: Accolade - Untitled
Right to begin with I promise not to make any comments connecting poor bands with Bradford - I have recently had several, shall we say sharp remarks, pointing to the fact that I may be being unjust regards the city.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/133/ | 427 hits
Live Review: Wet Nuns + John J Presley + Drenge
The Wet Nuns autumn UK tour came crashing into Leeds like a bull hell bent on destroying the proverbial china.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17036/ | 349 hits
Live Review: Dog City + Rob Galloway + 45 Revolutions + Type Press
To be honest I had never heard of the first two bands that were on the bill this evening, so I went into this completely blind but very open to the prospect of hearing something new and fresh to my ears.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6714/ | 762 hits
CD Review: Kidda - Hotel Radio
Simple pleasures make me instantly happy; the dog waking me up by licking my elbow to tell me it's time to let her out, the same dog finding her frisbee in the park (she's blind you know!), back to back episodes of Time Team, a brew made by somebody else, getting more correct answers than University Challenge contestants; they all rank highly in the instant smiles stakes for me.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15658/ | 449 hits
CD Review: Fandangle - Fly Away
'Fly Away,' the debut album from DIY punks Fandangle is a seamless, jazz-meets-punk fusion, and is unashamedly good fun.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9586/ | 792 hits
CD Review: The Yalla Yallas - Diamond in Dirt
This 12 song collection has been supported through Pledge Music, and is now available as a CD through the band's website.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13775/ | 494 hits
Live Review: Misled Vision + Cutout Hero + Dum Flux
Dum Flux opened up the evening in a punk rock fashion. Melodic, energetic but let down by out of time guitars and slightly out of tune vocals.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1029/ | 338 hits
Live Review: The Research + Piskie Sits + The Venna Blast
The Venna Blast - angular post-punk that rather washed over me I'm afraid. A few half decent songs were present but my interest was not.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4162/ | 600 hits
Live Review: Dockyard Thieves + We Were Frontiers + Vacant Kiss + Midweek Blues
Kicking off tonight's 360 Club in suitably loud fashion is Midweek Blues. Indie Rock with a bit of a bluesy tinge hits the nail roughly on the head and they're not without balls.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16660/ | 449 hits
Live Review: The Sunshine Underground
Cargo, home of the Shoreditch Twat, overpriced chips, and bad service. However, tonight the service provided by The Sunshine Underground is - unlike the London Underground - First Class.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7283/ | 724 hits
CD Review: Goons of Doom - For A Girl
This is the first single from the Goons' second album 'I Hate My Hair And Want To Die', which carries on their very stripped back, garage band esq.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10166/ | 1,221 hits
CD Review: A Last Concern - What's The Point In Living If You Don't Feel Alive
Leeds based screamo outfit A Last Concern have returned after a three year hiatus with a new line-up, drastically altered sound and a fresh batch of anthems-in-waiting.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10654/ | 383 hits
Live Review: The Futureheads
"Welcome to your new job/ hope you have a wonderful first day" goes one of the lines in 'First Day', the riotous major label debut single from Sunderland's The Futureheads.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1320/ | 708 hits
CD Review: The Wind-up Birds - The Land
'Good Shop Shuts' hits the listener from the start with a barrage upon the ears. Punk-ridden teen angst is present in the form of Libertine-esque lo-fi production, and while energetic, the song on the whole barely surpasses a fairly generic punk tune.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16727/ | 249 hits
CD Review: Hot Water Music - Exister
Reunions are risky business a lot of the time. A newly reformed band will play a handful of successful shows...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16599/ | 176 hits
CD Review: Pushbike Army - Four From Alexandra Grove
Music, like life, can be a dispiriting place at times. No sooner are ideals espoused than one sees them tarnished by those whom one supposed to be their champions.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9360/ | 419 hits
Live Review: Zombina and the Skeletones + Eighty Six + All Its Worth
I would like to start by saying that I wasn't going to do a review for this gig when I went, but in the Bassment they have these new drinks called 'Vodka Mudshakes'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1314/ | 570 hits
Live Review: The Downfall + Diawara + OFM + Imodiom
Imodiom are a young, energetic, underskilled, 12-year-old pop punk/rock band. OFM are a fantastic, under promoted, slack drummered, great frontmanned, beautifully written, lo-fi grunge band.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1067/ | 453 hits
Live Review: Kasabian + Infrasound
Leeds 5 piece Infrasound kick things off with the aptly titled "Fire in the City." Bringing the Happy Mondays' penchant for funky beats and mixing it with the earnest pounding of the Walkmen if only fronted by Ian Curtis, the band produce a nice line in giddy space epics.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2777/ | 1,188 hits
Live Review: The Bishops + The Nice Sharp Pencils + The Voltaires
In the days when it can cost over fifty quid to see the world's biggest bands, it's nice to be able to spend a tenth of that to see some of the more up and coming talent the country has to offer.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10646/ | 417 hits
Live Review: Million Dead + X is Loaded + Yourcodenameis: Milo
If the names of the bands are anything to go by, this could be an interesting night of James Bond subterfuge, Pussy Galore and go-go gadgets.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2572/ | 751 hits
Live Review: Red Go Green Stop + Armstrong + And The Return
And The Return aren't content to merely execute the clichéd climbing the speaker stacks. Instead, frontman Dale Stacey insists on coming out into the audience to climb on the Cockpit's bar.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9867/ | 666 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: Mr Shiraz + Mr Dogg + Duvall
Well if there was ever a rock 'n' roll town, it's gotta be Huddersfield. Why bloody Huddersfield? I asked Mr Shiraz and their pop impresario and all-round genial chap of a manager, and they all just said 'You'll see'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9847/ | 312 hits
CD Review: The Old House - s/t
Wakefield's The Old House are no ordinary band. Chris Billingham, Craig Newman Matt Knee and Paul Reid are fresh, enthusiastic and fizzing with ideas.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2686/ | 685 hits
CD Review: Fuji Heavy - The Revenge Of...
Right from the get-go, Fuji Heavy's crazy Garage-Space-Punk fires a rifftastic rocket straight up your arse.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6509/ | 388 hits
Band Profile: Tom Vek
London's eclectic one-man band Tom Vek (born 1981, London, UK) combines electronic music with indie rock, punk with dance, and influences like new wave and garage (and also made most of his early recordings in his parents' garage, too).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14856/ | 85 hits
Live Review: Visa + The Amazing Pilots + Being 747
Quite an eventful Saturday evening in the end. Firstly, I chatted away to Aeon prior to the Juno-2 gig at Royal Park Cellars - the interview should appear on the site in the next week or so - and then I bumped into Bella.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1140/ | 322 hits
Live Review: International Trust + Micky P Kerr + Die Video Die + The Terminals + Silverlode + Don't Look Down
I'm a prat. Got my times muddled and missed out on opening band Chops. Oops. I hear they were stupid but great, so that's that one hastily out of the way.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9386/ | 1,001 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Music By People Who Drink Cider In The Gutter
'Music By People Who Drink Cider In The Gutter,' the mammoth twenty song, twenty band round-up of punk bands from in and around the Manchester area, kicks off with 'Midnight Scene' from The Dangerfields.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10371/ | 979 hits
Feature: Top 10 alternative Christmas songs
Jon Cronshaw's rundown of alternative Seasonal tracks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/17215/ | 746 hits
Live Review: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart + The Manhattan Love Suicides
The current wave of appreciation for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by the indie media has clearly reached Yorkshire, as the local crowd crams into the Cockpit to see New York's latest band of the moment; the city that is starting to make guitar bands cool again in the same way that The Strokes and The Ramones have done in the past.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10754/ | 434 hits
CD Review: Revenge of The Psychotronic Man - Make Pigs Smoke
Revenge of the Psychotronic Man's second full length is fourteen tracks of short, sharp and to the point punk, with not a single song stretching past the two minute mark.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10847/ | 365 hits
Live Review: Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows + Blitz Kids + Decade
On a cold Saturday night a intimate crowd gathered at The Cockpit for a soon to be phenomenal rock show.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14357/ | 533 hits
CD Review: The Hostiles - Always Looking Forward
'Always Looking Forward' is a hit and miss affair; the times when The Hostiles' riotous blend of ska, punk and cartoonish vocals doesn't quite fit together right, easily outnumber the times when it does.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11402/ | 620 hits
Live Review: The Scaramanga Six + International Trust + Make Model + Gym Class Heroes + Wintermute
Wintermute - The Carling Stage Wintermute's prize for winning the Cockpit's Futuresound competition is the opening slot at the festival, 11.30am on The Carling Stage.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8756/ | 686 hits
Live Review: Fillip
Many People don't like ska. I am one of those people. I just don't get it! I understand the aspect of "fun" in the music, I understand that many local ska bands incorporate as many instruments as possible in order to rectify the lack of musical talent.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6572/ | 307 hits
CD Review: Lifetime Skiver - Nightclub
EP-opener, 'Best Nightclub' is an indie-rock song that's boosted above the level of most self-released indie music, thanks to a handful of inspired hooks.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10500/ | 316 hits
Live Review: At The Drive-In + Murder City Devils + Future Adventure
I never intended writing a review of this gig, especially as most of you were probably there anyway. But here goes ...
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1143/ | 422 hits
Live Review: The Aquabats + MC Lars + Failsafe
A long queue had formed outside the Cockpit in anticipation of this musical showcase, headlined by none other than California's The Aquabats.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10626/ | 422 hits
CD Review: The Marmozets - Out Of My Control
Without being patronising, to say Bingley-based band The Marmozets have an average age of sixteen (and, apparently, this EP was recorded when they had an average age of just fifteen,) 'Out Of My Control' is impressive.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10871/ | 1,506 hits
Live Review: Elliot + Dugong + Future Adventure + Kids Near Water + Skuttle
e·mo·tion (-mshn) n. An intense mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a strong feeling Emo is a type of music that is rapidly gaining popularity in the UK, despite being popular in America for some time now.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1159/ | 418 hits
CD Review: Wot Gorilla? - Wot Gorilla?
Imagine, if you will, a vast melting pot of influences, of vibrancy and deliberate musical sleight of hand, dashed together with the inventiveness of Cap 'n Jazz, the forthright post-hardcore edge of Kidcrash and the arithmetic adroitness of Seattle's Minus The Bear.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12813/ | 697 hits
Live Review: Threesome + Steel Massacre
Another Saturday night at the Highwood saw the typical mix of youth and experience that has become all so common under the banner of the bearded soundman.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1063/ | 250 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: Kaiser Chiefs + Sixty 6 + Ryan Shirlow and the Bloody Marys
I'm starting to feel like a York correspondent for LMS as I stroll down to Fibbers to catch one of Leeds' most talked about bands of the moment.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2979/ | 1,801 hits
Live Review: Martha + Little Big Men + Fifth Goodbye
Fifth Goodbye were the first band of the evening's entertainment, and they had to put in a very solid performance to be able to stand up to the following bands, and a solid performance it was.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1066/ | 381 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/ | 1,227 hits
Live Review: Milburn + Rivers
My day started off surreally, an early morning phone call from my old dear asking me if I've heard of a band from Sheffield, called Milburn?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6838/ | 681 hits
Live Review: Sons and Daughters + Mother
If God was Scottish and in a band (and some troubled FF fans think he already is), by divine right he would be signed to Chemical Underground.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4000/ | 399 hits
Live Review: Sawthroat + Swamp Donkey + Mizkarrage of Justice
MIZKARRAGE OF JUSTICE - for a first gig these guys did well! They opened their set with 'So What' by Metallica and surprisingly did well.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/681/ | 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/ | 523 hits
Live Review: Jim Bob
Some misguided people out there might tell you that the post-Madchester pre-Britpop years weren't much fun to be growing up as an "indie kid".
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7313/ | 431 hits
Live Review: Motorhead + Girlschool
The thought of watching influential bands The Damned and Motorhead on one bill was the catalyst for both myself and friend James to enthusiastically dash up to the O2 one lunchtime to invest in a pair of tickets.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11548/ | 630 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
CD Review: Columbia Drive - s/t
Naïve sounding rockers "Columbia Drive" are Newcastle based, with an international tinge in singer Louise Dal's CV.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2591/ | 451 hits
CD Review: Video Nasties - On All Fours
'On All Fours' is the debut full-length from West London's Video Nasties, serving up eleven tracks of fuzzy, heavily-distorted punk, with occasional forays into more experimental territory.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10532/ | 606 hits
CD Review: Slaraffenklang - Danish Dynamite Live at Sono Festival
Fellow Danes Slaraffenland and Efterklang forming a supergroup for a one-off 'jam session' performance to be recorded live: the concept alone of this E.P is nothing short of inspired, but its often beautiful delicacy of execution and musically innovative arrangements and approaches, are of equal testament to their creative musicianship as to their practical and social abilities.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10457/ | 315 hits
CD Review: The Bundesrats - Half Finished Horse
'Half Finished Horse,' the debut EP from Wakefield's The Bundesrats, takes the oompa-oompa, carnival-esque beats of Madness, and puts them together with jaunty, ska-punk keyboard refrains, and a frontman who seems to think he's providing the vocals to an opera.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10897/ | 340 hits
Live Review: The Playmates + Yes Boss + The Terminals
A launch gig for a single that isn't actually finished or due out for maybe another month if that... surely such inefficiency can't be associated with The Playmates?
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6507/ | 2,954 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/ | 1,037 hits
Live Review: ¡Forward, Russia! + O Fracas + Dead Disco
I like a place where the beer is cold and my feet stick to the floor. The Cockpit, my own little microcosm of punk, rock and roll and all that is indie.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6481/ | 1,806 hits
Live Review: The Scaramanga Six + Maps + The Little Ones + Kubichek! + International Trust + Hadouken!
Hadouken! - Radio 1 Stage A heaving tent full of sweat and dubious amounts of day-glow welcomes semi-home-towners Hadouken!.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8775/ | 531 hits
Live Review: Harold + Mutiny + The Gordon Bennetts
Well, another night of Bright Young Things bands down at Uncle Steve Kind's joint and tonight it is The Gordon Bennetts, Mutiny and Harold.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9818/ | 223 hits
Live Review: Jesse Malin + Tommy Stinson + Alien Crime Syndicate
On arrival at The Cockpit it appears I'm not on the guestlist after all. Spotting a man with a clipboard who looks like he must be part of the touring entourage I explain my predicament.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3142/ | 1,708 hits
Feature: Jimmy Islip Final Blog
Jimmy Islip's Last Chicago Blog Entry
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14228/ | 786 hits
Live Review: The Cast of Cheers + Theme Park
Last Wednesday, 29th February, Theme Park and The Cast of Cheers joined forces to put together a joint headline tour, starting at the Cockpit.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16255/ | 330 hits
Live Review: The Scaramanga Six + The Butterfly + The Adventures of Loki + The Folk Theatre Partisans + Ghost Fleet + Telley + Silverlode
It's a brave idea by The Bone crew - take the Packhorse, double the venue part, open the bar, let people see one band, then wander to the other stage to see the next 5 mins later.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/8099/ | 569 hits
Live Review: The A.M. + Paul Marshall
A sparsely populated Rocket bar greets us tonight, surprising considering who is playing but nevertheless, we obtain some drinks and make our way to two of the twelve spare stools.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1292/ | 521 hits
CD Review: Five Mile Island - Satellites
Leeds-based outfit Five Mile Island follow up their debut demo, released earlier in the year, with their first full-length 'Satellites.' Three of the five previously demoed tracks have made it onto this release and while they still have all the original flaws, it's encouraging to compare them to 'Satellites's new songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11412/ | 487 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/ | 1,142 hits
CD Review: Various Artists - Bright Young Things 2002
The Bright Young Things CD for 2002 is being distributed by Leeds City Council in April as a free addition to the glossy and widely available Leeds Guide.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/92/ | 413 hits
CD Review: The Plight - Winds Of Osiris
'Winds Of Osiris' the debut full-length from Leeds' The Plight, is a definite grower. Initially, you'll struggle to see past frontman Al's vocals, which have all the garbled messiness of hardcore, whilst falling just short on the aggression that usually characterises the genre.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/11336/ | 976 hits
Live Review: This Et Al + Saving Lenny + Drag Cars Drive Too Fast + Farewell Party
So here we have an "unsigned band showcase". Call me bitter, and even counter productive in the encouragement of fledgling bands but I hate these things.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2499/ | 1,153 hits
Live Review: Pilfers + Mr Shiraz + The Agency
Now I don't know a great deal about Ska, and I'm not overly familiar with punk, therefore I was really looking forward to tonight's gig, as I was sure it would be a bit of an eye opener for me.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/926/ | 510 hits
Live Review: The Yards + Behaviour
After a week of assaulting the laser on my overworked CD player and my wife's ears through demo offerings from both these bands, I knew, before even walking through the Vine door this was going to be a fantastic showcase.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2322/ | 724 hits
Live Review: Digitalism + D/R/U/G/S
The House solo-artist D/R/U/G/S supported Digitalism on the UK tour. He has an engaging, quick switch style, constantly tampering with his equipment; fine-tuning each electronic slither.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15693/ | 304 hits
Band Profile: Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to "HMHB", are an indie rock band from Birkenhead, England, active sporadically since the 1984, known for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5851/ | 518 hits
Live Review: four day Hombre + Leafeater + goad
I was looking forward to this gig as I knew pretty much nothing about goad and Leafeater and hadn't seen four day Hombre for almost 10 months.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/668/ | 386 hits
Band Profile: Duke Special
Duke Special, a.k.a. Peter Wilson, is a Belfast artist with an unique sound, often referred to as 'vaudeville'.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5810/ | 265 hits
Live Review: Dead Disco
Dead Disco, Death Disco, some might make a connection. Let's get things straight, Death Disco, and Alan McGee's pathetic spin off "The Queen is Dead," are nothing to do with this pint sized trio, full of pent up energy.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7098/ | 1,049 hits
Live Review: Gallops + Redtrack + Lafaro + Exit International + Reaper in Sicily + The Brilliant Things + Wilder + Nerves + Peers + Runaround Kids + Kvelertak + Blacklisters
The quality marking out the artists who did well at Leeds Festival (and maybe in real life too) was that they engaged an audience with themselves and with their music.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13424/ | 1,000 hits
Live Review: Chickenhawk + Spectrals + The Neat
Dance To The Radio Stage's Festival Thursday night is one of the special treats of Leeds Festival. For the rest of the weekend this platform becomes the BBC Introducing Stage, where 36 new artists take different kinds of first step into a brighter limelight.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13368/ | 702 hits
Live Review: Bromheads Jacket + Plan B + Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames + This Ain't Vegas + Yes Boss + Kalev + The Hair + The Yell + Bam Bam Francs
The greatest festival of nu-wave this side of anywhere, Nastyfest continues to be the crown jewel in the Faversham's sizeable repertoire.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6764/ | 2,122 hits
Live Review: Pretty Girls Make Graves + Read Yellow + Fifth Goodbye
This a belated review, for the simple fact I have been away in Edinburgh, breathing in clean Lothian air and sampling many types of whiskey since Tuesday, and amidst my general binging found no time to write the piece coherently.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/2384/ | 541 hits
Live Review: Minus The Bear + This Et Al + Ridgevex
Minus The Bear are a breathtakingly awesome band with a sound so in tune with the times whilst being apart from other bands of the guitar-electronics melody section, base-drums rhythm section set up.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4341/ | 971 hits
Live Review: Foo Fighters + Arcade Fire + Rise Against + Hot Hot Heat + The Kills + Dogs + Arctic Monkeys + Million Dead + Nine Black Alps + The Explosion + Senses Fail + Editors
Sunday started like any other day. Apart from this Sunday I happened to wake up in a field with 30 odd thousand other bear soaked, bleary eyed, unwashed, desperate bladder controlling festival revellers.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4203/ | 2,736 hits
Band Profile: The Matches
Straight out of Oakland, the Matches set the California music scene on fire thanks to twelve explosive, hook-injected songs recorded on the cheap in their basements and living rooms.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7360/ | 124 hits
CD Review: The Scaramanga Six - Cabin Fever
"Glad you all could join me, on another pointless journey".  So begins the 2nd album proper of Wrath's finest premium export The Scaramanga Six.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3022/ | 643 hits
CD Review: Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences - We Are Not Other People
'Unexpected Error' makes no effort to ease the listener into the weird and wonderful world of Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences, as it opens with a blaring, Atari-esque sound effect that'll make you wonder whether this is, in fact, a comedy album.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10120/ | 442 hits
Live Review: Far From The Dance + Fourteen Corners + Death Of Narnia + Illusion of Intelligence + Blue Hobo + icallthebluff + The Formori + The Volatile Gentlemen + Comedy of Error + Isaac & Josh + B-Side Movie
What makes particular pieces of art, music and literature widely deemed as 'good'? I would muse that anything's worth is determined by how unique it is.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/7019/ | 1,297 hits
Band Profile: Massive Attack
The pioneering force behind the rise of trip-hop, Massive Attack were among the most innovative and influential groups of their generation; their hypnotic sound -- a darkly sensual and cinematic fusion of hip-hop rhythms, soulful melodies, dub grooves, and choice samples -- set the pace for much of the dance music to emerge throughout the 1990s, paving the way for such acclaimed artists as Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, UNKLE and Tricky, himself a Massive Attack alumnus.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/4562/ | 265 hits
Interview: The Futureheads
The Futureheads are back, armed with their latest album; The Chaos. I spoke to animated front man, Barry Hyde, following their recent gig at The Cockpit. Read on for the beans on the new record, side projects, and deliberately pissing off record company execs over haggis dinners.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12894/ | 662 hits
CD Review: Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet
Second album from rising Michigan hardcore crew Chiodos begins as it means to go on, with the distinctly operatic 'Two Birds Stoned At Once.' Opening with a shiver-inducing Victorian-tinged violin, 'Two Birds Stoned At Once' recalls The Used's 'The Bird and The Worm,' both in terms of its operatic leanings and the Bert McCracken-like twinge to frontman Craig Owens' voice.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10383/ | 1,217 hits
Live Review: Little Fish + Wot Gorilla? + Our Fold + Amy's Ghost + The Gang + We're Only Afraid Of NYC + Sketches + The Mighty Stef + Stagecoach + Mr Fogg + End Of Level Baddie + Arcs & Trauma
Halifax-bred musical primates Wot Gorilla? have a sound animal name, thrive in a West Yorkshire habitat, and seem to have inherited a Minus The Bear tendency from Wintermute.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13430/ | 1,166 hits
Live Review: Truvine + Kill Manticore + Interruptor Jones + Colin Mounsey
So this is the location for Wakefield's newest acoustic night (featuring two non-acoustic bands tonight, just for the hell of it).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3067/ | 781 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/ | 585 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/ | 451 hits
Band Profile: The Boyfriends
1. The Boyfriends are: Martin Wallace (vocals), Richard Adderley (guitar), David Barnett (bass) and Paddy Pulzer (drums).
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/5568/ | 176 hits
Interview: Outcry Collective
With a new Outcry Collective album currently in the works, Leeds Music Scene caught up with vocalist Steve Sitkowski, prior to the band's co-headlining UK tour with The Computers
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12547/ | 750 hits
Interview: Alexisonfire
Daniel Powell and Alexisonfire's Dallas discuss everything from gig etiquette to the band's previous albums, and everything in between
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/9140/ | 2,180 hits
Live Review: Hopesfall + Nora + A Destructive Issue + Shot By Both Sides
Before I start I'd just like to say that I've eaten the nicest tea I've had in ages tonight. It was a stir-fry.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3004/ | 1,110 hits
Live Review: JJ72 + Amen + Alfie + Starsailor
The NME brought its Carling Awards tour to Leeds on Tuesday night, meaning the city was buzzing with three different types of music lover.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/1158/ | 728 hits
Interview: The Blackout
I interviewed Bob, the guitarist and Snoz, the drummer from The Blackout, in November on their UK tour, to see what was going on for them, how was their 2011, what was next for the band after they'd conquered the UK this year.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/16145/ | 831 hits
Band Profile: Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981.
www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15429/ | 140 hits
Live Review: The Mexanines + British Daylight + PaperPlane + Indecisive Crisis + Another Life + The Artists + Inlaze + The Scandal + Traffic Wire + Distorted Sky + Euthemia + Seas-Of-Green + Glassbody
In the middle of April this year, just over thirty bands competed in the heats of the third year of the Centre Stage competition, where bands compete whilst raising gratuitous amounts of cash for a well-deserving cause in Martin House Children's Hospice.
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