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The Refectory was the venue for the legendary Mr Brown. No, not the famous soul singer Mr James Brown (RIP) but the ex Stone Roses lead singer.
post-rock
Lisa Brown are a bit of a surprise. With that name you expect a solo female acoustic guitar type thing going off but it's nothing of the sort.
Findlay Brown: Separated By The Sea
Inspired by wanting to re-ignite his relationship with his long-term Danish girlfriend, Separated By The Sea is Findlay Brown's debut album.
It's usually the way that those who are the most lacking in self-confidence are usually the more talented with the least to worry about - take it as a good omen, then, that all of tonight's acts are surprisingly self-deprecating.
James Brown caught up with Leeds trio The Lodger midway through their nationwide tour with The Long Blondes
Band profile for the band Ian Brown
Gareth S Brown's début album 'Iron Henry' is available now on Misplaced Music. Gareth is a former/current member of Hood, Canvas, Rauschen, and The Unpleasants.
Band profile for the band Findlay Brown
Band profile for the band Lisa Brown
Snowfight In The City Centre: Listen
The latest single from Snowfight In The City Centre [formerly known as Lisa Brown] is a distinct disappointment on the impressive previous release No Light Left.
Band Profile: That Fucking Tank
Two members of Kill Yourself keep themselves entertained with semi improved riff and dance rock like Oxes or Ruins or Pink and Brown.
rock blues
Phluid to release mini-album titled "Release"...
Having parted company with their record label, of their own accord, Phluid have decided to go it alone and have produced the finest recording of their career - "Release".
Cops&Robbers turn five years old...
DIY promoters and listings mag editors Cops&Robbers are five years old in February and in celebration they're putting on a couple of anniversary gigs.
33 years ago, Hawkwind came onto the psychedelic scene, and have continued to push music outer and further away from the mainstream, while influencing space and post rock and to a large extent the techno end of the dance spectrum.
Mo Solid Gold @ Leeds Festival 2001
Mo Solid Gold have an absolute star in frontman, 'K'. He's got energy, showy dance moves and a voice that is easily the equal of James Brown.
Latest split 7" single from Obscene Baby Auction Records...
Obsecene Baby Auction Records released their latest split 7" earlier this month. A picture disc the 7" features tracks by Bilge Pump and Brown Owl: "Both bands contribute a solitary song each which is exclusive to this record and they are both amazing so buy it, it looks really really great on your record player as well, believe." The single was limited to 300 copies - here at LMS we have no idea how many are left, if any, so you must be swift or they will all have gone.
Band Profile: Sketches in Technicolour
rock alternative folk
ska emo punk
Some of the greatest talent in hip-hop will be blessing our city over the next few months, here is a list of gigs i will hopefully be attending/reviewing
10,000 Things record debut EP for Domino and head out on UK tour...
10,000 Things have just completed the recording of their first EP for Domino Records. The EP - for release late 2003 or early 2004 - was produced by the legendary Phill Brown (worked on classic Stones, Bob Marley, Hendrix).
An addictive combination of sound, lyric and attitude that make you want to jump around like a demented frog!
Kaiser Chiefs to appear live on Soccer AM...
Kaiser Chiefs members Ricky, Simon and Whitey will appear on Soccer AM (Sky Sports 1) on Saturday 30th October to coincide with the release of their single "I Predict A Riot" which has been scheduled to now hit the shops the following Monday (1st Nov).
alternative funk
Band Profile: The Anonymous Groove Band
funk soul reggae jazz covers
No biog and no website means no information about Galactico, so it's only a guess whether the band is named after the super stars of Real Madrid.
Viva la Britpop! There's been a lot of talk lately about the resurrection of that old forgotten genre of Britpop.
indie rock
Band Profile: The Resplendents
pop soul funk
Band Profile: Grown Up Scandals
Hailing from Yorkshire, The Grown Up Scandals are a band with That Classic Sound. Urban? Yes, but more than that.
Going to a King Prawn gig is like going to a peace rally" proclaimed Rumjen the lead singer, there was a friendly antiwar atmosphere although at times the pacifistic crowd were getting slightly violent with their skanking and numerous attempts were made to crowd surf.
Maps is the bedroom product of James Chapman. He has cut quite a cult figure as his MySpace fan-base swells and this looks set to be another release that will further propel him towards a wider audience.
This two track sampler from Silvertin reveals a fondness for a sound that is quickly growing "old fashioned".
Superelectric: I Like It Too Much
With no biog and no current info available on the old entirenet, Superelectric are an Indie Electronica mystery.
indie rock
Having to work meant I missed (or didn't really listen to) either of the support acts. I was aware that they were happening and that they sounded like indie music but that's it.
Various Artists: The Best KIDS Christmas Album in the World Ever, Ever, Ever!
From the beginning of November it's impossible to escape the sounds of Christmas. Whether it's popular hymns played on panpipes or 70's glam smashes, tolerance levels have usually plummeted before December begins.
Band Profile: It Takes Bridges
It's a riot based around riffs, drama, sweat and volume. Think The Fall fighting Nirvana for the last of the drugs.
Benjamin Wetherill to release his debut album in July 2008
Leeds solo artist Benjamin Wetherill will release his debut album, the 'Laura' LP, on the Red Deer Club / Ba Da Bing labels on 28th July 2008.
Funk? That's the question isn't it!? Why funk? Is there something in the genes of white 16-18 year-olds, who when forming a non-"rock" band makes them think "I know, funk"?
'Brown Eyes Blue' opens with an acoustic guitar part that sounds like a speeded up version of Green Day's 'Time Of Your Life'.
Royal Park Cellars announce their autumn line-up and a new booking policy...
Panama Promotions have announced their preliminary listings for the Autumn Season at the Royal Park Cellars venue in Leeds - and along with it, a new policy of aiming to have at least one band at every show from outside Leeds.
Sea Wolf: Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low
Any band that implements "Wolf" into their name has to be either A: Brave. B: Stupid or C: Completely free of any sense of shame.
hardcore
After attending a sensational Ok Go! gig at Joseph's Well, Kaiser Chiefs' front man Ricky Wilson gave a quick insight into his feelings on the upcoming Brits and how the last 18 months has been for him and the rest of the band.
As part of series now stretching over a mammoth ten years, DJ Kicks now presents a mix from the German based techno DJ and artist Henrik Schwarz.
Manc lads they may be, yet Alfie give out the merest impression of Manchester musical folklore and attitude when they foray into the whimsical and dreamy world of summertime nothingness.
Ten Floors, a totally unique 4-piece piano-based indie/rock band, are an act that have successfully established themselves as one of the most exciting and dynamic unsigned bands today, sweeping a breath of fresh air over the North of England, and beyond.
Geisha: Hymns For The Living Dead
Well those people over at Blood Red Sounds have done it again. Yet another unique and bizarre musical find from the soon to be legendary Bristol based record label.
GLP annouce a soulful new release from Lara Rose
'Once Beloved,' the new single by Leeds-based Soul Diva Lara Rose will be released on Thursday, 15th February as a Digital Download.
The Palms really fit the modern day bill with their take on the current Indie rock / dance scene ala Kasabian, but one or too vocal production issues and an occasional penchant for misguided fret-wanking hold them back from hitting the full throttle.
Zombina and the Skeletones @ Bassment
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'.
Leodis, Indie band, located in Hunslet, Leeds, original music
The duo of Rodrigo Y Gabriela have wowed crowds at Glastonbury and Womad with their amazing guitar skills.
Taxi To the Ocean hail from the Netherlands, although it would be mighty expensive to get one there. There is a definite influence of Pearl Jam in there, especially with singer Just Posthumus' long locks and head swaying.
Getting around to reviewing the four-track CD from Mozer - not to be mistaken with Mozzer... "We're not a Morrissey tribute band" - has been brought to the fore in the last few days due to dialogue with former Seahorses drummer, Andy Watts.
The Stranglers were probably the most out of place of the punk bands - tunes abounded, the drummer was as old as your dad and they had keyboards - weren't they banned?
Pretty middle of the road, harping back to 90's indie drawl here folks. It's not altogether that bad, I suppose.
Unity Day 2004 stage line ups announced...
The annual community festival that is Unity Day takes place on Woodhouse Moor (Hyde Park) on Saturday 7th August and the official stage line ups have been announced.
It's fresh, it's loud. It's the Alamo. Four bars, four beats, four songs, four kids. And they're doing a great enthusiastic blast of natural rock with no frills and no attempt to imitate anyone except themselves.
... A funny thing happened to me on the way to the refectory. Actually it didn't, I was just late. Almost as late in fact as the members of The Basement are for the Dylan bandwagon that they seem so keen to jump on.
Royal Vendetta: The Lost Cause
Wearing their influences firmly on their sleeve, or more like in a big day-glow t-shirt that says "our influences are:" Royal Vendetta are Leeds' answer to Kasabian, The Cooper Temple Clause and The Music...
Deckard: Dreams of Dynamite and Divinity
The wonderful music industry in this country is so thorough you can totally rely that if there's a band out there you should know about they will do their utmost to work hard in ensuring the music will reach you via the airwaves, live performances and on a format affordable for your pocket!
We are six experienced musicians based around the Leeds, Bradford, and Harrogate area. We consist of Lead Vocals, Lead, Rhythm, Bass, Drums and Keyboard.
This three piece instrumental, instrument swapping band was formed in Spring 2005. Drummer, Neil Turpin, also mans the kit for Bilge Pump and Polaris and has done a stint in HiM alongside Doug Scharin.
Mary-Jane: What I Came Here For
I first heard Mary-Jane on Manifesta's (the people behind the now sadly deceased Bar Phono's Pussy Whipped club night) brilliant little compilation of all things riot grrl in Yorkshire - the not so catchily titled - ...and besides everyone knows it's not just boys fun.
In the way Bon Iver's debut album is reaped in the romanticism attached to the isolated log cabin, Leeds folk artist Benjamin Wetherill can claim a similar sense of idealistic beauty in the form of using a derelict 19th century palace on the outskirts of Budapest to record his long-awaited debut album.
This review of the Transmission Weekender starts here, on the Friday. I arrive on Sunday, just in time to see an half arsed attempt at guitar destruction at the end of Tract's set - break it and torch it boy!
rock blues
Band Profile: Waking the Witch
acoustic
The Whippets: You'll Be Fine EP
I'm not really a lover of filling reviews with press release fodder, but this is fucking excellent: "The Whippets sound like a dip in a plunge pool, followed by a particularly tricky numbers round of Countdown, standing on your head and then finding a tenner you didn't know you had and spending it all on Pic n'Mix." Right dissection fans, let's go...
Modeliste @ The Royal Oak (Halifax)
Live music returns to Halifax town centre with the launch of "The Dog House", a new band night upstairs at The Royal Oak pub.
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.
Truly weird, truly out there is when you don't mean to be, I mean for the last 25 years I was happy to think that James Chance had produced this freakish, extraordinary noise out of a punkish desire to confront and to explore boundaries in what you could do with funk or jazz or punk, but no, it seems he just is freakish and extraordinary.
The Von Bondies @ Blank Canvas
I hate Coldplay with a passion now. Why you may ask? Well let me tell you. It all began on the 21st April, me and my friends were waiting to see a band from Detroit called The Von Bondies.
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies: When we won't have to make the freezing scene no more
Some extravagant praise comes ahead of this CD. So I'm on my guard. But fear not. It's pretty not bad.
Electric Soft Parade @ Cockpit
Icelandic moodsmiths Lorien aren't exactly influenced by the Sex Pistols. No, Radiohead are probably more their bag.
I don't know whether it's the great big pillars blocking everyone's view, the bizarre bar-queuing system, the epic journey required to reach the toilets or just the rubbish sound but the Refectory has never been a favourite venue of mine.
Is this night at the Mixing Tin proof that the traditional guitar / bass / drums / vocals band set up is dying out and becoming tired?
indie
Band Profile: The Dragon Rapide
avant-rock
Instant Species: She Gives Me Nothing EP
You know those times where you're sure you've seen something before, but don't quite know what it is, and it pisses you off for the rest of the day trying to figure out it out?
From the truly glorious, rousing opening riff, you can tell that 'Morden' is going to be a tale of teenage angst for our times and what a tale Good Shoes turn it into.
Leeds Music Scene asks This Et Al some burning - or at least mildly broiling - questions in the wake of some storming dates in the North and in anticipation of the release of the Figure Eight EP...
British Sea Power @ Blank Canvas
Apologising for The Rakes absence, the Leeds five piece Infrasound swaggered onto stage, fronted by singer John Walker, who looks like the original monkey-prince himself - Ian Brown.
Right, I'll get my disclaimers out of the way first: I don't write reviews anymore as a rule but it was the only way I could blag into the gig for free.
I had high hopes for this one, their Mercury award nominated 'We Can Create' has been getting daily spins at Casa Stevish all through our so called summer and hasn't faded.
Imagine a world where Axl is king, and Wayne and Garth are the court jesters. Time stands still beyond the Eighties, and Francis Rossi and Lemmy have a love child.
Interview: Pulled Apart by Horses
Pulled Apart by Horses are a new, sickening, rock-dirge act who seem to be getting a little bit of attention, even though they've only played about four gigs and have two tracks on MySpace. Chris Lowe asks this motley crew what the deal is.
I have to start by saying that I really don't like the Mixing Tin as a venue, its cramped, cluttered and you can never hear a word anyone's saying.
Saturday night, and as usual I'm off to see some indie bands... for once however I know very little about the bands I'm going to see.
David Thomas Broughton @ Faversham
Nothing could prepare me, or the dozens of those in my locality for what we were about to see "grace" the stage in front of our very eyes.
Future Of The Left @ Faversham
A locked Faversham at 10pm, what is going on? Eventually, we get in to wander the empty spaces, waiting for punters and atmosphere to appear.
Various Artists: The Nyquist Theory
The Nyquist Theory is a compilation of tracks that emerged from the talent that lay around the offices of Hampshire's Hackpen Records.
acoustic psychedelic alternati
Having read on the Cockpit website that The Spinto Band were getting some press with features in NME and the Fly, I made sure I got there early on the off-chance that they'd sell out.
1. You are showing your age. Zenith. If only we were allowed guns in the UK. Pete Docherty (the last remaining soap rocker© in the world) would be joining the list of M.I.A.s and personally we think that would be dull and boring.
Napoleon IIIrd @ Brudenell Social Club
The Engine Room's fourth birthday celebrations were always going to be something special. The Brudenell Social Club was absolutely heaving, filled with many a familiar face from Leeds' bands.
Opening proceedings tonight are local boys Infrasound. Coming across a little like Annie Christian or Delirious they specialise in riff heavy verses and more melodic, driving choruses.
Cardboard Cowboy: Shorthand For Love
I often think I'd like to marry a harmonica. They're neat, compact, shiny little things; you can use them as liberally or minimally as you wish and they make all the right noises.
A bunch of really hairy, middle-aged blokes are on stage playing rock and roll, having a shout at George Bush, and causing mayhem.
The hyperactivity begins outside with some rather fresh-faced Humour fans chanting an assortment of aphorisms, which can be heard a good few streets away.
The folks at Soundpeople who compiled this monster collection are probably the same sort who just can't help themselves trying one of everything at the pick'n'mix stall.
Jackie Leven / Michael Weston King @ New Roscoe
"I took a train out of Leeds in the pouring rain..." Jackie Leven From the onset this was going to be pretty intense; The Black Heart Procession rolls out of the PA and, with nowhere to go, laps around my ankles.
The Swedish four piece trip daintily on stage, accompanied by a hurdy gurdy soundtrack that conjures up images of accordion playing moustachioed fellows and Heidi running through lush meadows.
Army Of Freshmen are like young kidults with limitless energy and their live show is exhausting to watch.
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.
The New Roscoe on a wet Wednesday night was a new experience for me. This was my first gig there and having never been in I was unsure what to expect but as a live music venue I was pleasantly surprised.
There are 3 things in this life guaranteed to make skinny white boys dance like a Jim Henderson inspired character.
Various Artists: Fame Academy - The Album
Right, before you stop reading, this album, surprisingly, isn't all bad, so stick around for a bit eh?
Whitehouse @ Brudenell Social Club
It's been a long, excited wait for this to come along, since promoter Benbow told me a couple of months back that he'd "only gone and booked Whitehouse".
Stuffy and The Fuses: Join me or Die!
Stuffy and the Fuses crash in like a lump of hard coal through the window. There's a scary noise, some local damage, and a cold wind rushes in behind.
Tom Gourley @ Royal Park Cellars
A very full and very buzzing Royal Park Cellars had one hell of a night on Wednesday. Agent provocateur Thomas R.
I swear to God. The day I finally get my wish and am sworn in as Supreme Lord of the Universe, one of the first things I will introduce is a law making it compulsory for all groups consisting of skinny white boys with guitars to do two hundred press-ups first thing on a morning to a soundtrack of "I Feel Good" and "Get Up (Sex Machine)" by James Brown.
Uptight borrow from many sounds mostly from around the 60's/70's period to create a funky mod-rock vibe.
First bands announced for Clarence Park Free Music Festival...
The Wakefield Music Collective have spent the last few months listening to over 100 demos, going to see as many bands as possible, scouring the internet and music press, and are pleased to announce the first batch of bands we hope to confirm for the ever popular free music festival.
It feels a little weird and a little scary having to write a review of an album based on a natty, paltry album sampler of only four tracks - a bit on the stingy side, if you ask me.
Hugh Cornwell @ City Varieties
Not your normal run of the mill gig this. A half full venue, average age way above the norm and seats.
This was actually my first visit to The Faversham; well first time as a punter, I have actually done a few jobs for them.
It seems that everywhere you turn these days, someone is writing a review or on TV or maybe just down the pub declaring the excellence of the current Leeds music scene.
The crowd gather nervously near the back of the room as The Pigeon Detectives open up the evening's musical jamboree.
Gogol Bordello @ Leeds Festival 2006
Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield strolls onto the stage behind an abundance of chocolate brown facial hair, plonks himself down at the raised piano and warbles, wails, whimpers, whilst the piercing cries of seagulls reverberate from speakers the size of cliffs and the sound of a thousand glass bowls tumbling down a flight of mountains crashes into our eyes.
Stephen Fretwell @ City Varieties
In a modern world where singersongwriters are hotter than ever, unfortunately the bland James Blunt and beautiful Daniel Powter rule the airwaves.
Various Artists: Showcase: West Yorkshire SXSW 2007
'This town is in disarray' claims the opening track from this sampler, but clearly not in a bad way. As an album it may suffer from being a hotchpotch of radically different offerings from local record labels, but I'd be surprised if any unwitting industry mogul - into whose hand this disc may have been thrust at the recent SXSW festival, and who actually took the time to give it a spin - failed to diagnose a clean bill of health for the current Leeds scene.
Chicken Legs Weaver @ New Roscoe
First, a grumble. Tonight, there were three great acts on for a measly three quid, on a well though out bill, in a venue just outside the city centre, with probably the most consistently good sound in the city.
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.
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.
It's Friday night, it's cold and it's wet, so do you stay in and get depressed because you have no friends, or do you go out to catch some top live bands from your local area giving their all in a great pub which sells decent beer, get hideously drunk in a nightclub afterwards, fall all the way home then wake up in a strange bed the next morning with little or no recollection of how, why or when?
Cathy Simpson talks to The Blueskins about music, festivals, The Beatles and lazy journalism...
The Lodger @ Brudenell Social Club
The Bone is 1 year old today. No longer sucking at the mother's teat of gig promotion, it's now old enough and daft enough to stand on its own 2 feet.
A pretty quiet start to the evening for a Saturday night in Leeds, and bloody cold too, so I was looking for something to warm my cockles.
British Fiction: Twilight's Lost and Dreaming of Modern Peacocks
One Bullet Left @ Snooty Fox (Wakefield)
The Snooty Fox in Wakefield is slightly different to the majority of pubs that you'll will have no doubt drank in.
"Being a promoter is terrifying" - Leeds guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm takes on the promoter-role as he brings his 'Leeds Guitar Night' concept to the Brudenell Social Club on July 6th.