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Powered up guitar pop band
Band from West and North Yorkshire, with critical aclaim for both thier first EP and thier long-player in 2005, the talent of this band is boundless, expect expert piano and guitar parts with cutting bass and drum sections
Protectors is a 3 piece guitar rock band from Leeds.
"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.
John Harvey catches up with Leeds' guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm...
A simple blend of sweet, melodic melodies, infused with a warm glock rockin beats cooked up by a lean mean fat guitar grilling machine. Basically its indie pop.
Band Profile: The Jen Low Band
Jen Low - Lead Vocals, Lyrics, Melodies Chris Backhouse - Saxophone Simon Waggott - Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals Karl Moon - Guitar The Jen Low Band is based around the lyrics and melodies of a twenty-something singer songwriter from Leeds.
Sexed up Soul Funk for the modern age
Band Profile: The Old Romantic Killer Band
The Old Romantic Killer Band play blues and folk orientated pop music but they play it hard and loud.
Leeds band Kram release their new double A-side single through GrooveStealer Records on Monday 12th March. Rachel Wilson caught up with the band.
Mancunians? ...surely not, you mean The Rain Band are from Manchester... I'd never have guessed, or should I say "Ayyeeeed nevuur av guezzed man!" Oh yes - review for the short on attention: do you like Joy Division, The Stone Roses, New Order, Flowered up, Mansun, Space Monkeys and most things on Factory Records?
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.
Duncan McFarlane Band @ New Roscoe
Hmm.... the New Roscoe you say? Isn't that where the tribute bands play? Well yes I suppose it is, but periodically they offer a night over to a group of performers who can really write songs and play them without pretending to be someone else.
The Old Romantic Killer Band @ Brudenell Social Club
The Despondents, although showed considerable effort, ultimately fell flat. The impression they gave off certainly wasn't helped by the lead singer's 'eccentric' white sunglasses.
Duncan McFarlane Band @ Korks (Otley)
What Otley has rightly become used to when the Duncan McFarlane Band plays the Folk Festival there, is a glowingly satisfied home crowd with a similar reaction from visitors who know the band's sound - and amidst all this, many new listeners simply astounded at the quality of Duncan and his musicians.
Duncan McFarlane Band: Woodshed Boys
After having had the pleasure of catching this band live several times I had very high expectations of this album.
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.
John McCusker Band @ Otley Methodist Hall
How far beyond expectation is the word 'lush' when describing Scottish traditional music? Well, it can turn up here - because the musicians are the John McCusker Band, and listening to them you get the quality of the playing, the power of the sound, and a strength that is not a matter of amplification.
Gary Stewart Band: Tables, Trees and Tripods
I first came to hear of the Gary Stewart Band at the Futuresound heats in July of last year, when I was bowled over by their performance.
Seasick Steve and his guitar 'The Three Stringed Trance Wonder' have recently come off the festival circuit and preparing for a UK tour starting this month so Sam Murray rang his Norway home to find out about the man, the music and get a story or two.
I was excited about this gig. I've enjoyed The Music's debut album and have been looking forward to tonight for sometime - tickets sold out about 4/5 weeks earlier so I was expecting an electric atmosphere inside this rather strange new venue under Leeds train station.
The Incredible String Band @ Hebden Bridge Picture House
"You may have gathered by now that we're a bit of a nostalgia act" quoth Mike Heron after a oddly banterless opening of two ISB classics, "you might say we are our own tribute band", well, yes, but I for one couldn't have asked for anything more.
Richard Thompson Band @ Irish Centre
Described in this month's Uncut as "...one of Britain's greatest living songwriters" - and surely even this glowing accolade does not do justice to the musical genius that is Richard Thompson.
four day Hombre @ Royal Park Cellars
There's a vibe in the air tonight, a tangible, swelling excitement that seems to accompany the Hombre lads everywhere they travel.
Pulled Apart by Horses @ Faversham
It has seriously taken me a few days to piece together this review. I've been finding it a strain on my creative juice-box to summon the correct words to emphasise the compelling amount of joy received from this gleefully amazing line-up which only set punters back a mere £4.
Guitar based pop music with its roots in late 70s punk-pop, but which has drawn comparison to a huge range of bands from the 60s to the present day. Expect layered harmonies, catchy three minute tunes and the city's best rhythm section.
Rock / pop covers band form Leeds.
Leeds-based rock band.
Experimental band from Huddersfield.
Rock band from Bradford.
Bradford-based four-piece indie band.
Pulled Apart by Horses @ Moor Music Festival 2008
There are countless laudable aspects of the weekend that will have been taken away by all of the festival-goers, but arguably it's Moor Music Festival's inclusive eclecticism that deserves the biggest pat on the back.
Band Profile: Action!Action!Action!
Acoustic rock band from Castleford, West Yorkshire.
4-piece indie rock band from Dewsbury
Band Profile: The Half Nelsons
The Half Nelsons are a punk/ska/rock band.
Crimson Tide are a 5 piece metal/post-hardcore band from leeds with influences such as atreyu, funeral for a friend and metallica
A 6-piece band who play funk/rock/pop/acoustic songs
Band Profile: Bedroom Gymnastics
Punk/indie band based in Bradford.
Leeds-based three-piece rock band
Halifax-based covers band playing popular music
Oasis, Libertines Monkeys and Pistols influenced northern 4 peice band.
Band Profile: Death Disco Club
Electro indie band
Leodis, Indie band, located in Hunslet, Leeds, original music
Leeds / Darlington four-piece band
Uplifting melodies and memorable riffs, the band will be showcasing their new music at venues around Leeds soon.
The Scaramanga Six: Strike! Up the Band
Strike! Up the Band is a monster. The 13 songs, the two videos and the SIX SIX SIX count-in absolutely guarantee one hell of a good mood.
Refreshing Heavy Rock from this Leeds based band! Rock yer f**king socks off!
Four-piece rock band from Leeds
Joseph Seager caught up with Karl Larsson, front man of Swedish band Last Days Of April.
Stagger - Melodic-indie/Post-punk Leeds based band
Acoustic music with all the energy front and vigour of a full band, Benny sets out to get up get you singing along, and having a great time all round
Justin Myers interviews Felix Rodrigues, the guitarist from rising Swedish band The Sounds
Hayashi are a band based in Leeds who play live Drum & Bass without the use of sequencers or drum loops. The music is a melodious breakbeat experience. Their new album 'b a d m a c h i n e' is due for release in August. "Hayashi will make you dance
Local bands invited to submit their CDs for Fuzzy Logic's local band showcase clubnight...
Fuzzy Logic (Wire Club, every Thursday night), with DJ Debstar, have announced a special local band showcase night for Thursday 18th August.
One EP and one gig sums up Sky Larkin's musical contribution to planet Earth so far, yet for a band so young, there's a lot of promise locked away in the three piece as Gavin Miller explains...
Dave Cooke talks about life after Landspeed Loungers, Wrath Records, the local scene and the fortunes of his new band...
With Vib Gyor about to record their next single - "Secret" - Victoria Holdsworth caught up with the Leeds band at Beached 2006
Interview: Funeral for a Friend
John Harvey talks with Darren from Welsh emo hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, who recently headlined the NME tour in Leeds...
Hot Club De Paris play Leeds on 1st June and release their new album on 16th June. Joseph Seager caught up with the band to ask them some questions.
Rock, Paper, Indie: Charlotte Oxnard talks to Wakefield rock band The Humour.
Whilst only together for three months The Vangos have formed a large fan base after singing at house parties and continuously gigging to gain a wider audience. Charlotte Oxnard goes to meet the band and ask some questions....
Part One of a two-part interview with Leeds band Chichino, who are set to release their new single "It Could Happen To You"
There's a new club open in town. It's pretty exclusive and the house band is Leeds' Yellow Stripe Nine. Conveniently, Club DeccaDance's owner is the band's lead singer. In fact, it's his creation.
Sam Saunders chats with Mike Randle, a member of long established and mild mannered Baby Lemonade, who have a secret life as superhero band Love, playing alongside Arthur Lee on the "Forever Changes" Tour that hits the UK this month...
Band Profile: Our Fellow Astronauts
Our Fellow Astronauts are a four piece band from Leeds. Barry Lavelle - Lead Guitar/Vocals Tom Evans - Guitar Torstein Langeland - Bass Guitar/Keyboards Dave Nutter - Drums/Percussion
indie rock
punk new wave
indie punk
Band Profile: Anti-depressants
alternative rock
indie rock
pop rock
indie rock
Band Profile: Where Skies Meet Shores
alternative emo
Chiara Lucchini - vocals / guitar Jonny Lee Hart - guitar / vocals Tim Oldfield - bass Dan Stretton - drums / vocals The Chiara L's are a female fronted four piece guitar combo based in Leeds but with roots in Piecenza, Beeston, Churwell and Leicester.
hardcore rock
The CD from Spring was quite a mixed bag because there were 10 tracks on here. The 1st track, "Not At The Same Time", was a blast from the past because at the start I half expected Mick Jagger to come out dancing!
acoustic
rock metal
Alt-americana / Post rock.
rock pop blues
rock indie
Band Profile: The Yorkshire Rats
The Story of The Yorkshire Rats all began back in 2005, in the local watering hole known as the Counting house, a local hang out for punks, skins, and rudeboys of Pontefract.
funk rock
We're a three piece punk/rock band from Huddersfield and we've been a band for 5 years (April 2008). Members include: Patrick Stephen - Bass guitar and lead vocals Hadyn Gibson - Lead guitar and vocals Alex Stephen - Drums
punk rock
Band Profile: 5 Counts of Treason
rock grunge
Band Profile: Drag Cars Drive Too Fast
Formed in 2001, Drag Cars are a five piece melodic punk band from Leeds and feature current and ex-members of One Car Pile Up, Send More Paramedics, The Dregs and Dropnose.
Thirteen Senses: Thru The Glass
Well, it's a young guitar band on a major label. So let's be grateful. But not for the first time questions have to be asked about what made 'em pick this one for the big push.
Band Profile: Ali Whitton and the Broke Record Players
Following a successful few years gigging as a four-piece that still went under Ali's name, the line-up of his new band was finalised in early 2006.
Paul Street - Vocals Stephen Shield - Guitar Jamie Mosley - Guitar Chris Purdy - Bass / Backing Vocals Andrew Dykes - Drums / Backing Vocals Hey there music lovers, we are a new band on the scene in Leeds.
grunge indie emo alternative
Excitable Pounding Indie Pop from Wakey Town!
alternative rock
Danny Yates - Vocals, Lead Guitar Jono Yates - Guitar, Backing Vocals Tom Emmett - Bass Guitar Nici Todd - Drums Jerico* are a mixture of post punk / indie rock.
original folk-music with a DiY twist
punk hardcore emo
Dynamic, Lively Post-Punk Madness
Band Profile: The Velvet Orchestra
Leemun Smith - Vocals/Guitar Alex Didlock - Drums Been writing together for 4 years and are now releasing their new 7" single 'The Creator' on the new Leeds indie label Salt The Wound.
rock pop
indie/rock
Starting off with an almost Blue Oyster Cult guitar line that slowly cheers up this is a bouncy little tune that will try make you skip round the room like an annoying yet endearing young niece.
Milf are a three-piece Bradford band and have been plying their trade for over 4 years now, since they were 14, and bring us a truly fantastic four-track EP.
Music people can get their stomp on to!
Gav Turner - Vocals Guitar Lee Richardson - Guitar Matt Roundell - Bass Matt Murphy - Drums Snow is a leeds based four piece striving to create innovative progressive metal with an intelligent and emotional edge.
That Fucking Tank: Andrew/James
Spazzing two-piece avant-rockers That Fucking Tank return with this 7", released in conjunction with Spanish synth sound merchants Grabba Grabba Tape.
El Cartel, are a band made up from a university project which shortly afterwards evolved into an actual band.
Leeds based band Decree are Pippa Beaumont (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass) and Abby Mottram (harmonies,lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass).
The Bribes have a sound which can be described as quirky and upbeat. A driving sound which instantly grabs you by the lugs and kicks you in the stones, leaving you heaving in a pile by the side of the road waiting for another kicking.
Band Profile: Medicine For The Meek
Medicine For The Meek formed in early 2007 when singer songwriter Shara Meek collaborated with some of Leeds Finest musicians.
acoustic
Libero are a four piece hailing from the small hamlet of Wakefield comprising of Matt Yates on vocals and guitar, Dan Yates on lead guitar, Tracey Fox on bass and Ian Cawthorne on drums.
alternative
rock electronica country
rock funk pop
Little Barrie are funky... wait wait before you leave in a huff, yes it's a horrible genre funk, virtually a swear word in some circles but sometimes, and not often enough it is done so well you need to take your hat off to it.
Band Profile: The Western Front
indie rock
Desert Monkey: Made Great By A Breeze
Starting off with the title track sounding like a rougher Kyuss with furious bluesy guitar riffage and fat drums, Desert Monkey are looking like quite the heads down, balls to the wall rock band.
Cheer Up Mungo Hump and the Daddy Special: Untitled
'Sonic instigator' opens this CD with an infectious guitar riff, funky bassline and a vocalist that can actually sing.
Dean Roy Holmes - lead vocals + bass Chris Kipper Summers - lead guitar Bryan Bell - rhythm guitar Phil Rhodes - drums From Pudsey in Leeds, 45 Revolutions formed in 2003 and have already played the many respected venues in and around the Leeds area including The Cockpit, Joseph's Well, Rios in Bradford and The Dry Bar in Manchester.
acoustic rock
indie rock
Band Profile: Lower Cases And Capitals
Lower Cases And Capitals are a band from small town Pudsey, Leeds who deliver energetic, melodic, up-beat songs which are aimed at both a young and older audience.
ska punk
indie pop rock
alternative acoustic
Rich (vocals/guitar) and Jonny (drums) played with Rick (bass) and Dave (guitar). They recorded an album called "Four" (released 2002).
acoustic
Two tracks of melodic punk from ex-members of 46 Itchy. Thankfully the band have forgotten about their cheeky ska past and graced us with 2 smashing tracks of hook laden melodic punk raawk.
indie rock
Fury of the Headteachers: Farewell Comrade
Fury of the Headteachers' fresh take on punk rock can be heard on their new release, 'Farewell Comrade'.
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.
rock covers
alternative indie
thrash metal
Band Profile: The Pattern Theory
The Pattern Theory was formed in 2006 by Carl Carlson (Guitar), Lukas Creswell-Rost (Guitar), James Yates (Drums) and Danny Laycock (Bass).
"You Alight: Reduction" with an out of tune guitar isn't a great first impression, but as the tune kicks in it has quite a nice hook to it.
Danny Hardwick (Lead Vocals, Guitar) Tim Richards (Backing Vocals, Guitar) Tim Burge (Lead Guitar) Phil Nickson (Bass Guitar) Dave Moorhouse (Drums) sextrafika first got together in November 2004 when Danny, Tim and Phil began writing and practicing above a bar in Leeds City Centre.
This 3 song debut from York students The Calvo Contract is "grunge-metal"... so that'll be rock then.
indie rock
Designated Driver: Design At Edd River
Middlesex's Designated Driver do what a lot of modern Emo frat-party nu-punk rockers don't - they actually write songs that feel like they mean it rather than purely sounding good when you've got a skinful.
Fifth Goodbye: This Is My Impression EP
Sadly, I cannot remember back to my experimentation with guitar playing so the name of the guitar effects used to open Bandstand escapes me, so for my lack of technical knowledge I do apologise.
indie rock
Felix Leiter: Lighter Than Leiter
"Lighter than Leiter" is a 2 track CD with "Ten to Seven" and "Learning to be Selfish" pushing out the word about this back to basics three piece band.
alternative
Leeds band The Kaleids consist of Ollie Dickinson (Lead Guitar & Vocals), Mike Robinson (Bass & Backing Vocals) and Rich Thomas (Rhythm Guitar), three lads who have decided to make an original acoustic sound.
Helica's demo is quite impressive. Soft guitars, rock songs with melodies, subtle drums and a gorgeous female voice.
Band Profile: Erin's Third Incident
Erin's Third Incident are at the moment a three-piece (soon to be a five-piece) indie/punk band, with influences ranging from oasis to the white stripes to green day, the list goes on.
Formed autumn 2004, Baseburner will stop at nothing to get their music heard. When asked what they play the four piece outfit simply reply 'RAWK!' and get over excited.
indie pop
Band Profile: The Superlatives
indie punk
As imaginative as the title is, this most solo of solo projects (being entirely composed and played by Mr Evans) is a rather drab collection of naively written and flatly performed demos.
Band Profile: Johnny Poindexter
Johnny Poindexter's music was often described as bleak, bold, beautiful, and anything inbetween. Safe to say, you wouldn't find it down the disco.
Garon Shark are a young rock'n'roll four-piece from Huddersfield (what is it with that town?) I'm very impressed with their three-track offering, which suggests a band influenced by a variety of rock bands and styles and showcases an ability to write some excellent songs yet leaving enough room for improvement (without it being an insult to say so).
A fine counterpoint between acoustic balladry and highly charged racket. Think foot-on-monitor mandolin.
Band Profile: Falling With Angels
post-hardcore emo
Cheap Thrills was recorded at Sunnybank Studios in June of this year. Tracks are: "Run or Die", "Lesbian Pleasure", "Dirty USA", "Country Song" and "Salvation".
Stephen Fox - vocals, guitar, piano Dayle Coe - guitar Jason Ripley - bass Matthew Roberts - drums Stephen Fox, Jason Ripley and Matt Roberts have played music together since their school days in the late eighties.
The first and best thing you notice about fsor is the passion they have for the tunes they're playing.
This is the second time I have seen Gallo and I like them more every time. The female duo have a lot of talent between them and use guitar and saxophone to produce some lovely funky, jazzy, blusey medleys, topped off with an angelic, but strong voice that you have to notice.
My Morning Jacket: Sweatbees EP
Ok, lets get it out of the way. The Flaming Lips. There, I said it. It's something My Morning Jacket are going to have to live with; people will always make comparisons.
La Russo's "fourletterword" starts with a big surge of rising chords and ringing guitar. The song itself is an open, yearning melody.
Joe Lewis: singer/songwriter, guitar Paul Jepson: guitar Simon Albone: bass, keyboards Tim Mills: drums This band have been on the Leeds music scene for a good few years under various names (Tragic Minds, The Neat, Overlord, Gee Spot to name a few).
There's a band in front of you playing really good music, great pop music on guitars, with beautiful intertwining vocal melodies from a lovely lady and a lovely man.
There isn't a great deal that inspires on this 5 track EP. Opening song Perfume is about as good as it gets, with what seems to be their big song - it's as watered down as stadium rock gets.
Last Night's TV: Better Than That
This CD was a challenge to me as I am not used to reviewing acoustic material but I thought I would give it a go.
Leeds-based misanthropic death/black metal
Middleman are a four piece band from Leeds. Slurpy (Drums) Andy Craven-Griffiths (Vocals) Lee Smith (Bass) Krishna Thiruchelvam (Guitar) The band consists of four blokes who love to make music because it's really good fun!
The Chiara L's, named aptly after front-woman Chiara Lucchini, are a sprightly, naïve, fun, bundle of scratchy guitar pop.
Band Profile: Frankie Eisenhower
country blues rock
Zandra Klievens - Vocals Jordan Radcliffe - Guitar Jack Haigh - Bass Sam Marns - Drums David Barber - Guitar Shoegaze guitars and ethereal vocals are a well proven combination, and The ABC Club don't put a step wrong to disprove this.
Electric Mud Generator @ New Roscoe
Electric Mud Generator play Lead Guitar-led heavy 70's rock with elements of blues and a whole lot of talent.
Formed late summer 2006 as a two-piece jam band consisting of Damian Hughes & Joe Scotcher. Found suitable bass player in September 2006 - Luke Hay.
Vocalist/guitarist Dan Pearce, bass player Pete Green and drummer Chris Smith are throwing their hearts into Zealous.
rock indie
Bifta Smoking Eskimos: The Columbian Cold EP
We now have a scoop the NME would love to get their hands on, Richard Ashcroft formerly of The Verve and currently enjoying a bafflingly successful solo career has sneaked over to Huddersfield and recorded an EP in secret, working under the name Bifta Smoking Eskimos.
This is a good CD. I'm told nothing about the band before I slot the disc in my machine, just a pretty piss poor name and a green CD/r.
Dionysis: The Butterflies Cry EP
Relative babes on the music scene (7 months to be exact), Halifax's Dionysis show a wealth of potential in this hit and miss 3-song collection.
Band Profile: Albert Ross & The Otters
Albert Ross, Vocals, Piano, Guitar Laura Haughey, Vocals, Melodica, Organ Dave O'Donnell, Vocals, Guitar, Piano Rob Julian, Bass, Horns Kerry Harrison, Drums and all things percussive This Leeds band is a collaboration of friends and fellow musicians who have decided to come together at long last.
It's taken a while to come to the conclusion that this one-track demo shows quite a lot of potential, as, at first, I wasn't that impressed.
10 Days: The Future is Unwritten
"10 Days are one of the truly original bands on the underground currently." "Ten Days are a trio to be at the forefront of the next generation of alt.guitar bands in this city." With chronic press notices like those any band is going to struggle to make an impression.
Sheffield's The Moon live in a world of catchy soft-pop tunes written about girls and boys, and boys who like girls and the girls who don't like the boys who like the girls (and other clichéd love-failure subject matter).
"Watch the World Go By" is Serf's new big single. The Americana guitar band sound is fine and dandy. The main song has a big dumb and terrific chorus and the layers of strong guitar are a treat.
Ben Kweller used to be the frontman of mid-nineties US grunge-pop act Radish, a band he formed when he was just 12 years old.
Tempting Kate: Waiting For Nothing
Three-piece Tempting Kate are a Scotland-based band with a Garforth contact address - drummer Paul is from Leeds - but even the most tenuous Leeds-link is acceptable as far as I am concerned because these guys have sent me a top-class CD with four excellent guitar-pop tracks.
The Music: You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me EP
"You Might As Well Try To Fuck Me" is the debut release from Leeds' The Music on the Hut label, and, put bluntly, is a blinding tune.
James Trevelyan (Lead Vocals) Anshul Kapoor (Lead Guitar) Alex De Boer (Keyboards, Vocals) Simon Fitzpatrick (Bass Guitar, Vocals) Greg Sykes (Drums) A shared passion for guitar driven, melodic rock inspired five Huddersfield University students to start making music together.
Dolores offer up five atmospheric and mature sounding tracks on this their debut EP "Please Note..." Occasionally blending Radiohead intensity with Sneaker Pimps sultry and Portishead dark it's a brooding mixture which is aptly summed up by the band themselves as "filmic".
Samson Bedford - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Kev Shirley - Lead Guitar, Vocals Chris Hall - Drums, Vocals Boa Internationalè - Bass, Vocals Late in 2004 four young men of high ambition formed a band called Volcanoes.
This CD looks pretty enough, with a visual clash of romantic guitar in woodland, gurning space alien baby and splodgy studio snaps of the artists at work.
funk jazz pop
Leeds' youngsters Inertia played to a decently sized audience at the Fenton on what was a gloomy Saturday night.
Once again, it's that time of the month (no, not that one) but the one in which the whole of Leeds descends on the small but perfectly formed Hi-Fi club for the biggest (and longest) party in town.
The High Chairs: Second Thoughts On Dreams And Doubts EP
The High Chairs are taking on that increasingly daunting task of getting their name around as another unsigned indie band in Leeds.
British Sea Power @ Leeds Festival 2002
There's something uniquely well, British about British Sea Power when compared to the legions of yank bands on show at this year's festival.
Down tuned guitars and bass - relentless drumming, raging eclectic vocals. I love this EP. First song "Glutton for Punishment" kicks off with a clean sounding guitar chord into some serious riffage.
Dan Pearson - Vox/Guitar Sean Hatherley - Lead Guitar Mike Neilson - Drums Scott Coutts - Bass/Vox The Signs are here to stay..four talented and charismatic musicians brought together by a love of soaring melodies, roaring guitars and seismic drums, the boys have a knack for creating radio-friendly choruses made to be sung around stadiums around the world.
Taken from the forthcoming 5-track EP, Take A Holiday is one of Juxtaposition's more accessible songs.
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.
covers
I like this CD. Very much. Reviewing acoustic bands is not really my strong point, but this CD just shouts out "play me, play me".
rock prog instrumental
MARK CROSSLEY - GUITAR/VOX PETE HILEY - GUITAR/VOX GAV BAILEY - BASS/VOX JAMES RUGG - DRUMS Jack Afro formed in September 2005 from the ashes of Leeds based band Lucky Royale.
Band Profile: The Sunday Drive
The band was formed in a drug rehabilitation clinic where we all bumped into each other and decided we could simulate the sound of a dustbin being sawn in half using only guitar and drums.
So this is where rock music got to! It has become interesting again. No skateboards, no tattoos, no trouser furniture, no monitor wedge posturing.
folk acoustic
The awesomely titled "Party Crasher" kicks off the New Yoik noiseniks set, the B52 vocals sliding easily over the funky punk.
Five nice blokes, four affable tracks. Some springy little guitar riffs and a load of enthusiasm. A goofy, friendly CD with a big SG type guitar in moody black and white on the sleeve.
rock indie
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity for any action on stage and supping the over priced bottles of beer (because the draft had run out!) Oceansize took to the stage amidst an array of guitars (6 in total), laptops and large drum set-ups.
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.
Scout are summed up in one word. Impressive. Right from the packaging of the CD (which doesn't really count) to the sound of their material, which is likened to the earlier sounds of Blondie.
This is very primitive guitar rock with a swagger and attitude that some people are just going to love.
The band has been going for a few years and we have recently got a new drummer. Things are going great with the band, we have just had a revamp of the whole set and have some live recordings just added to our Myspace page.
Flaccid Soapher are a four piece rock'n'roll band from Halifax. They call themselves experimental, but the sound on this CD is straight down the middle smalltown heavy guitar music built in four bar chunks with a blues foundation.
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.
When I received this EP from Dave I knew absolutely nothing about Hatch or their music so this is a new experience for me!
This CD is bloody amazing! I was given this when we had just played a storming set at Josephs Well. I had the original "Wow Signal" EP from VISA, which I acquired from the Blue Star gig a couple of months ago.
A grunge band with the muscle of an Ox and delicacy of a butterfly the Hull based band In:Audium deliver their new EP Digital Saviour.
i concur @ Leeds Festival 2008
i concur's focussed songwriting and euphoric guitar sounds set them apart. They go to no great lengths to present themselves as individuals or as a band on stage.
Karl - vocals / guitar; Ste - bass; Ant - drums; Woody - lead guitar In 1997, the foundations of what has now become Sawthroat, were laid.
A fortnight on and another four bands feature at Lock & Load. Tonight we open up with the sounds of Metallica's "Enter Sandman".
It's been a while since I first listened to this CD. When I received it, I used to play it whenever I was trying to relax, it has that sort of ambience to it.
Band Profile: Flawless Attitude
rock punk metal
Tripped And Falling: Ashes and Ember
Tripped And Falling, who are massive in their homeland of Trinidad And Tobago re-located to London in hopes of making it big over here in 2007.
There must be something in the water down in Derby, as Umlaut recorded this three track EP down in the mid(ish)lands.
Bright chirpy guitar pop. Seven songs by four blokes from West Yorkshire. It's really not at all bad.
Sometimes I hate writing reviews. I got into it because I love writing and love music. But sometimes you have to review something that you really don't enjoy and it's horrible because it's no fun slagging off bands that put their heart and soul into their music.
An American band with guitars and a violin will bring images of Hillbilly country rock. Add a hint of reggae and you'll be forgiven for thinking it's the Mad Hatters tea party.
Finch: Bitemarks and Bloodstains
"Now I'm stealing her body and taking her home". Nate Barcalow has issues. Finch mean business with 'Bitemarks & Bloodstains', lifted from already released album number 2 'Say Hello To Sunshine'.
The Killers: All These Things That I've Done
The Killers are probably the most aptly-named band around at the moment, after having whipped, bludgeoned and slayed their way across the British music scene with sharp ties and nicely-pressed trousers.
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.
Hailing from the same village as myself, Session X arrive on the Leeds scene and rip through four tracks of furious funk tinged soulful tunes, guaranteed to have either a foot tapping or a head nodding.
Band Profile: Three Random Words
Three Random Words was formed, officially, in September 2003. Roger (vocals, guitar) and Danny (lead guitar) had been wanting to start a band for a while, the former having worked as a solo artist for some time, the latter never having had the opportunity to publicly express himself through music.
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.
The common man's James Blunt, but with better lyrics is how I would describe Ali Whitton as he opened up a remarkable acoustic based night at the Mixing Tin.
"Nowhere to Hide" is a clanging bluesified rock piledriver with Americano vocal affectation in the style of Pub Rock, but no particular song.
Rock/Alternative
Noise á Noise: Looking Ahead EP
Hailing from Los Angeles and yet taking influences from such UK stalwarts as the The Kinks, Buzzcocks and The Jam.
Meaty yet melodic heavy rock from Bradford. Awesome vocals & devastating riffs.
A year ago The Noise were sounding like a young and excitable pub rock band with a bit of a cheek. A new year, and a new release and they still have the same plunderous love of 70's bluesy rock and roll and much the same basic sound.
Band Profile: Ellen and the Escapades
Formed after meeting at Leeds College of Music, Ellen and the Escapades originally performed acoustically as a two-piece; Ellen singing lead vocal and playing acoustic guitar, and Chris Quick keys and backing vocals.
This is a very smart live recording. It's raw, punchy and pretty effective. Sawthroat don't do complicated stuff.
Foley (2) @ Royal Park Cellars
My first trip of 2004 into the deep dark depths of the Royal Park Cellars. It's often dirty rock you find emanating from the cellars but this evening it's an altogether more mellow collection of bands.
Band Profile: Riverbank Morning Circus
prog jazz experimental
It's about time Pop Threat released another single, something I've been waiting for quite a while. This time the band, following a recent line up shuffle, has released a limited 7" single on Squirrel Records.
acoustic
Following their well-received "This Is Future-Wave" EP, Brazil have delivered yet another quality combination of guitar-pop tracks.
Tonight brings together three fine, but different, bands for a Satellite magazine special at the Royal Park Cellars, and by the end of the night a decent sized audience has gathered, perhaps 50 or so, to see the headline act of Mir.
Remember those bands you had when you were in school? The one I was in, unfortunately, split up after a while, but I'm convinced we'd sound like this if we had kept it together.
Nottingham's Maelkar are a fierce sounding guitar slaughtering 3-piece. It's heavy, it's metal, it's grrr and unlike so many before attempting such a sonic blitz it's catchy and inventive.
indie rock
Shard wail onto my stereo like a fucking alarm bell. Hit me, hit me, hit me! Riffs shooting out of their guitars like bullets from an MK47, vocals that scream down the mic shouting slap me in the face, yes, you, now you bastard!
The Hedrons: One More Won't Kill Us
The Hedrons' debut album 'One More Won't Kill Us' is an enthralling cocktail of punk. The girls have mixed attitude with melody and have produced an engaging album that will have you hooked.
Apparently I called these guys jazz in an earlier review, and they got a bit mad. So, I sit with the new full length offering from the band spinning on my computer (us kids don't do CD players anymore y'know) with an open mind and my Miles Davis CDs as far away as possible...
Machine is the 2nd musical bullet whizzing past your ear from the gun of these New York art-house punks and boy does it cut the air.
pop rock
Loqui: I Can't Believe It's Not Better
An ostentatious biography package accompanies this 'Greatest Hits' compilation from Loqui, which also encompasses their life as Vertigo Green.
"KRAM are very fucking loud" -Tom Goodhand (Sandman) "It's KRAM's ability to take you from one note to a full massive sound, usually in one song that separates them from most bands" -Glasswerk
Entering the Cockpit the first thing that hits you is the heat, the second is the fact that Brassy are already on stage.
Band Profile: The Wind-up Birds
indie rock
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.
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.
It's not often that I listen to a review CD as many times as this. Unyson's six track "Science Fiction" has some right good songs, played and sung with style and conviction.
All My Friends Are Dead @ Mixing Tin
I walk in to the Mixing Tin. It's just past nine o'clock and there's some movement on stage. Disconcertingly, Mr.
Eighty Six: What's My Problem Today?
Ten-track album "What's My Problem Today?" has a self-classification of "driving, melodic punk" which is a surprise, as 'punk' is clearly not a term I would have used myself.
Anita Mann (drums) Mark Crossley (vocals, guitar) Ali Valium (backing vocals, bass , synth) The band have performed live under forever changing line ups and finally settled as a three piece.
My Awesome Compilation: Actions
I had an awesome compilation once. It had some G n' R, lots of Queen and, I think, some Skid Row and Whitesnake.
Graham Coxon @ Leeds Festival 2004
Soulwax are the evil, broodier incarnation of 2manydj's. But like their funk soul brother, they take their chosen rock template and run with it.
A trip down to Joseph's Well a while ago saw me coming away with a 5-track demo CD from York/Leeds band Blueryder.
thrash metal