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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.
Pontefract youngsters The Yorkshire Rats, with the average age of 20, are a good start to the evening.
West Yorkshire bands given opportunity to feature on a SXSW sampler CD
West Yorkshire label Chocolate Fireguard have announced an opportunity for local record labels, bands and musicians to contribute to or feature on a SXSW Promo Sampler CD.
On paper this was an impressive showcase line-up of cross-Yorkshire talent tonight courtesy of Sandman magazine.
SXSW 2006: West Yorkshire record labels' showcase CD details
West Yorkshire's Timeless Music Project will be attending SXSW 2006 in Austin, Texas next week with a mission to promote the region's vibrant music scene to the annual conference via a series of discussion groups and a CD sampler.
I get to the Mixo about 1 and a bit songs from the end of "unknown opener"'s set, so I can only comment as follows - it's a bit emo, a bit metal, a lot out of tune and a bit pretend standing still moshing at the front.
Yorkshire bands in the spotlight at MIDEM and SXSW
Huddersfield's award winning social enterprise Timeless Music Project has just returned from France where it has launched the breakthrough new music development initiative 'Independent Sounds Of Yorkshire And The Humber 2008'.
West Yorkshire / Bradford Unsigned CDs make a splash at SXSW 2007 in Texas
Huddersfield's Timeless Music Project is set to make another regional stir at the prestigious SXSW 2007 music conference in Austin, Texas later this month, as they once again take Yorkshire music, bands and labels across the globe.
This month, soulful dance/rock act Kava Kava became probably one of the very few UK bands yet to tour China!
West Yorkshire bands invited to enter a music video making competition.
Leeds has had music competitions and Leeds has had film competitions. 20/20/2 Vision is the first of its kind to combine the two as it gives 20 film makers and 20 bands the novel opportunity to make 20 music videos under the supervision and mentoring from industry experts.
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.
New beginnings for Yorkshire's premier recording studios...
HD1 Studios, now in its 18th year, has an enviable reputation for producing music from local acts to international selling artists.
Band Profile: Action!Action!Action!
Acoustic rock band from Castleford, West Yorkshire.
The best of Yorkshire music and film-making talent comes together with 20/20/2 Vision
Following the launch of 20/20/2 Vision 2007 at the Faversham on 6th April, 20 local bands and 20 local film-makers have been working hard to come up with twenty music videos in just two weeks.
Adem is currently touring his second solo album "Love and Other Planets" and we caught up with him at the West Yorkshire Playhouse where he was playing a headline slot as part of the Fuse Festival.
Motodestra is the alias of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Halliday, based in West Yorkshire.
Skiffle-Prog-Pop Merchants Pedalling Crooked Stories, Dark Nursery Rhymes and Wicked Tales Of Life In A City Ablaze. 'Rather Marvelous' said the Yorkshire Evening Post, 'Such an Odd-Band' said a man at our last swingin' gig. www.SilverlodeOnline.co.uk
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
Tickets still available for Party In The Park 2004...
On Sunday 25th July, 96.3 Radio Aire, Leeds City Council and Yorkshire Evening Post bring to Leeds: PARTY IN THE PARK 2004 at Temple Newsam.
Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames: Drop The Decade
Leeds' Dance to the Radio recruits Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames join the domination of New Yorkshire over the current music scene with latest release Drop the Decade.
Kaiser Chiefs @ Leeds Festival 2006
The meteoric rise of the local boys continues as they step out on stage in front of a huge "KC" back drop that twinkles in the night sky throughout their set.
The home date of any tour is always going to be that little bit special, and with high expectations the 1000+ crowd sing-along joyously to Justin Timberlake and Amy Winehouse, before 'Drove All Night' welcomes the Rothwell boys to the stage.
Buen Chico selected for BBC Raw Talent live show...
Along with a number of other bands in Yorkshire & Humberside, Buen Chico were asked to do a live set on the BBC Raw Talent show ...
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.
Brasil to release their debut single on the Sound People Records label
Local band Brasil have announced the release of their debut single on the Sound People Records label.
Yul Brynner are an aspiring young 6 piece band from Batley, West Yorkshire.
Band Profile: The Rhythm Sisters
acoustic pop indie
After Dark is a five-piece pop/rock band from Yorkshire in the UK, re-creating classic tracks predominantly from the 70s/80s.
Long established rock covers band playing a wide range of material to suit numerous tastes.
folk country
Huddersfield talent wanted for a forthcoming compilation CD release...
A newly formed Community Music Group is on the look out for Huddersfield talent for a forthcoming CD release.
indie rock
Jackson Palmer: Sun In the fall
The Leeds scene is generally short of Americana bands. But living in West Yorkshire and not the Mid-west of America, is no disadvantage to Jackson Palmer, who manage to sew some darn juicy alt-country seeds in that there Yorkshire soil!
The Sunshine Underground @ LMUSU
The Hair, the hair, the hair. In all shapes and forms. Crammed into LMUs main room. Drinking, sweating and belching through the night.
Band Profile: Hollie Sheard & Friends
Soul, jazz, pop
Kate Rusby @ Harrogate Theatre
Kate Rusby is Yorkshire's best folk singer taking traditional songs making them her own as well as using them as inspirational points for writing evoking a Yorkshire folk spirit that is not likely to ever die.
EP, and gigs
americana country
indie rock
garage rock
punk rock
A fine counterpoint between acoustic balladry and highly charged racket. Think foot-on-monitor mandolin.
Band Profile: Michael Rossiter
Arcane songs and other relics
Diverse plan EP release in November
Diverse have just completed the recording of their Mmmm... good music EP. Recorded at Sponge Studios, the EP consists of four tracks that the band say represents their sound very well - "melodic rock and pop with a catchy chorus and powerful vocals".
solo acoustic
punk pop
post-hardcore emo
indie folk rock
We're a 4-piece indie rock and roll band from Halifax. We've been together since February 2005. We've done gigs all over West Yorkshire.
The Mercy Suite head out on tour...
Leeds' The Mercy Suite head out on tour later this month with Sweden's Kelly 8, playing Joseph's Well on January 25th.
Apparently 'Lee' in front of me was number 8 and the Chuckle Brother-esque guy "remembered '66", the army of football paraphernalia clad men, held their pints aloft, sweated profusely (football shirts have never been designed for sweat) and from their post McD guts chanted "Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire", taking particular care to emphasise the ork.
Band Profile: Bare Faced Cheek
Bare Faced Cheek is a fantastic, funky & energetic Function/Wedding band based in West Yorkshire. Their line up contains male & female lead & backing vocals, alongside a strong, funky rhythm section.
Seed are a three-piece from Pontefract in West Yorkshire. The band members are 16 yrs of age, and the energy of their songs and their skillful live playing has already gained them a live session on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session, two UK support tours with bands including Winnebago Deal, Graveltrap, Broadzilla, The Suffrajets, Hooker, The Holiday Plan, and Vacant Stare.
acoustic blues
We are a rock, punk, garage and soul influenced band based in Leeds. The best descriptions we have received said we were an "Apocolyptic 70's Garage band" and a "no holds barred Rock and Roll Band".
Mishkin to release their "State Of Mute Fear" EP on Monday
Leeds band Mishkin release their "State Of Mute Fear" EP on Monday, 20th November through the Yorkshire-based Grillburn Records label.
Band Profile: The Wind-up Birds
indie rock
indie rock
Bringing rock and blues back to the people
Leeds bands to feature on Charity Compilation CD to be released in August...
Several Leeds bands are set to feature on a charity compilation CD being put together by local record label and promotions company, Collateral Music.
Buen Chico to feature live on BBC Radio...
Buen Chico have recently gone through a line-up change and emerged even fresher and tighter than before.
Punk, blues and ska influenced Leeds based indie band
I am a solo artist based in the rolling hills of West Yorkshire. Currently I am holed up in the studio putting the finishing touches to my first solo release which will be coming out on BMR records soon(ish!) I play all the instruments that can be heard on my records and all sounds are made using just the instruments, amplifiers and effects pedals, I don't generate any of my sounds with a computer.
Grammatics to release a new single on 24th November
Leeds band Grammatics will release a new single on 24th November on the local Dance To The Radio record label.
Leeds label Littlest Mojo Music to release the debut UK single by The Aftermath
New Leeds-based indie label Littlest Mojo Music will release the debut UK single by The Aftermath, a band based in their hometown Ireland but originally formed in Leeds by Johnny and Mic Cronin.
Eiger to release their debut recordings...
For those unfamiliar with the ongoing in-jokes around West Yorkshire regarding the long awaited debut recordings of the jazz-rock band Eiger, it is with great surprise that it can be reported that the Eiger recordings are nearly fully mixed and mastered now and will be released sometime in the next month (or two) through their "Eiger Recordings" label by mail order through their website.
If I Were King are a six-piece group hailing from Halifax and Huddersfield who formed in 2004. Radio One recently commented that the band 'combine three-part vocal harmonies, dynamic guitars, keyboards, violin, bass and drums to create intriguing pop sensibilities'.
Gus - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass Bob - Guitar, Vocals Nan - Bass, Vocals, Flute Jay - Keyboards, Vocals Sam - Drums, Vocals Like the West Yorkshire Monkees.
Arctic Monkeys: When The Sun Goes Down
Despite Arctic Monkeys' front man Alex Turner's antipathy for media comparisons to their Yorkshire (elder) cousins Kaiser Chiefs -and who can blame him, for they clearly do not sound alike- we should not forget the similarities in their meteoric rise in popularity and whilst they are still relative newcomers in age terms, both have achieved so, so much in just over 12 months; household names is termed not unwisely.
metal punk
The Pigeon Detectives: Take Her Back
Earlier this year someone said to me that the "New Yorkshire" scene is pretty much over, they were wrong for so many reasons and The Pigeon Detectives are one of those.
alternative rock
stoner rock
Waking the Witch: Boys From The Abattoir
This CD concludes with desire for a solid Yorkshire Boy. Well, if it weren't for the age-restriction built into that phrase, a front runner could be Michael Parkinson - because much offered by Waking the Witch in the eleven new songs on Boys From The Abattoir has the type of showbiz gleam that earns the attention of Barnsley's elder statesman.
alternative rock
Tunng: It's Because We've Got Hair
The most infuriating thing about Tunng is that they don't do B-sides, well they get other people to do remixes of the A-side but that hardly counts.
Skeletal Family to play comeback show...
To celebrate their 21st anniversary, one of the vanguards of the West Yorkshire Goth/Post Punk movements of the early eighties, Skeletal Family have reformed.
For a band about to release their second single to be playing a headline set at the Leeds Met is no small feat.
punk emo
Band Profile: Falling With Angels
post-hardcore emo
All dressed in black; sultry with stiff motions, Mother Vulpine's heavy QOTSA style guitars lap over some gorgeous male to female harmonies.
Police seek Leeds Festival rioters
PRESS RELEASE FROM MEAN FIDDLER: The West Yorkshire Police have released photographs of 24 men that they would like to trace in connection with the disorder at this year's festival.
Come on then. Let's hear it for the Yorkshire accent. This chunky, 'T'-dropping, broad wedge of a thing is ace; so sing in it.
heavy metal
'Macabre folk noir' Tasty Fanzine
Following their huge single Just For Tonight, their top 10 debut album Started A Fire, a sold out tour from January to March, North Yorkshire five-piece, One Night Only have announced a new headline tour for May.
Hamerex are a Heavy Metal band heavily influenced by bands such as Iron Maiden and are an energetic live band.
Leeds bands to launch XFM Manchester
West Yorkshire bands Embrace and Vib Gyor will take part in April's "Access All April" shows in Manchester to launch the XFM Manchester radio station.
Not too sure what to think about this EP really. A 4 piece "Yorkshire-based alternative rock outfit", recorded this on an 8 track in their drummer's garage in true punk rock fashion apparently.
indie rock
The Hair @ University of Lincoln
You can take the band and the reviewer out of Yorkshire but you can't take the Yorkshire out... The Hair are an extremely tight outfit who have talent in abundance.
Formed only 6 months ago, Wakefield trio Metro play spiky, garage pop. And with some distinction. Opener 'Career opportunities' warbles confidently enough, echoing Lush at their aggressive while 'My lover' is a long lost Belly b-side, all longing vocals and high strung guitars.
The Bribes hit the headlines through Facebook hijacking
Unsigned Leeds band The Bribes hit the news this week as they duped over 4,000 people into joining their Facebook page by pretending it was a protest group against the London 2012 Olympic logo.
Hallowe'en sees Buzzkill release their long-awaited album
This Hallowe'en sees the eagerly anticipated release of West Yorkshire rockers Buzzkill's album, "Driven By Loss" (In At The Deep End Records), described as "13 tracks of catchy as hell rock'n'roll with bags of attitude".
Madeleine has been pleasing and sometimes astounding various West Yorkshire and Lancashire audiences for a few years now, and they deserve something to take away at the end of the show.
Hope to see all soon!!
Cinerama release new single and live album...
The Scopitones label released Cinerama's new enhanced CD single this month. Having decamped from West Yorkshire to the West Coast at the start of the year, David recorded this new release with Steve Fisk in his new home town of Seattle.
Star Bodixa crash into record charts....
Star Bodixa play a one-off full on set at the new LMUSU venue on Friday, 18th October. The set kicks off early at 7:00pm.
Huddersfield band Kava Kava included on TV soundtrack
Yorkshire band Kava Kava will have three songs on the new season's soundtrack to FX TV show Dirt (featuring Friends star Courtney Cox Arquette).
3milehigh to make live TV appearance on BBC...
Following a successful jaunt down to the Isles of Scilly to play at the Camel Rock Festival on the island of St Mary's, which culminated in an interview and having the most requested song on the Isles of Scilly radio station, 3milehigh will make their television debut.
Founded in York, UK, May 1996. Percy are a distinctive evolution of the North of England's post-punk indie pioneers.
Brody head out on tour to coincide with EP release...
Brody's self-titled debut EP has now been re-released with new packaging through Pinnacle/Native Records - if you would like to purchase a copy, it is available in select stores around the country, alternatively you can purchase it online from Amazon.co.uk - follow this link.
Embrace to release a new album in April
Embrace have this week announced details of a new album to be released on 3rd April, with a single ("Nature's Law", taken from the album) scheduled for release on 20th March.
Unsigned bands get another chance to play at Leeds Festival 2006
Yorkshire bands have today been provided with yet another opportunity for playing at this year's Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival.
Based loosely around brothers Chris and Richard Adams and friends to hand, Hood have positioned themselves, over a series of albums, in a unique point in modern UK sound craft.
The Hub is calling out for all of Yorkshire's music producers, record labels, event promoters, venue owners, music agencies, bands and musicians to take part in what is being billed as the largest every survey of the music sector in the region.
The Bilderberg Group release single and take to the radio airwaves ...
The Bilderberg Group release a new single - This City! - on Monday, 15th November, available from the band's website and Leeds record shops.
Full line-up announced for Bright Young Things 2004...
Fifteen bands have been selected for Bright Young Things 2004, Leeds City Council's annual initiative to promote the local music scene.
I was looking forward to seeing The Wombats, and it being Star Wars day the usual obvious greetings were exchanged before we headed up to the venue.
South Yorkshire 3 piece who wear their influences on their sleeves - Clash, Ramones, Sham 69. (Isn't Acacia Avenue an Iron Maiden song?) Catchy foot tapping punk and roll - heard it a hundred times before but 99 times it's been done a lot worse than these boys play it.
Jonjo Feather releases his debut single in April 2008
Leeds songwriter Jonjo Feather will release his debut single, 'I Suppose', on 14th April 2008 through the local record label Dead Young Records.
Kaiser Chiefs lead the way with three Brit Awards!
Kaiser Chiefs led the way this year by receiving an amazing three awards tonight at the Brit Awards 2006 ceremony at Earls Court in London.
Band Profile: The Attic Project
ska rock
Ether is a 3 piece stoner rock band, originally formed in early 2006. It is the brain child of Daniel Christie and Andrew Budby, who were later joined by Jamie Mooney and Andrew Candlish of Child Loses Arm.
Corinne Bailey Rae receives three Grammy nominations
Leeds-based solo artist Corinne Bailey Rae is up against Mary J Blige and James Blunt as the 49th Grammy Award nominations were revealed today.
Your Vegas sampler to be given free to Bloomingdale's (US) customers
New York (via Leeds) five-piece Your Vegas are to partner with Pan Am for the release of their Spring/Summer '08 collection of fashion accessories sold in Bloomingdale's stores across the USA and the band will this month appear live in-store at the New York launch event.
Northern Groove Metal
indie/rock
Want to play at Leeds Festival? Read on for Futuresound 2003 details...
Now that the location for Leeds Festival 2003 have been determined (Bramham Park for those that missed it), attention now turns to Futuresound 2003 which gives six local bands the opportunity to take to the festival stages alongside their favourite UK and international bands and musicians.
The Cribs @ Leeds Festival 2006
Last year in the Radio 1 tent The Cribs gave a performance that completely won me over, becoming not just a band with good pop tunes but now the ability to deliver them in the live arena with the same quality they managed to capture on record.
Band Profile: The Resplendents
pop soul funk
Unsigned Leeds band to play live on ITV "Late Attitude" show...
FineApple will appear on the ITV "Late Attitude" show presented by Richard Alexander as a follow up to their participation in Bright Young Things.
rock indie
John Merrick's Remains: Digging Up The Remains
Sometimes in life, you encounter those who are, shall we say, a bit twisted. These two electro goons, naming themselves after the Elephant Man though, take the cake.
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.
One man's mission to track down every member of The Fall
Yorkshire-based music and arts author Dave Simpson has released a book - 'The Fallen' - about life in one of the country's most intense and insane bands, The Fall.
Leeds-based Sky channel Propeller TV is looking for your music videos
Dedicated to showcasing new film and music talent across the UK and Europe, the Leeds-based 'not for profit' TV channel Propeller TV has announced it is looking for music videos from the local area.
Tommy Evans: New Years Revolutions
Leeds is currently kicking up a hot fuss. The Kaiser Chiefs are supplying killer chorus driven pop, while for a gang (of Four) mentality look no further than 10,000 Things.
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.
alternative indie
You can't help but like sleazy, filthy rock and roll. Just slap it in your CD player, sit back and nod your head in admiration.
Jonjo is a pop star, a songwriter, a creative multi-instrumentalist genius.
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.
lo-fi pop
A Cuckoo creates a dusty and nostalgic blend of acoustic based esoteric poetry. Songs of love and light weave in and out of musical paintings that are delicately splashed with the auburn colours of strings, the oak texture of acoustic guitars, the glistening silvers of music boxes and glockenspiels, subtle golden tints of bells, the vermilion and sepia sound of melotrons and vibraphones and the gentle breeze that is A Cuckoo's voice.
Above Them: But Inside I'm Dancing
Angry, shouty, emo rock comes at you from your speakers. Rip me up, burn me up and tear me fucking down!
"Nice With a Pen" and "Absent Minds" are two breathless streams of rhyming weaponry from MC Dermo (known to his family as Tim Rhodes).
Fury of the Headteachers: Fables / What Does For You Will Do For Me
Packed with snotty energy this debut release from Sheffield's Fury of the Headteachers adds yet another name to the list of "ones to watch from Yorkshire".
Formed in mid-2006, Siren Lake have worked hard and fast to establish themselves as one of the most interesting young bands Yorkshire has to offer.
Steve Sanderson: Time and Tide EP
"And now something for our older listeners....", a phrase that probably puts the fear of god into most of our readers, and a phrase that could quite easily precede Steve Sanderson's adult orientated northern folk blues.
Futuresound 2006 offers Leeds bands the opportunity to play at Leeds Festival 2006
With the lineup for the Leeds Festival 2006 recently announced, tickets now sold out and with the summer just around the corner, it can only mean one thing for West Yorkshire bands ...
The third offering from our very own Wakefield trio's second album 'The New Fellas' is yet another slice of charming indie pop responsible for securing the hype surrounding the so-called 'New Yorkshire' movement at the moment.
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?
Kava Kava are a turbo charged rocked out and funked up live dance rock act with soulful vocals, guitars, electronica, brass, strings and beats. Played live In the USA, Europe and China and featured in a load of film and TV.
Elliot Minor: Still Figuring Out
Elliot Minor are now firm favourites on the iPods of the teen-Britain. Having supported Fall Out Boy, playing Download, and obviously hailing from Yorkshire, (the latter obviously being the most important) the five-piece are surely set for big things.
Fresh Radio launches "Sunday Evening Session" to support the region's musicians...
Yorkshire and the North East Radio Station of the Year, Fresh Radio, has launched a brand new show - aimed at giving unsigned acts valuable airplay.
rock jazz blues
Off The Wall at The Irish Centre
An old school friend (in my case a Very Old friend) contacted me recently to see if I would like to see a Pink Floyd tribute band called Off The Wall at The Irish Centre in Leeds.
Indie Beat
Having spent his time as a youth listening to the likes of Metallica and Pantera, you might find yourself shocked on hearing Kris Drever's debut album for the first time.
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.
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.
Band Profile: Bedroom Gymnastics
Punk/indie band based in Bradford.
Bands wanted for Clarence Park Free Music Festival...
Possibly the longest running free music festival in the UK, Clarence 2004 is due to take place the last weekend in July at Clarence Park in Wakefield (subject to licensing and funding).
Helica are a five piece band based in Leeds and Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The band have been together for just short of a year, although they have all been making music in one way or another for a long time.
Leeds label Brew Records to release a compilation of Yorkshire's experimental music scene
Leeds-based record label Brew Records will release a compilation album in December. The label started in June 2007 when Thomas Bellhouse received community grant funding from the Scarman Trust and set out, along with fellow enthusiast and musician Simon Glacken, to document more of the experimental music bursting out of Yorkshire.
rock prog instrumental
indie electro rock
Leatherhead are an alternative rock 3-piece from Leeds.
Band Profile: The Hit and Runs
"'...Bradfords finest 'INDIE' cuisine...'"
Alternative/Indie
Less Than Jake @ Leeds Festival 2003
Less than Jake are one of those bands who defined my teenage years. At first I didn't really feel the song s of isolation or a need to escape, but by the age of nineteen, this band were more than just anthem providers, they were taking things that applied to me, and putting them into song.
The Nervous Shakedown: Untitled
Well known for their sleazy stoner rock The Nervous Shakedown have been spreading their own brand of guitar filth across West Yorkshire.
Sounds of UK to release a DVD volume of Leeds bands
Available soon, 'Sounds of UK - Volume Leeds' is a fantastic DVD collection of 25 of the best bands from the area, presented as live video recordings, promo videos, and band interviews.
Devics: The Stars at Saint Andrea
This is a pretty album, the pretty soundtrack to a beautifully shot film, heart warming, thought provoking and deep.
ska punk
An out of nowhere an A&R buzz for this mysterious band took a fair few folks on the scene by surprise around the turn of the year.
Andy Clare: Only in Your Glory
Andy Clare follows his three track demo with a consistently well tempered 6 track mini album "Only in Your Glory".
Spitfire Charlie: Childish Thoughts
These days, releasing CDs more regularly than a wet day in Yorkshire, Spitfire Charlie are no doubt looking to build on their recent 3 minutes of fame found in the hands of Steve Pac-a-mac.
acoustic pop
The Wedding Present @ Holmfirth Picturedrome
Part one of a two-off pair of gigs to celebrate the release of the bands ample 6 CD box set of all things Peel and BBC, sees the Weddoes gracing Holmfirth for the first time ever.
Capital State: Middle Of The Night
Capital State are making a lot of the running on the Leeds scene these days. High profile gigs, a growing following and this smart new 3 track CD commits them to the West Yorkshire Premiership, with a special award for pleasing the crowd.
Futuresound 2008: local bands to get the opportunity to play at Leeds Festival 2008
With the announcement in March that the BBC will be bringing their Introducing Stage (formerly known as the Unsigned Stage) to the Leeds Festival 2008, we can today reveal to bands in the West Yorkshire area how they can be one of just a handful of lucky bands that will be selected to play on the same bill as their idols.
It's rare that you get to see a band before too much hype, publicity or critical fanfare comes their way, and in this case, to witness a debut live appearance.
Tim Fletcher: Winter Into Spring
The seasonally-titled Winter Into Spring is Tim Fletcher's first professionally recorded CD. The unsigned singer-songwriter originates from West Yorkshire (though currently located in Sheffield), and cites impressive influences such as; Nick Drake, Neil Young, Bright Eyes and Devendra Banhart.
r'n'b jazz
indie rock
This Days Fury don't so much wear their influences on their respective sleeves as paint them in thirty foot high day-glo letters and carry them around on a rotating bill board.
Helme / Banks / Fletcher... three of the best musicians in... er... to come out of Yorkshire... so ran the "glowing" introduction to the live debut of these three paragons of fine music.
Victoria Holdsworth chats with Kava Kava main guy Pat Fulgoni.
Leeds-based rock band.
Band Profile: The Seventy Sevens
It all started out about a year ago, when Sam realised he could sing, and that he couldn't really play drums all that well.
New label Oktober Productions launched...
To re-emphasise their promotional and recording commitments to the UK scene, Action Directe are launching their own DIY label and promoter outfit - Oktober Productions.
One Night Only: Started A Fire
Brian May reforming the original line up of Queen. Britney Spears performing on stage like her ball of a life isn't rolling down into the gutter.
Rock/Alternative/Metal
Band Profile: Far From The Dance
indie dance
This three track demo gives notice of an interestingly slap-happy West Yorkshire band with leanings in a Stephen Malkmus direction.
Piskie Sits debut album "The Secret Sickliness" to be released in the New Year
Wakefield-based band Piskie Sits have announced the release of the band's début album on the Wrath Records label.
Local music hopefuls aired on BBC radio...
Leeds/Bradford band, FineApple, will appear on the BBC 'Raw Talent' radio show hosted by Allen Raw as part of their follow up to participating successfully in one of the UK's biggest talent contests 'Bright Young Things'.
This 3 track E.P. from the former Serotonin boys sees the Yorkshire based 5-piece continue with the electronica infused space rock that made a name for themselves under the former title.
rock metal
Leeds Festival promoters Mean Fiddler promote Trees For Cities initiative in the city...
Mean Fiddler, promoters of the annual Leeds Festival have joined forces with Trees For Cities and Leeds City Council this year to further demonstrate their commitment to the West Yorkshire environment.
Jinzena... we do it our own way - the music that is. No conforming to unwritten rules or daft trends.
Band Profile: Captain Backfire
Captain Backfire are a funky blues-rock six-piece from Leeds, England. Having formed in early 2007, Backfire have been gigging, recording and writing ever since.
Linton Kwesi Johnson @ The Venue
Black History Month brought Linton Kwesi Johnson to a lectern near you. Britain's senior black poet is no stranger to Leeds, having past connections with the Uhuru project in Chapeltown, and there were those in his audience tonight who gratefully remembered him for it.
Lynchpin: In The Interest of Absolution
I do not proclaim to be an expert in the genre of metal by any standards, but listening to In The Interest of Absolution from North Yorkshire's nu-metallers, Lynchpin, it all seems very familiar, and I am doubtful that is because I have heard this particular band before.
Fulc talk to Andy Roberts about single, tours, Kerrang and strippers...
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.
Calling all Leeds musicians, bands and filmmakers... 20/20/02Vision 2007 revealed.
20 Bands, 20 Filmmakers, 2 Weeks: details of the third annual 20/20/02Vision opportunity have this week been revealed and organisers of the 20/20/02Vision 2007 event are now looking for Leeds bands and filmmakers to take part in the exciting film and music festival, which educates and celebrates the raw talent within the UK film and music sectors.
Kanuba are the fretboard funkateers looking to put the pork into York and the groove into West Yorkshire with their latest EP release.
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...
Featuring the talents of Bill Hudson (harmonica, penny whistle, melodica, percussion and backing vocals) Dougie Brister (vocals, lead guitar), Cecil Zinyuku (vocals, guitar, percussion and production), with contributions from Denny Austin (rhythm guitar, vocals, songwriting), and Liz Mackenzie (songwriting and vocals).
Fuse Musician's Network Day to take place on Saturday...
This Saturday (6th March) at West Yorkshire Playhouse sees the Fuse Musician's Network Day organised by Leeds City Council.
I have to start off by saying I was a touch disappointed before I'd even taken the CD out of its case.
Victoria Holdsworth talks to Terrorvision's Tony Wright in Sheffield during the band's 2007 tour
punk ska
'Ow do, Sirs? It would stand to reason, that within a year or so of the Arctic Monkeys' slightly bemusing and chaotic arrival onto the music scene, there was suddenly gonna be a deluge of two bit chancers picking up guitars and warbling away in local dialect.
rock blues
Bright chirpy guitar pop. Seven songs by four blokes from West Yorkshire. It's really not at all bad.
Ooberman returned to West Yorkshire to celebrate the release of their debut album, The Magic Treehouse.
"We're the warm-up band" announces Cooper's entrance to tonight's proceedings. Following on from the previous night where we were entertained not only musically but also through an on-going dialogue with Four Day Hombre, we are again in conversation with tonights bands.
Band Profile: Waking the Witch
acoustic
"All the best female-fronted pop songs ever ('Atomic', 'Kids In America', anything involving Gwen Stefani), mashed up and sung out by an indie Alison Goldfrapp in a stripy prom dress. Better believe it, buddy" NME
Pen Knife Love Life @ The Vine
The crowd at The Vine had previously been occupied in deep conversation throughout the blur of the previous bands and were now livened up and transported into the madness and vibrancy of this five piece up and coming rock/emo/death metal band from West Yorkshire.
Various Artists: ¡Forward, Russia! / This Et Al - split single
"Everything Is Brilliant In Leeds" reads the t-shirt slogan of a certain bunch of Loiners currently dominating the nations airwaves.
indie pop
The hall is already filling up not long after the doors open for the gig tonight. Support acts Das Wunderlast and Art Brut bring in impressive crowds, getting the party started with the mixture of Das Wunderlast's experimental indie pop and Art Brut's indie pop punk, showing the audience a taste of the quality that tonight's gig has to offer.
Kinch to release their debut single on the Halo UK label
Kinch, a young indie-pop band from the Halton area of Leeds, has just been signed by London-based indie label Halo UK and expect their first single, the double A-side 'Old Fashioned Love' / 'Everybody's Talking About It', to be released in July.
Experimental band from Huddersfield.
Gigs at the Fav used to be a nightmare for me. I tended bar there while studying at University you see and while my peers pissed away heir upper class parents' money on ripped jeans and a serious of ludicrous haircuts I supplied the Fav's locals with booze to fund my own debauchery.
2006 + 2007 Futuresound finalists. Debut single Primadonna released 30 Apr 07 on Science Fiction Theatre Records Playing NASTY FEST @ Faversham on Sat 3rd Nov
Arctic Monkeys: Leave Before The Lights Come On
Despite being a firm believer that the hype surrounding New Yorkshire's success story, Arctic Monkeys, is entirely justified I didn't want to believe the latest hype surrounding them...
Western Suburbs are Joss Worthington - Vocals, Guitar, Keys Marc Ransley - Guitar, Pedal Steel Michael Lawless - Bass, Vocals Katie James - Drums Western Suburbs take their inspiration from songwriters and groups such as Smog, Bonnie Prince Billy, Wilco, Pavement, Mercury Rev and Red House Painters etc.
I know I shouldn't complain but what is happening? We've buggered it on the global warming front. Upstairs in The Fenton was the last place I wanted to be on this overly heated Friday evening, if it wasn't for the superb line up of melodic punk bands.
Sunday Night Live @ The Met Bar, Leeds
Supporting the best in local Leeds bands - brought to you nby Leeds Met Students Union!
Chindits @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
Punk is punk is punk. Yeah? Well not here. In a single, unusually poorly supported gig, you could have seen at least three different shades of punk - really up close and personal.
Go to a folk gig... what is that about? Well, I've been into Kate Rusby's music since I got her excellent album "10" as a present from a discerning music lover.
Cansei de Ser Sexy @ Leeds Festival 2008
Turning up on Friday morning, swapping my piece of paper for my press pass, pitching my tent in guest camping and making my way to the arena, I was really pleased I'd been able to come to Leeds this year.
Band Profile: Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae was born and raised in Leeds, the oldest of three daughters to a West Indian father and a Yorkshire mother.
So here we are at the Refectory, the house lights go down and on comes Giant Drag. If you have never seen or heard of Giant Drag before then here is your first impression of them.
The Somatics @ Brudenell Social Club
Quite a good idea to have a band from each of three Yorkshire cities and playing a gig in each one, getting the local audience to give an additional sense of purpose and bring in a readymade crowd.
rock electronica
drum 'n bass
Fresh from having the accolade of 'Best Live Act 2008' bestowed upon them by no less august an institution than Q magazine, the Kaiser Chiefs arrive this evening - not only to kick off their autumn tour, but to christen their hometown's newest venue.
The Durbervilles @ Otley Folk Festival
There are certain bands who have been busy round West Yorkshire for quite a few years, getting better at what they do rather more quickly than they get better known for doing it.
Well. Recorded onto a minidisk with the live mix uncooked this does sound very good. 40 minutes of cunningly made songs, played faultlessly.
All girl dark melodic/doom metal
The Lab: Time To Change Time? (Walk)
Urban black speech patterns and street styles in the US and Caribbean lend themselves to snappy call response mutual name calling, bragging and story telling.
"Innovative four piece with a hybrid sound comprised of Funk, Rock and Soul."
Redwire declare on their website to be "the most exciting band to come out of Bradford ever!" Considering at the minute the only other Bradford band I can think of are Embrace...
Seismic Loveshift: Any Old Price
"sei'smic love'shift (n.) - geological earth movement akin to orgasm commonly occuring in West Yorkshire, created by the tumultuous confluence of crisp drumming, melodic bass, clean guitar and vocal mellifluence performing some of the most thoughtful, inspiring and haunting music of the twenty-first century" - SL.
Royal Park Cellars announce Xmas Xtravaganza show...
Panama Promotions have announced a special show to mark the end of their Autumn 2003 season at The Royal Park Cellars featuring no fewer than six acts from Leeds' and West Yorkshire's rock fraternity - and from farther afield - who will take to the stage in a single evening performance from 8pm to Midnight on Saturday 20th December.
Various Artists: Showcase: Bradford Unsigned SXSW 2007
"Unsigned" - it's like a badge of dishonour, it suggests that the band or person in question has somehow failed in achieving something or not yet reached their goal, like unqualified, unapproachable, unnecessary, pish!
Cathy Simpson talks to The Blueskins about music, festivals, The Beatles and lazy journalism...
Never without incident or injury, the NME Rock n Roll Riot Tour burst into the Refectory for its opening night with blown amps wreaking havoc during the highly anticipated set from The Fratellis.
After trekking through Leeds - without a coat - in the bitter Yorkshire winter, we were greeted with a problem relating to our guest-list places, which meant we were able to just get in the venue in time to see Cancer Bats in full swing.
The Sunshine Underground @ Faversham
Strange things are happening in the dance world. Warp records not only sign Geordie punk monkeys Maximo Park in a holyfuckthisisn'tthenewBoardsofCanada moment but they also release a white soul album.
The Dizzy Club @ Boston Spa Jazz Club
I am from the small village of Boston Spa on the outskirts of north Leeds but until tonight I have never checked out the local jazz club, which bears world acclaim and attracts the big names on the Yorkshire jazz circuit, as well as visiting artist from the USA.
The Sunshine Underground @ Brudenell Social Club
It may be cold outside, but the atmosphere inside the Phoenix Club-esque venue is anything but. With fierce rivalry and bitter competition all too common in most "scenes", the camaraderie and genuine mutual respect among the Yorkshire bands playing this evening is heartening to see, and sets the tone for the night.
Various Artists: Brew Records - Vol. 1
Newly formed in June in this year with the intention to showcase "more of the experimental music bursting out of Yorkshire" Brew Records Vol.
I eventually got down (taxis eh, only an hour late) to Joseph's Well in time to see Sposh. Rumour has it that before the Sposh set, I'd missed a most excellent opening act called Mahwa.
The Pigeon Detectives @ Leeds Town Hall
The Big Fight; Could two support acts be more different? Round One, Micky P Kerr vs. Air Traffic. Ding Ding Ding.
The Landaus look a bit of an odd bunch on stage. There's the Britpop esque bassist, Taylor Hawkins on the drums and two singing guitarists who help bridge the indie to rock gap whilst sounding at times like Caleb Followhill.
punk garage rock
With their "Heartbeat EP" out now, Nicholas Sell caught up with Wiltshire three piece Blackbud prior to their Club NME gig in Leeds
Adrenaline Injected Punk Rock'n'Roll
Last Letter @ Stinky's Peephouse
Having frequented Stinky's Peep House a couple of occasions before for a number of house/drum and bass nights, I must admit the venue did not register as the most obvious place where you would expect to find a rock gig on a Thursday night.
Simian Mobile Disco @ Leeds Festival 2008
August Bank Holiday is upon us again and that brings with it Leeds 2008 and a rocking end to the summer music festival season.
North South Divide: Another Fine Day
When you have songs that are worth writing, a gift for melody, and a workmate who can do rich musical arrangements, you do the obvious thing.
Last Gang @ Corn Exchange (Brighton)
Last Gang appear on stage at 8.45 sharp and before they even strike the first note the odds seemed stacked against them.
Rob Galloway Dubbed 'The Rebel of the Leeds Music Scene' ROB GALLOWAY describes himself as Beck meets Iggy Pop, creating an electric sound from dance beats, guitars, trip hop and punk rock
alternative rock
The year is 1996. Suede release "Coming Up" and Louis Elliott appears to be contemplating his future with indie-underground band Kinky Machine, prior to his move to front Rialto; throughout this era of Britpop, four boys from Yorkshire are sitting together thinking of a name for their new band: "How about Brazil?" comes a suggestion.
Grimper: Straight out with the Worcesters
Grimper are very nearly wonderful. "Straight out with the Worcesters" is a private labour of much love and great ambition.
OK, here's a strange one - a CD that comes with a disclaimer! Apparently it's "by no means EP quality and the songs aren't the finished article", but having enjoyed the USA live onslaught, I was keen for a listen all the same.
Tom Russell & Michael Martin @ New Roscoe
Who's Gonna Build Your Wall, boys? Who's gonna mow your lawn? Who's Gonna Cook Your Mexican food, when your Mexican maid is gone?
Various Artists: Dance To The Radio: What We All Want
If you don't live, eat and breath it, the Leeds music landscape has almost been unfathomably applauded for the bands it produces and the nights that exist within its figurative walls in recent years.
Bad Beat Revue @ Joseph's Well
Let's get this over with. Western Suburbs have a female drummer. She's hot. Men stare, under the pretence they are watching the singer of course, but you can see their eyes wander slightly toward the back of the stage.
funk soul acid jazz
The Sunshine Underground @ Cockpit
So is this the beginning of the big time? You chat with some fool on the CDUK sofas. You are spotted on the high street in The Sun's Bizarre column.
Various Artists: Across The Pennines IV
Another ATP compilation hits the doormat and, with it comes another predictably unpredictable clutch of northern sparkle.
The Labels @ The Bedroom (Wakefield)
Tonight at The Bedroom sees WEAREYOU (of Thursday night @ Carpe Diem fame) expand its reaches to Wakefield.
Further proof, if proof was needed, local music is still very much alive and well. The hasty uprising of the Faversham and its current status as indie mothership and NME bum buddy has been nothing short of miraculous, as are their reliably superb Saturday night offerings.
There's going to be a sequel! The charity CD will launch this year's CD at Leeds newest venue The Platform
Instant Species: The Longer You Leave It, The Louder It Gets...
Lured by some professional quality graphics I bought Instant Species' "Home Alone" CD last year. I ended up a bit disappointed by what I thought of at the time as bleak plodding music.
2002 - How was it for you?
Al Donlon - Keyboards, Vocals Craig Hale - Vocals, Guitar Nick Hawes - Guitars Christopher Lambert - Drums Mark Wilson - Bass, Vocals Craig Hale carries round a tiny silver 'piskie' with him wherever he goes.
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....
Tonight, with James from Duels deputising for Rich (drummer, broken elbow), Leeds four-piece The Hair performed at the Brudenell Social Club supporting Good Shoes. Charlotte Oxnard managed to catch up with them for a few words afterwards...
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.