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Buen Chico songs to be included free via new MP3 Player products...
Music from Leeds band Buen Chico is set to feature on a new and innovative MP3 Player called Mica. Created by leading manufacturer Asono, the player is designed to appeal to the younger end of the market and all 100,000 units of the initial production run, which will be available across Europe, will come with two pre-loaded tracks: "I Don't Care" and "Wait".
Hood to release the second single from their recent long player...
The second single - "The Negatives" - from Hood's recent album is one of the real highlights from a record of dizzying beauty.
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
High up in the 7th floor apartment of The Breech's keyboard player Davoc, overlooking the streets and at the weird and wonderful architecture of Leeds buildings it seems an appropriate place to talk about the state of the Leeds music scene, and more importantly the burgeoning and healthy looking future of The Breech.
Fifth Goodbye reveal online previews taken from forthcoming album...
Fifth Goodbye have launched unmastered and unmixed demos of their upcoming album Revenge for Broken Ribs.
Punk, blues and ska influenced Leeds based indie band
Music I have bought this week...
Here's some of the stuff I bought this week...
blues rock
Laughing Gravy @ The Junction (Otley)
I am sure I am not the only person who has wondered what would have happened if Tom Waits had chosen to form a skiffle band.
Angryfloss is a girl/boy duo based in Leeds, UK. They have two guitars, two mics, and one mp3 player loaded with beats.
Band Profile: Blue Sky Project
Concocted deep in 2003 in response to a deficit of ambitious or interesting music, Blue Sky Project is the brainchild of Leeds-based solo artist and ex-Mr.
It had certainly been a long time. Cast your mind back to May 1999 and remember Brass Monkey. Clean sweepers on the Leeds Music Parade.
Whilst waiting for Lyca Sleep to take the stage I'm reading a fanzine which hails the band as the best live act of the year.
covers
The Scaramanga Six to release new single...
Impending single release: from the forthcoming long player, Cabin Fever, The Scaramanga Six have cherry-picked We Rode The Storm as the next single.
Nitin Sawhney has been seen as one of the most prolific composers of our age pioneering the Indian-Electronics movement branching out from Bhangra in the nineties.
Love Panda: Should'a Seen It Coming
It all started with the White Stripes. Then, all of a sudden, bands started to crop up with strange combinations of musicians.
Not much of a build up to this song; after the electronic and very clean sounding guitar melody, it's into the vocals then onto throat ripping screaming.
For those so far unblessed by the sounds of Tunng here's a great place to start. One of the highlights of their beautiful second album, "Jenny Again" is summer in a can (or on a CD).
The New Mastersounds to release an album on 29th January
The New Mastersounds release a new album on the One Note Records label on 29th January. The album, entitled '102%', will be available on both CD and LP vinyl formats, and features guest sax and flute player Rob Lavers, who plays on four of the tracks.
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: This Bleeding Soul
metal hardcore
Young and upcoming Leeds band
Bodixa forced to take immediate six week break from live action...
Bodixa have announced that they have had to cancel all forthcoming April gigs, due an accident involving bass player Dan Norton.
Leeds-based metallers Nerve Engine have released a video for their track 'Seven Days'. The video was produced, directed, filmed and edited by the band themselves.
Leigh Marklew to make "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" appearance...
Malibu Stacey bass player Leigh Marklew will be appearing on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC2 this coming Monday (27th September).
Band Profile: The New Mastersounds
funk soul jazz
In terms of their image, Ellis are a mixed bag of everything a band could want. Take an indie guitarist, a nu-metal bass player, a rock guitar lady and a bouncer and there you go - add plenty of muscles, some dreadlocks and a large sprinkling of posturing and Ellis is born.
Rob Nichols and his band plough through an impressive set which captivates the crowd. Although lyrically confessional the set reveals a variance of styles from poignant ballad "I Made A Simple Mistake" through to the rocking "High Times".
Having had this band recommended to me, receiving an email from BMG with a sound snippet and then stumbling upon a lonesome copy of this EP I decided that it was fate and took the poor little blighter home with me.
When the majority of the band consist of Beth Orton's co-writers and you're friends with Aqualung, it's a safe bet there will be no three chord punk snorting on show.
rock indie
Jack Afro to release their debut album in July
Leeds band Jack Afro have this week revealed details of their début album. Having signed a deal with Japanese label Vinyl Junkie, home of fellow Leeds band The Invention, the band's album will be titled "Once More With Feeling" and will be released in the UK on Monday, 2nd July.
Two words: Unlucky & Resilient....for if you are to make it in this business you must expect the former and master the latter.
Hamerex are a Heavy Metal band heavily influenced by bands such as Iron Maiden and are an energetic live band.
rock pop
York, eh? Lovely place, full of historical importance and quaint old streets full of olde shoppes. As for music though, it's probably not the first place you'd look for talent.
Downdime: Seeds of Hopelessness
This is a spiky-jangly-punky-patchy-catchy-pop and I like it. A wail of distorted guitar crashes in and we're off at a frantic pace headlong into the new wave.
Having been told that The Cellars have been overhauled and improved, I was certainly interested which prompted my attendance tonight.
Levellers @ St George's Hall (Bradford)
3 Daft Monkeys are a three-piece made up of a female violin player / vocalist (Athene Roberts), electric bass player Jamie Waters and male vocalist / 12 string acoustic guitarist Tim Ashton, who also plays a kick drum and occasionally adds whistle to what their website calls a "colourful carnival of sound".
Dragpipe @ Leeds Festival 2002
New York six-piece Dragpipe bring anthemic bass lines and a party atmosphere to the Carling stage. A pleasure to watch, the band provide a feast for the eyes with the three guitarists and bass player all dressed in black bouncing in sync to the solid grooves.
Easy listening but none the less entertaining. Starting like an upbeat Elbow song or one of the latest Athlete offerings - 'Speed' goes from strength to strength and isn't as linear as you first may expect.
The evening kicked off with new lads BAZOOKA JOE. I am told that this was their first show. They definitely deserve credit for their performance, they put on an excellent show with some pretty damn good pop/ punk tunes which got the kids pretty warmed up -like they needed it - I think it was the sweatiest show I have been to all year.) Plenty of people were up dancing especially for the outstanding cover version of Celine Dione's "My heart will go on." Watch out for them in the near future.
Michael Rossiter: Like a Green Moray on a National Path
A very relaxing chilled out effort from Michael Rossiter, this roughly recorded demo is something of a little gem, sounding like the backing music for Watercolour Challenge or any other relaxing daytime show for your grandparents.
It is unaccountable that Crosscut Saw don't seem to have a growing audience. The music room at the Grove is no barn with its licensed capacity of 80, yet going there to see them one can feel concern whether there'll be enough listeners to generate decent door money let alone atmosphere.
A storming Liverpool/Leeds three piece with musical origins rooted in the Mississippi Hill blues through to English classic rock n roll.
Ben Brentnall - Lead Guitar / Vox Louis Lister - Lead Guitar / VoxMark Riley - Bass Karl Jenkins - Drums / Vox Karl Trotter - Guitar / Programming We are a five strong guitar act from Dewsbury who play Rock 'n' Roll with Radiohead twists.
Laika Dog to release debut album in February 2005...
Laika Dog, featuring former Terrorvision singer Tony Wright, have announced the release of their debut album "Forever And A Day" out on Monday, February 7th on Townsend Records.
iLiKETRAiNS to release "The Deception" in September 2007
Leeds band iLiKETRAiNS have announced details of their latest single release. Titled "The Deception", the single will be available on 7" and CD formats with B-sides including "Victress" (both formats) and "Joshua" (CD only).The single will be released on Monday, 10th September on the Beggars Banquet record label.
J Walkers to release an album on the GLP record label
Sunday 9th September sees the release of a brand new album from a brand new band on Leeds label GLP (Groove Laboratory Productions), the J Walkers.
Playing MOD classics and the best of Brit-pop from Small Faces to Oasis
Ten people sit on the floor. Why? Are they as bored as I am? Are they also drawing comparisons with the aptly titled new long player from tonight's entertainment: The Bar at the end of the World.
Sawthroat @ Royal Hotel (Morley)
The Royal Hotel in Morley Bottoms, my local, last night saw one of its most musically intense nights to date.
Duels to release the first single to be taken from their new LP
Duels will release a new single ('Regeneration') on the 14th April. The single is the first release to be taken from the band's current long-player 'The Barbarians Move In' - although only currently available as a Digital Download, the album will have its release proper on the 28th April.
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.
A lot of people will love Scout. I know my mum does. They're a cracking band, very talented with strong arrangements and a singer who sounds like Andrea Corr but so much better.
Dazed - Out on October 23rd 2006
The new single is out soon!
Bad Beat Revue: Still Cheating
How amazing the Internet is! Stick this CD in your PC and Windows Media Player goes off to check its database only to recognise it as Jose Manuel Ramos with his well known song (???) "Cabeza loca".
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.
After an interminable wait, a severely depleted Melaton grace the stage. The lead singer informs us that traffic made them late and half the band are still stuck in it, so they will attempt a shortened set with him and the bass player.
Princess Superstar @ Leeds Festival 2002
Joined today by Kool Keith, New York hip-hop royalty Princess Superstar enters the stage looking the picture of pure innocence in a long white dress and white jacket.
Shadow of Memories @ Joseph's Well
Tonight is a 4 band line-up featuring Botulus Canis, Foruta, Eborsisk and Shadow of Memories. Due to my bus situation I arrive just at the start of the second band, Foruta; so unfortunately I can't review the first band.
Hardly killing the buzz like their name suggests, these Leeds lads inject life into their brand of hardcore punk and 50's rock and roll with the addition of a sax and a trumpet, along with the odd "Oi".
Rachel Cook, the Musical Adventure that is, is perhaps best described as 'not just another acoustic act'.
Punk Metal, a bass player who chooses to go by the name The Professional (but looks like a nerd) and a drummer who wears a black vest - quite frankly the review could end right here!
Cornershop @ Leeds Festival 2002
A welcome alternative to the glut of nu-metal bands currently filling the airwaves, Cornershop nonetheless disappoint slightly with a somewhat lacklustre performance.
Joan As Police Woman: Christobel
New Yorker Joan Wasser is the vocal sensation at the heart of Joan As Police Woman. Although with a mind for equal opportunities other band members are mentioned in the biography, it is her voice you will inevitably come back to.
The Holiday Plan: Stories / Sunshine
Summer is almost here. The sun is beating down and the ground is starting to slowly toast in the scorching heat.
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.
Buen Chico: Our Love's Enormous
This self-released long player from the Leodensian three-piece is a solid example of their warm guitar pop.
Rory Holl - Guitar and vocals Dave Watson - Guitar and backing vocals James Bornshin - Bass Guitar Stuart Cooke - Drums and percussion Formed in summer 2004, 9 Volt Shot, who were James, Rory, Stu and Tim, gigged around Leeds and Wakefield bringing a smile to everyones faces and a leak in their pants.
The Packhorse is one strange venue. The gigs are held upstairs in the attic right out of the way and it almost feels as though it's a secret club only a few know about.
With another single from forthcoming album 'The New Fellas' this is The Cribs' latest slice of disjointed guitar pop.
Band Profile: Johnny's In The Basement
Johnny's In The Basement formed in September 03 in a sweaty practise room somewhere around Leeds University.
The Burning Brides' hearts are definitely in the right place. Read any interview and you will invariably hear singer/guitarist Dimitri Coates, attacking the conveyor-belt of crap that is today's music industry.
Lapdog @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
The summer madness continues with a spanking good night of local music at The Strychnine Lounge last Friday - four bands, yup four bands - one stage and a room full of people demonstrating that the upward trend of the venue is continuing.
Justin Myers caught up with Croatian metal band Father when they visited the Fenton in Leeds
These days, The Library looks like an enormous music venue, only scaled down. It seems eerily suited to the This Et Al of old, draped as it is with imposing red and black curtains, but the recently-refurbished venue plays perfect host to all five - count 'em - acts on tonight's bill.
Pure pop punkers The Needles hail from Aberdeen and yet despite such remote parts they've managed to lay claim to a "Tipped by the NME" tag...
Five O'Clock Heroes: Run To Her
Oh Jesus, When is this endless tide of pretty boy piss poor pop going to end? "Run to her" skips merrily around on my CD player but I think I am going to take it out in a minute and use it as a coaster.
The Party Animals @ Highwood Hotel
Tonight, The Highwood saw 4 bands. I'll admit here that I'm not too sure who is who with this bill (in approximate terms).
This is chilled nearly-dance music with some real and some ambient stuff mixing up a loving recreation of someone's Summer of love on a gentle acid come down some years ago.
Mr Dogg: Get Out of the Warehouse
This 6 track EP races insanely through Jam popness, Pistols punkness, punk skaness and punk death metalness.
Aaaaghh yet another "The ....s" band, but wait what's this? No disaffected vocals, no New York / Detroit attitude, no heroin references.
The Scare? Let loose in a recording studio? After seeing the lead singer Kiss rub his crotch on a crowd member's face, then convulse on the floor for several minutes, I never thought the day would have arisen.
MIZKARRAGE OF JUSTICE - for a first gig these guys did well! They opened their set with 'So What' by Metallica and surprisingly did well.
four day Hombre single release date confirmed...
four day Hombre release their Radio One acclaimed First Word is the Hardest debut single on July 7th.
funk rock
Brightblack Morning Light: s/t
The product of two Alabama musicians; Nathan Shineywater and Rachael Hughes, Brightblack Morning Light's self-titled record was astonishingly recorded during a period of homelessness - living in tents within a National Park just north of San Francisco.
Rudolf Rocker: Rabbiting With Richard Dido
This is Rudolf Rocker's second album released on Leeds' very own House Of Mook label. John Peel listened upon the band favourably, as he did with many 'Mook' arists and you can hear why.
Four Planes In Four Days provide a low-key start to the night, their mid-paced, dynamic rock gets a decent response from the small crowd, even though the dynamics of the music don't quite work in this small venue.
I saw D-Rail once before at the Rocket and thought they had a lot of potential, even if they hadn't realised it at that time.
Even during the early stages of her career, Cara Robinson was writing and recording with notable artists from a huge range of musical genres, including David Holmes, LTJ Bukem and upcoming EMI artist, Corrine Bailey-Ray.
BC Camplight: Blood and Peanut Butter
This record has irritated me for the last few weeks, not because it is bad, quite the opposite in fact.
Dogs Die In Hot Cars: Godhopping
Uh oh. The NME strikes again. This week, they are proclaiming that DDIHC are "one of the most exciting new bands in the UK".
The Delgados: All You Need Is Hate
"Hate is everywhere, inside your mother's heart you will find it there." Cheery bunch the delgados. Much like Warren Zevon, the downbeat lyrics are countered by a bright and chirpy, melodic party, the kind where you feel all are welcome to sing and clap along.
Permafrost's first incarnation played at the Bradford Love Apple Cafe on the Fresh Milk night in March 2004.
The Horrors: She Is The New Thing
"It's weird, because when we do gigs we just set out to play our songs and not annoy or wind up anyone - but we often cause loads of trouble in the process" says keyboard player Rhys 'Spider' Webb.
This is a charming and, as it grows, surprisingly arresting single. It has to be said that it leaves me rather annoyed with myself for failing to turn up on time to the recent NME Tour show.
Upon first listen this EP made little impression on me, as 'Mucktub' made way for the second track 'Regular Guy', I found myself wondering if my CD player was stuck on repeat mode, and had to check that this really was a new song.
Everyone's favourite Swedish pop-punk mavericks launch their latest long-player "Kingswood" with "Ray" being the lead single.
The Boy Tate: Flagrante Delicto
Eighteen months since their last outing The Boy Tate return with a 15 track long player of sweet stripped down melancholy.
This two tracker from The Outlines is a self-produced side step from the rock-pop formula adopted on previous releases.
The Scaramanga Six @ Courthouse (Otley)
So, after a mere five months of waiting, I finally get to review a gig in my home town. Endless Grey Windows must have arguably the worst name of any band I've seen in a fair while but they're a passable start to the evening with their distorted indie rock recalling Ride at times.
Band Profile: The Hit and Runs
"'...Bradfords finest 'INDIE' cuisine...'"
An ex-baseball player, originally from Canada, now based in Paris and with 'Square', his first release for a major, maybe the pioneer of 'A.O.H' (that's 'adult orientated hip hop(c)' to you and me).
A night of ROCK down the Royal Park... when isn't it these days? The Royal Park is getting a name for itself now as a more rock sort of venue, possibly due to promoter Steve Kind's insistance that all bands rock at all times.
Eggs in one basket time - quite simply Nightmare Of You are going to be the biggest thing in rock come 2007.
With nagging question marks over the quality of independent music in Britain it's always mightily refreshing to stumble across a promising outfit such as the Leeds based Vest For Tysso.
The debut single from Kaiser Chiefs is quintessentially British guitar pop. And loveably so. Keys - in whatever form - are prominent from the off, introduced via the almost single fingered tinkering of the intro, and at around 3 minutes in there's an "A Day In The Life" like moment, where all parties, including, paradoxically, quietly-screamed vocals, get to build up the sound before heading into a chorus repeat and then fade.
Flipside's demo spins around in the CD player, while a huge cringe appears on my face. Three tracks, three power ballads.
Vocalist/guitarist Dan Pearce, bass player Pete Green and drummer Chris Smith are throwing their hearts into Zealous.
John Canvas of Humanfly is a man who has abandoned lyrics and singing in favour of screaming "YEEEEEAAAAAH!" in a tight voice.
Originally scheduled for late 2006, you could say The Electric Cinema's self-titled debut album has been a long time coming.
Cardboard Cowboy: The Boxroom Tapes Volume 3
The latest release from Leeds' Cardboard Cowboy is their third slice of self recorded material straight out of the rehearsal room.
What would ex-Boyracer member Ged and ex indie sweet band Grammatics synth player sound like together?
A cold, dark and blustery Monday night in Leeds must have seemed like a million miles from Portland, Oregon but The Thermals did everything in their power to warm it up and a half full Joseph's Well was certainly appreciative.
This Ain't Vegas: The Night Don Benito Saved My Life
Chaos sometimes bring with it greatness. Step to the plate This Ain't Vegas, your moment in the sun is surely here.
Sounds Like Violence: With Blood on My Hands
A light that burns twice as brightly burns twice as fast, and on the basis of Sound Like Violence's debut long-player the incendiary chutzpah of the Swedish quartet's first EP has been replaced by a rather limp and Killers-lite approach, that possesses all the spark of a twatted cooker.
Calvin Harris: Merrymaking at My Place
Perhaps this is the moment where people start to see through the bizarre phenomenon that is Calvin Harris.
Sovereign @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
The first band up was Sovereign. With guitar band influences from Nirvana, Hendrix and Oasis, but with a sound all their own, Leeds-based Sovereign put in a superb performance, treating us to some excellent new material for the first time, including an excellent acoustic number.
Snail Racing @ Royal Park Cellars
Having experienced the laid back styles of an ambient-art-jazz band with a preverbial nice as openers, we're jolted sharply into shape by TIGERS.
Starkitten: Cynic's First Choice
Starkitten serve up a peculiar mixture of straight down the middle Rock / "I know that riff from somewhere" Punk / Ride 'em cowboy Rockabilly and all with a clear Pop sensibility.
So I seem to be back at Royal Park Cellars again (seem to spending some time in here recently) Steve Kind warns me tonight is going to be loud - and it was!
Brutal Tinkerbell @ New Roscoe
If ever there was a lesson for new bands to learn then Future Sons Of Rome are it. 1) Your singer should never wear sunglasses unless you are playing on the main stage of a festival or have sold out a well lit arena.
The Lost 45s UK: The Next Projected Sound Of...
The Lost 45s UK are famous for being a band that supported The Who but this EP shows that The Lost 45s UK are much more than being just a support band.
The Forgotten Cowboy: Untitled
Slices of indie, heaps of raw callous vocals and an excitable scattering of computer shenanigans are the makeup behind this truly unique outing from Widnes based loon The Forgotten Cowboy, Pseudonym Dilbert Chesterton.
Leeds-based rock band.
There was a bit of an air of anticipation, for this gig. Parva's first hometown gig for a while, riding the back of their recent chart position, The Catheters shooting up the airwaves and the press' adoration for The Libertines, made this something of a "must-see" gig.
Daughters look like they'd be a set of right pricks. The singer has a handlebar moustache, for starters, which ordinarily I'd greatly admire (this being the only acceptable variety of moustache, ever), but to be honest it makes him look like a bit of an idiot.
Hmmm, interesting. On first inspection Kaylium seem to be one to file under the "decent, but not a band to get your knickers in a twist over" section.
Grammatics are: Owen Brinley Rory O'Hara Dominic Ord Emilia Ergin Formed in 2006 in Leeds by Owen, drummer Dominic Ord and bassist Rory O'Hara, Grammatics' mission was and is to combine their disparate influences to make cultured, artistic pop music by their own elaborate rules.
The Delgados, in musical terms, are just a yellow dot on the horizon. Fervent followers of the Tour de France, their latest offering sees the Scottish punk-pop purveyors stretching that lead with universal appeal.
The Sugars: Doo Wop (Sugar So Sweet)
Bands such as Arctic Monkeys may dispute that image isn't everything, and whilst it certainly isn't, it's always good to find a band who, in addition to writing first-rate songs, also have a good ol' bash at looking damned good.
So it's my first time back at the Well since that whole unfortunate 'incident' when The Stills overran by about six hours or something.
Once upon a time, a young man named Rob from a band called The Mighty Stars declared "There's a lot to be said for conciseness and brevity", and I suppose he's right.
Justin Myers interviews Felix Rodrigues, the guitarist from rising Swedish band The Sounds
Cathy Simpson talks with Sharin Foo of The Raveonettes ...
Mullets. When did they become fashionable again? They're all around me. I nervously feel that I'm being punished for having a chuckle at mulletmadness.com a few days earlier, or perhaps I've been warped into a parallel universe where all the rock chick style guides insist on one.
Chapter Thirteen @ Joseph's Well
For a rock band like Chapter Thirteen an acoustic gig is to say the least - unexpected. I've seen the band many times and when I first heard about this gig I wondered what was going to be left without the crunching guitars and the wide range of effects they usually use in such an imaginative way.
psychedelic rock
Tonight's openers are perky, sprightly young pups Vatican Jet, who kicked off the April TTS with such style.
The Royal Park Cellars has a rapidly growing reputation, and gets better every time you catch a band down here.
Whirlwind Heat @ Joseph's Well
Don't you just love it when the support band turns out to be better than the headliners? Of course you don't know that when you're watching them, but they turn out to be the unexpected surprise of your evening.
Joseph C Seager managed to ask Amy Studt a few words about the past, present, and future before her new album 'My Paper Made Men' hits the shelves.
BEING 747 - Only arrived for the last four songs I think and what I witnessed of them I was impressed.
The Open released their first album, Silent Hours, in 2004 and earned themselves critical acclaim for this "debut of vast scale and ambition".
A Northern Chorus: Spirit Flags
I know this band. Well, sort of. I remember about a year ago, that someone was posting on the Sigur Rós message board talking about (because he was in) a band called 'A Northern Chorus'.
Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
Frantic, frenzied, funny, fucked-up, finely-tuned and most of all FANTASTIC! That's just a short alliteration of what sums up this absolute diamond of a CD from Maximo Park.
Big Business: Here Come the Waterworks
You may not have heard of these, but if I say The Melvins to you, well you may still be in the dark. When the fuzzy haired ones toured the UK at the end of last year, they were supported by Big Business, who now make up fifty percent of The Melvins with Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover (yes, there are two drummers).
"Lock Up Your Mothers" - an interview with The Sugars!
A forte of young bands tonight graced the Well on Friday night. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there was one performer tonight that was older than 20 and many were under 18.
Chickenhawk's debut long-player is an ambitious and heroic montage of many different types of metal. Crunching riffs swing themselves between battering rhythms and off-kilter tempo changes, and are often interspersed with throat-destroying vocal theatrics and glitches of weird electronica.
Mr Hudson And The Library @ Cockpit
I arrive late, but in time to catch the headline act's full set. The turnout is much better than I expected, the main room is full.
Immune take classic rock music, fuck it up, screw it over, rip it apart and give you music unlike anything you'll have ever heard.
It's time for bleeding the money cow dry again, with The Wonder Stuff back in the game. There's the cheeky Miles Hunt, the rocker Malcolm Treece, quiet bassist Mark McCarthy, and drummer Andres Karu hidden behind excellent fiddle player Erica Nockalls, who has good posture and is probably classically trained.
Edison Medicine @ Joseph's Well
Seeing as Kate expertly reviewed Inertia Crisis, who I missed a lot of, I thought I'd review EDISON MEDICINE.
The opening guitar induces a wince, the shaky drumbeat turns the wince into a grimace and as the vocals come in teeth grind until there's nothing but flesh.
With a name like Make Model it reminds me of a time before cybernetting and interblogging; an innocent time when opening one's Christmas or birthday presents was a joy to behold.
From the outset this album grips the listener like the titular vice of the first track, and only slackens once or twice as it cavorts noisily through a joyous 36 minutes.
AM are a three piece rock band from Brooklyn. They settle the question of whether all Americans are cool once and for all.
Us Anglophones seem reluctant to embrace le rock français. While we'll happily pose and mosh to Scandinavian garage, dance to French electronica and (reluctantly) acknowledge that our Gallic neighbours do the rap thing better than us, digging French boys with guitars appears to be a little beyond us us still.
Little Japanese Toy: Disused No 5
Well, first thing's first: Little Japanese Toy score a whopping 0/10 for presentation. The demo consists of a hastily scribbled on, almost unreadable CD-R.
"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.
For someone who's not really a ska fan, I definitely enjoyed this show. No matter what your tastes are, sometimes you just need something that makes you jump.
A couple of Sheffield websites have kind things to say about Dangerlust, a band formed last year out of a previously ditched project called Floater.
After an interesting wait at a bus stop (involving a chance meeting with a young lady who would later attempt to kiss me), I finally boarded a bus, which the driver said would be heading past the Royal Park.
Band Profile: Flawless Attitude
rock punk metal
The main room of the Cockpit is heaving tonight so I have no chance of getting in to see Carus Thompson, usually of Carus and the True Believers.
The Scaramanga Six: You Do, You Die!
Look, there's no getting away from this, there's literally no escape. You can run but you can't hide.
Look, there's no getting away from this, there's literally no escape. You can run but you can't hide.
Sky Larkin @ Leeds Festival 2007
Turbofruits - The Carling Stage Hailing from Nashville these fresh faced blues-punks are a thrilling kick off to the day.
There's some really good talent here: in the playing, the singing and the songwriting. As Kingsley Amis said about some other very pleasing things, 'I'm clear on why I like them, thanks; but why do I like them so much?' The answer has to be a subtle intensity in Wilful Missing's often fragile-sounding songs written and sung by Sam Kipling, with a range of well-controlled instruments in the hands of guitarist Sam Lawrence and bass player Albert Freeman.
This is a very smart live recording. It's raw, punchy and pretty effective. Sawthroat don't do complicated stuff.
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.
Tunng's 3rd long player "Good Arrows" is without a shadow of doubt their best so far. This album is the marvellous sound of an already great band fulfilling the promise of their previous outings.
Oh! nearly! nearly! This stuff is on the edge of genius, fighting to avoid the big drop into the bathos of emulopop.
The Needles: In Search of the Needles
Aberdeen's guitar-pop bashers The Needles have finally made it on to a long player, not that at 35 minutes it's that long!
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.
After years of hovering just below the radar, it's finally time for Engerica to rise kicking and screaming to centre stage, brilliant.
On the second and fourth Thursday of every month, Leeds offers us a new acoustic night: "Stripped" at Baby Jupiter.
Misled Vision @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
FADGE Though I wasn't really impressed with Fadge's musical style I was impressed with their ability as a band and the crowd response.
The Venna Blast - angular post-punk that rather washed over me I'm afraid. A few half decent songs were present but my interest was not.
Nina Nastasia @ City Varieties
Apart from the most spellbinding songs, drawn from all three albums, Nina Nastasia also treated us tonight to five world class accompanists and some astonishing arrangements that had been worked out in just a couple of days before the gig.
You could get the impression that The Courthouse in Otley would rather that the events it hosts remained a closely guarded secret, known only to a select band of committee members and their close relatives.
I'm intrigued. Track three on this CD is called 'Reykjavik 101', which is a sort of name check of one of my favourite films ever.
Civic Hall in Pudsey to host the first Leeds Guitar Show
Buying a guitar is an exciting, if not at times daunting, experience. The best way to buy a guitar is to see, feel and hear the instrument and that's not always as easy as it sounds.
The eerie echoes of Adams' cover of the Oasis classic give way to ringing, plucked chords sprawling across the rich landscape.
As ever I'm late, it looks like I've already missed 2 bands and I've already missed the first song from Indicator.
I get hayfever. Real bad, sometimes. But this particular strain of Pollen is infectious and debilitating in the best possible way - it will make you 1) sing (uncontrollably and loudly) and 2) stand there in shock unable to do a thing except sniff, your eyes watering, but for an entirely different reason to that large and inconsiderate yellow field a few streets away.
Three long years I've been waiting!!! Finally Mover are back in town... hurrah!! I had never heard of the band before I saw them support The Bluetones in 1998 at the T&C but they completely blew me away.
The acapella intro of 'Velvet Prose' and immediate ska-like upbeat tempo make you want to keep listening to this song and quite right too because this is very, very good.
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.
Live music seems to be undergoing some kind of renaissance in Leeds at the moment, with several new venues popping up here and there.
Forgive me for my ignorance but I thought nobody actually gave a rat's arse about indie guitar bands any more...
Good Shoes: Never Meant to Hurt You
Good Shoes are another outfit espousing the jangly jitter pop that seems to have become so popular of late.
The Hold Steady arrive in the UK next month for their first full UK tour. Danielle Millea caught up with guitarist Tad Kubler.
Ethan Daniel Davidson: Free the Ethan Daniel Davidson Five
A chance encounter with a couple of drunken Americans leads to me receiving a few albums from Detroit's Times Beach Records for review.
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. @ Cockpit
I completely missed Dartz; slack I know. I did get stopped at the door though, where I was stood queuing with non other that Get Cape.
It was some time around Christmas 2003 if I remember rightly. I was at a festive gig at the Royal Park Cellars to see Robochrist, Xi and the Sisters of Murphy.
On first hearing that Jewel had recorded a Pop album it seemed a strange move. This down to earth, cowboy dating, sensitive poet ditching her acoustic guitar in favour of a beat box?
Third solo album for Kelli Ali, who must get sooo tired of only being known as the former singer for Sneaker Pimps (you know, 'Six Underground', you've probably got it somewhere), it must be a mixed blessing that since being asked to leave over 10 years ago neither party has been best known for their chart bothering.
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.
The Butterfly @ Brudenell Social Club
The Engine Room is made of metal this evening as the most entertaining DIY night in Leeds introduces us to three bands that are as heavy as led - The Butterfly, Mishkin and the wonderfully titled White Boys for No.10 Down Syndrome Street (more usually known as (the slightly more offensive) White Boys For Gay Jesus).
Spunky Canadian Punks Alexisonfire - that's pronounced Alexis On Fire, not Alex Is On Fire, apparently in tribute to the "famous" lactating contortionist stripper Alexis Fire, fact fans - return with their latest long player "Crisis".
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.
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?
The first act to play the bigger stage of the Cockpit tonight are Ins and Outs. The Leeds-based band stumble through a set of 'lager rock', accompanying two big pairs of lungs which concentrate on being as loud as possible, instead of the idea of tuning. What did entertain the crowd was probably more to do with their unique dance moves.
Tonight's high profile appearance for US band Sleater-Kinney has moved. Its moved next door after the overwhelming response to the girl-punk rock band has left the Rocket Venue unable to cope - just short of 250 people are packed into the Cockpit for the bands first non-festival appearance in Leeds and the first gig on their Uk tour.
It's a familiar story. All too familiar for my liking: young band comes all the way to Leeds from afar (Lincoln in this case) with the promise of a headline slot at a decent venue.
Punk was a reaction against the excesses of the 70s music scene. Songs tripped out, ten, fifteen minutes long.
Band Profile: White Light Parade
Time to meet White Light Parade... singers/guitarists/songwriters the brothers grim; Danny & Jono Yates, bass player Tom Emmett & female drummer Nici Todd.
Formed from the ashes of seminal 90s metallers Carcass, Arch Enemy typify the ferocious intensity that is death metal.
Vae Solis @ Royal Park Cellars
So, metal night at the Royal Park, and the turnout looks quite good as the first band, BEYOND REDEMPTION, take the stage.
The Chiara L's kick off tonight's trio of female fronted bands each of whom bring their own distinct style and charisma to proceedings.
The second in a week of Whiskas' specials at the Packhorse, sees the long-awaited return of Leeds' very own space rock kings Mamascuba.
Firstly an apology (always a bad way to start I know, but unavoidable), having arrived halfway through their final song, there is little that can be fairly said about Kenosha except they have the right sort of haircuts.
Melodic indie-pop minstrels The Lodger have avoided rushing into recording their debut album, the band instead deciding to rouse interest through several single releases on a variety of independent labels.
Various Artists: FOPP Award For New Music 2005
It's so refreshing to hear something that sounds totally unique to what you're used to. For me it means taking media player off random (which I keep hoping will find me some great B-side) and searching through the endless 'unsigned' band pages that litter the internet.
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.
The cognoscenti gathered in the music room of the Grove as light slowly faded across a daylong sky of flawless blue.
The last few years have hardly been a triumph for Embrace; set up as "the next Oasis" their debut album reached the number one spot and, while not selling 'shed loads' ('tent loads' anyone?), did seem to set them up nicely for future records.
goth punk
Downfall - those long-serving purveyors of rock speak to Andy Roberts on the hiatus surrounding their latest release, perfectionism and The Music...
Another acoustic night at Joseph's Well and it's noticeable how popular these nights are becoming with around fifty or so sitting and standing in the candlelit venue.
It has to be said that since Arcade Fire's début Funeral was released, not a week has gone by where the album hasn't found its way to my CD player.
What a great opening. The first 35 seconds of "All our so called bad luck stories" are fresh young and just fantastic.
Before we get stuck into the review I feel it's necessary to have a whinge. Stealthman were supposed to be playing tonight but unfortunately the landlord decided to be a prick and ban them from the venue due to them being under-age, after they had lugged all their gear in and sound checked.
Purveyors of lush, romantic rock and roll they may be, but in a world that needs a handle, these guys will - for the time being - continue to be 'that one with a tap dancer instead of a drummer'.
When the Foo Fighters were born from the smouldering remains of Nirvana there was collective, worldwide pants wetting as the grunge world considered the possibility of the music to come.
In doing his "which band will please Wedding Present / Cinerama fans" homework, it appears the promoter has missed the mark with his choice of support.
Sometimes you can just tell a band's going to be good from their name. These guys call themselves The Budda Cakes so obviously they're gonna be brilliant.
Mexican Alibi: The Ace Catastrophe
"I've seen people and I've seen places/ But I'll never see familiar faces / I'll be your alibi and you'll be mine / we'll be fine in the countryside" are fairly catastrophic lyrics I'll grant you.
Last Riot: Shoot For The Sky EP
Purple fiery dice adorn the front of the Shoot For the Sky E.P, suggesting a devil-may-care rock'n'roll attitude but there's also a hint of glam sparkle about it which builds up the fear that Last Riot might be as camp as KISS.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones @ LMUSU
This was always going to be a hard gig, for the simple reason that nine years ago myself and my mate, who is again accompanying me tonight witnessed one of the best gigs we'd ever seen.
Deadstring Brothers @ New Roscoe
Decisions, decisions! In town tonight there's Joseph Arthur at The Cockpit, Brendan Benson at the Uni and then his friends from Detroit, Deadstring Brothers at the New Roscoe.
Monster Killed By Laser @ Packhorse
At gigs in pubs I usually turn up too late to see the first act, sadly today was not one of those days.
Straight outta Norway and also seemingly straight outta the 80's. Surferosa blast out synth powered rock riffs in their longship of bright hooks and disco beats, all helmed by a mentalist, high kicking frontwoman.
punk garage rock
A generous crowd packed into The Vine on a hot, sweaty and very eclectic night. Though competing with The Blueskins playing at The Cockpit, and the perpetually popular Big Brother finale, tonight's gig was well attended and another success for the team at The Vine - a venue that has fast stamped its foot on the Leeds scene and continues to showcase some of Leeds', and as it turned out tonight, the UK's, best unsigned talent.
A good name, a good front cover, and a kudos-worthy work ethic, and oh boy it fits in my CD player like a penis in a vagina.
After hearing the amazing split 7" from these two Leeds bands I was positively salivating at the prospect of tonight's show.
Outsider (Midlands): Through Exiles Eyes
My mum used to tell me that if you've got nothing constructive to say, then don't say anything at all.
The last time Watford went head to head with Leeds, the action took place on a football field and the results were a little different.
Various Artists: Gnarly Dude 2
Compiled by Voltage Records head honcho Tim Walker in conjunction with the skate website middle-age-shred.com, the sequel to the original "Gnarly Dude!" compilation features 23 bands from across Britain and the U.S.A.
four day Hombre @ Royal Park Cellars
Apologies to MABEL BLUE for missing the first half of her set, but boy did I like what I heard. I was a little later than usual (busses to blame again!) and when I opened the cellars door I couldn't get in there were so many people.
Okey dokey, it's Halloween, it's miserable outside, and I'm nice and warm tucked up in the Cockpit ready for a night of bouncy hooky punk rock.
The Cockpit is filled with lots of people all sporting the same haircut tonight. The anticipation is building for the debut of The Run featuring former Stone Roses drummer Alan "Reni" Wren.
Dogged by guitar trouble throughout his set, The Lodger battles on with an aggressive guitar style juxtaposing nicely with the tuneful vocal melodies.
Punk rock's current poster boys Gallows have come a long way since their humble beginnings back in Watford.
Kyte have been floating around for a wee while now, but with precious little in the way of released material.
Moishe's Bagel @ Courthouse (Otley)
Saturday evenings in Otley are always pleasant affairs. As has been previously documented there are a number of public houses, restaurants and even a video shop for people wishing to spend a quiet evening at home.
Many People don't like ska. I am one of those people. I just don't get it! I understand the aspect of "fun" in the music, I understand that many local ska bands incorporate as many instruments as possible in order to rectify the lack of musical talent.
Entering the Cockpit the first thing that hits you is the heat, the second is the fact that Brassy are already on stage.
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.
I'd never previously seen any of the bands I saw on Wednesday night but when I left at 11:15pm I felt like I'd heard three of them somewhere else before.
If The Vine is less than half empty then The Terminals performance is anything but half-arsed. Singer Phil Privelidge teeters on one leg as his eyes bulge and his vocal cannon rains more blows on our ears, already battered to submission by the howitzer guitars and gunshot drumming.
Putting Air Traffic as the second band on the line-up is extremely misleading. The implication given to the unsuspecting audience is that their performance will be equal to that of a slapdash support slot; anyone expecting this kind of set is about to be proved wrong in the most spectacular fashion.
Stephen Dale Petit: Guitararama
Even for willing listeners this album may challenge sustained concentration, but it's not short of highlights, and has real momentum on opening in quintessential electric blues style with 'Sacramento' and 'Alexis Korner Says'.
Sister Morphine: Sister Morphine EP
This four piece, hailing from Bristol, although new on the scene are no fledglings. Currently touring with Kasabian, it is clear to see why there is such a growing interest in this energy fuelled band.
A Swedish hitchhiker near York asked if I played a musical instrument and when the answer was no he told me he was returning from Ireland.
God Damn Whores' Jon Poole appears wearing a red square painted over his right eye that proceeds to run down his cheek (resembling blood) These guys must surely be in this for a laugh.
I arrived at the Cockpit at about 8.00 pm and was pleasantly surprised to see the venue very busy for that time of night and on a Monday.
In the fallout from Radiohead's The Bends I fell in love with this genre, big melodies from bands with lead singers who probably sent Jeff Buckley lyrics to their ex girlfriends to let them "know how they're feeling".
Graham Jones - Bass Mark Priestly - Guitar Bruce Renshaw - Drums (dep) Ruth Coffey - Congas Caroline Standen - Flute/Alto Saxophone Alison Sheldon - Clarinet Paul Lee - Soprano/Tenor Saxophones Christine Smith - Tenor Saxophone Richard Scott - Baritone Saxophone Helen Mills - Trumpet Jem Dobbs - Trumpet Steve Etheridge - Trombone Rich Warrington - Trombone Throwing a party?
You could describe all the bands that played tonight with the same sentence: A three-piece that fuses live guitars with electronic synths and beats, led by a strong male vocal.
Your reviewer failed to make it in time for Matthew Hill or the Frankling Mint, but enthusiastic punters reassured him they'd been good.
Billy Talent put us straight on hangover cures and the fact that Canadian music's not all Celine Dion and Bryan Adams...
Ever since Pythagoras, the history of angularity has been one of sharp peaks and troughs. Musically speaking, those who favour the sharp edges seem to have found more success when the acute has been tempered, or even augmented, by the obtuse; where the willful confusion of your ears has been rendered palatable by the delivery of the odd hummable bass line or pithy lyrical couplet.
Another cracking line-up courtesy of the Blue Star boys, this time with a bit of a rockier edge leading to possibly the fullest showcase since Leeds Music Scene maestro Dave Sugden and Joseph's Well manager Karl Baird began the monthly nights back in December 2000.
Stuck halfway between Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake stands Benjamin Wetherill. Like his mentors, he makes beauty out of misery, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and the odd flutter of woodwind instruments and a cello.
Any late December night, the WD40 aerosol may get a chance to prove its worth; and there it was on stage at the Roscoe doing its bit from time to time in getting the guitar of The Hamsters' lead player/vocalist Slim into condition for what he does with it.
Tom Napper & Tom Bliss: The Kelping
Not long before the Grove Inn launch of this second Napper and Bliss album, I was startled to hear of someone who didn't care too much for Tom Bliss's voice.
SAVING LENNY The first impression I got of this band was the noise. Two guitars can often be noisy and in this instance that was the case.
Things get loud when Hobo Jungle take to the stage after what was billed as an acoustic night at Mixing Tin.
Ali Whitton and the Broke Record Players are a band you can't help but like. Although I am told they've been gigging around Leeds forever, tonight is the first time I have come across them.
It's a Friday night at the Vine, it's 8 O'clock, Duels are about to start so where the hell is everybody?
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.
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.
I love gigs like this. You go down to some random (admittedly, in the case of the Faversham, glorified) pub on the outskirts of the city to see a band or two that you've never heard of and to be brutally honest, probably never will again.
After such a packed night on Tuesday, it was a bump back down to Earth tonight with a much smaller crowd who'd come to see four very different bands, none of which I'd seen before, so I looked forward to each one.
With a remarkable twenty-year history you might be surprised to learn the Silver Jews only began touring just three years ago.
Hot news! The Fat Cats have invented Punk Swing. No, really. And it's dead good. This five-piece (bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, saxophone) are a genre-hopping delight.
A thin Thursday night at the Roscoe this time. But that's not the way to describe the performances, even when two of the three names on the bill were replacements, only the energetic The Delamores being an original booking.
"Let's lay down some f**king hits" drolls The Blood Arm frontman and all round king of cool sleaze Nathaniel Fregoso on their new long player's opening number.
The Cockpit is the place of dreams. Yeh, maybe a bit hyperbolic, but somehow smothered in truth. The venue, which is a stone's throw from the train station, is the hub of uncategorisable style dripping with the Northern nonchalant indie darlings clad in their sprayed on jeans.
Let's be honest and get everything out in the open. The whole of the Cockpit is here solely to hear and see "The Rat" in action, a blistering, demented, Ian Curtis joyride of a song which has been exploding everywhere without even a trace of hyperbole.
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.
Four Planes in Four Days @ Packhorse
We are in the middle of a glorious transition, summer to autumn... the young 'un's are returning to school, and for the first time in my life, I'm free from all that bullshit.
indie pop
On the surface of things, The Young Knives do not come across as an instantly likeable band. Their whole geek-chic image, seemingly meaningless moniker and ludicrously named bass player (The House of Lords, those of you who were wondering) make it easy to mark them down as achingly hip, annoyingly pretentious passengers on the indie scenester bandwagon where being able to pout is much more important than being able to play.
Interview: All My Friends Are Dead
Gavin Miller speaks with Leeds' newest post-rock prodigies All My Friends Are Dead
For one night only, The Fenton was quite possibly the heaviest building on Planet Earth. Last night we had pop-rock masterpieces from Tempting Kate, but tonight in The Fenton we have metal at its heaviest.
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...
Curtis Eller's American Circus: 1890
Weird is good. Wonderful is better. Weird and wonderful cannot be beaten with anything. This here artefact, electronically emitting noise like a raree-show demon from the audio equipment to my right is Curtis Eller's first CD album, recorded by himself in league with his very own and very mighty American Circus.
Proof if there ever was that this is the best advice I can give to anyone who loves music. WATCH THE SUPPORT BAND.