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Maximo Park: Girls Who Play Guitars
The a phrase "post-libertine" is used a lot these days to describe a certain style of music or band; with the emergence of The Futureheads and subsequently Maximo Park I've noticed a large number of sound-alikes sprouting up that could be described as "post-Maximo Park" bands, so it's interesting to see what the forerunners of the "angular" art-pop scene has to offer.
Late gig cancellations at Royal Park
The Buffseeds have had to cut the number of dates on their current tour by half owing to economies imposed by their record company.
Party In The Park 2005 to be screened live on LIVINGtv...
This year's Party In The Park - to take place at Temple Newsam over three hours on the afternoon of Sunday, 17th July - will be screened live on national TV.
Maximo Park: I Want You to Stay
It has been a fairly inauspicious rise to glory for Maximo Park with their Gold selling debut "A Certain Trigger".
It's Second Album Syndrome for the class of 2005. So far, The Kaisers and Arcade Fire seem to have done pretty well for themselves, as have the ever outspoken Bloc Party.
Attention Hyde Park bands: apply to play Unit Day Festival 2003...
Attention all Hyde Park bands! Now is the time to apply to play the Main Stage at Unity Day 2003 - a free festival held annually on Woodhouse Moor.
Maximo Park need very little introduction - to have missed the success of their debut album, A Certain Trigger, full of their own self-styled indie, would be a miracle.
Having been brought up listening to all the 60's and 70's hippy-mod bands, it was a real treat to be sent this CD, all I can say is these guys have some talent between them, and a very decent producer.
Price increase for weekend shows at Royal Park Cellars
Panama Promotions, in-house promoters for The Royal Park Cellars, have announced that the standard admission charge at the venue for Friday and Saturday shows will increase to £4 from the New Year.
Maximo Park: Our Earthly Pleasures
I had the privilege of meeting singer Paul Smith at a small record store in Durham way before 'Apply Some Pressure' had propelled them to Radio One stardom - way before the fabulous Jo Whiley had jumped on the indie bandwagon.
Leeds University BandSoc set up home at Royal Park Cellars...
The promotion team behind live music events at Royal Park Cellars has reached agreement with Leeds University Union's "BandSoc" to make it their "home venue".
Panama Promotions announce new gigs deal with Royal Park
After a lot of uncertainty over the Summer, Panama Promotions have finally agreed a new deal which will secure The Royal Park Cellars as a live music venue at least until the long-awaited pub refurbishment takes place sometime next year.
Royal Park Cellars launches listings broadsheet...
Panama Promotions have launched an in-house listings broadsheet for the Royal Park Cellars - the first print run for which has already been completely taken up.
The Music to play headline show at T in the Park festival
The first festival date to be confirmed by The Music for this summer is T In The Park in Scotland. The band will headline the NME stage on Saturday 12th July.
psychedelic folk
Leeds Festival 2003 moves to Bramham Park...
Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Mean Fiddler Music Group, has today announced that the Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival will be moved to Bramham Park.
The Clarence Park Free Music Festival to return to Wakefield in 2007
The 21st of July... a celebrated day for some. The day Tony Blair was declared winner of the leadership election for the Labour Party back in '94.
Royal Park Cellars secure national music magazine showcase...
LOGO have chosen the Royal Park Cellars for their first Northern showcase in their campaign to bring the magazine, already claiming a circulation larger than NME in the South, to Northern audiences.
Samsa's new EP to be launched at the Hyde Park Picture House
Hyde Park Picture House is to host an unprecedented series of unplugged gig over the next few months.
Clowns. More club and gig night should have clowns. Tonight, The Power Of Omnipotence got some clowns to join the boozed-up throngs.
Royal Park Cellars announce their autumn line-up and a new booking policy...
Panama Promotions have announced their preliminary listings for the Autumn Season at the Royal Park Cellars venue in Leeds - and along with it, a new policy of aiming to have at least one band at every show from outside Leeds.
Panama Promotions to end gigs at Royal Park Cellars...
Panama Promotions, the in-house promoters for the Royal Park Cellars venue in Leeds for the past six years, have announced that they will be pulling out of the venue completely at the end of the current season.
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.
Drat move to Leeds and gain immediate residency at Royal Park Cellars...
Drat wanted to move from Belfast to a city in England which had a strong venue with a promoter dedicated to nurturing new talent.
Chilli to film video at Royal Park...
Chilli have chosen the Royal Park Cellars as the location for the video that will be released in support of their debut single Killing Me b/w Nobody Knows and Easy Loving.
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.
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.
Bands wanted for Clarence Park Festival ...
It's that time of the year again when the Wakefield Music Collective announce that they are wanting to hear from bands and artists who would like to be considered for this year's Clarence Park Festival - Clarence 15.
God love Alkaline Trio, the unflappable red and black macabre attack are one of those one-of-a-kind bands that unassailably distinguish themselves from the pack and become a staple ingredient of your listening diet with inherent ease.
Roundhay Park to host the Back2Back Music Festival in July...
Roundhay Park will host the Back2Back Music Festival at the end of July, with national acts such as G4 and Girls Aloud set to appear across the two-day event.
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.
Royal Park temporary closure announced
Panama Promotions have anounced that the Royal Park Cellars will be closed from 30th November to 15th December inclusive while the pub is re-furbished.
It all sits a bit on knife-edge this one; I can't be the only one that feels it. The sweet, sweet taste of anticipation impregnates ever fibre of my body and, in empathy with a dog on heat, I pace round the Refec like a chained beast.
Those of us braving the wind and rain on Sunday night were treated to a quality evening of unplugged entertainment as the Well played host to another Naked Bar Guitar evening.
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).
Bloc Party @ Leeds Festival 2005
Three days, four nights (five, even, if you're hardcore, or none if you're of the wired, Lucozade Tablet-guzzling insomniac variety), thousands of lovely boys attentive to the lure of (so) many an alluring female, two hundred bands, two million pints of Carling and two famed yellow wellies; it's all about numbers.
Proper Charlies: Andy Roberts catches up with Charly Six prior to their Royal Park gig...
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.
Andy Roberts talks to Brody ahead of their end of year festivities at the Royal Park...
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.
Christmas cheer in Hyde Park as the Brudenell Social Club receives a £10,000 lottery award
The future of the Brudenell Social Club in Hyde Park looks safer this week after an application for £10,000 of lottery money was successful - the grant will be paid on Christmas Day.
Band profile for the band Mike Park
Band profile for the band Park and Ride
Band profile for the band Maximo Park
Band profile for the band Fairmount Park
This Ormskirk 3-piece are like a band from a mould - Ash's head, Blink 182's arms, Sum 41's torso, Jimmy Eat Worlds legs...
Band Profile: The Royal Park Orchestra
acoustic jazz folk rumba
Marilyn Manson @ Leeds Festival 2005
Before we delve into those cavernous vodka-marinaded archives of Leeds Festival 2005, I'll quickly make a short, sweet statement of truth.
Comedy nights are no joke at Royal Park
Panama Promotions have announced that Hyena Lounge Comedy Nights - planned for Thursdays throughout January, February and March, will not after all take place.
Stagger Review (Royal Park Cellars - April)
Stagger take to the stage and immediately the toe-tapping and accepting nods begin - even from the hardened faction of indie-kids.
First bands announced for Clarence Park Free Music Festival...
The Wakefield Music Collective have spent the last few months listening to over 100 demos, going to see as many bands as possible, scouring the internet and music press, and are pleased to announce the first batch of bands we hope to confirm for the ever popular free music festival.
It's a busy month for Leeds quintet Duels. A slot at T In The Park, two singles and the release of the band's eagerly awaited debut album, "The Bright Lights & What I Should Have Learned". Sophie Barnes asks the questions...
Leeds bands announced for V and Glastonbury Festivals...
With the announcements now coming through for the summer festivals across the country, a few Leeds bands have caught the eye.
Malibu Stacey round off a whirlwind first year with the release of their debut album...
Malibu Stacey round off a whirlwind first year in existence with the release of their debut album and a Leeds gig at Royal Park Cellars!
Feldspar win 'Local & Unsigned' 2008 competition
Following the success of the 'Local & Unsigned' competition launched by Park Lane College Leeds and Radio Aire in 2006, the competition was this week held for the third year running.
Venue announces in-house photography service...
For the new season of gigs at the Royal Park Cellars the venue will be unveiling a gallery of work by their official in-house photographer Kevin Petch.
Brainwash Festival II revealed
19th-21st October will see the second Brainwash Festival take place at the Brudenell Social Club and Royal Park Cellars venues in Leeds, and once again all profits will be going to charity.
The line up for Clarence 15 (free music festival) is announced...
The Wakefield Music Collective have this week announced the line up for their annual festival. Clarence 15, a free music festival, is scheduled to take place in Clarence Park (Wakefield) on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st July, with pre-festival gigs at The Snooty Fox on the Thursday and Friday.
Architecture In Helsinki @ Brudenell Social Club
The first two local bands on; Sky Larkin and Wild Beasts showed themselves be among the new vanguard of bands making, as the saying goes "future music".
The Scaramanga Six head out on tour...
The Scaramanga Six, the band 'who slay when they play', set out on a tour of the country in February to coincide with the release of the new album on Wrath Records titled Strike!
Blame Dave began life in the summer of 2005. All original music from this 4 piece pop band. We got off the ground with 5 or 6 gigs this year including Unity Day, Grove Festival, Royal Park and the Primrose.
Xi coach details for Scarborough support slot with Spear of Destiny
Leeds guitar rock band Xi - known for casting more than a passing nod in the direction of Metal and Goth - have been invited to support Spear of Destiny at Scarborough's shortly-to-open venue The Kazbah on Sunday March 30th.
Malibu Stacey to release debut album "On Heat"...
Malibu Stacey will be releasing their debut album, On Heat on Monday October 20th. It will be available initially at gigs and through the band's official website.
ODi release a new single on 1st February
The brand new single from ODi, titled "What You Deserve", will be released on 1st February. Available through Littlest Mojo Recordings the track was produced by Karl Odlum (Fionn Regan, The Frames, Gemma Hayes).
A two-track offering from a none-more-indie band from Wetherby. "Digital Girl" isn't a bad song but it does sound a bit like it should be soundtracking a night in the Camden Good Mixer circa 1995.
folk punk
The Music to release "Live At The Blank Canvas" on DVD...
The Music release a DVD of their live performance at Leeds Blank Canvas on September 1st through Hut Recordings.
Leeds Festival 2004 goes ahead....
Mean Fiddler have been granted permission by Leeds City Council to host Leeds Festival at Bramham Park again this year.
And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots @ Royal Park Cellars
The Royal Park Cellars always seems to guarantee a sweaty, close atmosphere, and tonight's gig proves no exception.
Andrew Pollard - Guitar, vocals Joe O'Sullivan - Guitar John Ford - Bass Neil Turpin - Drums Polaris began in the autumn of 1993 in the Hyde Park area of Leeds.
Nikoli to release their third single - "Stay Safe Tonight" - in September
Nikoli release their third single on 2nd September, the first of two to be released this year on their own East Park Records label.
Bands wanted for Billy Bragg birthday bash...
Leeds 6 guitar shop Rockshack and venue Royal Park Cellars are getting together to jointly promote a charity show to celebrate the birthday of agit-prop rocker Billy Bragg - and the singer himself has backed the show by nominating a charity and donating a signed photo to raffle.
Started in 2000 Played Leeds Festival 2001 thanks to the Futuresound competition Headliners at Green Head Park All-Dayer festival for Huddersfield City Council 2nd place in the 2002 HiFi Club Battle of the Bands (Leeds) Invited to headline Motorcross Freestyle Competition 2003 at Shefield HallamFM Arena
Last Night's TV release a new album "Letters Without Envelopes" on February 7th...
Last Night's TV will release a new album - titled "Letters Without Envelopes" - on February 7th on their Demon Suitcase Records label.
Piranha Deathray are four camper than camp indie fops who look set to steal the Scissor Sisters' crown for most gloriously tongue in cheek band around.
Release date announced for Malibu Stacey album "On Heat"
Malibu Stacey have announced that their album On Heat, originally scheduled for release in 2003, will now be available from Monday, 12th July on the Townsend-Universal record label.
Smilex are from Oxford. They're inventive and spirited and should do a fizzing stir-fry of set at the Royal Park Cellars when they come to Leeds on November 1st.
Heavey melodic guitar/electronic rock with an edge of darkness
Band Profile: The Jenny Pilgrims
The Jenny Pilgrims are four-piece band based in Hyde Park, Leeds. Featuring a Russian, a southerner, a country-bumpkin and a rug doctor from Brum, The Jenny Pilgrims are the most diverse band yet seen in Leeds (probably).
When accompanied by the Matrix Reloaded from which it is taken, POD's Sleeping Awake will provide acceptable background music for you walk out of the cinema saying "wow did you see that bit when...?".
Charly Six announce debut single release...
Get Drunk, Screw, Get High, the debut single from Charly Six is available now for £2. Recorded at House of Mook it includes the tracks Cut You Off and Dead Young/Dead Gone and will be available when the band make their live return at the Royal Park on Friday 4th April.
Leeds Rock Focus 2003 in aid of Amnesty International...
Bank Holiday Monday (5th May) sees Leeds Rock Focus 2003 at Royal Park Cellars, an all dayer in aid of Amnesty International.
Brainwash Festival: two venues and over thirty bands and all in aid of charity!
The idea behind the Brainwash Festival is simple: to bring together the finest artists this country has to offer.
Local musicians turn out to raise money for Leeds Women's Aid
A recent Cool Acoustics charity fundraiser (Royal Park Cellars, 23rd October) has raised £90 for Leeds Women's Aid, an agency that assists female victims of domestic violence and other forms of abuse.
Capital State sign record deal
Capital State have signed a recording contract with London-based record label, Out of Time. The label is licensed by an un-named major label.
Field Music: Write Your Own History
The shining, swirling, sun-drenched pop with peculiar but often alluring percussion that made up Field Music's self-titled album is, unsurprisingly, the staple of this B-sides collection.
Leeds Festival 2003 line up announced...
Leeds Festival 2003 line-up has now been officially announced: on Friday 22nd August the Main Stage will be headlined by Metallica and System of a Down.
More bands added to Leeds Festival 2003 line up...
Mean Fiddler have this week announced additional acts scheduled to play at Leeds Festival: Interpol, Electric Six, The Libertines, Primal Scream, Junior Senior and Hot Hot Heat.
Tonight brings together three fine, but different, bands for a Satellite magazine special at the Royal Park Cellars, and by the end of the night a decent sized audience has gathered, perhaps 50 or so, to see the headline act of Mir.
'Cool Acoustics Volume 1' DVD to be released on 11th February
Cool Acoustic Promotions have this week announced the official release date of their DVD 'Cool Acoustics Volume 1' will be 11th February 2008.
Having been told that The Cellars have been overhauled and improved, I was certainly interested which prompted my attendance tonight.
License approved for Leeds Festival 2005...
Leeds Festival 2005 had its license approved yesterday evening during a meeting at Leeds Civic Hall. This will be the third year that the festival has taken place at its more recent home of Bramham Park with this year's festival taking place between 26-28th August.
Leeds based band Decree are Pippa Beaumont (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass) and Abby Mottram (harmonies,lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass).
The Music confirmed to play Lollapalooza 2003...
The Music are confirmed to play Lollapalooza 2003. The band will play 14 shows on the US festival tour through August before rounding off their world tour with headline appearances on the NME stage at Reading and Leeds festival in the UK.
O Fracas to release a new single in November 2007
Leeds band O Fracas are set to release a new single in November. The limited edition "Factfinding EP" will be available on 10" Vinyl (500 copies ony) and Digital Download formats from Monday 12th November.
Dungeonfest III details and line up released...
For the third year running, the Royal Park Cellars plays host to the annual underground metal extravaganza that is Dungeonfest.
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.
The Pigeon Detectives release 'Everybody Wants Me' on 28th July
Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives have this week announced the release of a new single, 'Everybody Wants Me'.
Band Profile: Spitfire Charlie
indie rock
Band Profile: The Ultimate Sound Of Dirty Dancing
Prepare to take a trip back in time to the summer of 1962 when Baby, on a summer vacation with her family at Kellermans Holiday Park, meets Johnny Castle, the dance instructor.
Band Profile: Robert J Langley
Rob has been playing around Leeds for several years as a member of Hyde Park Times, more recently with Feluka and on his own, playing such disparate styles as pop, folk, soul, rock, jazz, funk, world, ska, reggae, psychedelia, avant garde and pretty much anything else you'd care to mention.
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.
The Pigeon Detectives: I'm Not Sorry
As the latest members of the Dance to the Radio revolution, The Pigeon Detectives are a wonderful example of all that is great and glorious about playing your guitar fast, loud and angular.
Dawn Parade @ Royal Park Cellars
Unison take to the stage sporting interesting T-shirts, boy band hair cuts and are apparently very new to the music scene; however, they don't actually show it a great deal.
Wireless Festival 2006: tickets available now...
The line up for the Wireless Festival 2006 was announced this week, with the event taking place across two days at Harewood House in Leeds as well as its original home at Hyde Park in London, and tickets are now available.
The Cribs release the album "The New Fellas" on 20th June...
The Cribs new album "The New Fellas" is released on Monday 20th June and formats include a special edition with a bonus 12-track live album recorded at the band's show in Leeds last month.
Press releases are strange things. Take Kansas quartet Conner for example - "away from the scrutiny of a music scene such as New York or LA..." One can only imagine that if Conner did come from New York they would be described as "hailing from the hotbed of America's music scene" or something or other.
If your not a member of the denim cut off, shoulder-length hair & patterned bandana club. King Nothing wont lure you into the fold. For anyone who likes their rock more over-the-top than Rikki Rocket's hairdos, this'll go down better than Jack!
Duels to release their debut album on July 31st
Leeds' five piece Duels will release their debut album on Monday, 31st July. The 11-track CD, titled "The Bright Lights & What I Should Have Learned" (Nude/V2), includes the current single "Brothers And Sisters" as well as "Animal", "Pressure On You" and the band's 2005 debut single "Potential Futures".
It's hard not to think the worst when a band talks on their website about making "the big push" and send a proud-as-punch biog that name drops supports with James Blunt.
The Rakes: Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)
The Rakes sound like a million different bands, they talk about the same ambiguous subject matter as a million others but yet The Rakes do seem to hold a very special concentration of charm to single them out for extra attention.
Leeds Festival to include a dedicated stage to showcase Northern bands...
Leeds Festival 2005 will feature an extra stage of music this year, its specific purpose being to showcase bands from the North of England.
acoustic indie rock
four day Hombre @ Royal Park Cellars
Things must be looking up for a venue when it is chosen by independent record labels to showcase breaking talent at nights headlined by top local acts.
Noise á Noise: Looking Ahead EP
Hailing from Los Angeles and yet taking influences from such UK stalwarts as the The Kinks, Buzzcocks and The Jam.
News from Leeds-based zine/club/website Dotdash...
This month there will not be a standard magazine available. Instead, on December 10th the DOTDASH YEARBOOK 2003 will be unleashed on a ravenous and deserving public.
Calvin Johnson @ Brudenell Social Club
"Well hello, my name is Calvin Johnson, thank y'all for being here. I'm just gonna do my thing baby and you do yours." And there he was, the main man of Dub Narcotic Sound System and Beat Happening, alone on the stage of a northern social club with only an acoustic guitar for company.
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.
GF93: The Bloody Bastard Remixes
I have never heard of GF93, but I've met a lot of bastards in my time. You know the type, the ones who don't have a father.
Placebo's gender bending lo-fi pop sounds are still as popular as they ever were and their last record, "Sleeping with Ghosts" quietly sold over 4 million copies.
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 Royal Park Cellars is a fine venue: a PA and sound engineer that rival Joseph's Well, great lighting effects and its own bar.
LS6 Bands Tent line up announced for Unity Day 2006
Joseph's Well and The Engine Room have today announced the line up for the bands tent at Unity Day 2006, the Leeds 6 community festival taking place on Hyde Park on Saturday, August 5th.
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.
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.
Further line up announcements made for Leeds Festival 2005...
Mean Fiddler have today announced additions to the line up for Leeds Festival 2005. Friday's Main Stage line up now includes Alkaline Trio, Turbonegro and Bullet For My Valentine.
New internet radio show targets the Leeds music scene
Based in Glasgow, Radio Magnetic has long been at the forefront of new media and new music and has this week announced a new monthly on-demand show specialising in Leeds' local music and clubbing scene.
Jamaican legend to headline the annual Leeds Reggae Concert
The annual Leeds Reggae Concert celebrates its 21st anniversary on August 26th with one of Jamaica's biggest stars, Freddie McGregor.
Wild Beasts to release a new single on Bad Sneakers Records
On 23rd April, Leeds band Wild Beasts will release their second single on the Leeds-based Bad Sneakers Records label.
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.
Dance Stage headliners announced for Leeds Festival 2005...
Mean Fiddler have today announced the headliners for the Dance Stage at this year's Leeds Festival at Bramham Park.
Cardboard Cowboy announce single and album releases...
Cardboard Cowboy released their debut album 'Unload Your Head' on Monday 5th July and will follow it with the single "Bless My Soul" on August 2nd - both via the band's own "Slapdash Records" label.
Filling the void after original headliners Plastic Passion pulled out at short notice, The Remains performed the valiant task of entertaining an audience who had been making the most of the (mostly) remarkably summery weather at Hyde Park Unity day.
Band Profile: Those Freeloaders
Those Freeloaders were founded in Leeds in late 2006 by four students from the College of Music, Bruce (bass), Petchy (guitar, vocals, piano and general northern abuse), Liam (guitar and vocals) and Sammy (drums).
Irrepressible Indie-Pop upstarts The Lodger return to the recorded arena after a brief sojourn writing songs and making badges to showcase a rather fine pair of well-penned ditties.
Here's what I wrote for the lovely Sandman magazine in September 2005 ...
Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs will been confirmed as headliners for two shows at the O2 Wireless Festival taking place in London (Hyde Park) and Leeds (Harewood House) this summer.
Three day music spectacular: Brainwash Festival III returns to Leeds
The Brainwash Festival will return to Leeds for a third year on the weekend of 17-19th October having hosted Oceansize, This Et Al, iLiKETRAiNS, Clark, Youthmovies, Unsane, Adem and many more over the last couple of years.
Fulc begin recording a follow up to "Biting Insomnia"
Leeds based Fulc return to the studio in October to record the follow up to last year's album "Biting Insomnia".
Local bands have their chance of radio airplay
Ridings FM continues to show its commitment to the up and coming music scene with the Local Music Update, every Thursday evening at 9.15pm.
After the success of 2002's debut album "Turn on the Bright Light", Paul Banks and the Interpol boys return for their solid follow up record "Antics".
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.
Timeless Music Project release CD box set of Huddersfield talent...
Huddersfield's Timeless Music Project have released a special limited edition 3 CD box set of purely Huddersfield Music.
The Printed Sound: A Tale Of Two Cities
Nice name. Nice sound. First track 'A Tale of Two Cities' is a nice little stomp of a song, all plodding beats and clean, choppy guitar stabs.
Fight! Fight! Fight! While Leeds pats itself on the back for being the epicentre of new wave pop-rock it could be ambushed by its angry southern Sheffield siblings with a fair slap round the chops and a firm size 10 in the arse.
lo-fi rock
God Speed You Black Emperor! @ St George's Hall (Bradford)
God Speed You Black Emperor! come from Canada. They wear shirts, buy amplifiers and get scared by tall buildings.
Band Profile: Frankie Eisenhower
country blues rock
Xi sign national agency/management deal...
Leeds' Xi have announced that they are now part of the Pogomotion roster, alongside such up-and-coming acts as Candyheads and B-Movie Heroes.
If Cardboard World carried the sub-title "Made for an American market only" then so many stereotypes on one record could be forgiven.
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.
The melancholy guitar swirling and reflective lyrics of The Somatics' eponymous debut album quickly evoke thoughts of aspirations unrealised and of opportunities spurned.
Beautiful Feet @ Royal Park Cellars
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that as much as anything else when it comes to gigs, the 'flow' of an evening's entertainment is as important as the quality of the music in catching and holding people's attention.
Alexisonfire: Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints
Alexisonfire are back. Whether that's a good thing or not is another matter. The single's title does not give much away.
The Seven Inches @ Royal Park Cellars
Kaftans! Fezes! Transformers! Lambchop sidies! Spazzy dancing! For the best-kept secret on a saturated indie scene, The Seven Inches are about as inconspicuous as a meat truck at a Morrissey concert.
The Crimea: White Russian Galaxy
The Crimea's debut major label single, "Lottery Winners On Acid", was championed by Zane Lowe and MTV2, and became a minor hit (read: chart disappointment).
If it is the quick fix, immediate hook and simple pop satisfaction you seek then you won't find it here.
The Lost 45s UK: We Were Storming
So. Three quick tracks, blasted out in double quick time to give the punters a taste of what's in store.
When I moved to Leeds 15 years ago, the first gig I saw was in Lister Park, Bradford, with a packed crowd enjoying the sounds of The Wedding Present, who were on a stage in the middle of a lake.
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.
The Kinison: You'll Never Guess Who Died
We're only a couple of weeks into the New Year and already the influx of poor quality, tight t-shirt wearing, American emo fuckwits has begun.
This must be the aural equivalent of what happens when one of those people who try to make themselves look like Dracula smiles 'cause they're, y'know, happy and stuff.
Despite what NME would have you believe the future of music is not all about "angular guitars". Nor, as The Guardian asserts, is Leeds simply the centre of the universe for Dark Metal and Goth musical inspiration.
The eagerly and long-awaited appearance of Eminem - exactly a year late in fact - rounding off Friday night on the main stage in Leeds, was a show of two halves - neatly mirroring those two much-debated characters.
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.
Emerging in the late 80s Senser were one of the first bands to bring us rap-metal. As innovators of the scene they were doing something new and refreshing.
Farming Incident: Our Glorious Five Year Plan
The black sheep of the Wrath Records family, Farming Incident have been ploughing (ouch) their trade in these fields, as it says on the tin, for five years or so.
Six more bands announced for Leeds Festival 2003...
More Main Stage bands have been announced today for Leeds Festival 2003. Those band include: Jay Z, Junior Senior, Lost Prophets, Bowling For Soup, The Used and Finch.
Kaiser Chiefs @ Leeds Festival 2006
An overnight deluge and a mixed weather forecast haven't dampened the spirits of the 65,000 festival goers, who return happy, but tired, for another joyous day at Bramham Park.
Over 10,000 additional tickets made available for Leeds Festival 2005...
Following a meeting of the licensing committee of Leeds City Council today Mean Fiddler have announced that their application for an increase in the capacity of Leeds Festival 2005 has been successful.
Nu-metal has become increasingly popular over recent years, so much so that it can now be afforded its own place in the compilation CD market, no longer confined to an occasional Kerrang cover disk; one such recent compilation is the Supercharged album, a twenty track mix of nu-metal, pop-punk and primarily Americanised, now mainstream, rock marketed directly to the young kids at Garage and Star.
Bloody hell. A band who site The Beach Boys as influences are hard to come by nowadays... Thankfully The Composers aren't one of those bands who say someone is an influence when in reality only have one song on mp3 which they kinda like.
The Pigeon Detectives announce BBC One Big Weekend and BBC TV appearances
The Pigeon Detectives have today announced that they will be returning to play at Radio One's Big Weekend event.
Serious Aeolian Belfry: What The Hell Is This?
Psychedelia mocks disco ... musical perfectionist stomps all over the opposition ... satirist derides weenus worship ...
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.
Unsigned Stage to return to Leeds Festival for a second year
Last week we revealed details of the Futuresound competition, through which six local bands get the opportunity to play at the Leeds Festival (Bramham Park, August Bank Holiday weekend) and this week follows the announcement of the Lee Unsigned Stage, undoubtedly the success story of the festival in 2005.
The duo of Rodrigo Y Gabriela have wowed crowds at Glastonbury and Womad with their amazing guitar skills.
Futuro: Keep It Short And Keep It Simple
ART ROCK! Wait, it sounds like Maroon 5. Hmm. Known in hip circles for my LURVE of ART ROCK! (not really scarf yielders) and Maroon 5 (of course, I love them.
If anyone's guilty of throwing the term "sounds like Tool" around, then it's me, and maybe Simon Glacken, but in this case, Broken have obviously been studying their copies of 'Lateralus' and 'Aenima'.
four day Hombre @ Royal Park Cellars
Tonight brought together three great bands for the re-birth of the Panama Nights, now scheduled for every Saturday at the Royal Park Cellars.
Line up announced for Leeds Festival 2005 ...
The line up for the Carling Weekend Leeds Festival 2005 was announced this evening. The festival takes place at Bramham Park, nr Leeds between 26th and 28th August and is a dual venue event with bands and line ups coordinated with a similar site in Reading.
Attic Lights: Friday Night Lights
Imagine The Beach Boys, throw in a little of The Feeling with a dash of McFly. Add in string arrangements provided by Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn & John and you get Attic Lights, one of the most promising new bands of the year.
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.
A return to the city he calls home, for David Gedge, in his most famous incarnation, this was always going to be an emotional affair and a sweep through a 20 year-old back catalogue proved to be just that.
Hot Club De Paris: Drop It Till It Pops
I was looking forward to hearing this album having heard Everyeveryeverything and missing them supporting Maximo Park because of an inability to read my watch.
Unity Day 2004 stage line ups announced...
The annual community festival that is Unity Day takes place on Woodhouse Moor (Hyde Park) on Saturday 7th August and the official stage line ups have been announced.
The Royal Park Cellars has a rapidly growing reputation, and gets better every time you catch a band down here.
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.
The Xenith Sound: Fear is the Enemy
Xenith Sound are all about lovingly recreated classic rock with very meaty guitar lines cutting under Toff Banks' soulful and gutsy voice.
Jonny's Nubile Disco @ Carpe Diem
It's Leeds Festival Weekend and the majority of Leeds' revellers seemed to have poured to Bramham Park as many folk stagger around the City centre in wellies and, for girls, the obligatory tiny denim shorts and aviators.
Local venue to introduce a controversial booking rule...
Possibly a reflection of the sheer number of live music venues in the city at the moment is the decision by a local venue promoter to introduce a policy of expecting bands to observe a three week exclusion zone for local gigs: that means no shows during the three weeks before and after their gig.
¡Forward, Russia! release "Eighteen" on 24th July
¡Forward, Russia! release a new single on Monday 24th July. Taken from their début album, "Eighteen" will be available on three physical formats, each with different B-sides, as well as on digital download format.
The Stations: This Globe Can Be Upgraded
With catchy songs, bold lyrics and raw vocals The Stations' second EP stands firmly in the category of "New-wave Indie", (as opposed to "Shoegazeing", 90s-style Indie).
The Charlatans @ Leeds Festival 1999
Well the year goes fast doesn't it? Another year and yet another festival at Leeds' Temple Newsam Park and yet again this is another one that we all enjoyed.
Festival Republic Stage line-up announced for Leeds Festival 2008
The Leeds Festival organisers have today revealed the line-up for the first Festival Republic Stage (formerly Carling Stage).
There's a lot to be said for matching a performer with the perfect venue. Last time I saw Becky Duke was a couple of weeks ago at the Royal Park, and despite putting on a wonderful show, the often noisy in-crowd banter couldn't help but detract from the intimacy in the music.
Interview: And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
Dan Pullinger catches up with The Robots before their Out of Spite festival appearance...
An electro-guitar experimentalist five piece named after James Bond's original weapon of choice before the now legendary Walther PPK, Berretta formed in Leeds in 2001.
Leeds Festival 2006 line up announced...
The line up for the Leeds Festival 2006 was announced this evening with a few Leeds bands amongst those appearing.
The Scaramanga Six @ Royal Park Cellars
Sheffield noise mongers POLON pose a curious schizophrenia question. Just what is it that they want to be?
SOUTH LEEDS BANDS & MUSICIANS... *TURN IT UP!*
TURN IT UP! IS PART OF THE "I LOVE SOUTH LEEDS FESTIVAL" AND IS A COMPETITION SHOWCASING THE BEST BANDS, MUSICIANS, SINGERS AND DJs FROM THE MULTITUDE OF TALENT BASED IN SOUTH LEEDS!
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.
I was supposed to be going to Josephs Well tonight to see Brody, Sugarvalve and Catylyst. Unfortunately they cancelled, so I rang my friends and said, hey no problem I'm definitely coming to see you guys now, only to check the discussion board and see that it had been rearranged at Royal Park and was going ahead as planned aaaahhhhhh!!!
Scott Matthews: Passing Stranger
As contradictory as it sounds, 'Passing Stranger' is an album as worldly as it is firmly rooted to classic folk.
They hail from Wakefield. A lady I thank you and 3 Gentlemen folk. Spangly bittersweet guitar melodies been the sound that the masses may or may not sway along to.
The Charlatans @ Bingley Music Live 2007
As festival season 2007 draws to a close, I hopped on the train from Leeds for the 2nd day (and inaugural Sunday) of Bingley Music Live.
Leeds Festival 2004 weekend tickets sell out in record time...
Festival organisers, Mean Fiddler, have announced that weekend tickets for this year's Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival have totally sold out in record time.
Wakefield-based indie-pop five-piece.
Arriving early as I knew the small venue would be rammed, I am surprised that there is to be no live music until 8.30pm.
Sidearm are an ambitious and adventurous bunch. This idea-rammed CD of three songs shouts out "gi's a gig!" in a loud and convincing voice.
Benjamin Wetherill @ Cardigan Arms
Smashy bang. Quite a few gigs on tonight and I decide to go see Leeds' best dressed gentlemen and a bag load of bands he has decided to grace the Cardy Army with.
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.
Stagger - Melodic-indie/Post-punk Leeds based band
Daniel Powell gets ten minutes with Dallas Green, the man behind City And Colour.
From the depths of Zebra Industries, I'm clouted on the back of the head by a very interesting three track demo CD of side project material.
Whole Sky Monitor: We Grow Up EP
Whole Sky Monitor start from a great name and a well tended niche in the Leeds music scene. We have a confident guitar band here, with strong drumming and top production values.
Pearl Jam @ Leeds Festival 2006
Another year, another chance for the great pillaging hordes of festival-goers to descend upon Branham Park for a weekend of music, debauchery and the chance to stick two fingers up at "the man" by paying three quid for a pint of beer.
Many more bands added to Leeds Festival 2003 line up...
More Main Stage and Radio One Stage bands have been announced today for Leeds Festival 2003. Those bands include: Staind, The Darkness, Cave In, The Thrills, The Kills, Jet, Grandaddy, Hell is for Heroes, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Radio 4 and The Raveonettes.
Fran Rodgers @ Leeds Festival 2008
When I first read that Fran Rodgers had been chosen to play on the rather large Festival Republic Stage in a large marquee at the very early time of midday I was worried.
Action Directe: Cognitive Dissidents
You can just see these two guys banging out this music wearing black berets with shoe polish on their noses sat in a nuclear bunker that is actually the basement of their house in Hyde Park, Leeds.
"Innovative four piece with a hybrid sound comprised of Funk, Rock and Soul."
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.
Every time I go to the Packhorse, Leeds seems to be in the middle of a hurricane or similar. The walk from the city centre up to Hyde Park is a blustery and soaking one, but once inside things start to pick up immensely, with one of the most impressive local lineups at the venue in some time.
Little Japanese Toy @ Royal Park Cellars
"Rock Rock Rock Ambient", say the signs on entry to a cosy but not full Royal Park, as those gathered prepare for a four-band show courtesy of Nyevsky Prospect.
Zapped By A Million Volts: What's The Miles Per Gallon, Alan?
The world is going to end and we're all going to die. Good - no more Sharon Osbourne, Davina McCall or patriotic Scottish tennis fans.
Kava Kava are a real band doing clubs and festivals with total commitment to the music they love. It's acid funk and it's live on stage with pounding drums, big guitar and wah wah pedals.
Northern Theremonic @ Royal Park Cellars
I came tonight for only the second time to the Royal Park pub and I was indeed a Panama Virgin. I had heard good things about Steve Kind and his nights and was eager to find out if they were true.
You may remember Hayley Avron as one third of Leeds garage-indie types The Tennessee Traincrash. While I have to admit I wasn't a particularly big fan of theirs, her new guise as an acoustic singer-songwriter is, it has to be said, a big improvement on the Strokes-lite indie of her old band.
Dr Octopus @ Royal Park Cellars
Brass Moustache - the first of two excellent bands at the Royal Park cellars, a band with a definite influence from the well esteemed 'Cake'.
With the gloom of winter still maintaining its depressing stranglehold, a night of typically eclectic ensembles at Josephs Well is the only beacon of light on a bitter Monday night.
Xi are bunkered deep down on the dark side. They're Tommy Vance Jedi, in spangled cowls, trailing phosphorescent axes as if the Heavy Meal Ancestors still strode the Earth.
four day Hombre @ Royal Park Cellars
"i found a skull today by the motorway its bone was paper thin could crack under anything" because drat create fiercely intelligent ferociously random observational songs with two guitars a bass a drums and a notebook that lends catchy loops to some of the quirkiest yet shamelessly honest compositions i've encountered for a while sung through telephones bolted to microphone stands following introductions every bit as surreal i mean songs about bells palsy don't hit you in the face very often even if youd only half notice when they did but drat are an aural and visual acyclovir-prednisone cocktail tasting of smile on my lips which is of course a first rate thing as the bending notes plus quirky chords swish with sway around the busy buzzy royal park cellars where there are no s m u k punk royal girls stretching today but lots of untailored folk instead even sitting on the floor which is effective although i wouldnt as its covered in stout spilt earlier but got away with i think a sample lyric might shed some light so theres one at the top of the page on their exemplary website there is brittle pale blue and theres even a guitar tuner so go and observe for yourself four day hombre get better and healthier every time i glimpse them which hasn't been enough lately but sufficient to see their hair grow out as their songs strengthen until i love the choruslines that flex and spin like simone clarke like on don't go gently where they probably really did give it away but its okay to remember and reflect that if your miss u contestant did thump you in the chest it was probably just to keep you going believe me sometimes thats more than you deserve child then the im sorry song lifts the place back up in a flurry of oxymoronic harmony joy soon theres drink too both beer and tea which is apt since four day hombre are so very english sounding by which by i suggest they are eloquent when using its not like it used to be you need to download the video you need to offload but in the interim simon or richie or both can do that for you by proxy while you put your hand in the back pocket of those jeans but not to buy the boys the drinks they request from the stage maybe later because right now bathed in red light he looks like john cale before the nobodys little girl song resolves and until the epic single room wends steadfastly into the night we don't have to go home from for a while yet
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 New Drifters @ Denby Dale Festival
Whilst the V Festival as happening at Weston Park and Chelmsford and the Moor Festival at Ilkley, I chose to spend my weekend at the Festival at Denby Dale.
Quite an eventful Saturday evening in the end. Firstly, I chatted away to Aeon prior to the Juno-2 gig at Royal Park Cellars - the interview should appear on the site in the next week or so - and then I bumped into Bella.
The Amazing Pilots @ Royal Park Cellars
Any band with a name containing the word "fury" give you a huge hint as to what they're going to sound like before playing a note, so it's no surprise that Two Wheel Fury provide a riotous, fun affair ranging from punk to alternative rock sounds.
The Long Ryders @ Irish Centre
I thought I saw some diplomat hawking secret plans in the park I thought I saw my President walking through Harlem late after dark In a world of love where they burn like Nero You write them a check and you then add zero ...
Eureka Machines @ Leeds Festival 2008
Eureka Machines charge up the whole show for the next three days by demolishing Friday's graveyard slot, tearing out classic rock songs like Saturday night was already half way through and speeding us all up to life-threatening pulse levels.
Despite having come down with the latest illness to be going around Leeds, I still tried my hardest to wrap up and get out to see London's Garlic, who were invited back to Leeds by Panama Promotions after being witnessed playing a storming set at the opening Strychnine Lounge.
Well this was my first time to the new live venue on the Leeds circuit that is The Kirkstall Lites, and boy was I impressed after the night was over!
Easy Now All Stars @ The Wardrobe
I hadn't been warned what to expect when I arrived at the wardrobe. I guess I was expecting a gig, followed by a DJ set.
Ben Daure caught up with Bo Madsen from Mew after their recent show at Leeds' Cockpit venue...
Lets clear one thing up before I write this review. I love Bloc Party. I can find very few criticisms of them.
It's cold, it's Friday night, it's the Royal Park Cellars and it's empty for Herrod's arrival on stage.
"We're in for a treat here," was my first thought when glimpsing this rather professional looking, although homemade, I'm assured, CD.
"Whoo!" I say. I say again; "Whoo!" Here comes a carriage of sparkling, squinty-eyed, broad-rocking, pippety-pop-drop-your-job-n'-roll from boys with brilliant accents and home-grown Sheffield oil splattered up their kecks.
More acts named for Leeds Carling Weekend Festival 2003...
More Main Stage, Radio One and Concrete Jungle Stage bands have been announced today for Leeds Festival 2003.
Disorganisation is an inherent human flaw and one that meant I arrived just in time for We Are The Physics but soon after Vincent Vincent and the Villains.
So, Royal Park Cellars has had a refurb, complete with new stage and drum riser (excellent, now I can see all the hard work normally hidden by the singers).
The Royal Park Cellars were decked out very differently tonight from how I have seen them previously.
Music to the ears of Leeds 6! Cloth Cat offer free music courses...
Cloth Cat continues to run a series of exciting free courses based around music in association with the Workers Education Association, for people in the Woodhouse & Hyde Park ward of Leeds.
It has to be said, upfront, that The Panama Nights are probably the most enjoyable gig nights in Leeds.
Band Profile: Girls Can't Dance
indie rock post-punk
The Cribs to headline the Radio One / NME Stage at Leeds Festival 2008
The line up for the Leeds Festival 2008 was revealed today, although it was not much of a surprise as one of the most-rumoured line ups of recent years was finally confirmed this evening.
Morrissey @ St George's Hall (Bradford)
Six years since we last saw the man they call Morrissey in this very same venue and a question hangs in the air as to whether he's still got it?
Official line up for Leeds Festival 2007 revealed
The line up for the Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival 2007 was announced at a special launch party at Leeds' Cockpit this evening, and with (accurate) rumours in plentiful supply on the internet over the past few months, there was little by way of surprise.
Instant Species: Meat Pie Argument
Instant Species have been on my musical horizon for a couple of years now. The presentation always looked professional and serious.
On our breaks at work we like to play a game. This is known as the 'mini challenge', where the first person to spot a mini in the packed supermarket car park wins.
Kill Manticore @ Royal Park Cellars
For all my scheming and plotting, it is the simple things in life that keep me most amused. Plans. I love plans.
Interview: Funeral for a Friend
John Harvey talks with Darren from Welsh emo hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, who recently headlined the NME tour in Leeds...
Thanks to the note at the bottom of the flyers I managed to get the bus up there this time (56/57), it's a long walk from town otherwise, but well worth it!
I never intended writing a review of this gig, especially as most of you were probably there anyway. But here goes ...
It is a tribute to the Leeds' live music scene, its followers and local promoters, that tonight boasts four completely different bands, completely different styles and, for yet another Lock & Load event, a top gig.
Mama Scuba @ Royal Park Cellars
Tonight is advertised as a "Leeds 6 Alternative Music Extravaganza" and by heck did promoters Panama get it right, for tonight they have booked perhaps the best three alternative bands I have seen in a long time, all local bands, all doing the city of Leeds proud, and as Steve Kind (Panama) put it when he introduced the headliners Mama Scuba, "I've been wanting to book this band for two years now" - it was well worth the wait!
Andy Roberts heads round to The Somatics' house for a cuppa and a chinwag about their debut platter, local themes canal spotting and how prog will be cool once they release their new album...
Chicken Legs Weaver: Street Cleaner EP
Royal Park Cellars' favourite Sheffield band Chicken Legs Weaver are unfeasibly good. Doing research on the band I have turned up virtually nothing.
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
1. You are showing your age. Zenith. If only we were allowed guns in the UK. Pete Docherty (the last remaining soap rocker© in the world) would be joining the list of M.I.A.s and personally we think that would be dull and boring.
It's a fine summer evening, and the majority of the population is basking in the glow of the cathode ray tube witnessing nefarious Nick being ejected from the Big Brother household.
The Rakes @ Leeds Festival 2006
It doesn't seem like two minutes since we left the rubble and wreckage of last year's festival behind and dispersed forth to the safe haven of a soft floor and a properly plumbed toilet.
Seemingly bursting out of nowhere from Queens, New York last year with debut 'The Fine Art Of Self Destruction' Jesse Malin won over a legion of fans with his punk-inspired yet, gentle, melodic and lyrically strong songs in the classic songwriter mould.
The Lodger @ Brudenell Social Club
People teemed like ants from the early evening into the comfort of the Brudenell Social Club - one of Leeds' best loved venues.
indie pop
Now I don't know a great deal about Ska, and I'm not overly familiar with punk, therefore I was really looking forward to tonight's gig, as I was sure it would be a bit of an eye opener for me.
Visa @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
Free pizza anyone? Not only do you get a bright and diverse 40 minute set from this Leeds based outfit, but you also bag yourself some unwanted pizza, compliments of the management (that is if you get there early enough.
If God was Scottish and in a band (and some troubled FF fans think he already is), by divine right he would be signed to Chemical Underground.
To say this was a popular night would be somewhat of an understatement. We were packed and packed in proper...
BRMC to replace White Stripes at Leeds Festival...
Festival promoters Mean Fiddler have announced that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will take the slot vacated by the White Stripes at this year's Leeds Festival.
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.
Grannys4skin: Inventing The Pildo EP
With their abrasive, cartoonish vocals and shock-tactic lyrics, Grannys4Skin aren't going to be to everyone's taste.
Flies are Spies from Hell @ Royal Park Cellars
For this sleep deprived reporter, the prospect of having to walk deep into Headingley on a Thursday evening, with an exam at 9 O'clock the next morning, was not a particularly inviting one, but none the less I upped the courage and made the effort.
Town. Okay. Everyone knows where town is right? That's a good place to start. Now, make your way up to Park Row.
Hatch @ Woodkirk Valley Country Club
A Friday night running up to the New Year and a last minute decision, and a very kind offer of a lift from Steve Kind, sees me travelling out to Woodkirk Country Club, former home to Strychnine Lounge gigs.
Foley (2) @ Royal Park Cellars
My first trip of 2004 into the deep dark depths of the Royal Park Cellars. It's often dirty rock you find emanating from the cellars but this evening it's an altogether more mellow collection of bands.
Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any
Oh it's so easy to laugh at Simple Plan. Rightfully so they fall foul to the butt of jokes from the majority of the cooler than thou music fans.
Immune @ Brudenell Social Club
After a short summer hiatus the Engine Room's cogs and pistons pumping again. As it splutters into action it's headliners Immune who emerge from the stifling smoke (machine) and jerk into industrial action.
The memories are hazy, the order of events may not be quite right but I know two things; beer flows freely in The Fav and amazingly it didn't rain, or at least certainly not enough to water down my Sol or to kill any of the musicians on stage.
Tonight was going to be another boring Monday night in as usual. I had planned to go the Faversham to see Four Day Hombre but as I hadn't got a clue where it was, and each of the maps I tried looking at all have different things on them, so I had resigned myself to not going.
Ten Floors, a totally unique 4-piece piano-based indie/rock band, are an act that have successfully established themselves as one of the most exciting and dynamic unsigned bands today, sweeping a breath of fresh air over the North of England, and beyond.
Tom Gourley @ Royal Park Cellars
A very full and very buzzing Royal Park Cellars had one hell of a night on Wednesday. Agent provocateur Thomas R.
The White Stripes @ Wireless Festival 2007
A festival on the grounds of a stately home sounds beautiful, and a week before the gig started the weather couldn't have been better.
Carling Stage bands announced for Leeds Festival 2003...
Bands have today been announced for the Carling Stages at Leeds Festival. The headliners are as follows: British Sea Power and Manitoba (Friday); Sparta and The Black Keys (Saturday); Billy Bragg and Brendan Benson (Sunday).
Seismic Loveshift @ Royal Park Cellars
After a day slogging round York, I thought some music was in order to round the night off. Having promised Seismic Loveshift I would try to see their full set this time (failed as usual - sorry!
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!
Smirnoff Experience Dance Arena line up announced for Leeds Festival...
Bands have today been announced for the Smirnoff Experience Dance Arena at Leeds Festival. The headliners are as follows: Lamb (Friday); Death in Vegas (Saturday); and Audio Bullys (Sunday).