Live at Leeds 2017: Part 1
As the sun steps over into the west I immediately escape it’s warming beams and duck into The Belgrave Music Hall for half an…
Jesca Hoop: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Tonight’s billing is one of singer-songwriters and, mercifully, from the moment he steps on stage with his accompanying cellist, Oliver Pinder confirms that he…
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Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
Occasionally, there are songs that grab your attention so firmly when they come on the radio that you know – even from perhaps just…
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Gold Panda – ‘Good Luck and Do Your Best’
Everywhere you look these days there are things telling you how important it is to get away from everyday life, to lift your head…
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She Drew the Gun – Memories of the Future
There’s a trend surrounding us at the moment, it’s been here for five or six years; somebody starts a band – they have a…
Public Service Broadcasting: Refectory, Leeds
Tonight’s support, All We Are, only take up a little bit of the stage but they make a decent noise with solid beats and…
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Ben Caplan – Birds with Broken Wings
‘Birds with Broken Wings’ is the second album release from Canadian songster and beard wielder, Ben Caplan. It has been four years since his…
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The Disfavoured Party – Inauguration
Bristol has a history of spawning bands with a message and with The Disfavoured Party it appears to have done it again.
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Fold
The promo material for Fold’s debut album makes a lot of the Leeds band’s similarity to Public Service Broadcasting (there is even a quote…
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LookOut: Early Cartographers
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the sound of Early Cartographers is a bit different; the collection of instruments, the song structure…
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Du Blonde – Welcome Back to Milk
It’s been a good while since Beth Jeans Houghton has produced any music and when you hear her latest release, under her new guise…
The Bohicas: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Today is the first real display of summer that the British Isles has dished out this year, an event flagged by the sun-and-cider-soaked figures…