Azealia Banks: Plug, Sheffield
The freezing wintry weather had no effect on tonight’s attendance for an audience with New Yorker Azealia Banks as the show sold out several weeks ago along with all the other dates of…
Rizzle Kicks, Pepper, Random Impulse: The Plug, Sheffield
An unusual and scary sight awaited me and Nick at the Plug tonight in the form of a long queue, and when I say long, I mean extremely long. An excess of 2,000…
The Leisure Society: The Harley
Tweeting that this was their last gig before putting some hard graft into album number three, it was no surprise this Leisure Society gig had such an atmosphere. From a pub that was…
Paddy Orange, Blessa, Driftrun and Alvarez Kings: SOYO, Sheffield
SOYO Live keeps going from strength to strength; maybe it’s the cheap drinks, friendly crowds or even the great choice of bands on a Monday night? It could of course be a mixture…
Two Wounded Birds and Grouplove: Leadmill, Sheffield
A sell out gig at The Leadmill is always a good thing; tonight the Steel Stage is packed with people ready and bustling about for the musical delights ahead Two Wounded Birds and…
Decode, A Season Of Secrets, Steel Trees, 6Needles and Revalations: O2 Academy2, Sheffield
After venturing out in sub-zero temperatures we arrived at Academy2 for a night of rock/metal arranged by SB2 . Revelations, had just taken to the stage, a Chesterfield metalcore band with Brad Harkness…
Mad Colours and Slow Club: The Brudenell, Leeds
The Brudenell is buzzing with love for South Yorkshire. Supporting Sheffield’s Slow Club are Rotherham’s Mad Colours (almost-freshly reincarnated from The Heebie Jeebies), and bassist Del Hoyle is energetic enough for all his…
Young British Artists, Let’s Wrestle and The Twilight Sad: Queens Social Club, Sheffield
Any gig put on by Drowned in Sound Events always brings a diverse musical delight, tonight shows no difference for their premier gig of 2012, with the line up
Man Made, Marsicians and Howler: The Cockpit, Leeds
You would be wrong to brush the Marsicians under the carpet as just another teen Arctic’s-like indie band. They are in fact far from it. As the youngsters throw themselves into the first track…
Low Duo, Dan Williamson and James Ewan Tait: Great Gatsby, Sheffield
I wonder how everyone is going to fit into the tiny function room above the Great Gatsby, but half of Low Duo and gig organiser, Leigh, has put the space to good use….
Lindi Ortega and Sarah Mac: The Bowery, Sheffield
Lindi Ortega fits in perfectly with the Bowery’s vintage living room décor, to the point that I feel I’m watching a photo shoot. Two photographers are at the front, clicking away before she…
Rebecca Pronsky and Little Robots: The Green Room, Sheffield
You would never think, on the face of it, that Rebecca Pronsky is from New York. Her music is more reminiscent of a sound you would associate more with the southern states of…
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