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Counterfeit Magazine - A Music and Arts Magazine here to give support & exposure to new bands & artists and writers & photographers of any experience throughout the North of England.
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      Franz Ferdinand: O2 Academy, Leeds
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      Paul Weller: First Direct Arena, Leeds
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      Long Division Festival: Wakefield
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      Come Play: Various Artists
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    • Arcade Fire: Arena, Manchester
      Arcade Fire: Arena, Manchester
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      Girl Ray: The Leadmill, Sheffield
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Guy Atkinson

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Minus The Bear: The Cockpit, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Andrew Benge

Despite bearing a name that could only have been conjured up during an after-hours appointment with ‘Mary Jane’, Halifax four-piece ‘Wot Gorilla?’ deliver a…

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Cancer Bats: The Cockpit, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Lee Brown

The snapbacks and beanie hats are out in full force which can mean only one thing; there’s a hardcore band in town!   First support act Empress’ prog-metal leanings don’t…

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The Bronx: The Cockpit, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Carl Fleischer

There are few bands that embody the gnarled punk ethos quite like The Bronx and they used the suitably grotty surroundings of The Cockpit…

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And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Cockpit, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Oliver Wright

There aren’t many bands whose body of work provokes such wildly contrasting opinions quite like ‘…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’. For…

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Metz: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Adam Malcolm

The Brudenell Social Club has played host to more than its fair share of bone-crushing, ear-decimating gigs over the years, but there can’t have…

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Dinosaur Jr: University Union Stylus, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Andrew Benge

It’s been nearly 30 years since Dinosaur Jr. unleashed their scuzzy, distorted alt-rock through a suffocating haze of weed and if tonight’s evidence is anything to…

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Disastrochimp by Great Deeds

Written by Guy Atkinson

You only need to look at the comments under any music video on YouTube to witness people’s desperation to lump bands into a single…

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Esper Scout: Full Circle Arts Cafe, Leeds

Written by Guy Atkinson, photos by Adam Malcolm

The industrial nature of Full Circle Art Café’s location on Kirkstall Road is soon forgotten when you enter and realise that behind its unassuming…

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Kleine Schweine – The Party

Written by Guy Atkinson

The relative commercial success of Pulled Apart by Horses in recent years has mercifully allowed the Leeds music scene to crawl out from underneath the suffocating…

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