Live Music: Frank Turner back on tour
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls seemingly never actually sleep. Following Turner’s world record attempt to play the most gigs in different cities in 24 hours, he’s back on the road with the band through July.
Live Review: Michael Kiwanuka – The Piece Hall, Halifax, 27.06.24
The early summer had been hot through June, but it wasn’t just the rain that brought the cool to Halifax’s Piece Hall last week. Michael Kiwanuka has been working his way through European festivals, on his way to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. His final stop before the legendary festival was the no less iconic …
Live Review: Fenne Lily – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 19.06.24
Ensconced stage left, Fenne Lily almost seems to offer centre stage to her band. However, it’s the songwriting and arrangement of the Dorset-born folk singer’s songs that really come to the fore throughout this intimate performance at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club. Up against the Euros, Lily expresses her gratitude that we have chosen to spend …
Live Review: Chromeo – Leeds, 09.06.24
Canadian electro-funk masters light up Project House in Leeds
Live Review: Taylor Swift – Liverpool, 13.06.24
Scarcely has the prospect of a person standing on stage and singing their songs generated the kind of excitement and anticipation that has enveloped the UK lately. But then, that person isn’t always the pop colossus that is Taylor Swift, nor the songs part of the biggest concert tour in history.
Live Review: Live At Leeds In The Park 2024
The end of May heralds the start of Festival Season and to kick things off, we have headed to Temple Newsam for Live At Leeds in the Park. In its third year, this is a great value one dayer that is, for many in attendance, their first festival foray of the year. There’s a good …
Live Review: Teenage Dads – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds – 27.05.24
Australian indie up-and-comers Teenage Dads brought their tour to Leeds last week, and gave a performance that stamps their mark on the scene and promised big things for the future. The band are mid-tour as they arrive in Leeds, having played in the US, around the UK before heading off into Europe before a well …
Live Review: HighSchool – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 16.05.24
Following the release of the latest EP, Accelerator, which we gave a resounding 9 out of 10 at Backseat Mafia, HighSchool hit the road on their European tour and we caught the show in Leeds. The Australian indie band bounced up the 3 steps on to the stage in Brudenell’s Community Room, but to a …
Track / Video: Lodestar bring the Hammer down with Cushing-inspired video
Experimental rock outfit Lodestar have released their latest offering – Bring Me The Head, taken from their upcoming long player Zonen, which is out tomorrow. It’s a moody, vengeful track that represents “the delusion that someone else is responsible for your woes. If only you could exact vengeance. Bring me the head of John the Baptist, …
Track: The Garrys return with their latest track
The Garrys return for the first time since their 2021 album Get Thee to a Nunnery, dropping their track Cakewalk, on May 3rd. The Garrys are very much a family affair, with Canadian sisters Lenore, Julia and Erica Maier starting out jamming in their parents house, before putting down their first album – Warm Buds …