Live Review
Live Review: Peace / The Moon – Queens Social Club, Sheffield. 31.01.2015
A dank winter night in Sheffield didn’t dampen anyones enthusiasm as indie high rollers, err, rolled into town for a date at the Queens Social Club in the Steel City. Up first are all-female four-piece, The Moon, who have just signed for the same label, Columbia Records. It’s hard to know what to make of …
Live: Peter Perrett – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 28.01.2015
Peter Perrett is living proof that there is absolutely no rhyme and reason to who becomes successful in the music biz. He was the frontman of the Only Ones who produced three brilliant albums, but all bombed despite massive critical acclaim, and an all-time stone classic single – Another Girl, Another Planet. Why that song …
Live Review: Mark Lanegan Band – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 24.01.2015
One word immediately springs to mind battling through the crush of bodies towards the stage tonight: oversold. The Trades Club is heaving to capacity on this Saturday night of the Heavenly Records weekend and the suspicion is that the huge demand for entrance has somehow overwhelmed the usually strict, but fair, security measures. I mark …
Live: J Mascis – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 17.1.15
With barely a glimpse to the crowd J.Mascis, founder member of Dinosaur Jr., takes to the stage at the Brudenell in front of a capacity sold out crowd. J. is known to be a man of few words and much prefers to let his music do the talking and with only the briefest of greetings …
Live Review: A Day To Remember – Sheffield O2 Academy
Confetti, a guy in a spider-man outfit firing t-shirts into the crowd and toilet paper. These are just a few of the things that A Day To Remember bring along to their shows for the fans to enjoy. Add to that a crowd that has been one of the most responsive I’ve seen at a …
Live Review: Lost in Olympus / Into the Diode / King Nothing / All I Live For – 360 Club, Leeds -13.12.2015
360 Club The Library Woodhouse Lane Leeds, LS2 3AP 13th December 2015 20:00 to 23:45 A night of Rock was promised with local talent, four Leeds bands. Lost in Olympus, Into the Diode, King Nothing and All I live for. It was a hectic night in Leeds, pretty much everywhere had live music on. The early crowd …
Live Review: Laura James & The Lyres, Captives On The Carousel & Genevieve Carver, The Shakespeare, Sheffield – 9.11.14
It’s not often I end up being so completely captivated by a whole evening but this was one of those rare events where each performance captured the entirety of my attention. A gig headlined by Laura James this may have been, but add to that performances from folk group Captives On The Carousel and poet Genevieve Carver …
LIVE: The Defiled, Avatar and Killus, The Key Club Leeds
It’s time for another show that was moved from the now deceased venue of the Cockpit to the Key Club and tonight is a celebration of all things European as Leeds is treated to a night of bands hailing from the UK and Sweden with support in the form of a Spanish band.Support band Killus …
Live Review: Inspiral Carpets – Leadmill, Sheffield 6.12.14
The haircuts were considerably shorter, and maybe the clobber was a few sizes bigger than ‘back in the day’, but with the amount of Adidas trainees, Italian sportswear and sun hats been worn in the queue outside the Leadmill, it wouldn’t have taken a genius to deduce that one of the legends of the Madchester …
Live Review: Against The Current – Manchester Roadhouse – 06.12.2014
It’s been a fair while since I’ve been looking forward to a gig as much as this one. There’s a great feeling about going to a gig for bands on the YouTube scene as there’s the definite feeling of everyone coming together to support them. I’ve been pondering the idea of a future article that …