Leeds
LIVE: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL NORTH- 25/5/19
Words by Emma Louise and Cal Ripley Slam Dunk North has undergone some changes this year. After enjoying four years occupying Leeds’ City Centre, it has now followed in the footsteps of its Southern counterpart, and this year took place in a field instead- at Temple Newsam Park. Though there were some pros to the …
Track: Treeboy & Arc – Concept
Seminal label Speedy Wunderground is preparing for the release of the 29th single in their series and it’s from Leeds post-punk five piece Treeboy & Arc, who certainly announced their arrival with a minor prang involving a parked BMW next to the studio before even meeting label boss Dan Carey. Luckily, things took a turn …
Track: Ruthie – “Land of my Lover”
Splitting up with people is basically rubbish, isn’t it? When Ruthie left her partner in Berlin and returned home to start over in Leeds, it inspired a triptych of singles, each charting the stages you go through at the end of a relationship. This post reviews all three of the singles, and concludes the one …
Track: Drahla – Pyramid Estate, plus album and tour news.
Leeds three-piece Drahla have released a new single from their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Useless Coordinates’. “Drahla’s abstract punk songs are ecstatic about the everyday. The squalls of noise in songs like “Pyramid Estate” show a band willing to dig beneath the surface.” ‘Pyramid Estate’ is the third track taken from ‘Useless Coordinates’ following the release of ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’ last …
Track: Heir – After Forever, plus European dates.
That wave of ’80’s influenced “indie” has yet to subside as of yet, believe it or not. I’m not disparaging it by any means but I am sure we can all be honest when we say it has stuck. And they said that decade was awful. At least millennials seem to think that is the …
NEWS: Slam Dunk Festival Announce Last Bands For 2019 Lineup
The organisers over at Slam Dunk festival have hit us with not one, not two, but THREE announcements this past couple of weeks. The good news is, the lineup is now complete so final plans for bands to catch can now commence! Announced just today and completing the lineup are pop-punk staples Neck Deep, As …
LIVE: Bowling For Soup, Leeds O2 Academy, 3/12/18
How could we possibly get through the year without a Bowling For Soup tour cropping up somewhere? It may be December and dangerously close to the end of 2018, yet here we are catching BFS on a cold Monday night on the Almost Christmas tour they’ve squeezed in right before the ball drops for 2019. …
TRACK: BLOODHOUND – FRSTRTD (FT. BROODERS)
Hull grunge trio Bloodhound unite forces with the nightmarish psychedelia of Brooders to bring us their latest single ‘FRSTRTD’. Expansive and menacing, ‘FRSTRTD’ immerses itself in a sludge of bone-grinding guitar riffs and tortured vocals; the result is commanding and visceral. The collaborators climb from a deep-set ennui, drumming up momentum, before unleashing a hellfire …
EP REVIEW: Weekend Recovery- In The Mourning
Weekend Recovery are a very interesting band. Although their style harks back to that of garage/grungy bands for the late 90s to early 2000s, it actually makes for a pretty fresh sound to audiences listening in 2018. Their sound has some Hole, The Pretty Reckless and Garbage vibes (although with a little more gusto than …
KARMA FEST VII: Leeds own psych fest returns to its roots – 08/09/18
What goes around, comes around. And so the time is almost upon us. September the 8th see’s Karma Fest return to its roots and light up the Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds with one if it’s finest line ups yet. Mark Keds – (ex-Senseless Things) – brings his post-punk outfit Deadcuts, to play alongside, Matt Hollywood …