Rancid @ O2 Academy
Whether you’re into reggae, rock or hip hop you’re likely to enjoy Californian street punk rockers Rancid. Such was the appeal of punk ancestors The Clash, who too often infused sounds of dub, reggae and dance into their aggressive sound. Rancid, however has brought the joys of punk...
Peter Hook + The Light @ Cockpit
How is it that some bands work for years – decades even – trying to establish a unique style and gain success, yet some bands churn out an album or two and within a matter of a year or three, they become a genre master? All it...
Live Review: The Raveonettes/DIIV/Holy Esque @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds.
It’s not often a support band eclipses the headline act; tonight DIIV are responsible for doing just that. The quartet are yet another addition to the ever enhancing state of Brooklyn’s musical repertoire. The same can’t be said for the first support of the night, however: Holy Esque are...
Liferuiner and Demoraliser at The Well.
Malevolence were the first band that I saw. A young band from Sheffield you can tell that they are excited and happy to be playing this tour. The crowd kept coming up and helped screaming even to the point of many jumping on stage at the end. It...
The (lovely) Staves Review: Ruby lounge Manchester
Anne Robinson (what she would have said): ‘You are the weakest li-…… Wait there is no weakest link, they’re all amazing! Jack: I wish we could just call them the lovelies! Everything is: their music, their voices, and their humour.’ The Gig The crazy idea of playing the music...
‘Jack Woodward’ @ Park Row, Leeds
Always on the look out for new talent in the city of ‘Leeds’, a friend recently told me about an acoustic singer/songwriter they’d recently seen called ‘Jack Woodward’. At first, I was thinking to myself before the gig that Jack was probably going to be the kind of...
Billy Talent Live Performance review o2 Academy Leeds 17/11/12
I have always been a fan of these Canadian punk rockers but had never seen them live and wasn’t sure what to expect, however their performance was consistently brilliant throughout the show. Turn out was good, but not so busy that you couldn’t move. The audience was very mixed from people who looked about...
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man Review
Natasha Kahn has produced some innovative and genre defining music over the past few years. Under her stage name Bat For Lashes she has influenced a array of big names such as Florence Welch and Ellie Golding. Despite these innovative new sounds Kahn has held relative...
Opeth @ Leeds Met SU
“Should’ve gone to Passion Pit.” NO. They’re wrong. They’re all wrong, the lot of them. A few people have uttered these words to me as I recount my Thursday evening spent watching Opeth. Indeed, the idea originally was to venture to o2 and see Passion Pit, however...
Frank Turner – O2 Academy Leeds – 12/11/12
- - - - - Former Million Dead front man Frank Turner is an artist who divides opinion. Punk Rock purists resent his political ideologies because they no longer apply to the militant leftism that is synonymous with Punk where as Folk fans clamour for tickets at sell out shows...
Parkway Drive at Leeds Uni.
Friday night, and for me it is something different this week. The 16th Nov brought the bands Parkway Drive, Emmure, The Word Alive, and Structures to town. The third date of the only four UK shows i am not surprised about how many people are here. The first...
The Staves Interview: And the Lovely new Album
After just announcing their upcoming debut UK tour, The Staves are very excited to be releasing their debut album ‘Dead, Born and Grown’ – release date November 12th. Mark my words they are a band on the rise and one to watch right now and in...
