Live At Leeds Film
Remember Live At Leeds? What a day right. Well now you can relive the sweaty, drunken revelry with this fantastic film made by our good friends Saffer&Co. Featuring Dog Is Dead, Friends, Spector, Post War Glamour Girls, Ladyhawke and loads more, we’re very proud of it, and hope you like it even half as much as we do. Many thanks to Dog Is Dead for giving permission to use ‘Glockenspiel...
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360 Club Friday 18th May – Insatellites, Ballyhoo Eventide, Dark Con of Man & Jonny Quits
360 Club presents: Insatellites: Teardrop: great version of Massive Attacks song! What the press said: ‘these lads have a well polished sound’ ‘reminded me a lot of Queens of the Stone Age’ ‘a strong end to another brilliant night’ Tim Hearson — Leeds Music Scene “Their song structures are dense with some first-rate instrumental work all round and they...
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Bristol Gig Guide – 14th to 20th May 2012
We have a quartet of fresh new bands for your listening pleasure on today’s guide. Here are this week selections. . . . . . Monday 14th May – Friends @ Thekla Kicking of the week we have the much hyped Brooklyn-based Friends. Led by the enigmatic Samantha Urbani, the 5 piece play infectious percussive pop as much in ode to early hip-hop beats then bands in the same mould as themselves, such as...
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The Great Escape Preview
It’s hard to believe it’s almost twelve months to the day since Great Escape 2011. Between interviewing Frank Turner and discovering Dry The River last year, working as a steward on wristband exchange was not only rewarding, but genuinely one of the best weekends of my life. Through a fortuitous series of events, I’m able to come back this year, but this time I’ve got a press pass,...
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Live At Leeds 2012
Well, how about that for a weekend. After months of hype, soul-crushing hangovers and even a 5-a-side tournament, the dust has finally settled on another brilliant Live At Leeds weekend. From the highs of Lianne La Havas’ triumphant set at Leeds Met to the tragic early exit of Backyards from the traditional bank holiday football, there was enough to satisfy the most stalwart misanthrope this year,...
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Grimes – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 8.5.12
Off the back of my favourite album of the year, Visions, I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to Grimes’ sold-out show at the Brudenell, and it did not fail to deliver. Visions offers a more accessible glance into the head of Claire Boucher after the underground success of Halfaxa and Geidi Primes, and I’ll happily admit to being one of those apparent arseholes who jumped on the bandwagon...
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Festivals 2012 – Dot to Dot Additions 9.5.12
Big day for festival additions, as Dot to Dot has followed Latitude in announcing a host of superb new bands to join an already fantastic list of acts. Held over the bank holiday weekend at the start of June, the festival will race from Bristol on the 2nd to Manchester on the 4th, stopping over for a day in Nottingham on the 3rd. It’s a great way to give punters across the country a chance to see...
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Festivals 2012 – Latitude Additions
Latitude Festival has announced a number of additional music and arts acts to their line-up today on their twitter. We are now even more excited for the festival which runs between 12th -15th July 2012. Look out for our playlist of the best acts playing the festival which will be appearing across Latitude’s Twitter and Facebook over the coming weeks. Alongside the great music additions (below)...
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