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LIVE REVIEW: Antony and Friends – Central Methodist Church, Todmorden – 16th March 2019

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This concert featured four violinists (Jonathan Whitehead, Nicola Boardman, Anna McEvitt, and Tim Benjamin, together known as Green and Black), as well as Antony Brannick on piano. Bach’s contemporary Telemann has written concertos for four violins, two of which we heard. This unusual arrangement worked well with these melodious pieces. We also had Stravinsky’s “Danse Russe”, a lively, busy piece, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s dreamy and exotic Melody and Dance from “Scheherazade”, as well as some bright Mozart pieces for piano and/or violin.

Previous Antony concerts have featured a lovely performance of Debussy’s spellbinding “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”, and Chris Brannick on percussion. Which percussion? Chris says that he tells the audience their names and half forget and half marimba. There was also a rarity – a piece by a woman composer (Sue Casson, arranged by Antony Brannick) the lovely “Camden Lock”. We also got excerpts from “Broliver”. For May, “I need the DUP”. For Corbyn, “Reviewing the Situation”. For almost any politician, “You’ve got to tell a whopper or two”.

Next concert 27 April – to get on the mailing list contact abrannick@garrattslaw.co.uk or ring 0161 665 3502.

EP, SINGLE & TOUR NEWS: Interpol announce EP ‘A Fine Mess’, new track ‘The Weekend’ out now, June dates

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Interpol have announced new EP ‘A Fine Mess‘, which will be released May 17th on Matador Records. The announcement comes with new track ‘The Weekend’, which is available to stream and purchase HERE.

Recorded during time spent in upstate New York with Dave Fridmann, the five songs that make up A Fine Mess gradually emerged as a body of work with a narrative and flow unto itself. The title track, and BBC 6 Music-playlisted single ‘Fine Mess’, then received further production from Kaines & Tom A.D. and mixing from Claudius Mittendorfer, who had first worked with Interpol as engineer on Our Love To Admire. The resulting set is a living, breathing postcard from the band to their fans as they tour the world throughout 2019, and a linear continuation of the visceral and contagious energy set loose with Marauder.

Interpol Play the following UK dates. Tickets on sale now:

May
Sat 25th All Points East, London, UK
Sun 26th Galvanizer’s Yard, Glasgow, UK
June
Tues 25th O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
Weds 26th Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK
Wed 26th-30th Glastonbury Festival, UK

Echoing its title, the artwork for A Fine Mess is illustrated by a series of lost images, recovered from an abandoned police station in Detroit, MI. In a crumbling evidence room – amongst the rubble – an undeveloped roll of film, dated “1-20-96”, featured latent images of a breaking and entering scene, the rooms in chaos.

From the beguiling refrain of the title track, to the soulful topsy-turvy of ‘No Big Deal’, cathartic chorus of long sought-after live favourite ‘Real Life’, anthemic swell of ‘The Weekend’, and angular shades of ‘Thrones’, A Fine Mess is a bracing and distinct entry in Interpol’s oeuvre.

Following recent headline performances at Madison Square Garden, Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and a double header at Royal Albert Hall, Interpol will continue their worldwide run of dates with festival appearances at Primavera, All Points East with The Strokes, Best Kept Secret, headline dates across South and North America, the UK and Europe, with more announcements to follow. The current set of upcoming dates can be found below.

‘Fine Mess’ tracklisting:

1. Fine Mess
2. No Big Deal
3. Real Life
4. The Weekend
5. Thrones

SINGLE & TOUR NEWS: Craig Fin releases ‘Something To Hope For’, UK headline tour dates announced

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Frank
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Partisan Records announces the release of Craig Finn’s new song, ‘Something To Hope For’, from his eagerly awaited new album ‘I Need A New War’ arriving Friday, April 26. The third album in a trilogy.

Like the video for the first song, ‘Blankets’, released earlier this year, Finn’s new live video was shot at the Murrmrr Theatre in Brooklyn, NY, in January 2019 when Finn presented the new album for the first time. It features the musicians from the record, including Josh Kaufman, Stuart Bogie, Joe Russo and more. The track premiered via Billboard today.

‘I Need A New War’ was recorded throughout early 2018 at The Isokon in Woodstock, NY with producer Kaufman and engineer D. James Goodwin, both of whom teamed with Finn on his widely acclaimed previous solo releases. The album features musical contributions from many of his regular solo collaborators, including Kaufman, horn master Bogie, vocalists Annie Nero and Cassandra Jenkins, and drummer extraordinaire Russo.

‘I Need A New War’ is available for pre-order now in physical and digital formats. All orders through Finn’s official D2C store include a bonus digital EP featuring b-sides and alternate versions from the album. Additional exclusives include a one of a kind, signed hardcover lyric book (featuring lyrics to all songs from the trilogy, photos by Dan Monick and a foreword written by celebrated author and journalist Rob Sheffield), signed vinyl, an enamel pin set, and more.

PRE-ORDER I NEED A NEW WAR

CRAIG FINN 2019 HEADLINE UK TOUR DATES

OCTOBER

11 – Bristol, England
12 – Nottingham, England
13 – Glasgow, Scotland
15 – Leeds, England
16 – Manchester, England
17 – London, England

VIDEO NEWS: Purple Thread drop video for ‘Something Good’

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LSF favs Purple Thread have shared a video for their single ‘Something Good’ (read our review).

ALBUM REVIEW: Vukovar – ‘Cremator’

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Frank
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News that a new Vukovar album has been released is greeted with a certain amount of unrestrained joy, tempered by a degree of apprehension, here in LSF HQ. Apprehension that it may give me nightmares for many dark nights.

The first, let’s call it, scan listen, left me with an overall impression of not being scared out of my skin, that’s not to say it isn’t dark, it is, but it’s not so dark as to provoke nightmare images. And in places you might almost define it as pleasant, something that Vukovar do, that mix of dark and almost pop-ish music is something they do. The feeling I was left with was that this album is accessible, now there’s something really shocking. Now this may just me, I am used to Vukovar’s music, I actually really like the music they make that other people beg me to stop playing because it’s too dark and too scary; you may find this dark and frankly terrifying in places I admit.

Musically it varies between post-punk electronica and an almost gothic post-punk thing. It doesn’t have those bombastic beat driven things where Vukovar use – as one of them said to me – drums as a weapon. Musically it has sophistication and, I hardly dare say this, subtlety. That’s not to say it doesn’t have those soundpieces that are such a feature of their work, but they’re easier to listen to than the ones on earlier albums. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is something I can’t decide, that may take me some time to decide. The positive thing is that this makes them accessible to new Vukovar listeners.

What this album has in common with other Vukovar albums is that this is best listened to as a whole, you need to immerse yourself in it. That isn’t to say that there are tracks that you couldn’t take out and play separately but you’ll find it better to listen to the whole thing in one hit, at least to start with.

That said let’s dive in and immerse ourselves in ‘Cremator’. The opening track ‘Rome Invicta’ is a song yes but it’s also a soundpiece, it evolves. It features a female voice in the opening seconds but then becomes a pulsing pounding piece of electronica. There are strange – very strange – almost discordant vocals, while sounds hit you from all directions. Ripping apart the layers of sound – for there are many – there is an almost Kraftwerk sound buried in there. And while I said this album was accessible, this is one of the less accessible tracks. The band are perverse like that.

But with the second track – ‘Love Meetings’ – this album starts to show us the easier side of what they do. It’s a song that is almost sweet, it’s gloriously rich. It has that classic post-punk synth driven pop thing going on. And yes, there are sounds that surprise, the use of fx’ed vocals. but there are also the loveliest backing vocals. Musically it has a depth that is compulsive, you want to bury yourself in it, to swim in the many layers of sound.

‘Interment By Mirrors’ is dark. It’s beautifully gloriously slow . It has vocals that make your harm hairs stand up. The more you listen the more layers of sound you get. Whether you choose to call this a sound piece or a song is basically up to the listener, there is almost bizarrely a tune buried in there somewhere. The thing about this track is that while it may contain sounds that you think are not, definitely not, going to work together, they do.

The most wonderfully elastic deep bass sound opens ‘Diving For Your Memory’. But over this is is a synth thing that is so huge that it fills you with a joy. It’s early Human League, it’s Heaven 17, it’s ‘dirty period’ Depeche Mode, it’s weirdly and strangely almost church like in sound.

And then with ‘Purient’ we hit the song that I’d love to see taken out as a single, this is something, that with some relief to be honest, you could dance to. It’s goth-y, it’s synth poppy. And yes, it has spoken voices. It has strange hints of Soft Cell. It has extended dance mix written all over it.

‘The Cold Lord’ is a spoken word soundpiece, a voice intones in an almost prayer like fashion, while ghostly voices flit in and out. It is almost calming, I say almost for the tone of the words is oppressive. Those ghostly voices have an edge of something bad. Listening to this is like being slowly and gradually pushed into something dark and thick, by the halfway point you are aching for it to come to an end. It lasts for over 8 ½ minutes, 8 ½ minutes of seemingly random sounds and voices.

This makes ‘Love Provocation’ a relief, a joy, a synth post punk filled joy. That is beautiful. But this lasts a short while before it ends and ‘Prennial’ starts. This is plainsong like, it’s slow with ominous synth, and drums that almost randomly sound, while spoken sang vocals sleepily intone.

‘Voices/Seers/Voices’ has almost dirty period Depeche Mode thing going on, in a slightly gothy kind of way. It sounds like a Sisters of Mercy track in places. It is, again with some relief, something you could dance to. And yes, Vukovar never do this straight, they add in what I assume are found voices. But in the right club, with the right lighting, and the right sort of chemical enhancement this would fill the floor.

And then to a soundpiece with a female voice, ‘The Orchids’ is enchanting, it’s darkly charming, it’s enticing. ‘Tomorrow’s Gone’ starts sounding church-like and then sounds crept in, the sound of vintage synths. It’s another of those gloriously rich and beautiful tracks that Vukovar do. The vocal is just lovely, I can think of no other way to describe it. The whole is moody, atmospheric and wistful.

‘The River Of Three Crossings’ has a deceptively almost cheerful edge to it, it is basically quite simple, it has almost folk like simplicity. But this again is something the band do at times, they have a track record of these folk like songs. It has rather wonderful dual male-female vocals that are charming.

The album closer ‘Decameron (Or 10 Days Of Violence)’ is another of my favourite tracks. It’s a song yes, there’s a tune – it’s not obvious sometimes but there is in places, but it could be a soundpiece. It is beautiful, there’s no other way of saying it.

I am left, after listening to it, with a sense of beauty across the tracks that make up this album. Even in the discordant sounds that litter this album there is a profound beauty that draws me back to it time and time again. It doesn’t leave me scared out of my wits but with a sense of disappointment that it’s over. And it’s easier, not easy that would be pushing it too far, to listen to than other Vukovar albums. The mix of those tracks than are songs with a tune and structure or something you can dance to, and those that are soundpieces is right. Don’t get me wrong, I love those dark dark albums of Vukovar’s, the ones that leave me frankly shaken, but this is a different sort of Vukovar album.

‘Cremator’ can be purchased from the Other Voices Records https://othervoicesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cremator-vox-43 in either digital or physical formst. The vinyl album can be purchased in either black or ash-grey colours.

The info

‘Cremator’ is the 7th LP by Vukovar and marks The First Death of the group: the ending of the Shades incarnation/incarceration.

Heavily featuring are Simon Morris of The Ceramic Hobs, also an author of grotesque (and often touching), confessional brilliance on Philip Best’s Amphetamine Sulphate imprint. As well as Holly Hero; some-time performer of Smell & Quim and responsible for the production of their most vital work.

VUKOVAR formed in 2014 in a crumbling placefiller town in the North West of England and set about creating their own world within an otherworld. In their short yet eternal time, they have been relentlessly productive; ‘Cremator’ being the 7th full LP after their highly well-received previous 6: (‘Emperor’, ‘Voyeurism’, ‘Fornication’, ‘Puritan’, ‘Infinitum’, ‘Monument’). This is an essential release by a group at the peak of their creative powers moving on ever forward in increasingly surprising ways.

FESTIVAL NEWS: Artists announced for Bradford’s Shuttle Shuffle Festival 2019 17th & 18th August 2019

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Bradford’s Shuttle Shuffle Festival is primarily a grassroots event that knits communities together through a mutual love of music, art and performance. This years festival will be held at multiple venues in Little Germany (Bradford), which during the 19th century was the centre of the international textile industry.

Artists confirmed for 2019 so far and just announced include:

Verity White
The Senton Bombs
Nick Aslam
Ben Blue Waters
A Guy In A Band
Jess Gardham
One Sided Horse
Eduardo Niebla
Jesa
Nigel Clark (Dodgy)
Rory Hoy
Joe Solo

Saturday 17th August

NIGEL CLARK (FROM DODGY)

(Auditorium stage, Bradford Playhouse)

Nigel Clark is an English singer-songwriter who is best known as the lead singer and bassist of DODGY. Straight off the back of their UK tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of their breakthrough, gold-selling second album HOMEGROWN, Nigel Clark the frontman of DODGY, will be performing at this years Shuttle Shuffle Festival.

Come and enjoy his recollections from the 90’s Brit Pop era and hear some of the best songs ever written by a British band – ‘Staying Out for the Summer’ ‘In a Room’, ‘Good Enough’ and ‘If You’re Thinking of Me’.

ONE SIDED HORSE

One Sided Horse is the brain child of Mark Whiteside and is a musical collaboration between Mark and EMBRACE members Richard McNamara, Mickey Dale, Steve Firth and Mike Heaton. His first solo effort is a far cry from the radically different Evil Blizzard where “Side” his singing drummer alter ego, haunts audiences from the back of the stage. Here we see Mark move front and centre and with the help of some of his friends, create a new kind of sound which fans of Mark’s work, will love.

EDUARDO NIEBLA

(Auditorium stage, Bradford Playhouse)

Hailed by The Guardian for his “exquisite guitar playing”, the formidable virtuoso and composer Eduardo Niebla presents his amazing repertoire of “stunning flamenco jazz” with guitarist Matthew Robinson. A master of today’s generation Eduardo has traversed the worlds of jazz, classical, world and pop music, collaborating with such diverse partners as Craig David, Juno Reactor, sitar maestro Nishat Khan, Lol Coxhill (sax) and the Dante String Quartet.

A spellbinding evening of passion, verve and fleet fingered virtuosity from one of the most potent forces in flamenco jazz fusion.

RORY HOY

Rory Hoy is a multi-award-winning Music Producer/DJ and Film Maker. His music career has seen him producing 5 critically acclaimed albums and numerous EP’s, Singles, Remixes. He has also produced tracks for Disney, Sony BET TV, Fox TV, Costco and the Tour De France Documentary and is constantly working on new syncs.

He has DJ’ed throughout the country in clubs and at Major Festivals including Leeds Festival, the 2014 Tour de France Fan Park performing to over 20,000 people and has DJ’d in Paris.

His film ‘Autism And Me’ is published worldwide on DVD together with a booklet he’s written explaining in easy to understand terms what it’s like living with Autism on a daily basis.

JESS GARDHAM

York based multi award winning singer/ songwriter/ musician, MasterChef 2018 quarter finalist and actress Jess Gardham has now released her latest EP of original material called ‘RISE NOT FALL’

Jess’s first album ‘Beyond Belief’ got rave reviews and Jess went on to be a song writing finalist for BBC Radio 2 with them saying that “she is a songwriter to watch”.

Her music has taken her all across the UK, Europe, Canada and the US and she has played venues such as York Barbican, The grand Opera House York, Pocklington arts centre, Manchester O2 Academy, The Limelight (Nashville US) amongst others.

With her own brand of pop/soul/acoustic fusion she has supported a whole host of internationally known acts (KT Tunstall, The Shires, The Magic Numbers, Paul Carrack, David McAlmont, Martin Simpson, Tony Joe White, Rachael Sage, Kathryn Williams, Wilko Johnson, Amy Wadge, Chantel Mcgregor, Mungo Jerry)

In 2018 Jess was announced as a quarter finalist in the new series of MasterChef which was shown on BBC1 in March, millions tuned in to see Jess cook her heart out.

To add to Jess’s awards (Yorkshire gig guide ‘Best Band/Artist’, Yorkshire gig guide ‘Best song songwriter’) Jess has recently won LFEST ‘new to you artist 2018’ as well as a top three nominee award for ‘LFEST Band/Artist 2018’

VERITY WHITE

Taking influences from the 90s rock and grunge scene, and meshing it with synths, strings and an intricate vocal lines Verity creates her brutal yet beautiful style of rock – loved by fans of Skunk Anansie, Halestorm, Nine Inch Nails, The Pretty Reckless and Tori Amos.

Recently, White and her band have been impressing gig-goers at festivals (Lechlade, FeckFest, Frogfest) and live music venues (Pizza Express Live, The Troubadour, Cargo London) with their high-energy live show across the UK. They’re now planning their second tour in Spring 2019, to coincide with their second studio album. Awards – Artist of the Year 2017 – Your Music Radio, Best Female Indie Artist 2017 – Spiderweb Radio, Best Alt-Rock Song (July 2017) for Too Much – Akademia Awards.

SHANE PAIN

Shane Pain, an emerging socio-political band from Bradford, West Yorkshire, have just released their first single and a music video for ‘Within Our Means’. They’re a band of chugging riffs and sorrowful gothic-style vocals combined with cynicism, an anti-establishment message, and plenty of punk attitude. Listening to them you can hear influences from The Sisters of Mercy in terms of vocal drawl, the political aggressiveness of Dead Kennedys and a little bit of Marilyn Manson’s unflinching demeanour.

The video for ‘Within Our Means’ sees Shane Pain himself (Shane Pain being the name of both frontman and band) wandering the streets of Leeds begging for money for the banker’s bonuses whilst dressed as Theresa May.

‘Within Our Means’ shows plenty of eccentricity and activism, they’re definitely not your typical punk band. The track’s social commentary is a great introduction for new listeners of Shane Pain, and there’s certainly a lot of intrigue for their upcoming album ‘Slave Songs For This Century’. Fame and fortune mean nothing to this band, only art and the message matter. The message is a scathing commentary on the world as it is today and the solarbots within it.

Sunday 18th August

A GUY IN A BAND

Upcoming singer, YouTuber, and producer from West Yorkshire. 4 track EP “Difficult Difficult Lemon Difficult” out now mixing alternative electronic pop with trip/hip-hop beats to create a style of his own.

BEN BLUE WATERS

Ben has been playing music and gigging since the 70’s, Sometimes in bands, sometimes solo, and various genres from R&B to punk to avant garde, but he’s always maintained a deep love of the simple country blues of artists like Son House and Robert Johnson, and the urban blues of Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. This year at The Shuttle Shuffle Festival he will be bringing his all-star band to deliver a foot-stomping set of the blues.

Ben Blue Waters – Slide guitar, vocals
Chris Dover (from the Hoodoo Operators, CPSD) – guitar
Chris Papa George (from Dr Bob & The Bluesmakers) – Blues harp
Phil Snell (from The Twangles) – Mandolin, violin
Laurie Reader (from Laurel Canyon Union, Rocksalt Acoustic) – Bass
Nick Rafferty (from The Heavy Machines, Sea Whores) Percussion

JOOLZ DENBY

Joolz Denby is a writer, poet, spoken-word performer, illustrative and fine artist, curator, photographer and tattooist…….and she’s going to be at this year’s festival.

Her poetry collections include The Pride of Lions (1994), Errors of the Spirit (2000), and Pray For Us Sinners, a book of short stories and poems published in 2005. Her first novel, Stone Baby, won the 1998 Crime Writers’ Association New Crime Writer of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger. Her novel, Billie Morgan (2004), was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novels are Borrowed Light (2006), set in a Cornish surfing village, A True Account Of The Curious Mystery Of Miss Lydia Larkin & The Widow Marvell (2011) and Wild Thing (2012), about an urban feral child.

Joolz also works in the music industry, as a recording artist, illustrative artist for New Model Army, and manager of the young Bradford band, New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack. Her touring exhibition, One Family, One Tribe – The Art and Artefacts of New Model Army, is a collection of her 25 years of art work for the legendary cult rock band. Her photographic exhibition/installation, Bradford – True North, was shown at Bradford University in 2006, and she is curating an exhibition on elective body modification – The Body Carnival – for Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Gallery. Joolz was Artistic Director of Illuminate’s Radical Bronte Festival in 2006 and was designated a Cultural Revolutionary in the North of England for her contribution to the region’s Arts. Joolz is well-known for her work in prisons and with marginalized young people and has performed her work all over the world, and broadcasts on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4. She lives in Bradford.

 

The Shuttle Shuffle Festival was created in February 2013 by a group of music lovers in Bradford, the idea was to create a culturally diverse festival that celebrated the vast local talent within the area and attract touring acts that rarely visited Bradford.
The business model for the project was in its most simplest of forms… create a Grassroots festival that would push the boundaries and give the good folk of Bradford something to be part of, and with a budget of ZERO………. this was going to be fun!

The 2013 – 2016 Festivals were held at the legendary Factory Street Studios, which provided a selection of industrial mill type spaces, which gave the event a quite unique feel to it.
Factory Street was housed in a former textile mill which is how the Festival got its name, a shuttle being the device used in weaving to carry the weft, and associated with the continual to-and-fro motion………the shuffle!

Throughout those first few years relationships were built with several other like-minded projects that brought different ideas to the table. The Yorkshire Gig Guide, Eclectic Rhythm, Kultchad Live, The Piece Project, Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank and Salamander Brewery, have all played their part in ensuring the success of the festival. Some have since moved on to other things whilst others have remained and been joined by others and are all still part of the ongoing adventure.

This year’s festival is going to take place all around Little Germany, an area of particular historical and architectural interest in the city centre of Bradford. In its day this bustling hub was the trading heart of the world’s wool and textile industry. These deeply rooted links to the woollen industry and the Shuttle Shuffle name are important to our existence, and more importantly our continuation.

The line-up for this year’s festival is as much about emerging talent as it is about established performers. We pride ourselves on bringing diverse and interesting bills to the heart of the city.

The Shuttle Shuffle is now run as a CIC project and commits its profits to supporting creative and innovative work both within the context of the annual festival and outside, through other partnerships and projects.

This year we have linked up with The White Ribbon UK Campaign which aims to end male violence against women and create safer music events where groping, verbal abuse, assaults and other forms of harassment are eradicated.

The Shuttle Shuffle Festival 2019 will take place on August 17th and 18th.

It’s been one hell of a journey so far and the festival has changed shape so many times along the way.

From operating out of the iconic Factory Street Studios, to moving to our new home in Little Germany, you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be anything but boring!

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FESTIVAL NEWS: Live At Leeds announce full set times and splits for 2019

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Today, LIVE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL is pleased to unveil the official set times for its packed 2019 programme. Live At Leeds app now available to download.

With a mouth watering selection of 100+ artists performing at 21 venues across this city this May, fans can now find out exactly where and when to catch all of their favourite bands at the 2019 edition by downloading the Live At Leeds App here: http://smarturl.it/LIVEATLEEDS19APP

The full venue-by-venue set times and details are also detailed below.

Inviting a stellar cast of acts to the city, chart your way through mammoth headline sets from the likes of the trailblazing Sundara Karma, revered game-changers Metronomy, the Mercury Prize-nominated wordsmith Kate Tempest and man-of-the-moment Tom Grennan and more; whilst also navigating though an impressive undercard brimful of the brightest faces in the business, which includes: spitting live kings Drenge, the BRIT Award winning Sam Fender, Black Honey, Confidence Man, Swim Deep, Mini Mansions, Dream Wife, The Sherlocks, Goat Girl, Easy Life, whenyoung, Gengahr, Marsicans, VANT, Another Sky, Sports Team, Squid, Gently Tender, Bloxx, Fuzzy Sun, Lauren Aquilina and many, many more.

With some of the biggest and most exciting names in new music setting up shop across the city, Live At Leeds 2019 will prove why its award-winning reputation stands tall like no other – start planning your dream festival day here and now…

LIVE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 – FULL SET TIMES & STAGE SPLITS

STAGE 1 – BELGRAVE MUSIC HALL
12pm – 12:30pm – Hellos Cosmos
1pm – 1:30pm – Dan D’Lion
2pm – 2:30pm – Upsahl
3pm – 3:30pm – Oli Fox
4pm – 4:30pm – Jesse Jo Stark
5pm – 5:30pm – Millie Turner
6pm – 6:30pm – Jvck James
7pm – 7:30pm – Kwassa
8pm – 8:30pm – Elli Ingram
9pm – 9:30pm – Orla Gartland
10pm -11pm – Lauren Aquilina

STAGE 2 – BRUDENELL MAIN ROOM (DR.MARTENS BOOT ROOM)
12pm – 12:30pm – Tallsaint
1pm – 1:30pm – Childcare
2pm – 2:30pm – Ed The Dog
3pm – 3:30pm – The Jungle Giants
4pm – 4:30pm – Benin City
5pm – 5:30pm – Altopalo
6pm – 6:30pm – Chappaqua Wrestling
7pm – 7:30pm – Fur
8pm – 8:30pm – Another Sky
9pm – 9:30pm – The Murder Capital
10pm – 10:45pm – Indoor Pets
11:15pm – 12am – Easy Life

STAGE 3 – BRUDENELL COMMUNITY ROOM (DR. MARTENS COMMUNITY ROOM)
12:30pm – 1pm – Halfnoise
1:30pm – 2pm – Honey Harper
2:30pm – 3pm – Rachel Chinouriri
3:30pm – 4pm – Swimming Tapes
4:30pm – 5pm – Wooze
5:30pm – 6pm – Bailen
6:30pm – 7pm – Lowly
7:30pm – 8pm – Walt Disco
8:30pm – 9pm – Gently Tender
9:30pm – 10pm – Kawala
10:30pm – 11:15pm – Mini Mansions

STAGE 4 – CHURCH (DANCE TO THE RADIO STAGE)
3:15pm – 4pm – Cavetown
4:30pm – 5pm – Shadowlark
5:30pm – 6pm – The Mysterines
6:30pm – 7pm – Cassia
7:30pm – 8:15pm – Fatherson
8:45pm – 9:30pm – Seafret
10pm – 11pm – The Slow Readers Club

STAGE 5 – THE CHAPEL
12pm – 12:30pm – Tranqua Lite
1pm – 1:30pm – Dancing On Tables
2pm – 2:30pm – The Collier
3pm – 3:30pm – Patawawa
4pm – 4:30pm – Inhaler
5pm – 5:30pm – Swimming Girls
6pm – 6:30pm – Retro Video Club
7pm – 7:30pm – Declan Welsh & The Decadent West
8:15pm – 8:45pm – The Dunts
9:30pm – 10pm – Fuzzy Sun

STAGE 6 – HEADROW HOUSE
12pm – 12:30pm – Barny Fletcher
1pm – 1:30pm – Delilah Montagu
2pm – 2:30pm – Tertia May
3pm – 3:30pm – Aeris Roves
4pm – 4:30pm – Brunswick
5pm – 5:30pm – Mae Muller
6pm – 6:30pm – Le Boom
7pm – 7:30pm – Max Rad
8pm – 8:30pm – Kojaque
9pm – 9:30pm – 404
10pm – 10:30pm – Big Wild
11pm – 11:30pm – Everyone You Know

STAGE 7 – HIFI (YORKSHIRE MUSIC FORUM STAGE)
1:30pm – 2pm – Tall Talker
2:30pm – 3pm – Sea Legs
3:30pm – 4pm – Talkboy
4:30pm – 5pm – Dead Naked Hippies
5:30pm – 6pm – ørmstons
6:30pm – 7pm – Faux Pas
7:30pm – 8pm – The Golden Age Of TV
8:30pm – 9pm – Team Picture
9:30pm – 10:15pm – Menace Beach

STAGE 8 – HYDE PARK BOOK CLUB
12pm – 12:30pm – In Your Prime
1pm – 1:30pm – The Pearl Hearts
2pm – 2:30pm – These New South Whales
3pm – 3:30pm – Kingswood
4pm – 4:30pm – VC Pines
5pm – 5:30pm – Wasuremono
6pm – 6:30pm – Body Type
7pm – 7:30pm – Hotel Lux
8pm – 8:30pm – Squid
9pm – 9:30pm – Average Joe
10pm – 10:30pm – BILK

STAGE 9 – LEEDS BECKETT SU (MOMENTUM STAGE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INDEPENDENT)
3:30pm – 4:15pm – Dream Wife
4:45pm – 5:15pm – Gengahr
5:45pm – 6:15pm – Hak Baker
6:45pm – 7:30pm – Elder Island
8pm – 8:45pm – Ibibio Sound Machine
9:30pm – 10:45pm – Kate Tempest

STAGE 10 – LEEDS BECKETT SU STAGE 2 (GIGWISE STAGE)
12pm – 12:30pm – Curb
1pm – 1:30pm – Horror My Friend
2pm – 2:30pm – Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
3pm – 3:30pm – Wovoka Gentle
4:15pm – 4:45pm – Saltwater Sun
5:15pm – 5:45pm – Heavy Rapids
6:15pm – 6:45pm – Be Charlotte
7:30pm – 8pm – Lion
8:45pm – 9:30pm – Lady Bird

STAGE 11 – LUU STYLUS (NME STAGE)
4pm – 4:45pm – Skinny Living
5:30pm – 6pm – C Duncan
6:30pm – 7:15pm – She Drew The Gun
7:45pm – 8:30pm – Goat Girl
9pm – 9:45pm – Confidence Man
10:30pm – 11:45pm – Metronomy

STAGE 12 – LUU REFECTORY (FARAH STAGE)
4:45pm – 5:30pm – Sea Girls
6pm – 6:30pm – Whenyoung
7pm – 7:45pm – The Academic
8:15pm – 9:15pm – Black Honey
9:45pm – 11:15pm – Tom Grennan

STAGE 12 – NORTHERN GUITARS CAFE BAR
12:30pm – 1pm – Mollie Coddled
1:30pm – 2pm – Trueman
2:30pm – 3pm – Luckie
3:30pm – 4pm – Aaron Smith
4:30pm – 5pm – Tom Joshua
5:30pm – 6pm – Liz Lawrence
6:30pm – 7pm – Tamu Massif
7:30pm – 8pm – Katie Pruitt
8:30pm – 9pm – Ruston Kelly

STAGE 13 – NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS
12pm – 12:30pm – Tamzene
1pm – 1:30pm – Eve Bell
2pm – 2:30pm – Bessie Turner
3pm – 3:30pm – Sam Tompkins
4pm – 4:30pm – James Gillespie
5pm – 5:30pm – Ruthanne
6pm – 6:30pm – Malena Zavala
7pm – 7:30pm – Balcony
8pm – 8:45pm – APRE

STAGE 14 – O2 ACADEMY LEEDS (LEEDS FESTIVAL PRESENTS)
3:15pm – 4:15pm – Drenge
4:45pm – 5:30pm – Marsicans
6pm – 6:45pm – Sam Fender
7:15pm – 8:15pm – The Sherlocks
9pm – 10:30pm – Sundara Karma

STAGE 15 – OPORTO (BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING WEST YORKSHIRE STAGE)
12pm – 12:30pm – La Rissa
1pm – 1:30pm – Cruel World
2pm – 2:30pm – Household Dogs
3pm – 3:30pm – Sophie and The Giants
4pm – 4:30pm – Thyla
5pm – 5:30pm – Pizzagirl
6pm – 6:30pm – Lauren Hibberd
7pm – 7:30pm – Far Caspian
8pm – 8:30pm – Zuzu

STAGE 16 – THE KEY CLUB
12pm – 12:30pm – Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam
1pm – 1:30pm – Brand New Friend
2pm – 2:30pm – Saint Agnes
3pm – 3:30pm – DBOY
4pm – 4:30pm – Spielbergs
5pm – 5:30pm Hot Milk
6pm – 6:30pm – Death By Unga Bunga
7pm – 7:30pm – Lice
8pm – 8:45pm – Heavy Lungs
9:15pm – 10pm – Special Guest
11pm – Late – The Garage Club Night – Rock, Metal & Guilty Pleasures

STAGE 17 – THE LENDING ROOM
12pm – 12:30pm – Teeff
1pm – 1:30pm – Ivory Wave
2pm – 2:30pm – Alex Francis
3pm – 3:30pm – Sun Silva
4pm – 4:30pm – Big Society
5pm – 5:30pm – The Skinner Brothers
6pm – 6:30pm – Alligator
7pm – 7:30pm – Wild Youth
8pm – 8:30pm – Sad Boys Club
9pm – 9:30pm – Giant Rooks
10pm – 10:45pm – Larkins

STAGE 18 – THE SOCIAL
12:30pm – 1pm – Green Gardens
1:30pm – 2pm – Sam Wilde
2:30pm – 3pm – Lucas Watt
3:30pm – 4pm – Odina
4:30pm – 5pm – Pip Hall
5:30pm – 6pm – Luvia
6:30pm – 7pm – Beabadobee
7:30pm – 8pm – Archie Faulks

STAGE 19 – THE WARDROBE (DORK STAGE)
12pm – 12:45pm – Vant
1:15pm – 1:45pm – The Hubbards
2:15pm – 2:45pm – Bloxx
3:15pm – 3:45pm – No Hot Ashes
4:15pm – 4:45pm – The Lottery Winners
5:15pm – 5:45pm – Spinn
6:15pm – 6:45pm – Redfaces
7:15pm – 7:45pm – Sports Team
8:15pm – 9pm – The Snuts
9:30pm – 10pm – Swim Deep
11pm – Late – Bigmouth Presents The Official Live At Leeds Aftershow Party

STAGE 20 – THE WARDROBE BAR
12:45pm – 1:15pm – Ferris & Sylvester
1:45pm – 2:15pm – AK Patterson
2:45pm – 3:15pm – Sinead Campbell
3:45pm – 4:15pm – Jake Germain
4:45pm – 5:15pm – Shey Baba
5:45pm – 6:15pm – ADMT
6:45pm – 7:15pm – Jeffe
7:45pm – 8:15pm – John Buckley
9pm – 9:30pm – Matt Bowman
11pm – Late – Bigmouth Presents The Official Live At Leeds Aftershow Party

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For further details and information, head to:
https://www.liveatleeds.com/

VIDEO NEWS: Elson drops video for new single ‘Wandering’

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Leeds-based song-writer Elson makes intimate, introverted, highly personal compositions infused with a 70s psych edge.

Following up from debut single ‘Silent Observer’, which also came out on new Leeds label Odd Job Music, ‘Wandering’ is the artist’s second instalment and is accompanied by an animated debut music video.

Led by a hypnotic guitar riff, Elson matches lilting vocal melodies with a rugged production, laced with drifting chords and subtle harmonies.

First track ‘Silent Observer’ was featured by Gideon Coe on BBC 6music, with the presenter also previewing the single launch at Hyde Park Book Club. Further play has been garnered on Radio X, Amazing Radio and BBC Introducing.

There will be a London launch show for ‘Wandering’ at The Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden on 31st March 2019, a debut for Elson in the capital.

Odd Job Music is a fresh independent label based in Leeds, linking up with Welsh distributors PYST to release the track. ‘Wandering’ represents the second instalment in a series of three Elson singles for the label.

Recalling George Harrison with it’s gentle melody and loud/quiet dynamic juxtaposition, the video borrows from a public information film released by the Ministry of Health in the 1950s.

The single itself was released on 29th March – read our review

SINGLE REVIEW: The Raintree County – ‘Happy People’

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‘Happy People’ is The Raintree County’s debut single. As I’ve said before – and no doubt will say again, possibly way too many times for you, the reader’s, sanity – indie rock comes in many flavours. I this case it comes in something of a slightly psychy 60s’ mod-y pop thing combined with something of that Manchester sound.

I may well hear voices saying ‘well, been there, got the t-shirt’ but ‘Happy People’ has something, it has a rawness, it has a groove that will have you swinging your pants. It has some frankly gorgeous guitar. And, last but certainly not least, it has a tune that lodges itself deep inside your head, a tune that is as satisfying to sit and listen to as it is to shake your thang to. Although, and it’s that ‘you gotta chew’ thing, just sitting and listening to it is virtually impossible, it just propels you to the nearest clear space so you can swirl and shake to it.

Basically, and you may have worked this out, I love this thing. And if this is the debut, future releases are going to be a blast. I’d advise getting on that Raintree County Express right now, so you don’t miss out.

I realise, re-reading my review, that I have possibly dated myself – ‘swing your pants’ and ‘you gotta chew’ are something from outa my youth, so to speak. Quite where ‘swing your pants’ comes from I have no idea except to say that it was something of a catchphrase at my school, and ‘you gotta chew’ is a paraphrase of a Spangles – although they were called something else then – advert. So there you go.

Go on make yourself happy, give ‘Happy People’ a listen right now.

The info

The Raintree County, a gutsy five piece indie-rock band with a northern rock n roll charm. Formed in 2018 by frontman Jimmy Sweeney & lead guitarist Ben Arnold, the band are beginning to turn heads and are gathering a local following around Leeds. Influences including Brain Jonestown Massacre & The Who are clearly apparent in their early demos, which gained recognition from BBC Introducing West Yorkshire during the bands earlier months. The band’s debut single ‘Happy People’ demonstrates the raw, guitar driven, melodic sound that The Raintree County are currently perfecting. There’s a strong sense of gritty realism behind the music, one that is hard to stumble across in modern times.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theraintreecounty/
Website: https://theraintreecounty.wordpress.com

GIG NEWS: FUDGE. play Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds on 25th May

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Leeds four-piece FUDGE. – with that crucial full stop at the end – have announced a headline show at LEEDS HYDE PARK BOOK CLUB on SATURDAY 25th MAY; a venue that, with its 150-ish capacity, is clearly too small for them, but they prefer it that way. Pre-sale tickets are available exclusively to their mailing list now and will be followed by a general sale on Wednesday 27th March. If there are any left.

To register and gain access to pre-sale tickets, visit: https://mailchi.mp/088f498a557d/fudgemailinglist

In their brief and eventful existence, FUDGE. have already made significant waves. They were recently invited to play a live set by BBC Introducing and the launch night in February for their second single, NOT A THREAT JUST A WARNING, at the 360 Club at Leeds Lending Room, witnessed scenes that took the breath away. In FUDGE. parlance it “went off”; it got messy and dangerous and exhilarating. It also saw the ‘sold-out-doors-locked’ signs before the first support had finished in a futile attempt to prevent anyone else getting in, with a huge ticketless crowd left in the street outside.

We attended that very special gig, read our review The highlights of that review:

“… To describe this as merely a gig would be an understatement; it’s an experience, a shared, exhilarating experience …”

“… I miss gigs like this, I miss that group madness that only a band who truly connect with their audience can generate; you need to go see Fudge play, you must go see Fudge play”

You can watch brief footage of the night in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pENBYaTainQ&feature=youtu.be

Anyone who has witnessed FUDGE. live will know it’s a staggering spectacle, verging on the edge of chaos and threat, as band members launch into the mosh pit whilst still playing their instruments, but always watching each other’s back, always watching the audience’s back. Their songs may have an air of violence and menace but a blanket of compassion and unity hovers over FUDGE. and they will always ensure that none of the good people of Leeds will be harmed in the making of this band.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fudgebandofficial/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fudgebandofficial/
TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/fudgeband/
WEBSITE: https://www.musicglue.com/fudgebandofficial/

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