SEA GIRLS, HALFNOISE, THE MURDER CAPITAL, LADY BIRD
MENACE BEACH, SEAFRET, SHE DREW THE GUN, HAK BAKER, OLI FOX
+ MORE

Bursting as the unrivalled home of new music discovery in 2019, Live At Leeds is once again primed to be a true hub for fans looking to discover their next favourite band or artist to soundtrack the months ahead. 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 – with even more favourites and exciting new names being announced today (6 March).

Leading the charge is BBC Sound of… nominees and live breakthroughs Sea Girls. Building up a word-of-mouth following across the UK over the past year, the four-piece are geared up for a mammoth year ahead, following on from the vast plaudits and sold-out shows up and down the land drawn in by their euphoric and earnest indie-rock. Soundtracking radio stations at every turn with cuts like ‘All I Want To Hear You Say’, ‘Open Up Your Head’ and ‘Call Me Out’ – their return to Live At Leeds is bound to be a moment not to be missed.

A guy who knows all about rising to the very top, Zac Farro will bring Halfnoise to Live At Leeds 2019 – with his own sublime sun-kissed pop echoing the shimmering sounds of his recent work in Paramore. Captivating and packed with energy, his appearance at the festival is bound to see roadblocks across the city – as is one of the most talked about punk bands of 2019 as The Murder Capital make their mark on Live At Leeds too. Without putting a single track out, the Irish blazers caused a mass stir with fans dying to see and hear what they’re bound to do – with debut cut ‘Feeling Fades’ cementing that standing as the arrival of a new force in guitar music. They’ll be joined on the bill by the volcanic riffs of Kent trio Lady Bird, who since releasing the mesmerising ‘Spoons’ on Slaves’ own record label have captured the attention of thousands with their unstoppable live power. Expect more of the same when they turn to Live At Leeds this May.

Seafret will return to Live At Leeds with their blissful cuts of stunning sound, promising to welcome in a new chapter for the Yorkshire duo. Gritty and undeniably raw, Hak Baker brings his open tales of modern life to Live At Leeds. With a distinct voice and his ability to meld incredible folk with potent lyrics on the hardships seen around him, tracks like ‘Like It Or Lump It’ and ‘Conundrum’ signal the arrival of a vital new voice in British music, and a definite must-see at the festival this year.

Leeds’ very own Menace Beach will return to Live At Leeds, fresh from the acclaimed release of latest album ‘Black Rainbow Sound’. Embracing a whirlwind of different sounds and thriving with creativity and a live presence that has seen thousands return again and again to see them, it’d bound to be a special homecoming for the duo. They lead a staggering array of local talent taking their spot at the festival, as Leeds showcases to the world the exciting and jaw-dropping music being created in the city. Renowned six-piece Team Picture will be making their anticipated next move of fizzing guitars and all-sweeping ease at Live At Leeds 2019, with the rapturously received Tallsaint guaranteed to stun with the sort of tender-pop that’s already making a mark across the UK and beyond. In addition joining the line-up are Dead Naked Hippies, punching their way into view with an unmistakable heavy-hitting set that’ll grab fans by the collar and dance in joy. Joining a who’s who of the best new music Leeds has to offer, it’s a showcase of a city overflowing with unbelievable new voices.

With 25 names joining the packed Live At Leeds 2019 lineup today, there’s a plethora of different genres and styles to try – promising something new and different around every corner. From the adored strains of BBC 6 Music favourites She Drew The Gun, rising pop wordsmith Orla Gartland, Manchester’s own The Lottery Winners or electronic mood-maestro Big Wild to the immediate kicks of Be Charlotte, the open voice of Oli Fox, the potent flows of the DJ Shadow-approved rapper Barny Fletcher and many more. Live At Leeds continue to add even more stellar names that fans will be talking about for months and years to come.

These new additions join a stellar cast of previously announced names heading to the city, building on Live At Leeds’ unrivalled reputation as the essential home of new music. With the trailblazing Sundara Karma, revered game-changers Metronomy and man of the moment Tom Grennan topping a bill boasting the likes of critical titans Kate Tempest, spitting live kings Drenge, the BRIT Award winning Sam Fender, Black Honey, 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 more.

The starting-gates to the summer ahead, Live At Leeds 2019 soundtracks a city soaring with the best in new and now.

Announced Today

Sea Girls
Seafret
She Drew The Gun
Hak Baker
Menace Beach
Orla Gartland
The Murder Capital
Halfnoise
Big Wild
Wovoka Gentle
The Lottery Winners
Luckie
Bailen
Oli Fox
Pip Hall
Be Charlotte
Barny Fletcher
Tallsaint
Team Picture
Dead Naked Hippies
Archie Faulks
Balcony
Honey Harper
Inhaler
Katie Pruitt
Liz Lawrence
Hello Cosmos
Wasuremono
The Jungle Giants
Tom Joshua
Upsahl
Faux Pax
La Rissa
Sam Wilde
Trueman
Green Gardens
Mollie Coddled

Live At Leeds 2019
May 4th 2019
For further details and information, head to:
https://www.liveatleeds.com/

After an exciting 2018 with the success of their second EP ‘ Fight’ , Bristol grunge-pop trio Sœur are storming into 2019 with a brand new single “ No Show ” released on the 4th March, premiered by Radio 1 Rock Show’s Daniel P. Carter on 3rd March. The band will be heading out on a full UK headline tour to promote their latest offering.

Adding new layers of sound to their thick grunge guitars, the new single shares the band’s passion for melodic riffs, rhythmic precision and addictive dual vocals.

“No Show is about depression,” explains guitarist/vocalist Anya, “it depicts the hopelessness of trying to communicate and the futility of attempting to function or to show up for what life demands of you.” Guitarist/vocalist Tina has a different view “For me, ‘No Show’ is about the different expectations people have of life; theirs and other people’s. Sometimes we find purpose and meaning in the places we’d least expect, but we have to show up to find it.”.

The band toured relentlessly in winter 2018, selling out shows across the country and are excited to be back out on the road in March. “We love touring,” says
guitarist/vocalist Anya, “I’ve always felt like being on stage is the place where I get to be truly and completely myself, it’s both exhilarating and cathartic and I’m not sure there’s anything in the world I enjoy doing more.”

Recorded by Jamie Ward at Seamus Wong studios in Leicester & Silk Mill Studios in Stoke, “ No Show ” sees the band expanding their sonic palette with a more focused & defined sound that captures their natural live performance.

“ We were actually halfway through touring ‘ Fight’ when we headed in to the studio to record our next batch of songs, it was all quite intense, touring one release whilst recording the next but we’re really happy with the results! ” says drummer James.

With the success of the 2018 under their belts the band are keen to keep their loyal fans engaged with a string of singles set to be released throughout the spring and summer months.

“We’ve got a fair few festivals already booked in and they keep on coming so it looks like it’ll be a busy summer for us!”

‘No Show’ Release Tour

06/03 NORWICH, The Waterfront
07/03 GUILDFORD, Boileroom
08/03 STOKE, Sugarmill
09/03 NEWCASTLE, Head of Steam
10/03 GLASGOW, The Garage
12/03 MANCHESTER, Soup Kitchen
13/03 LEEDS, Oporto
14/03 OXFORD, Jericho
15/03 BATH, Moles

Sundara Karma’s acclaimed album Ulfilas’ Alphabet is out now on Chess Club / RCA. The Reading band’s second album continues to see them break new ground artistically, with the ambitious album covering epic stadium ready art pop anthems (‘One Last Night On This Earth’), stuttering New Wave funk (‘Little Smart Houses’), stripped back Scott walker esque soul searching (‘The Changeover’) and full on four on the floor dance floor bangers (‘Higher States’). There is a bold, hugely ambitious metamorphosis at the heart of Sundara Karma’s second album.

The band take to the road this April on a nationwide tour, including a night at London’s Brixton Academy (13th April) and sold out shows at Nottingham Rock City and Glasgow Barrowlands shows. They will be celebrating the release of Ulfilas’ Alphabet with in-store live shows at Rough Trade Bristol (3rd March), Rough Trade Nottingham (4th March), Crash Leeds (6th March) and Rough Trade East London (7th March).

Despite being only in their early 20’s, the Reading four piece have been together for close to 10 years. A steady rise came to a head with the their 2017 debut LP ‘Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect’, which saw them headline a sold-out Brixton Academy and draw one of the weekend’s biggest crowds on the Second Stage at Reading Festival, with scores of latecomers forced to listen from outside. Ulfilas’ Alphabet, produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, New Order, Pet Shop Boys) and Kaines (a.k.a. Alex Robertshaw from Everything Everything), sees Sundara Karma throw off all creative shackles and stake their claim as one of the most exciting bands to emerge in recent years.

Instore dates:

3rd March – Rough Trade Bristol
4th March – Rough Trade Nottingham
6th March – Crash Leeds (The Wardrobe)
7th March – Rough Trade East London

2019 tour dates:

2nd April – Glasgow Barrowlands – **SOLD OUT**

4th April – Nottingham Rock City – **SOLD OUT**

5th April – Nottingham Rock City – **NEW DATE ADDED**

6th April – Manchester Victoria Warehouse

8th April – Bristol Academy

9th April – Sheffield Academy

10th April – Birmingham Institute

12th April – Southampton Guildhall

13th April – London Brixton Academy

SUNDARA KARMA play Crash Records Leeds – Weds 6th March

Tickets:
https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/sundara-karma-free-entry-album-launch-gig-signing/

Plus catch SUNDARA KARMA at:

LIVE AT LEEDS 2019 – SATURDAY MAY 4TH 2019

Tickets on sale now, starting from £38 + Booking Fee.
Available from https://www.liveatleeds.com/

After selling out numerous UK dates before any studio material was even available online, Dublin’s The Murder Capital today announce a further string of dates for April and May that include dates at The Great Escape, a London headliner at The Lexington and a homecoming show at Whelan’s in Dublin for Eastbound Festival.

Catch the band live on the following dates:

30th April – The Forum – Tunbridge Wells
1st May – Picture House Social Club – Sheffield
3rd May – Soup Kitchen – Manchester
4th May – Live At Leeds – Leeds
5th May – Handmade Festival – Leicester
8th May – The Jericho Tavern – Oxford
10th May – The Great Escape – Brighton
11th May – Eastbound Festival, Whelan’s – Dublin
14th May – Nice N Sleazy – Glasgow
15th May – The Polar Bear – Hull
16th May – The Lexington – London

They will also support IDLES at the band’s sold out show at The Electric Ballroom on 6th April.

The Murder Capital ended 2018 as that rare thing: a band tipped from all corners without having released a single song. In an age where people and bands overshare by default, The Murder Capital have been doing the opposite. If you wanted to know about The Murder Capital, you had to get to a show and see for yourself. That’s if you could get in. Based on the caustic strength of one live recording of “More Is Less”, which went viral on YouTube (watch), and feverish word of mouth from those who have been lucky enough to attend these early gigs, The Murder Capital have built a formidable reputation. In just over a year, they’ve sold out shows in their hometown of Dublin (to 400 people), played with Slaves, Shame and fellow countrymen Fontaines DC and seen the likes of the NME, Loud & Quiet, Dork and DIY back them already – with The Irish Times calling them out as Ireland’s best new rock band.

With debut single “Feeling Fades” the band fulfill their early promise – delivering a brooding, propulsive slice of post-punk recorded with Flood (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Foals). In one of their rare interviews so far, the band have stated they are driven by the genuine desire to affect cultural change, and when front-man James McGovern repeats the lyric “the now elapsed ‘round you and me, and it kept us all together” on this, their debut single, you start to believe that they’re capable of achieving just that.

American rock superstars – LIVING COLOUR – will perform their classic album ‘Vivid’ live and in-full at a handful of UK dates in 2019.

Over 30 years since its initial release, the maverick New York City outfit will be revisiting their infamous debut record end-to-end on stages across the country, plus a smattering of hits from their establishment-quaking career.

Full dates and details outlined below, with tickets on sale today 1st March 2019:
http://livingcolour.com/tour/

Released by Epic Records in 1988, this game-changing release boasted totemic singles including “Cult of Personality”, “Open Letter (To A Landlord)”, “Funny Vibe”, “Middle Man” and “Glamour Boys” amongst its many riches. Produced by enlisted super-producer Ed Stasium (Ramones / Talking Heads), this seismic first effort was also notable for its guest appearances from none other than Chuck D, Flavour Flav and even one Mick Jagger (who also contributed to production on select tracks).

Released to a shower of rave reviews from the rock press including a mighty 4.5/5 in Kerrang! and global public adoration, ‘Vivid’ was an instant success, hitting the No.6 spot in the Billboard 200 Chart and earning certifiable Double Platinum status after it comfortably became one of the most popular albums of the year.

Decades later, the ‘Vivid’ legacy remains untarnished and intact, with the record even receiving prestigious inclusion in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book. With its seminal status unquestionable and its inspiring musical, political and social relevance more prescient than ever, in 2019, the original maestros behind this groundbreaking work will return to perform the album live and in full like never before.

Providing fittingly anarchic company on their upcoming ‘Vivid’ performances, Living Colour will joined for the dates by one of the UK’s most unflinchingly exciting new rock talents Wayward Sons, plus explosive US blues-rocker Jared James Nichols. Catch this unholy trinity on tour at the following UK dates:

LIVING COLOUR: PERFORMING ‘VIVID’ LIVE + IN-FULL, PLUS HITS
(W/ WAYWARD SONS + JARED JAMES NICHOLS)

JULY 2019 – UK TOUR DATES

Tues, 16 – Norwich – Waterfront
Wed, 17 – Birmingham – The Mill
Fri, 19 – Reading – Sub89
Sat, 20 – Northampton – Roadmender*
Tues, 23 – Glasgow – Garage
Weds, 24 – Newcastle – Riverside
Thur, 25 – Leeds – Stylus
Fri, 26 Manchester – Academy 2

* Support from Jared James Nichols Only

– TICKETS ON SALE – TODAY 1st MARCH –
http://livingcolour.com/tour/

For more than thirty years Living Colour have created, recorded and performed their own brand of heavy rock that draws as much inspiration from yesteryear soul men and rock gods as they do from post-bop jazz and boulevard shaking hip-hop. Founded by guitarist Vernon Reid back when he was still a dreadlocked sideman with Ronald Shannon Jackson and other East Village noise ensembles, Living Colour includes vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish.

In 2017, Living Colour released their latest studio album, ‘Shade,’ on Megaforce Records, a record that stood as their first new record in some eight years.

Still performing with the original and complete line up, in 2019 Living Colour will return their iconic debut album ‘Vivid’ to the masses at what promise to be some of 2019 most thrilling live shows. Be there…

FOR MORE INFORMATION

w/ http://livingcolour.com

inFade – who I recently caught at The Purple Thread gig at The Lending Room, see my review – are playing at The Temple of Boom Leeds next Saturday 9th March.

Just so you don’t have to duck out of this news piece – although do if you want to read about the other bands playing – here’s what I said:

“inFade start as they mean to go on. Their music is loud – no way way loud, heavy on the riff and thankfully free of any guitar heroics (I’ve kinda gone off guitar solos in heavy alternative music lately, I live for a riff!). They hover around that sort of heavy alternative rock, grunge-y riffing, almost metal thing BUT – and it’s a big but – their stuff isn’t same-y. At no point do I think ‘well, this is just all sounding the same’.

Their third track is a slower number, a slow burner that has both a tune and groove. It was at this point that I really got into inFade. I also really took notice of the fact that this is band who really get into it, it’s not a ‘stage act’ but it’s visually exciting, they hardly ever stay in the one spot or just stand there, they’re all over the stage.

Stuff like this, that relies on three people locking into something, isn’t going to work if they don’t know what they’re doing musically, and inFade can play, they play really brilliantly well.

The other standout song in their set was a new song that had a kinda almost blusey feel to it, a blues rock thing going on. This had of all things a guitar solo, it was short and at the very end of the song but it was a solo, but in the context of the song it worked for them to sneak one in.

inFade really impressed me”

Basically what I’m saying is inFade are really worth catching.

Amongst Thieves + Counterpoint
Saturday, 9 March 2019 from 19:00-23:00
Temple Of Boom, Byron Street Mills, Millwright Street, LS2 7QG Leeds
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/599864?fbclid=IwAR2f86PgWaMebCcGILKuxvs2MJAXMIc2ZeObMWbKtr9ihac02riO96xgcsI

The info

InFade are a hard hitting rock band from Leeds & York. Slaves to the groove; their songs are fast paced, rhythmic and high energy like their performance. Formed in 2018 they are hitting 2019 hard with new drummer Jonny, kicking off with a packed independent venue week gig at 360 club Leeds working with Alt J Gus.

https://www.facebook.com/infadeofficial/