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Hardwick Live – August 22nd 2015

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Hardwick Live

The following have been confirmed for Hardwick Live:

  • James
  • Razorlight
  • 10cc
  • Embrace
  • The Beat
  • Scott Matthews
  • Natasha North
  • Meadowlark
  • The Volunteers
  • The Sherlocks (see our feature on the Sherlocks)

Hardwick Live is on August 22nd at:

Hardwick Hall Hotel
Sedgefield
Co, Durham TS21 2EH

Hardwick Live: http://hardwicklive.co.uk

360 Club: Listings 27th Mar-1st May

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360 Club listings confirmed are:

  • 27th March – Apollo Junction + The Seagulls + Be Quiet Shout Loud! + Brett Lee
  • 3rd April – A Billion Lions + Perfect Crimes + NotNow + Plankton
  • 10th April  – Gonzo’s + The World Keeps + Apollo’s Circus + Alverstone
  • 11th April – Psychobabylon + All I Live For + Yugen + Into The Diode
  • 17th April – Samuel S. Parkes + New Vinyl + Racing Trees
  • 18th April – RedStar + Young Amphibians + The Contravenes + Leodis
  • 24th April – Jake Smallbones + Casey On The Loose + Arcarode + The Budget Brothers
  • 1st May – Jacobean Ruff + Littlebrook + Huw Eddy + Ben Roberts

360 Club
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds LS2 3AP

360 Club on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/360Club/timeline

BAND FEATURE: We Were Lawless

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From: Hebden Bridge/Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Members: Steve Cullen (guitar/vocals), Jon Betz (bass), Dave Foulger (drums) & Sébastien Degorce (lead guitar)

We Were Lawless may have only played together for a relatively short time, but they’re a band whose live gigs have an immediate impact on their audiences.

Describing their sound, one reviewer said: ‘Imagine if Tom Waits had been put through a Queens Of The Stone Age blender and produced by David Lynch’. Intrigued? Well, with a live gig at Todmorden’s newly re-opened Golden Lion and a host of new songs up on YouTube, you should be!

We Were Lawless formed when drummer Dave and bassist Jon started looking for a singer-songwriter with whom to join forces. Unbeknownst to them, Steve – a long-time friend of Dave’s – had been writing songs in his cellar for years. When they formed a band (first known as Lawless). the meeting of Steve’s lyrics and the music was effortless. As Steve says: ‘the music writes itself’. With the final piece of the jigsaw filled for the band by Steve’s recruitment, so too the band filled a niche for Steve , giving him the confidence to vocalise his lyrics. This essential connection between the band members is virtually tangible in their music.

Steve writes about the afflictions of modern times and, while the themes are sometimes difficult – suffering, poverty, addiction and war being just a few examples – the lyrics are nevertheless poetic. In fact, war poetry comes to mind, with the words stirring up a real sense of strength and rebellion in your soul. It’s no coincidence that the name of the band was inspired by a book about war, We Were Soldiers Once… And Young written by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and journalist Joseph L. Galloway. They wrote about the Vietnam War and used the last line of a war poem by A. E. Housman as the title for their book.

Far from being gloomy and dispiriting, the music has a positive and empowered feel to it and, judging by the band’s many stories about random occurrences at gigs, they have no trouble exciting and inspiring a crowd. Tales of dancers being propelled into Northern Soul moves and teenage girls asking to drum while Steve sings, aren’t unusual!

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Ask We Were Lawless about their mission and the answer is resoundingly clear. They want to fuel inspiration in their listeners. Honing their craft at gigs in Manchester, Halifax, Morecambe and more, the band come into their own when they play live. Now their aim is to target the summer festival circuit and venture further afield with their live performances.

While not wanting to box their music, when pushed, the band are prepared to classify themselves as ‘peasant rock’ or ‘gutter blues’. They see themselves as performing non-conformist music of the recusant people, for all people.

John F. Kennedy once said ‘Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth’ a sentiment that Steve shares . He says: ‘We’re all free. Rules and laws are put upon us. If you don’t abide by them, you’re in trouble. Why are we being told what we can and can’t do? I’m not hurting anyone.’

Lawlessness usually has negative connotations but this band has turned it into a positive force.

We Were Lawless have self-recorded and produced all their music to date, all of which can be found on their YouTube channel.

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What’s next? A new EP, to be recorded at Robin Wood Studios in Todmorden will see We Were Lawless’ first outing with guitarist, Sébastien, who joined the band late in 2014. The band weren’t looking for a fourth member but Sébastien slotted so easily into the Lawless sound by making the songs his own, that it became inevitable. Having lead guitar in the band has allowed Steve to concentrate purely on singing in several songs – ‘I can now concentrate on roaring’, he says with a grin.

Although Sébastien will temporarily return to France in September, We Were Lawless remain unfazed. Inspired by the Desert Sessions – a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme in 1997 – the band employs a revolving door policy, allowing the music to be the constant, and musicians to come and go.( Homme brought together musicians from different bands at an old ranch-house filled to the brim with rare and unique recording equipment and instruments, explaining that, ‘At Desert Sessions, you play for the sake of music. That’s why it’s good for musicians.’)

The removal of constraints seems to promote the natural flow of music and ideas both for the Desert Sessions’ artists and We Were Lawless. Come to the Golden Lion, Todmorden at 8pm on Friday 20th March and see what effect they have on you!

We Were Lawless are also supporting GBH in Luddendenfoot on July 4th 2015.

News about future gigs will be posted on this site.

We Were Lawless on SoundCloud:


We Were Lawless on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgg8QLoRZFmPFdCbmynXS3A
We Were Lawless on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawlessbanned

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We Were Lawless photographs supplied by: Foulger Photography

 

 

ARTIST FEATURE: The magic of drone – Todmorden artist Sophie Cooper

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Sophie Cooper was recently asked by a parent who was signing up their child to her music classes if she did ‘’baby drone’’. Her response was ‘Erm, possibly next term’.

Todmorden-based performer, Sophie, produces an ethereal sound with many layers of texture. Her lyrics are sometimes poignantly clear but in some tracks are intriguingly distorted. Because of this layering of weird and wonderful sounds, Sophie has often been pigeonholed as ‘psychedelic’, but she prefers to describe herself as an ‘experimental drone folk songwriter’.

The meaning of drone

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Experimental and folk aren’t exactly new terms for most of us, but you might be forgiven for thinking that drone has something to do with aerial photography.

‘Drone is about the continuous sound underneath the words,’ Sophie explains. ‘I’ve got a Shrutti box – from India, which you squeeze and air goes through it – producing a drawnout noise – and I use that quite a lot. I tend to tune my guitar to an open chord and use repeat finger picking patterns, largely inspired by 60’s folk guitar players such as Bert Jansch, to play a piece. You could probably describe the overall tone this produces as a “drone” sound.’

Influence of folk

While acknowledging the influence of bands such as Pentangle and the Incredible String Band, Sophie doesn’t see herself as neatly fitting anyone’s idea of a folk singer. She says the folk influence mainly comes out in her love of telling stories through her songs, rather than her style of performing. ‘Quite often in my songs the narrative is hidden away – not too overt. Someone once said that my music was about love and loss and I was a bit offended – because that makes it seem a bit shallow. Sometimes I’m tackling some heavy emotional subjects and I don’t want to always have them on exposure to people.’

And what about the ‘psychedelic’ label that reviewers sometimes give her – is that something she feels happy with?

‘Genre defining is always difficult and can be counterproductive,’ Sophie says, ‘but I think about psychedelic as the experience of taking yourself somewhere else, not really being aware of what you are playing. Although I use a lot of improvising when I’m writing, when it comes to performing I want to be in control and produce something I know I can be proud of – something that can be for keeps.’

Voice as an instrument

Being seen as ”a singer” isn’t something which Sophie feels particularly comfortable with. ‘Singing for me is like having another instrument which is easy to take along with you because you don’t have to carry it! I like to have a lot going on in my songs and I tend to have a lot of equipment to carry for live shows. Moving towards performing the words I wrote was quite a big step for me. Sometimes I will change the words of songs when I’m performing so I don’t bum myself or other people out with feelings from the past. Some of my songs are very personal but I often use sounds to obscure the words so that I’m not giving too much away.’

One of Sophie’s performance techniques is to let her songs run into each other – but on her albums each song is clearly individual. ‘I often share bills with experimental noise artists who don’t tend to perform songs as such, so I’m a bit on my own in this scene as someone who shows up with a guitar and sings. Merging songs together live is definitely an influence from my peers producing long ‘‘one-track’’ sets, in a way I’m trying to fit in,’ she says.

Solo career

Until a couple of years ago Sophie was known as a guitar player – performing and recording with outfits such as Cooper-Jones, Leopard Leg, Wing Horses, Tom Cool, and Remedial Queen of England. Sophie had been playing guitar since the age of 13 but also singing in a choir and grew up listening to a wide range of music in her family home in Stoke-on-Trent. However she decided to study History of Art at Manchester because she felt that a formal music education didn’t sit comfortably with her love of improvisation and experimentation.

‘During uni I met lots of musicians, did lots of improvising and started putting on gigs. I put on a festival in Manchester when I was 18 – called LadyFest,’ she says. She was also greatly influenced by experiencing Riot Girl bands like Le Tigre, Bratmobile and The Gossip. Seeing women leading performances was ‘a real game changer’ for Sophie and has continued to be a major influence in her life.

Moving North

Sophie was living in London when she met her partner Jake Blanchard (who runs Tor Press). She was newly back from a holiday in the States where she’d found New York City quite claustrophobic but had warmed to the country lifestyle of Saratoga. ‘I came back thinking I want a bit of that and starting to question what I was doing in London,’ she says.

‘Jake comes from the Peak District and really wanted to move back up North. We’d also come across wonderful people like Ned Netherwood – this crazy guy who was reviewing music in the Calder Valley – so we knew there was a really good music scene up here and the countryside was a big draw.

Since her move to Todmorden, West Yorkshire, Sophie’s noticed a major boost to her creativity (she’s released two solo albums and one collaboration) – which she attributes both to the healthier lifestyle but also the supportiveness of local artists.

Warm welcome

She says: ‘When I first moved up I hadn’t really played a solo show before and told a friend I wanted to do a gig – so my friend put me on as headliner in Manchester. I dragged in a couple of talented musicians to be my band and we had a really great turn out. I felt as though the audience was full of people who were really happy for me to be playing – which was lovely!’

Since becoming part of the local scene Sophie has played at venues in Leeds, Bradford and Hebden Bridge but also toured in Ireland and performed at festivals in Austria and Wiltshire. She’s also about to make her debut in her adopted home town of Todmorden – performing on Good Friday at the newly opened Fundevogel Cafe.

Opening up the local scene

Sophie has certainly been one of the people opening up the music scene in Todmorden to new audiences. Last year, together with partner Jake, she organised the Tor Festival based in Todmorden.
And a second festival is planned for August this year. ‘We wanted to involve national artists, or even international artists who wouldn’t normally play somewhere like Tod, but might play Leeds or Manchester,’ she says. ‘Tor Bookings doesn’t personally make any money – all the takings go to the bands and are split equally. We might give headliners a bit more if they’ve come over from the States or somewhere else far away, because they have costs to cover but even the proceeds from the bar go back into the pot. So very local people get a fair share of the profits.’

Sophie is on a mini-tour of Leeds, Brighton and London towards the end of March 2015. Full details can be found on her website and to listen to samples of Sophie’s music visit her SoundCloud page.

Sophie’s website: http://sophiecoopermusic.com/events/
Sophie on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sophie-cooper

Mull Historical Society performs ‘Loss’ Night & Day Cafe Sunday 26th April

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‘Loss’ . . . 

“One of the best British records of the year. A tartan-clad debut of aspiring proportions.” 
The Face.

“Tuneful and plaintive pop gems…4/5 ” 
Rolling Stone Magazine.

Colin MacIntyre – who releases under the pseudonym ‘Mull Historical Society’ – is one of the UK’s most respected songwriters & performers. Also a multi-instrumentalist, programmer, producer, and now debut novelist, MacIntyre has released six albums to date: four MHS albums and two under his own name. His most recent MHS album ‘City Awakenings’ came out in 2012. He has achieved two top-twenty chart albums and four top-forty chart singles. His Gold-selling debut, ‘Loss’, has been widely hailed as one of the best British albums of that year, including making the Q Magazine top albums poll.

Night & Day Café
26 Oldham St
Manchester M1 1JN

Tickets: http://www.nightnday.org/event/mull-historical-society-performs-loss/

This Feeling Clubnight: Clay & This Feeling DJs – Night & Day Cafe 25th April

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Clay – “Something very exciting is brewing in Leeds in the form of young band CLAY, a band that sound like screamadelica era Primal Scream, fronted by Tim Burgess having a knife fight with Jungle…… excited? YES WE ARE”

Live music 8pm – 11.30pm
DJs 11.30pm – 3am

Clay on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clayweare

Information and tickets: http://www.nightnday.org/event/this-feeling-clubnight/

Ozric Tentacles play Manchester Academy 22nd May

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The mighty Ozrics line up a date at Manchester Academy.

Ozric Tentacles are, simply put, legends of the UK underground. One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, The Ozrics layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock. It’s an open exploration of music and the soul.

In their 25 years, the Ozrics have experienced the vicissitudes of the rock and roll life. The band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label (Dovetail & Stretchy), put out 25 albums, scored a hit record, and sold over a million albums world-wide. And yet, the basic motivation behind the band’s existence has never wavered.

A campfire at the Stonehenge free festival in 1983 witnessed the birth of Ozric Tentacles. It was there that composer and band leader Ed Wynne (guitar), and brother Roly Wynne (bass), who were performing in a band known at the time as Bolshem People, along with drummer Nick ‘Tig’ Van Gelder (Jamiroquai), stumbled upon synth player Joie Hinton. From that very first jam session, a musical compatibility was evoked that has since been a trademark of the Ozric Tentacles. It’s a signature blend of hippy aesthetics and raver electronics with spiralling guitars, textured waves of keyboards, midi, samplers, and supergroovy bass and drum rhythms. The Ozrics swiftly claimed their place as a staple of the UK’s burgeoning festival scene, and are now credited as one of the influential musical linchpins of the scene’s re-emergence.

Throughout the early 1990’s, constant touring of the UK helped the Ozric Tentacles to build a tremendous national fanbase on a grass roots level. With the band’s 1993 release “Jurassic Shift,” which debuted at #11 on the British pop chart and climbed into the Top 10 in the National Album Charts, the Ozrics eventually won over the adulation of mainstream press, and found themselves heralded in publications such as NME and Melody Maker. It was, and still is, an astonishing accomplishment for a band with no hit single, no celebrity status, and no major record label backing.

“The Ozrics drift to rock fusion purgatory, where song structure crumbles and whim takes the reins. Riffs splinter like shrapnel. Protracted solos come casually, sometimes two at a time. The sound changes chameleonesquely, from solid, tightly-wrapped fusion to warped, chaotic drone.” – Bob Gulla, Creem Magazine

Over the years Ozrics have toured extensively both at home and abroad, performing regularly throughout Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Last year Ed and the Ozrics celebrated their 25th anniversary. To mark the date, Ozrics released the first ever live DVD of them performing it what is well in truly their home environment. “Ozric Tentacles” live at “Sunrise Festival”, is the band filmed outdoors, in Somerset, on a beautiful evening, at the perfect example of an English Festival, in their element. Sunrise Festival is the first video release to be edited and mixed by the band. It provides incredible insight into how the songs are constructed, played, and what it actually feels like for the band to perform them.

Ozric Tentacles released their new studio album “Yum Yum Tree” in 2009. “Yum Yum Tree” is distributed worldwide by Snapper Records. Copies are available from the band’s website www.ozrics.com Yum Yum Tree is based around the guitar work, synthesis, and compositional skills of Ed Wynne, founding member of Ozric Tentacles. Having a musical identity that is as broad as his influences, the album is a body of work that combines rock, world music, trance, and ethereal jams with organic drums and bass in a way that only Ed and Ozrics can.

Last year Ozrics celebrated their 30th anniversary. To mark the date, Ozrics finally granted the wishes of many fans, by re-mastering and re-releasing a series of classics from the catalogue, which have previously been out of print for nearly 20 years. Ozric Tentacles’ “Vitamin Enhanced” Box Set was released in late 2013 and contains the entire first 6 albums recorded by the band

Ozric’s website: http://www.ozrics.com

Tickets: http://www.manchesteracademy.net/Artiste%20Pages/ozrictentacles.html

BAND FEATURE: Puppet Rebellion

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Formed just two years ago in the musically fertile city of Manchester, indie-rock five-piece Puppet Rebellion are already making a name for themselves. They have two critically acclaimed EPs to their name – Chemical Friends (2013) and No Means Yes (2014) – and on 23 February this year the band released their brand new single Watch Me Fall. This is the first recording featuring lead singer Ollie, who joined the band in late 2014, who as a Stoke native is the only non-Manc in the group.

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Watch Me Fall is the sound of a confident band at the top of their game. Opening with a sharp choppy riff, the song’s intertwining staccato rhythms and rolling bass lines bring to mind Reptilia by The Strokes, or Interpol’s Slow Hands. The soaring vocals combine the soulful intensity of Elbow’s Guy Garvey with the urgency and energy of Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke. When you put all this together with the type of rousing chorus where you can already imagine a large crowd singing along, you get a great single and a brilliant introduction to the band for any newcomers.

You can hear Watch Me Fall and its B-Side Claim To Fame here:
https://soundcloud.com/puppetrebellion

The band are determined to use whatever means available to get their music heard by as many people as possible. Be it through social media (@PuppetRebellion currently have just under 38,000 followers on Twitter) or their blistering, high energy live performances (they have provided support to the likes of Catfish & The Bottlemen and Reverend and The Makers). According to bassist, James Halliwell, Puppet Rebellion are definitely not afraid of hard graft and discipline as a group.

‘We’re a really hardworking, dedicated band. We’re very strict with ourselves and also very protective of our independence. You won’t hear anything coming out from us that hasn’t been painstakingly thought out and refined.’

After a very well received set at last year’s Tramlines Festival in Sheffield (which James describes as ‘a personal highlight’) the lads are looking forward to playing in the city again this year, during their tour in support of the new single. They will be appearing at The March Of the Mods at The Royal Standard in Sheffield on 20 March as well as The Full Moon in Stoke on 27 March and their homecoming gig at Sound Control in Manchester on 28 March. The rest of the tour dates can be found here:
http://www.puppetrebellion.com/live/

Catch these guys soon as they are definitely headed for big things and. like the rebellious puppets of the band’s name, this group are determined to take charge of their own destiny.

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Puzzfest (Round 2) 22nd to 24th May

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Coming Soon

The line-up for Round 2 of Puzzfest has been announced (see our post on Round 1)

Friday 22nd May

Free Sandwiches

Saturday 23rd May

Outside Stage:

9pm: The Franceens – The Franceens are a 3 piece rock and roll band from York UK. They have been described by many as being a ‘real band’. They are known for their ferocious live shows, constant gigging, and their high-energy version of garage/rock and roll style music. They officially started in February 2013 and have been going strong ever since.

8pm: Raw Bones

7pm: Brasshaus

6pm: The Crash Mats – Punk with lashings of ska and Rock n Roll madness. 3 idiots from Oldham est 2008
Website: https://soundcloud.com/thecrashmats

5pm: The Treated

Sunday 24th May:

Inside Stage:

10pm – Late: Abel Raise The Cain – When the bubble or romantic suspense pops, a chorus, a wall of sound, a full culmination of six instruments really grabs the ears; A chanted motif, “I’m just too late”, has rung around in my head since coming across Abel Raise The Cain. This is a ‘big room’ song.
– (NARC MAGAZINE, ON TOO LATE).

Outside Stage

9pm: NARCS – “Every track is lyrically concise and punchy in nature, the way gritty indie rock should be. NARCS leave no room for vanity, and confidently keeps to the point. It is the nouvelle cuisine of song writing, deceptive in its apparent simplicity, but can leave the listener wanting more.”
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8pm: This Is Masses  – This Is Masses – Gritty pop gems combining the musicality and songwriting finesse of great English guitar bands. grunge dynamics, and the atmospherics of contemporary electronica, brought together as melodic wall of noise. A unique tonality bringing a freshness to british guitar music that has been lacking for decades. A genre re-envisioned to be an escape from the rut of uninspired chart pop. This is masses.

7pm: TBC

6pm: Dana Ali Band – Dana Ali’s sound is Neo-Soul, a combination of Blues, Jazz, Soul and R&B with Latin and Funk rythms. A diamond in the rough with an awesome recording project in the making!!!

5pm: Pepperjam – Based around Lorry’s songs, Pepperjam are, and have always been, about one thing: originality…They are not interested in playing diluted and pale imitations/ versions of someone else’s music, they set out from the very beginning to do their own thing, and this uncompromising stance is winning them admirers wherever they perform. Their set gets people on the floor from the off, high energy dance vibe, great tunes played with total commitment, passion and ability. ( ‘…a lava flow of rhythm, the audience responded with their feet…’ NME )

Beatitudes Stage: 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Tickets: No tickets are required

The Puzzle Hall Inn
21 Hollins Mill Lane
Sowerby Bridge HX6 2RF

Puzzfest 1st to 3rd May

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Coming Soon

The line-up for Puzzfest has been announced.

Friday 1st May

Funkside Soul Band – 9pm Start

Saturday 2nd May:

Inside

10pm – Late: The Jokers – “When we were kids we were inspired by seeing a great rock and roll show that would take you out of your everyday normal life and leave you on a high. There would be the buzz of the crowd, stacks of amps, fireworks, explosions etc…That is what our band is all about – fun and great song craft.”
Website: www.thejokers.com

Outside Stage:

9pm: Dick Venom & The Terrortones – Pervomatic purveyors of this planet’s most penetrating garage-punk pleasures. Welding unmatched theatrics to their own reinvention of B-movie shlock-horror and glam, their Alice Cooper meets Stooges meets Cramps sound and presence marches over and past the music of their mentors. Since 2010, Dick Venom & the Terrortones have been quenching this nation’s insatiable thirsts for everything gluttonous in glamour and trash… Blasting their way through UK venues and festivals. Regularly handpicked as supports to The Meteors, The Rezillos, Boppin’ B, Demented Are Go, Lawnmower Deth, Savage Messiah and so many more, this stage battering, genre crossing, ungodly foursome is truly a spectacle and a force to behold.

8pm: Avalanche Party – Avalanche Party is garage-punk hopped up on adrenalin and amphetamines. Their sound is intense and immediate, So new yet so familiar and brimming with an urgency that explodes off the stage like the front lines of a war you didn’t even realise was being fought. Every note played through white knuckles, every word spat through gritted teeth. The beats blast like cannons while the guitars stampede like spooked stallions surging ever onward, snorting, snarling and tearing apart everything in their path. The Pistols, The Clash, The Stooges, The Damned; They’re all there but twisted into a much leaner, much fiercer beast. This is punk at its most feral, garage at its most primal, this is rock’n’roll in its most fearsome form, with its teeth bared spitting like a cornered pit-bull.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/AvalancheParty?fref=ts

7pm: 0f Allies – Of Allies marches into the UK alt-rock scene hanging onto the coat-tails of British break-out bands like I Divide, Lower Than Atlantis and Blitz Kids.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/OfAllies

6pm: Harry Bird & The Rubber Wellies – Travelling folksters Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies present their intimate cabaret of joyful sing-a-long choruses and general participatory fun. Pirates, lizards, cracks in the wall and Basque cyclists all inhabit the songscape. And let’s not forget that Beard Snood. Based in Bilbao and Dublin they have spent the last five years touring Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe playing bars, cafes, theatres, circus galas, festivals and folk clubs alike. Their debut album, “Long Way to Be Free”, appeared in 2009 on Hot Drop Records followed by “The Bones on Black” in 2012. A third album is due for release in 2015, all being well.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/harrybirdandtherubberwellies

5pm: TBC

3:00 – 4:30pm – Beatitudes Acoustic Stage

Sunday 3rd May:

Inside

10.15pm – Late: Crosscut Saw – Individually and as a band, they have a solid musical pedigree, having steeped themselves in the recordings and traditions of a great musical heritage, they have worn the boards in countless venues for many a year.

“We tend to shun the temptation to talk about past successes, celebrity endorsements and awards and concentrate on the next performance.”

A Crosscut Saw gig is a hoodoo rollercoaster of pure primeval power. No hype, no image, no posturing, no deception, just true alchemy. No two performances are ever the same, even the musicians themselves don’t know what potent brew will be cooked up. Nothing can be written to give an adequate impression.

“You have to be there in the moment, you have to feel it.”

Crosscut Saw are a four piece blues band from Yorkshire.

Alex Eden – guitar, harmonica and vocals
TJ Norton – harmonica
Richard Ferdinando – drums
James Heggie – bass guitar

“I can say this, they’re incredibly rare, they’re the real deal.”

Outside Stage:

9pm: Regiment – We Are a Rock band who go by the name of Regiment. We play alot of Rage Against The Machine and AudioSlave but also Write Our Own…

8pm: Bobbie Peru – Bobbie Peru is an eclectic rock band formed by Robert Genovese in Manchester (UK) in January 2006. Bert is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who is originally from Waterbury, Connecticut, USA then was signed by Manchester UK label Storm. The music is heavily influenced by indie, garage and post-punk movements. Their sound is an unpredictable mix of stabbing/distorted guitars, social commentary and an abrasive rhythm section. – https://www.facebook.com/BobbiePeru/info

7pm: Goy Boy Mcilroy – Goy Boy McIlroy are a neo-gothic, alt-blues band that create a carnival atmosphere whilst purveying a sinister soundscape of raw drive and industrial ambience. Their energy and unsettling charm draws you ever closer as they relentlessly provide chills and thrills in equal measures. The avant-garde exterior occupies your gaze allowing the music to surround you, knock you off your feet and drag you into the darkened alleyways of your imagination. – https://www.facebook.com/goyboymcilroy/info

6pm: Forever Cult – ”…a clattering, visceral affair that shares an urgency with Leeds-based peers Eagulls and perhaps even an appreciation of noise similar to Hookworms.” – Artrocker

5pm: The Rubber Sound Experiment – ‘New band The Rubber Sound Experiment fuse Post-Rock instrumentals that grow to peaks of intense soundscapes and good old fashioned Alternative Rock.’

3:00 – 4:30pm – Beatitudes Acoustic Stage

Tickets: No tickets are required

The Puzzle Hall Inn
21 Hollins Mill Lane
Sowerby Bridge HX6 2RF

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