Alt-J, The Horrors and Ghostpoet – Sunday 6th December – First Direct Arena – 6.30pm – £31.90

The Mercury prize-winning band, Alt-J will be making a return to Leeds, the city where they formed back in 2007. With two beautifully crafted albums up their sleeve, the band have managed to create a wonderful hybrid of indie rock and folktronica. They will be joined by two other British acts; the garage punk/rock band, The Horrors and the vocalist and musician, Ghostpoet.

NAO – Thursday 10th December – Headrow House – 8pm – £7

East-London R&B artist, NAO will be playing Headrow House in light of her three album releases this year: Reggae Martini, February 15 and Bad Blood. Studying and working within music all her life has allowed NAO to create unique funk-pop electronic music that can be played authentically and live, without sequencers.

Jeffrey Lews & Los Bolts, Down Dime and The Wharf Street Galaxy Band – Thursday 10th December – Wharf Chambers – 7.30pm – £10

The New York indie-rock musician and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis has released his seventh studio album, Manhattan, with his band Los Bolts. With songs themed on human observation and specific details of moments experienced whilst rambling through the city’s streets, Manhattan is a highly emotive and personable album. He will also be joined by the frantic indie band, Down Dime and Leeds’ The Wharf Street Galaxy Band.

 

Leeds UML is a society, community, and volunteer-run music library that can be found in a tucked away room on the top floor of the Union. Members have access to a music collection that has been built up over 60+ years, containing thousands of CDs, vinyl records, and a couple cassette tapes too. Joining costs £6 for the year. For more info, and to have a look at the collection and past events, go to leedsuml.com.

 

Victoria Clarkson