Upon this very cold, wet and windy November evening, it appeared that everyone at the ever-great Belgrave was in the mood for the rays of sunshine that make up this Leeds-based band. Speaking for myself, […]
JAWS @ Belgrave Music Hall 23/11
Birmingham Indie surf pop four-piece, JAWS, bought hazy guitar echoes of nostalgia-inducing lazy summers to Belgrave Music Hall on a cold Monday night in November. JAWS have made the transition in three years from lesser-known […]
Agent Fresco @ Belgrave Music Hall 22/11
“What happens on tour stays on tour” – opener Cleft warms the crowd at Belgrave Music Hall on this cold-as-hell Sunday evening with some banterful small talk as charming as the Mancunian duo’s music. Their […]
Preview: TANTZ @ Belgrave Music Hall 29/10
Home grown Leeds based Klezmer band TANTZ are launching their debut album ‘Voytek The Bear’ here in Leeds this Thursday. They studied at Leeds College of Music, and TANTZ was formed in 2012, fittingly after […]
Glass Animals @ Belgrave Music Hall 4/3
With pineapples and palm trees at the ready, Glass Animals entered the Belgrave with a tropicana agenda. The half hour delay only builds the suspense, but eventually the unmistakable tropical rainforest sounds of Glass Animals wash […]
Gig Guide w / 13th March 2015
Friday 13th March Fred P at Wire, £9 Butter Side Up return with another sterling transatlantic import. Radioland: Kraftwerk’s Radio-Activity Revisited at Belgrave Music Hall, £10 An audio-visual treat as the German pioneers’ seminal 1975 […]
Gig Guide w / 6 February 2015
Friday 6th February Julian Cope at Brudenell, £22.50 Ex-Teardrop Explodes frontman and general rock behemoth brings his infinite back catalogue to Hyde Park. Saturday 7th February Viet Cong at Brudenell, £7 Twisted alt-rock from Canada […]
IN / ON/ UP / DOWN & Destroy All Monsters Present: TOKiMONSTA
For the past four months, IN / ON / UP / DOWN has been at the forefront of electronic music in Leeds. Relentlessly pushing the boundaries into dark electronica, ambient and drone, IN/ ON / […]
The Ting Tings @ Belgrave 28/11
Does anyone remember the Ting Tings? Of course you do! The duo that brought us the nationally celebrated track ‘That’s Not My Name’ back in May 2008. But has anyone heard from them since? The […]
The Antlers @ Belgrave Music Hall 2/11
You know it’s going to be an interesting show when members of the audience start shushing each other during the support act; fans of The Antlers are a diverse bunch, but what they have in […]
How To Dress Well @ Belgrave Music Hall 26/09
“Why is that just your face on the cover?” someone sharply asks Tom Krell during the improvised “Q and A session” he jokingly throws in the midst of his emphatic performance at noticeably packed Belgrave. […]
Natalie Holmes @ Belgrave 09/10
Leeds College of Music graduate Natalie Holmes stopped off at Belgrave on the penultimate day of her UK tour, clearly excited to be playing in the city that encouraged her musical pursuit. Having released an […]