After seeing Palace at the Green Man Festival only a few months before this gig, I was pleasantly surprised to see how far they had come in terms of fluidity of performance and image. The […]
Nothing But Thieves @ The Wardrobe 23/10
How many people can you squeeze into the Wardrobe? Throw five-piece band Nothing But Thieves into the mix and it turns out, a good few hundred. This intimate Leeds venue presented a rare opportunity to […]
Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba @ Howard Assembly Room 24/10
Bassekou Kouyaté and his band Ngoni Ba transported the audience in the Howard Assembly Room to their home of Mali on Friday night. Kouyaté radically changed the way in which the ngoni is traditionally played […]
Vessels @ Brudenell Social Club 19/10
I’ll be honest and admit to very limited knowledge of Vessels before trundling down to their show at our infamous Brudenell on Monday night. This was the start of their UK and international tour off […]
Twin Atlantic @ Brudenell Social Club 24/10
In the Brudenell Social Club, Twin Atlantic took their well-earned place on this stage after support from Life and Creeper. Even after playing Reading and Leeds festival main stage, T in the Park and numerous […]
Ezra Furman @ Stylus 21/10
Ezra Furman looks great in a skirt. And string of pearls. And blue hair. Assembling with “The Boyfriends”, this feisty Canadian graced the stage in Stylus on Wednesday night. Elegantly scuttling on with his band […]
Hallé Orchestra @ Leeds Town Hall 18/10
On Saturday 18 October, the Hallé Orchestra joined us here in Leeds for a night to show us the strengths of a large Symphony Orchestra. If you’ve never been to the Town Hall for a […]
Editors @ O2 Academy 17/10
A minimalist backdrop doesn’t give much away for what’s to follow from Birmingham indie rockers Editors. The focus is definitely all on them tonight, not the stage scenery. And they are eager to please, performing […]
Spring King @ Headrow House 11/10
Zane Lowe’s very first Beats 1 play, Teen Choice award nominees, Spring King have certainly had a crazy year. After touring with the likes of Circa Waves and Courtney Barnett, Spring King are ready made […]
Starsailor @ Leeds Beckett Student Union 7/10
It may seem strange for a band like this to play at such a small venue on their first UK tour since 2009, however the result created by this was immense. In Leeds Beckett’s Student […]
Fall Out Boy @ First Direct Arena 3/10
After taking a hiatus in 2009, the future looked bleak for Fall Out Boy. The response to Folie à Deux was disappointing and it was clear that the band were feeling artistically unsatisfied. Going their […]
In The Middle with The LaFontaines
Supporting Eliza and the Bear on their tour are Glaswegian band The LaFontaines, whose music is an interesting mix of hip hop and rock that has tended to polarise critics. Kerr, the bands charismatic frontman, […]