Rothwell five-piece THE PIGEON DETECTIVES need no introduction. They’ve just released their fourth album, the romantically-titled We Met At Sea and raised the roof off the O2 Academy Leeds the other weekend as part of Live At Leeds. I don’t half like this lot. Ever since I first saw them many years ago up in Middlesbrough, they’ve always
So, THE 1975. You might have heard of them. Certainly the thousand-or-so people desperate to get in the already-at-capacity Cockpit, at Live At Leeds have. Their insanely catchy tunes have been taking over our airwaves for the last few months, and they’re about to release their fourth EP – aptly-titled IV – on Monday, which features
One of my earliest childhood memories is forgetting how to swim. Luckily not in a vital life-or-death situation, just at the school pool. I still don’t understand my thinking. Somehow I ‘forgot’ how to swim over the summer holidays and when I went back in September, I had to admit my predicament to our teacher.
I clean forgot to flag up the first lot of additions to the BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE line-up a couple of weeks ago, so I’m slightly more on the ball with this morning’s announcement of new acts heading to Myrtle Park over the weekend of August 30 to September 1. Joining The Cribs, the Wonder Stuff
Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we fucking love THE 1975. Ever since we drunkenly stumbled upon The City on music telly one late Saturday night last September, we’ve been smitten with the Manchester art-rockers. Since then, the band have exploded. Two small UK tours were followed by a European jaunt with Two Door Cinema
This week has been great. I’ve watched more than 20 young bands do their thing at the Wardrobe in Leeds, hoping to make it through to the CENTRE STAGE 2013 finals this summer. The best thing about each night was looking through the names of the bands and looking forward to seeing what they’re all
This was the song that made us fall head over heels for Manchester art-rockers THE 1975. In the wee small hours of a Sunday morning (though still Saturday night, according to our drinking abilities) last September, a tune popped up on music telly and stopped me and the missus dead in our tracks. The City
This video dropped last week, but I’ve been a tad slack and only checked it out this afternoon (blame Daft Punk). Sorry about that. POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS are back with a hot new tune, all delightfully dark and brooding and the accompanying video is rather manic. Like a mean and moody Modest Mouse – with
It’s just three weeks until this year’s CENTRE STAGE competition kicks off with four nights of heats to find that one special act who will find themselves up on that BBC Introducing Stage at Leeds and Reading festivals later in the summer. Cannot wait
The first time I saw Bradford trio BALLYHOO/EVENTIDE was at the 360 Club in Leeds last summer. They rocked my socks off. Their jagged post-punk, huge samples and loops and frontman Dave’s vocal gymnastics were a real treat. I’m no fan of Muse – their guitar-twiddling has become a pompous parody of their former glory