Never have I been more keen to head up the M6 to the beautiful surroundings of Lowther Deer Park in Cumbria. The line-up for KENDAL CALLING, held at the park from July 26-28 is looking awesome. Previous years have brought the likes of Mumford & Sons, Foals, Pendulum, The Cribs and House Of Pain, and
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.
Well, that was bloody good fun! With more than 100 bands spread out on 15 stages around the city, and several thousand music fans buzzing from venue to venue collecting its sweet sonic nectar, LIVE AT LEEDS 2013 was a blast. Predictably, I started getting a headache trying to work out a do-able schedule, factoring in time travelling
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 time next week, we’re going to be right in the thick of LIVE AT LEEDS, and quite frankly knackered from rushing around the city checking out as many bands as possible. In preparation for this, we’ve put together a Spotify playlist which highlights many of the bands set to grace the stages of nine
The line-up for LEEDS FESTIVAL 2013 has been building up since December, when, as an early Christmas present, we were told EMINEM was returning as the first headline act. In February, we got BIFFY CLYRO as the second headliner, along with FALL OUT BOY‘s not-so-secret comeback, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, JAKE BUGG and Sheffield’s metal heroes BRING ME