Live Review: Cassyette – Stylus, Leeds. 15.03.23
It’s only been a few months since I last saw Cassyette rocking the smallest room in the Leadmill in Sheffield, and since then, the Essex-born rock pioneer has been on a meteoric trajectory. November 2022 saw the release of the acclaimed mixtape Sad Girl with anthemic singles like Mayhem and September Rain showing exactly what …
Meet: Inspiral Carpets’ Graham Lambert, on the eve of their tour and album
It’s 4pm, and I meet Graham Lambert, via Zoom, at his mum’s house in Oldham, the same place she lived (and Graham grew up) in the 1980s. He’s comfortably positioned at what looks like the kitchen table, “where we wrote a lot of the songs in the early days and started the band”. Lambert, despite …
Live Review: Courtney Marie Andrews – Leeds, 01.03.23
The trip to the Brudenell to see Courtney Marie Andrews was a last minute and unexpected one for me. But it was a brilliantly welcome one. Touring her new Loose Future record, and kicking the whole trip off in Leeds, this was a consummate performance, one of an artist that thoroughly warrants her Grammy nomination …
Live Review: Soup! – The Key Club, Leeds. 21.02.23
Supporting Hotel Lux on Tuesday night at Leeds’ Key Club, rising Manchester band Soup! brought their particular brand of post punk to a small but appreciative audience. The room was a little sparsely populated, and the openers – local post-punk 5 piece outfit Mince – hadn’t managed to ignite the venue despite a sterling effort …
Live Review: Kid Kapichi, Brudenell Social Club Leeds, 07.02.23
It was a cool northern air that blew a lot of people into the Brudenell, but even they can’t have expected the heat that the 3 headline-level bands generated over the course of the ensuing 3 hours. Monakis lit the fire with their brand of grunge-punk, rattling through their catalogue with an intensity and energy …
Live Review: The Subways – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 16.01.23
Welwyn Garden City’s indie-rock trio The Subways kicked off their UK tour at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club with a high energy show in support of their fifth studio album Uncertain Joys. Critically well-received, it’s their first album in 8 years, and you can sense the desire to get back on the road and in front …
Live Review: Holly Humberstone – Leeds O2 Academy, 23.11.22
There’s a real buzz in the O2 Academy in Leeds. Last time Holly Humberstone headlined a tour in Leeds, she played solo to around 400 fans at the Brudenell Social Club. Since that night, things have really taken off for the 22 year-old singer-songwriter, with US headline tours and support slots for Olivia Rodrigo and …
News: Aoife Nessa Frances kicks off UK tour in support of new album Protector
Irish artist Aoife Nessa Frances kicked off her UK tour on Tuesday at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. It’s in support of her second album Protector which dropped on 28 October, along with the latest single Chariot, the fourth from this sophomore offering. The floating sonics of Chariot is about the powerful testament to the strength …
Live Review: Maggie Rogers – O2 Academy Leeds. 31.10.22
Maryland singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers kicked off her world tour in Leeds on Halloween, getting the Feral Joy roadshow off to a flying start. Around 1,500 packed into the O2 Academy, many suitably attired for the spooky festivities, which no doubt continued into the damp West Yorkshire night. Her socials promised something fun and special for …
Live Review: The Hunna – Leeds Beckett SU. 22.10.22
Watford 4-piece The Hunna hit Leeds on the latest night of their UK tour, lighting up the Student Union at Leeds Beckett. We were a few days away from the release of their new Gil Norton-produced fourth record, which drops today (28.10.22), and they have been out on the road to share this new music …