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Live Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 03.04.2015 plus Gallery

This was one of those gigs that had you bristling you with anticipation. You know the type, the ones where you are not quite sure what is going to happen,…

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Live Review: Johnny Marr – Leadmill, Sheffield 20-03-15

Just in case you were wondering about tonight’s headline act, as soon as the lights went down, the crowd left you in no doubt that a legend was about to…

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Features: Tournee De Satanists – Dirty White Fever / Eye of the Liger – Tour diary (part 3)

Welcome to part 3 of Tournee De Satanists.[Parts 1 and 2 can be found by clicking HERE] Last week we left the bands flailing around in a dark windowless room…

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Meet: Hardcore band Shots Fired

Shots Fired are a metal band that aren’t too fussed about been slotted into one of the many genre specific pigeon holes that plague todays hardcore scene. This is a…

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Live: Placebo – Leeds O2 Academy – 09.03.15

At first glance the setlist appears to have a few glaring omissions; ‘Nancy Boy’ and ‘Taste in Men’ doesn’t feature anywhere, and ‘Pure Morning’ is only aired as intro track…

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Live: THE SELECTER – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 8-3-15

“Are you ready to have a good time?” It’s a question that Pauline Black knows the answer to before it’s left her lips. The Selecter are in town and it’s…

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News: Shed Seven + Inspiral Carpets announce 2015 tour dates

For what has now been established as one of Decembers finer traditions, albeit on a biennial basis, this year Shed Seven are pulling out all the stops to bring a…

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Live Review: Wire – Unity Works, Wakefield 20.02.2015, plus gallery

I see plenty of live gigs, but I was especially excited about the prospect of seeing Wire in Wakefield last Friday. For starters, it’s been a while since I’d visited…

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Track / Video

Track: Wire – ‘Joust and Jostle’ + Album & Tour news

‘Pink Flag’ by Wire has to be one of the most influential albums of all time. Released in 1977 it came in on the forefront of the new wave of…

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Track / Video

Track: Stillwave -‘Tarmac Plains’

Backseat Mafia favourites, and indeed friends, Stillwave released their latest single, ‘Tarmac Plains’ a few days ago. It’s another slab of reverb drenched guitars, soaring synth, drumbeats and ever so…

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