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Track: Galaxians – Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker is the new track from Leeds-based disco-funk trio Galaxians, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Chemcial Reactions’, out on 26th June. Of the track, concerned with female empowerment, personal freedom, taking the likes of Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and – according to the bands frontwoman Emma Mason Even Prince and his delicious feminine energy”, …
EP: Venus – Wicked Things
Rock Queens – ‘Venus’ have released their first EP ‘Wicked Things’ available now from the bands Bandcamp. Lead singer GK, says; ‘With it being our first body of work, wewanted to take both ourselves and our listeners on a journey.Life can be sporadic with what it throws at you, it doesn’t everseem to slow down …
See: I Like Trains reveal video for comeback single The Truth
Some 8 years following the the release of their last album The Shallows, and having recently signed to the Atlantic Curve label, Leeds band I LIKE TRAINS have announced new album ‘Kompromat’ and with it, lead track ‘The Truth’. Something of a departure from their previous releases, yet unmistakeably I LIKE TRAINS, it’s an absolutely storming piece of work, one can …
Meet: Leeds post-punks Household Dogs
Intrigued as we were by the beguiling and atmopspheric ‘Ain’t no Heaven’, We decided to investigate Leed’s Household Dogs. Forming in 2018, they’ve been mixing up elements of alt-rock, alternative rock, post punk and a nod towards Americana, all delivered with a darkness of touch and keen sense of drama with their lyrics. We spoke …
Track: Mush – Fear Index
Not ones to sit around sitting on their hands after the release of their Lauded debut album 3D Routine, Leeds art rockers Mush have jumped back in the studio to record a new 5 track 7” EP “Great Artisanal Formats” which is coming out to coincide with Record Store Day on June 20th via Memphis …
Track: Household Dogs – Ain’t No Heaven
Leeds post-punks Household Dogs are back with their first new music of the year in the shape of a single, ‘Ain’t no Heaven’. It’s a gorgeous slice of slowcore indie, somewhere between Bill Ryder-Jones at his most intimate and The Saxophones / Cigarettes after Sex sort of way. It has this hushed, close atmosphere about …
LIVE: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL NORTH- 25/5/19
Words by Emma Louise and Cal Ripley Slam Dunk North has undergone some changes this year. After enjoying four years occupying Leeds’ City Centre, it has now followed in the footsteps of its Southern counterpart, and this year took place in a field instead- at Temple Newsam Park. Though there were some pros to the …
Track: Treeboy & Arc – Concept
Seminal label Speedy Wunderground is preparing for the release of the 29th single in their series and it’s from Leeds post-punk five piece Treeboy & Arc, who certainly announced their arrival with a minor prang involving a parked BMW next to the studio before even meeting label boss Dan Carey. Luckily, things took a turn …
Track: Ruthie – “Land of my Lover”
Splitting up with people is basically rubbish, isn’t it? When Ruthie left her partner in Berlin and returned home to start over in Leeds, it inspired a triptych of singles, each charting the stages you go through at the end of a relationship. This post reviews all three of the singles, and concludes the one …
Track: Drahla – Pyramid Estate, plus album and tour news.
Leeds three-piece Drahla have released a new single from their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Useless Coordinates’. “Drahla’s abstract punk songs are ecstatic about the everyday. The squalls of noise in songs like “Pyramid Estate” show a band willing to dig beneath the surface.” ‘Pyramid Estate’ is the third track taken from ‘Useless Coordinates’ following the release of ‘Twelve Divisions Of The Day’ last …