The crowd are all tentatively watching how this conversation with an online virus will pan out. System shutdown. Hard crisp beats that shatter the calm expectation of the room as people start dancing. We’ve been […]
Cub Sport Glisten at Headrow House, 20.02.19
Sometimes the support artist steals the whole show. Niall Summerton’s slow crashing surf embraced all that touched their toes into the band’s melodic waves. With only one song released to date, the Yorkshire native has […]
Jungle Get The O2 Moving and Grooving, 16.02.19
Jungle put on an impressive sell-out show at the 02 Academy last Saturday night. The band, formed in 2013, created a feel-good Saturday night atmosphere that had the diverse crowd dancing- and when I say […]
Tears For Fears Show They Are Still Relevant at The First Direct Arena, 09.02.19
Over three decades on from the release of their iconic debut album in 1983, Tears for Fears embark on a stadium tour of the UK with their extensive arsenal of hits. Their performance presents some […]
Enter Shikari Bring Euphoric Energy to the O2 Academy, 2.02.19
Black Peaks, had the task of it was their job to energize a crowd and to prepare them for what the evening had in store – band Enter Shikari. It was truly astonishing the sheer […]
Death Cab for Cutie Rock the O2 Academy, 29.01.19
It’s safe to say that the alt-rock band Death Cab for Cutie did not serve fans short with their almost 2 hour set at the 02 Academy on Tuesday night. Formed in 1997, the band […]
Seven-Years Away Fades to Nothing, Snow Patrol 29.01.19
“It took the Beatles six years to change the music yet it took us six years to make an album” Snow Patrol finally return to Leeds after eleven years to play a sold-out gig at […]
The Wombats Bring Their Passion to Leeds, 30.01.19
The Wombats have a knack of filling their shows with a resounding swell of excitement and innocence – it really is just a group of boys singing about the complexities of love and friendship which […]
JMSN’s Soulful Vocals Wash Over Headrow House, 20.11.18
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter producer JMSN brought his soulful charm to Headrow House. We sent our writer Tom Weatherilt down to review the gig. Supporting singer, Duendita, provided an ethereal and melancholic yet energetic start to the show […]
The Courteeners get Leeds “Fucking Cooking” at the First Direct Arena, 18.11.2018
From sellout shows in front of 50,000 people, to packed out arena shows, The Courteeners seem almost unrecognisable from the band critics 11 years ago stated would be unheard of in a decade. For anyone […]