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Larking About LOCAL Katie Harkin, singer with hotly tipped band Sky FOCAL Larkin, talks smells and snores with Tom Law o us Local Focalers never get Da rest from the incessant bun- here’s no let up with the ‘Lark. dles of singles, and demos On top of dashing between that the great, the average and the TCamden, Leeds and the 6 Music downright terrible insist on putting session studio, Katie, an art history out all the time? finalist at UCL, must also find time for No sooner do we get to the the small matter of a dissertation. end of one mountain of CDs, than Though as you’d expect, she’s rel- another appears. Still, it beats that ishing the prospect of next month’s fortnight when no CDs turned nationwide tour. It makes sense, since up and we had to invent a band, skylarks sing on the wing. Revealing record a demo on an old walkman and post it to ourselves. their on-the-road dynamic, Katie jokes: www.marknewtonphotography.co.uk “Nestor [the fierce, determined drum- So, let’s start with Sometree. mer] is the smelliest and Doug [the They’re German, but they’re calm, curly-haired bassist] snores the allowed in here because their single most.” Not that the stench of band- is being released by Leeds’ Dance mates who sleep in their clothes both- To The Radio. Unfortunately, ers her. She’s much more concerned ‘Hands & Arrows’ isn’t that good, with the business of being a . getting by as an unfussy slab of By extension, the modest Katie has emotive rock. Kinda like ¡Forward, little regard for rock’s image obsession: Russia! toned down and smartened “It’s that strange position as a musician up. when, as well as making music, there’s a point where you have to stand in front of a camera, which isn’t why you started.” He’s not the only one jostling to we play is cathartic. A positive loss Her graceful beauty is undeniably get close. From scintillating current of control, you could say.” Ignoring photogenic, but she can rest assured single ‘One of Two’ to the equally bril- rumours of lucrative record deals, she that media interest hasn’t attracted liant ‘Young Lungs’ and the grandiose adds, “Making music will be part of my this swelling crowd of hometown fans ‘Somersault Notes’, these exude life whether it becomes my vocation or Then there’s The Sugars, to the Fav — the songs have. Ably a cool, infectious exuberance. Add the not.” whose ‘Monsters’ (Bad Sneakers) supported by The Acutes and Mother fact that they’re delivered with youth- It seems highly likely that it will, is radically better than that dia- Vulpine, Sky Larkin take to the stage ful passion and effortless charm, and soon enough. bolical excuse for a by The amid an audible swirl of anticipation. you begin to see why Sky Larkin mat- ‘One Of Two’ (b/w ‘Young Lungs’) Automatic with which it almost The big hair of one excitable fan, who ter. is out now on Dance To The Radio. shares a name. It’s gloriously ret- looks more like a Horrors groupie, Katie should have just enough time Sky Larkin are part of our forth- rospective, and manages to sound tickles onlooking faces as he clambers to clinch her degree before things coming feature on Leeds’ bands to like something The Addams Family past. really take off. As she says, “The way watch - coming soon! would play if they DJ-ed a high school formal (I know we don’t have them in this country, but The Sugars clearly wish they were from America, so I’m going to allow It's Grime Up North myself that one, okay?). The b-side ‘Serenade’ is a bit of a beauty as meets Yes Boss and wonders, are they well. Buy this. Tom Goodhand Rhode Island you’ve got to be grime’s answer to ? kind to. They’ve put out a smart- looking homemade CD called than a few minutes, then it’s the really quiet ones you’ve got to Horsefly, bless ‘em. And it’s actu- who best sum it up are Yes Boss. Their look out for. If someone’s up there ally pretty good — guitar pop the debut , Look Busy, draws on onstage going all do-lally, they’re prob- way it should be, sounding like influences from just about everywhere: ably really well adjusted. If someone’s Belle & Sebastian and a less psych- techno, house, rock, hip hop, grime really quiet, you don’t know what’s edelic Super Furry Animals. How there’s all sorts. simmering away up there, do you?” very lovely. “We’ve got hungry minds,” explains The next step for Yes Boss? Well, Finally, an album by Yorkshire words man Noah (NYB). “Really, really the obvious: “Longevity, respect, and folkies The Durbervilles. I was hungry minds. People have this mis- yeah, money, money, money — not to terrified of Alternative Route to conception that we’re these ‘chavs’ have to go back to the shit jobs,” says all Destinations (Splid Records), or ‘hoodies’. Well I’ve got a degree Noah. But that’s not all: “We’d like to which boasts contributions from in Politics and Sociology and Gav is a do a prison gig,” says Gav, completely members of Chumbawamba and qualified Mac engineer and he used to seriously. “We’re looking into playing a the Fairport Convention. That’s teach. We’re into all kinds of stuff.” young offenders prison in Scotland. We enough to put any sane member of These misconceptions extend to think it might be a good inspiration for society off a record. Thankfully it’s the rowdy live shows that see NYB and us to do a live set and then talk to the not half as bad as you think — just Gavron both acting in what could only kids. Not tell them that they should some good old sad ballads and joy- be termed a ‘confrontational’ manner. be doing this, but say, ‘Well, we’ve ous knees-ups. You probably need f, as we like to keep telling you, “It’s because we love that whole punk done this and that in our pasts, but a great big beard and a bale of hay Leeds really is a city of musical thing, getting up there and getting into this is what we’re doing now.’” Well, it to really appreciate it though. I’m diversity, where you can see eve- it,” says Gavron. worked for Johnny Cash didn’t it? working on it. I TG rything from hip hop to to “As long as you’re going to let it out, Yes Boss’ debut album Look Busy is metal without having to walk for more it’s not a problem,” adds Noah. “I think reviewed on page 53

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Previews LCD Reviews Albums Also Released Meet The Band Grammatics Yes Boss - Look Busy Album of the Fortnight Grinderman - s/t (Mute) ★★★ Soundsystem (Dance To The Radio) ★★★ Disco infiltrators come to Alex Denney meets Leeds’ newest epic rockers - Yours Truly, Leeds Angry Mob (B-Unique) ★★★★ table) chorus, to the Buzzcocks-y sugar rush of ‘Everything Is Average Nowadays’, it’s a record positively Yes Boss have always been the anom- overflowing with hooks, crowd- aly in Dance To The Radio’s primarily pleasing singalongs and insanely indie roster. By picking up elements of infectious melodies. Presumably the by-product of Nick grime, hip hop and electronica, they Blondie provide the rhythmic Cave’s 2006 tour with four of his bad were always going to stick out like a fter the success of their debut punk-goes-pop blueprint on ‘Heat seeds, this riotous, post-watershed sore thumb amongst the likes of The Ablew the band up to the size of Dies Down’ while elsewhere, like set of gut-bucket sounds like Pigeon Detectives and Sky Larkin. a gigantic, inflatable Kaiser-saur, the Blur before them, the Kaisers under- the musical equivalent of a bit-on-the- But being the misunderstood out- pressure of the follow up could have stand that a pop song allows you How on earth does James ‘LCD side for the long-time collaborators. siders is what Yes Boss do best, and made them burst. to say as much with a well placed Soundsystem’ Murphy manage to A rushed knee-trembler perhaps, but it’s driven them to create Look Busy, But no. Instead, Yours Truly... ‘la-la-laa’ (or a ‘woo-oooah!’) as it find the time to make a record quite exciting with it. JE an album that, whatever else you may sounds like the Kaiser Chiefs have does with a keenly observed turn and tour it? Not only does he run think of it, is viciously honest and blaz- taken a trawler through all the great of phrase. Though doing both helps. the massively well-respected DFA Alex Gopher - s/t (Idol ingly passionate. pop of the past 30 years, filtered And the drums ‘n’ handclaps two and Records (the US home of the won- ★★★ Unfortunately, Yes Boss’ passion for out everything but the most joy- a half minutes into ‘Learnt My Lesson Recordings) derful Hot Chip and host to all sorts what they’re doing could also be their ous, inventive and brilliantly catchy Well’ are pure ‘Biology’-period Girls French house legend of other great electronica acts), he downfall. Occasionally they have so moments, and then made musical Aloud. Gopher goes for 80s also produces, and DJs much fire in their bellies and so many Fruit Shoots from the concentrate Looks like Leeds’ most famous post punk, marrying around the world. Do his days con- ideas flying around that the record left behind. sons have added another chart-con- his upbeat, pound- tain more hours than ours? itself becomes directionless. When From opener ‘Ruby’, with its pre- quering beast to their canon. ingly bassy sound to So it’s no wonder there’s been they’re on form though — on tracks posterous but loveable (and inimi- TL clanging New Order-esque guitars and a two year gap between the LCD like ‘Troublin’’ and ‘Dignity On The uptight post-punk urgency. It doesn’t Soundsystem’s eponymous debut www.marknewtonphotography.co.uk Reel’ — they’re smart and explosive, always work but c’est bon nonethe- album and their follow up Sound of e’re open to using anything ment (the one pictured above). Imagine Rory O’Hara, the bassist, adds: raw and brutal. Various - Across The - The Magic less. DJ Silver. Apparently this time around “Wthat makes a noise, regard- a stripped-down, sexier-looking Field “Personally I’m a huge fan of Tom TG Pennines Vol. 1 (Across Position (Loog) ★★★★ we can expect sonic Carthage (God less of whether that noise is particu- Music shot through with dark swathes Waits who once said something like Herman Düne - Giant (Source knows what that could mean) and The Pennines) ★★★ larly pleasant to the ear,” says Dominic of the ’s doom-laden gran- ‘If you want something to sound like Air - Pocket Symphony Etc) ★★★★ disco breakdowns as Murphy and Ord, drummer in spiky Leeds pop deur and you’re getting there. a boot hitting a cardboard box, hit a (Virgin) ★★ The sappy folk-pop his band take over Leeds Met for outfit Grammatics. Not that they’re They’ve also got a cellist, in Rebecca cardboard box with a boot.’ So I sup- brothers behind one night. being selfish or anything. These guys Dumican. I ask if this seems to get pose it’s something to think about. Herman Düne have 8 March, Leeds Metropolitan are ambitious, and given to the odd much of a reaction and what other “Also, my dad recently gave me a been given a bigger University flighty statement of intent. instruments they might fancy picking saxophone and told me to teach myself budget and come out TG “Essentially we’re a pop band up in the future. how to play it so that might make an Patrick Wolf is a precocious electrofolk with a warmer sound, bucket loads with a total disrespect for the rules “I think the venues we’re play- appearance when I’ve got time to fig- of brass and are twee-er than ever. It’s forecast that the number of DIY songwriting talent who started out at of the ,” says Owen Brindley, ing at the moment are a little unsure ure out how.” That’s why we love them. TG record labels in Leeds will soon exceed 17 with nowt but a laptop and a whole Winter the band’s singer. “We love the wall- of what the hell to do with the cello “Napoleon IIIrd added a discordant raft of issues to get off his chest. His of-distorted-noise sound that Kevin but it sounds great and it’s an integral brass section to the coda of one of our The popular view of Air is that with the number of bands. The poor musi- they peaked too early and cians just can’t keep up with all the artsy idiosyncrasies have always had an Explosions In The Sky - All of a Wustock Shields and Thurston Moore get. I love part of our sound,” says Dom. “As for songs,” says Owen. “And we’ve got the apocalyptic bent about them. Sudden I Miss Everyone (Bella discordance, reverb, and tonal clashes reactions, I think people are used to British champion of accordion coming that every record that’s followed has budding Tony Wilsons. 12 hours of local bands, Now he’s saying that his new album Union) ★★★ between instruments. Music that’s cin- pretty much anything and everything over to play on the recordings for our been good, but not as good. It didn’t With rumours running rife that all for charity is “born out of a very pure, naïve kind How much does the ematic and sinister. nowadays.” debut single.” help the commercial cause that they EU representatives are worried about Whoever came up with the idea of love” and he’s preceded it with world really need this “Hopefully one day we’ll be pre- It’s been alleged that Scott Walker Which sounds like fun, frankly, but kept making songs called things like “over-fishing”, does this latest com- of having all day music festivals on two ambitious singles that make grand album? Anyone with a sented with the kind of recording punched big joints of meat to get the in the meantime you’ll have to wait until ‘Wonder Milky Bitch’. pilation (designed to showcase the a Sunday clearly has little respect signalling gestures in the direction of guitar who considers budget that will enable us to fully fulfill percussive sound he was after for a the beginning of April for Grammatics’ But 2004’s signalled a best new bands on either side of the for their day job. How on earth Proper . themselves a bit deep our epic ambitions.” song on his new album. Does that first release on forthcoming Dance To return to the pop values that brought Yorkshire-Lancashire border) reel in are we meant to get up and go to The signs for this kind of thing is doing epic post-rock these days — It’s a tantalising prospect for a band appeal? The Radio comp What I Learned Today. them their first success, and Pocket a tasty catch or so many underweight work on a Monday morning after aren’t good. Artists like and it’s getting a bit tired. It's grand stuff, that already seems overflowing with “Sure, the meat appeals!” laughs AD Symphony continues that new mood, red herring? twelve hours of drinking? God only Nick Cave have washed up artistically but I can’t help but feel like I’ve heard energy and ideas ten months on from Dom. albeit less successfully. In shunning ‘Madchester’, it seems knows. on the shores of domestic bliss, with at least half this album somewhere its conception in a Meanwood base- Air don’t do bum notes, so Pocket that some Red Rose bands (the main Perhaps you should get yourself Symphony is wall-to-wall melody, offenders being The Deodates and The Dylan’s early 70s output largely char- before. TG prepared and bookmark Monday 26 which is pleasant enough but won’t Ending Of) have taken US radio-friend- acterised by an inane, ‘love-is-all’ senti- February as a sick day. For a mere get the pulse racing. It’s a relief when ly rock as their main source of inspira- ment and Cave struggling to recapture RJD2 - The Third Hand (XL) £4 — with takings going to Cancer Jarvis Cocker darkens the mood on tion. Like Jade’s voice, it’s a sound that the fiery muse of old on merely luke- ★★★ warm recent efforts Nocturama and Research — you’ll get to see the ‘One Hell of a Party’. He’s an unlikely lacks subtlety. Lonelady’s mournful Hip hop producer and Can Do! Abattoir Blues. aggressively witty hip hop of Yes Francophile but it suits him. delta-folk breaks the mould, but (with- ho does all that graffiti anyway? Do the elves and fair- Those lovely folks at Wienerworld Ltd have given us cut-and-paste wizard Boss, the ballsy metal of Mishkin Air have been busy producing, co- out a hint of bias) the Yorkshire-based The good news is, he pulls it off — ies of the underworld magically appear at night and five copies to give away. For a chance to win one answer goes all Brian Wilson (“as heavy as John Prescott’s wal- W writing and working on solo projects. bands steal the show. just about. Put simply, he’s substituted decorate the streets in an attempt the following question correctly: by recording and pro- let,” apparently), the R&B-tinged Too busy perhaps. ‘Mayfair Song’ is The Acutes bring a carnival rumble depth for big shiny surface on the pop- to brighten the place up? ducing a pop album all songs of Hayley Gaftarnick, the half directionless and drab, ‘Space Maker’ on ‘Latino’ while Heads We Dance pier tracks but reveals sunken depths Well,Well, now you can find If someone is a ‘graffiti artist’ they... by himself in his basement. The pecu- folk singer/half rapper Micky P Kerr a stunningly flat album opener and JB sound like Noel Coward perform- on gems like ‘Magpie’ and ‘augustine’. out with the classic documentary liar result is worth a listen. DD and the smart emotive alt. rock Dunckel has failed to learn the lesson ing the ’ songbook at Gawd love him. Style WarsWars which follows the real- a) ...are from Graffitiland (which is near Hiphopville of Samsa, amongst loads of oth- of — that he can’t sing. Franz Ferdinand’s chateau. The prize Alex Denney life graffiti artists of New Y Yorkork and Breakdance Realm) ers. A great way to drink through “I have to rest my head”, sings rainbow trout in the bucket, however, Key To Ratings... (no, they’rethey’re not elves). A sound- b) ...apply graphics to publicly viewable surfaces the Sunday morning hangover and Jarvis. After this, perhaps Air should is Sky Larkin’s ‘Somersault Notes’, track of classic hip hop from the c) ...sell fruit ★★★★★ Must-own leave yourself exhausted for the rest theirs. whose glam space-rock chorus sounds likes of The Sugarhill Gang and ★★★★ Very good week ahead. DJ like it was beamed in from the Mars GrandmasterGrandmaster F Flashlash c completesompletes Answers spray-painted on an old white bed-sheet from your ★★★ Good but flawed 25 February, Dr Wu’s Volta’s moonbase studio. the old skool vibe. mum’s house to the usual address (see page 4) ★★ Poor TG TL ★ Unlistenable

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Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska ent label A State of Mind, this night aims to Listings Harlem Bush Club 10th Birthday bring you the best in conscious hip hop, roots Celebration HiFi Club, 2 Central Road, reggae, dub, funk, drum & bass and jungle. Reader information Leeds, 0113 242 7353 • 10pm-2.30am • Gigs are listed by date. Concs refer to con- Featuring a live performance made up of Wed 28 Feb cessionary price tickets, normally available to the very best of Leeds including Band Showcase children, the unwaged, OAPs and NUS card members of The HiFi Club and Harlem Bush holders. Club’s favourite bands, expect , funk, soul Wrong Speed Atrium, 6-9 Grand Arcade, Contributor information and hip hop. Leeds, 0113 242 6116 • Call for times • £3 Listings must arrive by 3pm Friday, 12 days • The best new and unsigned bands every Open Mic/Jam Session week. before publication: listings for the next THE HOURS issue, covering Wed 07 Mar to Thu 22 Cloth Cat Open Mic Night The Primrose, The Springboard New Roscoe, Bristol Mar, must arrive by 3pm on Fri 23 Feb. Sun 04 March, Cockpit 280 Meanwood Road, Leeds, 0113 262 1368 Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 Include event type, event name, date, time, The Jarvis Cocker- • 8pm-12am • Free (donation req) • Open • 8pm • £3 • With Honeytone Cody, price, venue and a brief description. Fax 0113 mic night with a live performance from Delmonica and The Anti-Depressants. 244 1002, e-mail [email protected] approved two-piece Fulibulbus, who fuse rock, ska, dub and punk. play songs from critically Folk, Country & Acoustic or write to Leeds Guide, 80 North Street, Pop Leeds, LS2 7PN. Listings are free but inclu- acclaimed debut Narcissus Folk Singers Night Korks Wine Bar & sion is not guaranteed due to limited space. Solid Silver 60s Show Harrogate Brasserie, 40 Bondgate, Otley, Leeds, 01943 Road. International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, 462 020 • 8pm • For tickets, contact 01943 Rock and Pop Gigs 01423 537 230 • 7.30pm • £18-£22 • 467 189. Featuring The Searchers (‘Sweets For My Hayley Gaftarnick and Guests The EAGLES OF DEATH Sweet’), Wayne Fontana, The Merseybeats Wed 21 Feb METAL Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s and very special guests John Walker (of The Square, Leeds, 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-12am Band Showcase Sun 04 March, Leeds Walker Brothers) with The Dakotas. • Free • Singer-songwriter night. Wrong Speed Atrium, 6-9 Grand Arcade, Met Student Union Rock & Indie The Gossip, 26 February, Leeds Met Leeds, 0113 242 6116 • Call for times • £3 The Gossip’s frontlady Beth Ditto is apparently the ‘Coolest Lady In Rock’. Or Pop • The best new and unsigned bands every The Eagles meet death Decapitated Bradford Rio, Thorn House, Mika Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, 0113 244 week. metal in QOTSA-star Josh Woodhead Road, Bradford, 01274 735 549 • something like that. Daft awards aside, The Gossip are absolutely mighty, combin- 1573 • 7pm • £8 adv • There’s a lot of 7pm • £12 adv • Polish death metal band. Homme’s other project. ing Ditto’s searing gospel-inspired vocals with pounding rock ‘n’ roll. TG buzz about the singer thanks to his Freddie Blues The Frames Leeds City Varieties Music Hall, Mercury-esque single ‘Grace Kelly’, and you Young James Long/Lords/Serious Sam Swan Street, Leeds, 0113 243 0808 • 8pm • launch), Immune, Itch, Downdime, I Concur Tue 27 Feb can find out if you believe the hype as he Barrett Fenton, 161 Woodhouse Lane, HOWLING BELLS £14 • Irish rock band. and more. plays songs from his debut album ‘Life in Leeds, 0113 245 3908 • 8pm • £5 • Dirty Band Showcase Wed 07 Mar, Cockpit Urban Human Fly/Agent Of The Morai/The Cartoon Motion’. ass blues. One in a Million The Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Australian country-rock- Killa Kela Leeds University Union, Woodhouse Freezing Fog/Edt Fenton, 161 Woodhouse Rock & Indie Folk, Country & Acoustic Lane, Leeds, 0113 245 3908 • 8pm • £3 • Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, 0113 383 ers make the long journey Lane, University of Leeds, Leeds, 0113 380 8800 • 8pm • £8 • The Ztars, Head First, Deal With It/Dirty Money/Choke Northern Lights Korks Wine Bar & 1234 • 10pm • £10.50 • Beatboxing Spaced-out riffs. back to the UK to promote Mainline, This Black Velvetine and King Tonka Fastpoint Fenton, 161 Woodhouse Lane, Brasserie, 40 Bondgate, Otley, Leeds, 01943 action plus support from a host of MCs and The Prowlers New Roscoe, Bristol Street, are among the bands performing at this char- Leeds, 0113 245 3908 • 8pm • £3 • Hard 462 020 • 8pm • Yorkshire . For impressive self-titled debut. DJs across Stylus, Pulse and Mine includ- Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • ity event, with all proceeds going to Cancer and fast rock. tickets, contact 01943 467 189. ing Yungun and Mr. Thing, DJ Woody and Free • High energy country rockers. Research UK. Little Man Tate Leeds Met Student Union, RECOMMENDED Adam F. Fairport Convention Leeds City Varieties Safetyword/I Had an Inkling/Team Cover/ Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 • Music Hall, Swan Street, Leeds, 0113 243 Rock & Indie Brick/d’Astro The Common Place, 23-25 7pm • £8 adv • Sheffield-based band in the 0808 • 7.30pm • £15-£19 • Enjoy a Richmond Foutaine/Endrick Brothers Fri 23 Feb Wharf Street, Leeds, 0113 246 8640 • 8pm • Angel of Sin New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Arctic Monkeys mould who have that ‘city of 40th Anniversary concert with Fairport New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, Eclectic £5 • Mathy prog-pop from Bristol. Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • sex’ thing going on that Jarvis Cocker had. Convention, the originators of British folk- 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • £9 adv • Another £3 • Rock covers band. Roller6/Freebooting Profiteers/Cursed Damn Arms/Ratt-Att-Agg The The Draytones The Faversham, 1-5 rock. visit from US band playing punk through alt- Faversham, 1-5 Springfield Mount, Leeds, 0113 Urban country mix. Diamond Mixing Tin, 9a Albion Street, Leeds, Springfield Mount, Leeds, 0113 243 1481 Hayley Gaftarnick and Guests The 0113 246 8899 • 8pm-late • Bands play live 243 1481 • 9pm-3am (bands 9-11pm) • £6 Chase the Devil ft Verb T/Kashmere • 9pm-3am • £4 (£3.50 members/NUS) • Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Union Of Knives/Shiny Toy Guns The sets while DJs play northern soul, funk, mod, (£5 adv, £5 after 11pm, £4 members/NUS Iguana/Ghost The Faversham, 1-5 Springfield -based indie trio with 60s influences. Square, Leeds, 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-12am Faversham, 1-5 Springfield Mount, Leeds, freakbeat, britpop and indie. Part of Ready after 11pm) • Australian 4-piece juxtaposing Mount, Leeds, 0113 243 1481 • 10pm-3am Part of Club NME. • Free • Singer-songwriter night. 0113 243 1481 • 9pm-3am • £4 (£3.50 Steady Go clubnight. punk-rock energy with new wave smarts. • £4 (£3.50 NUS) • Presented by independ- members/NUS) • A meld of analogue riffs, Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska Bad Sneakers The Faversham, 1-5 beautiful voices and guitar abstractions over Springfield Mount, Leeds, 0113 243 1481 • Soul Sauce Elbow Room, 64 Call Lane, a dirty backbeat of programmed drums. Part The Headhunters HiFi Club, 2 Central 9pm-3am • £6 (£5 adv, £5 after 11pm, £4 Leeds, 0113 245 7011 • 7pm • Free • of Club NME. Road, Leeds, 0113 242 7353 • 7-10.30pm members/NUS after 11pm) • Live bands from Houdini presents a live soul session with Price • £10 adv • From the instant funk classic 9pm till 11pm, followed by resident DJs Nick Tag (South African hip hop soul), DJ T-Breaks Thu 22 Feb ‘Chameleon’ to the rare-groove sound of Scott and Johnny Florida playing electro, rock, (Fresh Jive) and DJ Baboon (Sound of the Cover/Tribute Act ‘God Make Me Funky’, the Headhunters have indie, disco, grime and more till 3am. Baskervilles). redefined modern funk, world music, and Pop Whole Lotta Led: How the West Was jazz as one of the most innovative groups in Sun 25 Feb Won Leeds Irish Centre, York Road, Leeds, history. Patrick Wolf Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, 0113 248 0887 • 7pm • £12 (£10 adv) • Cover/Tribute Act 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • £10 adv • Multi- tribute band. Cosmic Debrie The Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s instrumentalist who makes off-the-wall pop Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, 0113 383 Cargo New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Sheepscar, mixed with folk and various other influences, Roxyrama/Be Bop Duo-Luxe New 8800 • 9pm-2am • Free • 70s organ driven Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 2pm • Free • 60s playing songs from new album ‘The Magic Roscoe, Bristol Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 funky rhythm and blues. and 70s classic rock covers. 246 0778 • 8pm • £5 • Tribute to the music Position’. Rock & Indie Highly Strung New Roscoe, Bristol Street, of and . Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • Hammerfall/Krokus/The Poodles £5 • Spandau Ballet tribute. Gold! Bradford Rio, Thorn House, Woodhead Road, Bradford, 01274 735 549 • 7pm • £15 adv Rock & Indie • Swedish power metal band. The Pigeon Detectives Leeds Met Student Scandal New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Union, Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • • 7pm • £8 adv • Shoutalong DTTR-signed Free • Blues/rock band. spiky, angular indie band. Sat 24 Feb Mon 26 Feb Band Showcase Band Showcase Totally Unsigned Live Leeds University The Springboard New Roscoe, Bristol Union, Woodhouse Lane, University of Leeds, Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • Leeds, 0113 380 1234 • 8pm • £6 (£5 adv) 8pm • £3 • With Polly’s Medicine, electro/ • Band showcase night. techno DJ collective Illicit Audio and Sumthins Missin. Cover/Tribute Act ELO Experience The Mart Theatre, Skipton Rock & Indie Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, 01756 Field Music Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, 0113 791 411 • 7.30pm • £12 • A tribute to 244 1573 • 7pm • £7 adv • Sunderland trio the . This show will fusing psychedelic and folk influences. take you to a place where music is king and The Gossip Leeds Met Student Union, respect to the ELO is guaranteed. Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 • Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska 7pm • £12 adv • Bluesy, new wave, garage rock band whose singer was voted coolest Cara & The Robinsons The Wardrobe, 6 person on earth by the NME, although St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, the of their song is on the advert for 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-2am • Free • UK that Skins programme, so she might not be based Motown revue fronted by soul diva anymore. Cara Robinson. Support from DJ Fraser. Monday Medication The Wardrobe, 6 St Rock & Indie Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, Charlotte Hatherley, 1 March, The Cockpit Beyond All Reason Bradford Rio, Thorn 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-12am • Free • Leeds Charlotte Hatherley is either the woman who made Ash, or the woman who House, Woodhead Road, Bradford, 01274 735 4-piece band The Lost 45s get sup- port from Wind Up Birds. destroyed them, depending on who you ask. But regardless of what people may 549 • 7pm • £4 • York metal band. Forest of Sound Brudenell Social Club, say about her, she knows her way round a good pop song, and this date will be 33 Queens Road, Burley, Leeds, 0113 275 your first chance to hear her first batch of post-Ash songs. TG 2411 • 7.30pm • £5 • With Vessels (single

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Rocky, bluesy, funky sounds from The Smokestacks with support from The New Delamores. THE Tue 06 Mar Putting the FUN Back Into FUNK PRESENTS AT Cover/Tribute Act Beware of the Dog New Roscoe, Bristol FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! Fri 09/03 From 9.30pm we have 3 resident Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • Lara Rose 8pm • £3 • A mix of classic covers. Kick of the weekend with a smile DJs in different rooms playing MIXING TIN party classics / indie anthems, FEBRUARY Rock & Indie at Tiger Tiger. Happy hour lasts A unique blend of explosive vocals coupled with softer jazzy 70’s disco funk and House / R&B 22ND Malevolant Creation/Rotting Christ/ from 5.30 to 7.30pm with a funky Four Letter Holiday, Incantation/Rotten Sound Bradford Rio, soundtrack laid down by the best undertones and smooth ballad until 3am! Chestnut avenue Thorn House, Woodhead Road, Bradford, of our resident DJs. lingerings reminiscent of a female + other bands tbc 01274 735 549 • 7pm • £12.50 adv • , Erykah Badu, Jill Sat 24/02 and 10/03 Violent US death metal band. Chunky Butt Funky Enjoy a boogie to Leeds’ hottest Scott & Whitney Houston 23RD iForward, Russia! Leeds Met Student Union, funk soul & acid jazz bands Cleve “Rev. Chunky” Freckleton, Ready Steady Go! Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 • Chunky Butt Funky Featuring 7pm • £8.50 adv • Progressive dance post- from 8pm and then round of the Fri 16/03 ex-preacher turned front man The Freebooting Profi teers punk 4-piece from Leeds. evening with a selection of great Jacuzzi 500 takes you on a journey of the mu- Jet Leeds University Union, Woodhouse Lane, tracks from our Tiger resident Dirty grooves from an all star line sical masters of the 20th century. SAT 24TH University of Leeds, Leeds, 0113 380 1234 • Where Angel’s Play 7.30pm • £17.75 • Australian hirsute trad- DJ playing party classics & indie up. This band is big and funky! rockers. anthems till 2.30am! 9 musicians on stage create an Sat 03/02 and 17/03 Cara Robinson TUE 27TH ¡Forward, Russia!, 6 March, Leeds Met amazing live show that has to be Tiger Bash Editors hate ¡Forward, Russia!. Do you have any idea how hard the ‘¡’ is to find Wed 07 Mar Fri 23/02 witnessed! Sweet, sumptuous, sultry and WED 28TH on some computers? But despite their typographical challenges, we can’t help but Band Showcase The Lightnin’ Rods soulful, Cara has recorded with The Lightnin’ Rods notable artists from a huge range Amber Shift + The Random fall for their high-octane, clattering, shrieking punk-funk racket. Although good on The Springboard New Roscoe, Bristol This band’s authentic style BURNING BRIGHT + Blue Sky Project record, live is where you really need to see this local lot. TG Street, Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 manages to stay true to their of musical , including • 8pm • £3 • With prog/ SATURDAYS David Holmes, LTJ Bukem and THU 1ST band Quack Quack, Fran Rodgers and Gobi blues/funk roots but at the same Urban The Blood Arm/The Wombats Cockpit, Wolves. time delivers fresh original mate- Treat yourself to our delicious upcoming EMI artist, Corinne The Call (EP Launch) Swinegate, Leeds, 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • Schlomo HiFi Club, 2 Central Road, Leeds, £8 adv • Californian indie rockers. Folk, Country & Acoustic rial that comes from the heart! New York Grill style menu. Our Bailey Rae.. FRI 2ND 0113 242 7353 • Call for times • Call for spacious restaurant is open from Napoleon III prices • British beatbox artist returns to the Conquest of Steel Fenton, 161 Woodhouse Brian Peters Korks Wine Bar & Brasserie, Fri 02/03 + Frankie Eisenhower HiFi Club to present his full solo show, featur- Lane, Leeds, 0113 245 3908 • 8pm • 40 Bondgate, Otley, Leeds, 01943 462 020 • 5pm and caters for parties of all ing live-looping and playing the drums whilst Record release party. 8pm • Folk singer. For tickets, contact 01943 Cara Robinson Cosmic Debrie sizes. SAT 3RD beatboxing. 467 189. 70’s organ driven funky rhythm Sat 03 Mar Where Angel’s Play Hayley Gaftarnick and Guests The and blues infl uenced by the likes If you enjoy quality live entertain Edward Molby + Dorp Thu 01 Mar Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Folk, Country & Acoustic of , Average White ment then let our talented house + Syrus + Plasticene Cover/Tribute Act Square, Leeds, 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-12am James Yorkston Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, • Free • Singer-songwriter night. Band and Little Feat. band warm up your evening from SUN 4TH The Love Cult New Roscoe, Bristol Street, 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • £8 adv • Scottish folk musician formerly with punk band Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska 7.30pm with a cool selection of Acoustic Night Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • £5 • Tribute to Ian Asbury and The Cult. Huckleberry. Soul Sauce Elbow Room, 64 Call Lane, jazz-funk numbers. featuring Johnny Lee Hart Lara Rose Folk, Country & Acoustic Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska Leeds, 0113 245 7011 • 7pm • Free • Afro + Stuart James Durd Physics (3-piece hip hop soul) plus support Late Night Colour Sandinista, 5 Cross The Reverend Cleve The Wardrobe, 6 and DJ T-Breaks (Fresh Jive). The Light, 117 Albion Street, Leeds LS2 8DY • tel: 0113 2366999 • e-mail: [email protected] • web: www.tigertiger-leeds.co.uk WED 7TH Belgrave Street, Leeds, 0113 305 0372 • St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, The Kara Sea + Roman 9.30pm • Free • Local folk rockers Odi join 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-2am • Free • Expect Rock & Indie Revutsky + Guests Jonjo Feather and Chris Patrick. to hear heartfelt covers of bands ranging from Howling Bells Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, to Bill Withers from some great Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • £8.50 adv • FRI 9TH funk musicians. Support from DJ Erik Speak. Australian band with pop, rock and country Devilish Presley First Word Allstars HiFi Club, 2 Central Rock & Indie influences. + Last Riot + Guests Road, Leeds, 0113 242 7353 • 10pm-2.30am CLUBS • BARS • EATING OUT • FILM • GIGS • SHOPPING • £5 (£4 members/NUS) • The Leeds-based Hush the Many/Her Name is Calla/Last Thu 08 Mar SAT 10TH funk/soul/hip hop group celebrate their third Harbour Carpe Diem, Civic Court, Calverley Where Angel’s Play birthday. Part of Harlem Bush Club. Street, Leeds, 0113 243 6264 • 8pm • Free Band Showcase • Radio 1-approved up-and-coming band. Noise box special Rock & Indie Harrisons/People of Santiago/GST Do$ch New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Sheepscar, Cardinals Leeds University Union, Woodhouse SUN 11TH Victors brb, 37 Call Lane, Leeds, 0113 243 Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • Free • High- Lane, University of Leeds, Leeds, 0113 380 0315 • 8pm • Free • Plus a DJ set from energy local R&B band playing covers and 1234 • 8.30pm-2am • £4.50 • With DJs Sunday Start Johnny Cancerfingers. All dayer mix of Art, original material. from the LSR roster from 11pm-2am. Charlotte Hatherley Cockpit, Swinegate, Music, Spoken Word The KBC/Delta Fiasco The Faversham, 1-5 Cover/Tribute Act STUDENT GUIDE Leeds, 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • £8.50 adv • featuring The Little Black Springfield Mount, Leeds, 0113 243 1481 • Former Ash guitarist goes solo. 9pm-3am • £6 (£5 adv, £5 after 11pm, £4 Are You Experienced? Leeds City Varieties YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE IN LEEDS 2006/07 Hearts + Tigers that talk members/NUS after 11pm) • This trio from Music Hall, Swan Street, Leeds, 0113 243 + Intergalactic Fri 02 Mar Preston, Lancashire merge their love of funk 0808 • 7.30pm • Call for prices • tribute. Orang-utan + poets and Band Showcase and soul records with electronic dance beats STUDENT GUIDE painters from to create super-charged indie music. Part of Achtung Baby New Roscoe, Bristol Street, PLUS New revised around the UK The Teatime Shuffle HiFi Club, 2 Central the Bad Sneakers clubnight. Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • Road, Leeds, 0113 242 7353 • 6-10pm • £5 £7 • U2 tribute band. HOW TO LIVE (£4 adv) • Up-and-coming band night, featur- • WED 14TH Sun 04 Mar Dance & Electronica edition out now! The Vault + The Alaskans ing Vib Gyor, Stolen Peace, The Ric Neale LEEDS LIKE A Band, The Bits and The Gastrobots. Cover/Tribute Act LCD Soundsystem Leeds Met Student + The Adornos Available in all good newsagents Blues Deuce Katz New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Union, Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 LOCAL! THU 15TH Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 2pm • • 7pm • £15 adv • Blinding dance music for The Marcus Malone Band/Bluesville Free • Pop ballads and tuneful rock covers. indie kids. Fresh New Eyes Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Harrogate • 7.30pm • CRUCIAL • £12 (£10 members) • Vocalist and show- Alike Cooper New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska RECOMMENDS FRI 16TH man from Detroit, Michigan. For info and Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • East Park Reggae Collective HiFi Club, Micky P.Kerr & The Dudes tickets, see www.ripleyblues.com. £7 • The full-on unadulterated rock horrow 2 Central Road, Leeds, 0113 242 7353 • FROM OUR TEAM show with all the Cooper classics. SAT 17TH Cover/Tribute Act 10pm-2.30am • £5 (£4 members/NUS) • 10- Rock & Indie piece live reggae act straight from Hyde Park, OF SPECIALIST Where Angel’s Play The Detours New Roscoe, Bristol Street, Leeds featuring male and female vocalists. Part + bands tbc Sheepscar, Leeds, 0113 246 0778 • 8pm • The Hours Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, 0113 of the Harlem Bush Club night. WRITERS! Only £2 Free • New wave/mod/punk covers band, 244 1573 • 7pm • £6.50 adv • Indie band playing The Jam, Buzzcocks, The Clash, The promote new album ‘Narcissus Road’. Rock & Indie BUY IT NOW! Who, Kaiser Chiefs etc. Eagles of Death Metal Leeds Met Student Red Go Green Stop brb, 37 Call Lane, Funk, Soul, Reggae & Ska Union, Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 Leeds, 0113 243 0315 • 8pm • Free • Plus a see page 79 4600 • 7pm • £10 adv • Josh Homme from DJ set from Johnny Cancerfingers. Brothers on the Slide The Wardrobe, 6 Queens Of The Stone Age’s other band. 9A Albion Street St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, Mando Diao Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds, They did the song that goes, ‘leave him alone 0113 244 1573 • 7pm • £7 adv • Swedish 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-2am • Free • ‘cos the boy’s bad news’. All The Leeds • LS1 5AA Fronted by the soulful Pete Huckerby, the garage rock band. Tel: 246 88 99 group plays amazing originals and timeless Mon 05 Mar Inspiral Carpets Leeds University Union, classics of soulful motown. Woodhouse Lane, University of Leeds, www.myspace.com/mixingtin The Rapture Leeds Met Student Union, Leeds, 0113 380 1234 • 7.30pm • £18 • Stuff They Rock & Indie Calverley Street, Leeds, 0113 244 4600 • Madchester survivors playing catchy indie pop Tickets available from Born From Pain/Frist Blood/Bloodlined 7pm • £13 adv • Dancefloor disco-punk/ melodies. Calligraphy/The Set Up Bradford Rio, indie-dance catchy beats. Don’t Teach You Jumbo/crash and support www.myspace. Thorn House, Woodhead Road, Bradford, Monday Medication The Wardrobe, 6 St acts 01274 735 549 • 7pm • £9 adv • Dutch Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds, At University! com/mrneilmusic hardcore/metal band. 0113 383 8800 • 9pm-12am • Free •

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