Category Archives: Gigs & Reviews

Reviews of erm, Gigs!

Sue Miller has brought a lot of joy to Leeds in her time with bands like Charanga Del Norte, and her latest featuring 20+ able musicians, The Cuban Big Band. Our friend Ana Luisa, from Chile, is one of the … Continue reading →

We guessed that this night was going to be a bit special, not just because we were off to see the wonderful Handsome Family, but because we were going to see them in a shed, in the middle of nowhere … Continue reading →

Third time Ive seen the Friendly Fires in 12 months – support to the Kaisers, NME tour and tonight. Originally booked for Leeds Met, The FF were moved to the Academy after the success of that NME tour and their debut album. Continue reading →

I love New York, probably my favourite city. Lee and I met up there when she was emigrating back to the UK (a couple of months after 9/11) and we went there for an all too brief honeymoon. On a … Continue reading →

rns out to be the lead track on their 2007 LP Transparent Things great stuff – Go and buy it!

Nice crowd too – Met Si and Jo and Malcolm, some old Leeds gig scene-sters who were planning to go to every festival in the UK this summer – lucky buggars – agreed to meet stage left at the animal collective at Glastonbury……or was it stage right…..
Support came in the shape of 2 DJ sets that were basically boys noodling on their macs you may have noticed Im a big fan of macs but this wasnt my cup of tea. Technology that does what you want it to do is fine by me, but this just seemed to be technology lead weve got a fuzzbox and were gonna use it syndrome.

That week-end I was listening to Brian Matthews sounds of the 60s when I heard a Fujiya bass line turn up the radio and it turns out to be The Equals with Viva Bobby Joe. He then went on to play a Cliff and the Shadows tune Id never heard before but liked (Dont talk to him from 63) and a track by the Cinderellas that could have been from the She and Him album. He then played a brace of Tony Hatch tunes that got me thinking whats the difference between that and Joe Meek? Why is Meek SO loved and Hatch not Probably because he died youngalways a winner in showbiz

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