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Ana Luiska – Highwood Pub, Leeds – 19th May 2012
For her 40th Birthday, Ana Luisa booked the same venue I had for my 40th and had a wonderful Ska band play, made up of fellow musician friends – specially named ‘Ana Luiska’ for the night. Several...
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Sharon Van Etten + Marisa Anderson – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 20th May...
I love seeing a band with no pre-conceptions – Lee and I went to this gig on spec knowing nothing about Sharon at all. In the Brudenell we bumped into Lee’s colleague Dave and his pals from Ilkley. We...
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Jack White @ Bridlington Spa – 4th November 2012
I always knew Jack White was going to be good but tonight, he was exceptionally good! Bathed in blue light he did a career spanning set that enthralled and delighted. If you like your guitar heroes to...
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Neil Halstead, Matthew P @ City Screen Basement, York – 14/11/12
The City Screen in York looks like any other cinema on the outside (apart from being shielded from the street by Roman wall that is) with tonights showing of ‘Skyfall’ sold out…..but inside there’s a...
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The Jim Jones Revue + The Amazing Snakeheads – Warehouse 34 @ Hoults Yard,...
Dig, Lee, Bat, James and I got the train up to Newcastle for the week end, mainly to go and see The Jim Jones Revue but also for beer, food, chat, culture and a good laugh…….we had a great time! The...
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Meeting No.28 – FLY
Fab evening at Rogers with some beers, nice cheese and honey covered sausages. John M took the theme one stage further – he was jetlagged from his ‘week-end’ trip to NYC “Week-end! It’s Thursday!” and...
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Meatbodies + Seize The Chair + Hank Haint and the Cruickshanks – Brudenell...
An amazing night at the Brudenell with 3 bands on top form – rocking out as if their lives depended on it. Any one of them would have been worth the entrance fee – each louder, faster and more furious...
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Meeting No. 32 – Weren’t you in…….
QUIMS: Weren’t you in…… SEPT 2015 Tonights theme was solo/side projects/guest appearences/better known as…..you get the picture. 4 members of the...
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Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers – Cloth Cat Fundraiser at the Chemic open...
Thursday night at the Chemic is open mic night with an invited band who do a full set. A bucket goes round to give the band a bit of cash but tonight Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers donated it all...
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BBC 6Music Festival, Bristol – 14/2/16
Khalid and Lucy got me tickets for the Sunday of this years 6Music festival Even at £40 a day, they’d sold out in minutes so I was much obliged. Only problem, it was on St Valentines day……so Lee and I...
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Meatbodies, Intelligence, Girl Sweat – Brudenell – 5/4/16
It’s been just over a year since the Meatbodies graced the Brudenell – I really hope they make it an annual event – these guys are not to be missed! First up was Girl Sweat featuring Russell who we...
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Mestisa – Seven Arts, Chapel Alleton, Leeds – 13/5/16
After a family tea to say goodbye to Marisa (who’s off to travel around Europe and then India before starting Uni) we popped along to 7 in Chapel Allerton to see our favourite Latin American band...
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Meilyr Jones – Brudenell – 3/10/16
Meilyr Jones is fabulous live. He lays himself bare, gives it his all and has the best backing band in Britain – all multi-intrumentalists and by the end of the night I think everyone had had a go at...
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Pale Kids, Nachthexen + Milk Crimes – Wharf Chambers, Leeds – 31/01/17
The last time I went a month without a gig was Aug 2010……tonight was my last chance not to let that happen again….so Sledge and I headed to the Belgrave to see ‘Hippo Campus’ – surely worth a watch...
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Meeting No.37 – Running
Cover Star: Dave McGuire A few weeks ago I tried walking up Table Mountain with my cousins. After half an hour of walking straight up, my legs were shaking “How much more of this is there?” “About...
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GoldSounds 2017 – Brudenell Social Club – 20th May 2017
A wonderful all-dayer at everyones favourite venue – 14 bands for £15 – what’s not to like. Met some new friend, found a new favourite band: The Blinders, who stole the show early on and things got a...
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Baxter Dury + Halo Maud – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds – 19/02/18
Baxter Dury is the coolest dude I’ve seen for a long long time. He looks like he was born to be on stage and delivered a top notch turn tonight – so glad we got to see him. First up was Heavenly...
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The Wave Pictures – Brudenell Social Club – 21/01/19
Lino print after: ‘People walking towards the sea’ by LS Lowry (1965) This was the first gig of the year for me and it was a corker! Of course it was – it was THE WAVE PICTURES. I’ve been seeing them...
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