cops and robbers: DIY gigs in leeds

June 6th Wednesday 8pm The Brudenell Social Club http://www.myspace.com/thetwilightsad The amazing band ' the twilight sad ' from glasgow come to Leeds for an exclsuive show at the brudenell this June. There highly acclaimed new album 'Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters' released on FAT CAT records has been receiving rave ...
Posted on May 26th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Tues 19 June at Brudenell Social Club £5 Please, Doors 8pm Featuring two of those crazy Californian lads from the formidable XbXrX in the band known as KIT, female fronted, casio keyboard assisted riot punk on Upset the Rhythm. semi naked support by the Dawn Chorus funk ensemble, Ghost Fleet & a ...
Posted on May 25th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Sunday 17th June at The Royal Park Cellars £4, Doors 8pm Rhythms pouring out in a wild, abandoned stream, pummeling, stroking, banging and paradiddling, elbows utilised to mute drum heads and alter timbres, feet up on them at times. A fiery blaze of guitar that seems to cross from rock to free-jazz, ...
Posted on May 25th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

25th june at packhorse £3/£4, Doors 8 pm Toymonger is a duo of Gavin Prior (United Bible Studies) and Andrew Fogarty (Tremors). They play dense, noisey drones inspired by doom metal, and The Texas Chainsaw massacre soundtrack. They've been together almost 3 years and toured Ireland last year with Chris Corsano. Their first album is ...
Posted on May 25th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Tue 29th May 07 at The Pachorse £4ish, Doors 8PM JMENFOUS (suisse), containing ex members of headache; return to tour the UK again with a new bassist and playing their unique style of jazz infused punk/hardcore STEP ON IT (hungary) accomplished genre-crossing hardcore, also touring the UK BILGE PUMP you know em by now OLIVER ...
Posted on May 25th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Saturday 2nd June at Subculture (formerly The Bassment), The Merrion Centre 10pm-3am There is no 'proper' Funder Strikes this month, so let's re-create that drunken, slightly confused feeling in the club known as Subculture instead. OK, it's not the Commonplace, but cheap booze is on offer regardless. Funder Strikes regular Claire Circuit ...
Posted on May 22nd, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

The main reason for moving servers today is cost. Although the paper C&R is funded until December, the website is not. I've been paying for it myself but can't really continue to do that. There are a few things you could do to help: http://www.copsandrobbers.net/donate/
Posted on May 21st, 2007 in the announcements section by copsandrobbers

To celebrate the launch of i concur's new EP we've put together a line up of bands we love. The Pattern Theory � www.myspace.com/thepatterntheory "A mathematical take on 60s Surf/Instrumental Music. They like to call it Post-Surf." We just like to call it mint. Rotary Ten � www.myspace.com/rotaryten "Feed a hefty dose ...
Posted on May 17th, 2007 in the announcements section by thann

As part of a day of asylum solidarity with Leeds No Borders: Theatre Under Fire - Zimbabwean drumming craziness d'Astro - groovy basslines and disgruntled shouting www.myspace.com/thedastro Pifco - in the neighbourhood of infinity Plus Djs The Common Place, Wharf Street, Saturday 19th May, £3/4 donation or whatever you can afford. The bands will each play ...
Posted on May 17th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Lumen. Evolution 2007 Festival. www.lumen.org.uk/evolution2007 Cellule d’Intervention METAMKINE Operating like a band of experimental instrumentalists, the French collective Cellule d’Intervention Metamkine liberate music and cinema from the clutches of convention through rich and intense improvised performances. Using eight projectors and the magic of mirrors, filmmakers Christophe Auger and Xavier Quérel ...
Posted on May 14th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers