cops and robbers: DIY gigs in leeds

friday 8th june leeds fenton 7.45 doors £4 bossk - intricate post metal soundscapes, throne records manatees - crushing highs meet devastating lows, motivesound recordings red stars parade - a dirgy,hypnotic,pummeling onslaught, dryrun records year of the man - big riffs,bleak vibes,haunting melodies, total prog records
Posted on May 26th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

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

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

Saturday 9th June at Holy Trinity Church £3/4, Doors 7.30 Motor Ghost are the drum/guitar duo of Alex Neilson & Ben Reynolds. They channel similar energies to those from the Free Jazz scenes of the 60's and 70's & incorporate the transcendent beauty of Britain's indigenous folk melodies. This is magick fire music that ...
Posted on May 14th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Thursday 21st June at Brudenell Social Club £4/5, Doors 8pm Ever stepped onto a Bombay street & heard a sitar tune with a raved-up beat playing on a street vendor's radio? Maga Bo hunts down the track's creators & records with them. Working with a collision of styles, his sound is an amalgamation ...
Posted on May 10th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

29/06/07 at The Common Place £4 / £5, Doors 7:30 pm MIKA MIKO (Kill Rock Stars) Amazing youth punx all the way from Los Angeles, “imagine a high school dance where Red Cross, Black Flag, X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Germs are playing at with an updated flare of excitement and anxiousness”. www.myspace.com/mikamiko www.mikamiko.tk/ NO ...
Posted on May 1st, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers

Moncada Rocks 2007 Sat 2 June, Brudenell Social Club, 2-11pm, £5 Saturday 2 June 2007 is the third annual "Moncada Rocks" all-day festival at Brudenell Social Club - founded to raise awareness about Cuba, its achievements and its situation, and to raise money for a good Latin American cause of some description. This ...
Posted on April 29th, 2007 in the calendar section by copsandrobbers