Yorkshire Music Collective: April 2014

Wednesday 30 April 2014

LIVE AT LEEDS ANNOUNCE PALMA VIOLETS AS SPECIAL GUESTS (press release)

Live At Leeds are proud to announce the addition of very special guests Palma Violets to the lineup for this weekend.

London four piece Palma Violets’ fusion of indie, garage rock and psychedelia has gained them a legion of fans and that’s hardly surprising given the quality of their material. Debut album ‘108’ contained such anthems in the making as ‘Step Up For The Cool Cats’ which earned them the prestigious ‘Hottest Record In The World’ on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show as well as NME’s ‘Track Of The Year’, the incredible ‘Best Of Friends’. The band plays on Saturday in the intimate confines of The Faversham at 21:45.

Slotting into a lineup already including the recently announced Frank Turner as well as the likes of ¡Forward, Russia!, Albert Hammond Jr, Bipolar Sunshine, Blood Red Shoes, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Chloe Howl, Circa Waves, Clean Bandit, Courntey Barnett, Drenge, Ella Eyre, Fuck Buttons, Royal Blood and The Hold Steady this year is the strongest lineup yet.

In addition, pop starlet and singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt will be performing an extra special Live At Leeds Takeover Dr Martens instore at 6:30PM. With debut album ‘Peroxide’ proving a roaring success this is a chance to catch an up close glimpse of one of the UK’s hottest stars.

PALMA VIOLETS JOIN:

*THESE ARE SEPARATE TICKETED EVENTS, SATURDAY WRISTBAND’S ARE NOT VALID

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE COCKPIT > BLOOD RED SHOES

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > MELT YOURSELF DOWN (FULL A/V SHOW)

*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE WARDROBE > SNARKY PUPPY

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > O2 ACADEMY LEEDS > KODALINE

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > LEEDS MET > NEUROSIS

*SUNDAY 4th MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > DUM DUM GIRLS + CROCODILES + MORE TBC

ALL OTHER ARTISTS TO PERFORM SATURDAY 3rd MAY ACROSS VARIOUS VENUES

Bingley Music Live Final Announcement (Press Release)

Bingley Music Live have announced their final lineup for 2014 and it’s huge. This hidden gem of a festival, now in its eighth year, has ensured the very best of new talent have joined global stars like Example and the legendary Pet Shop Boys.

Nick Mulvey, Woman’s Hour (currently on a European tour supporting Metronomy) and The Mispers, are included in the final additions to this year’s incredible Bingley Music Live – probably the best value for money festival in the country at just £49 for three days – Beat that!

The festival boasts its biggest ever lineup for 2014. The Pet Shop Boys attendance is a real coup for Bingley Music Live as it is the only UK festival appearance for the six times Grammy nominees in their five mainland UK dates of their Electric World Tour.

Not only jam packed with some of the biggest acts of today, Bingley Music Live is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Britpop with acts like Shed Seven, former Supergrass frontman, Gaz Coombes, and Simon and Oscar from Ocean Colour Scene as they deliver amazing acoustic versions of some of the band’s greatest hits.

The very best of new talent is represented this year with acts like MNEK who is on an incredible rise and recognised by just about everyone in the music industry as about to blow up stellar, and Jess Glynne the singer behind two of the biggest hits of the year having appeared on Clean Bandit’s and Route 94’s massive Number Ones.

Guitars are back at Bingley with a charge led by The Strypes, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Eliza and the Bear, Dexters and The Mispers, whilst The Selecter add some class heritage to the lineup that includes pop troubadours Chloe Howl, Bipolar Sunshine and Young Kato. Singer Songwriters Nick Mulvey and Charlie Cunningham now join John Lennon McCullagh on the bill.

The best of the current urban and dance scenes are represented with Sam Smith partner Naughty Boy making an appearance as well as Gorgon City, Etta Bond, Joel Compass.

The festival even has the changeovers covered with sets from Ultimate Power, legendary music journalist Simon Price, Pet Sounds, and Bingley stalwart Joel Young, whilst Goldblade frontman John Robb will compere the event.

The full lineup can be seen at http://www.BingleyMusicLive.com

Sunday 27 April 2014

Radio Playlist 24 April 2014

Yorkshire Music Collective broadcasts every Thursday at 10pm on BCB Radio.

You can listen to the latest show on this blog, by clicking on the YMC on The Radio tab, or on our website http://www.yorkshiremusiccollective.co.uk

Don't forget to send your music to yorkshiremc@gmail.com and post any events in the facebook Group or tweet us on @yorkshiremc

Our studio guests were Cut Out Shapes from Leeds

What we played:

Fortune Teller by Jack’s Attic
Featherstone
http://www.jacksattic.co.uk

Backwards Philosophy, When The River Runs Dry and Celestial Secrecy by Cut Out Shapes
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/cutoutshapes

The Kill by Too Hot for L.A
Phoenix
http://www.facebook.com/toohotforla

Give Me What I Want by Saam Roberts
Keighley
http://www.facebook.com/saamroberts

Red Rooster by This Legion
Leeds
http://www.thislegion.com/

What You Say Girl by Vendettas
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/vendettasofficial

Human Imitation by Rayne
Sunderland
http://www.facebook.com/rayneofficial

In Her Name by Such Sights
Sheffield
http://www.facebook.com/suchsightsband

Dont Look Behind You by The Talks
Hull
http://www.facebook.com/TheTalks

Planet Go Buy by Impyus
Harrogate
http://www.facebook.com/impyus

Saturday 26 April 2014

CentreStage 2014 Finalists

The 12 Finalists who will play at the O2 Academy on 23rd July are:

All photos by Shot by Sodium
http://www.facebook.com/ShotBySodium

Arcarode

http://www.facebook.com/Arcarode

Bryony Drake

http://www.facebook.com/bryonydrakemusic

Chickadees

http://www.facebook.com/ChickadeesUK

The Concetines

http://www.facebook.com/TheConcetines

Conflare

http://www.facebook.com/conflaremusic

Demoralised

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Demoralised/234192219966821

Girls on Drugs

http://www.facebook.com/GirlsonDrugs1

Oliver Pinder

http://www.facebook.com/OliverPinderOff

Premonition

http://www.facebook.com/premonition.band.uk

The Puppeteers

http://www.facebook.com/thepuppeteersleeds

Random Behaviour

http://www.facebook.com/RandomBehavior

Shupadum

http://www.facebook.com/Shupadum

Friday 25 April 2014

Frank Turner joins Live At Leeds line-up (press release)

With a lineup already filled to the brim with emerging and established talent Live At Leeds are ecstatic to announce the addition of Frank Turner to this year’s lineup for a rare solo performance.

Frank Turner’s tireless touring since the demise of his former band Million Dead has placed him as one of the UK’s brightest hopes and most admired artists. Travelling the world with his anthemic brand of folk-punk, over the last few years he has gone from the backs of pubs onto UK festival mainstages and the heady heights of London’s prestigious Wembley Arena. Across five albums of powerful, heartfelt songs the likes of ‘The Way I Tend To Be’ he has deservedly become one of the musicians spearheading a true guitar renaissance in the UK.

Slotting into a lineup already including the likes of ¡Forward, Russia!, Albert Hammond Jr, Bipolar Sunshine, Blood Red Shoes, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Chloe Howl, Circa Waves, Clean Bandit, Courntey Barnett, Drenge, Ella Eyre, Fuck Buttons, Royal Blood and The Hold Steady this year is the strongest lineup yet.

FRANK TURNER JOINS:

Sunday 20 April 2014

Radio Playlist 17 April 2014

Yorkshire Music Collective broadcasts every Thursday at 10pm on BCB Radio.

You can listen to the latest show on this blog, by clicking on the YMC on The Radio tab, or on our website http://www.yorkshiremusiccollective.co.uk

Don't forget to send your music to yorkshiremc@gmail.com and post any events in the facebook Group, or tweet us on @yorkshiremc

Our studio guests were Fizzler from Leeds and AN-X Menswear from Bradford

What we played:

Nothing You Can Do by The Rook
Bradford
http://www.facebook.com/TheRookSound

Golden, Pleasantries (Live) and Stay Without by Fizzler
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/Fizzlermusic

Plaster Knuckle by King No-One
York
https://www.facebook.com/kingno.oneband

Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Desk by Micky Dey
Bradford
http://www.facebook.com/mickyydeyy

AN-X Menswear can be found at http://www.an-x.co.uk, http://www.facebook.com/anxmenswearbradford, @anxmenswear

Get A Tattoo by Monster Jaw
Bradford
http://www.facebook.com/MonsterJawOfficial

Freak Trippin' by Yo El Rey
Bradford
http://www.facebook.com/yoelreyband

Pick Me by Further From The Truth
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/FurtherFromTheTruthUK

Hell Hounds by Ferocious Dog
Warsop
http://www.facebook.com/FerociousDog

Wednesday 16 April 2014

The Cribs to Headline Long Division Festival (press release)

The Cribs will play their first public hometown show in seven years at this year’s Long Division Festival.

The band will play at Unity Hall on the opening Friday night of the festival kicking off a full weekend of music, art and comedy across Wakefield city centre.

The Wedding Present will play on Saturday night at the festival and will be joined by Gruff Rhys, Toy, Summer Camp, Roddy Woomble, I Like Trains, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Membranes, Beans On Toast, Candy Says, Post War Glamour Girls, Bleech, Brawlers, Islet, Joel RL Phelps, Randloph’s Leap, Witch Hunt, Jamie Roberts & Katriona Gilmore, Milloy, The Ainsley Band, VerseChorusVerse, Nadine Carina, Treason Kings, The Sunbeams, Ruby Macintosh, The Reacharounds, The Grand, Protectors, Mi Mye, Knuckle, Gunnarson, Forever Cult, Clandestines, Aztec Doll, Jamisaysmile and many more to be announced.

Speaking about The Cribs’ return to Wakefield, Gary Jarman said: “The last couple of years it’s been pretty difficult not to have been aware of Long Division, even on a national level. Wakefield really seems to be standing up on its own now when it comes to the arts, and Long Division is an important piece of that. To have great bands come through your hometown like Jeffery Lewis, The Wedding Present, Herman Dune and The Vaselines is pretty amazing, and this year we are really excited to be a part of it.

“We don’t get chance to play Wakefield as much as we did in the early days, particularly with two of us living in the USA now, so our 'hometown' shows are now a special occasion for us. With us currently being in between records, this year seems like the perfect opportunity.”

This year’s festival will run from Friday 12 – Sunday 14 September. The venues so far include Unity Hall (two stages), Warehouse 23, The Orangery, Henry Boons, Westgate Chapel and Players.

Tickets for The Cribs are priced at £30 with tickets for Saturday priced at £22.50. This year a limited number of VIP tickets will be available for £50. This gives access to all the Saturday events as well as The Cribs Friday gig.

Dean Freeman, organiser of Long Division Festival, said: “With new venues and new dates, this year’s Long Division feels like a fresh start. We’re thrilled to have our biggest venue yet with Unity Hall and to finally have The Cribs back in Wakefield is something we have been striving for years. With Sunday’s line up still to come and more bands to announce, today is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Tickets will be available on Good Friday (Friday 18 April) from 10am at Wah Wah Records (Wakefield), Jumbo Records (Leeds), Crash Records (Leeds), Debut Records (Barnsley) and See Tickets.

The line up for Long Division Festival so far is –

Friday 12 September – The Cribs at Unity Hall

Saturday 13 September

The Wedding Present, Gruff Rhys, Toy, Summer Camp, Roddy Woomble, I Like Trains, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Membranes, Beans On Toast, Candy Says, Post War Glamour Girls, Bleech, Brawlers, Islet, Joel RL Phelps, Randloph’s Leap, Witch Hunt, Jamie Roberts & Katriona Gilmore, Milloy, The Ainsley Band, VerseChorusVerse, Nadine Carina, Treason Kings, The Sunbeams, Ruby Macintosh, The Reacharounds, The Grand, Protectors, Mi Mye, Knuckle, Gunnarson, Forever Cult, Clandestines, Aztec Doll, Jamisaysmile

Sunday 14 September

Line up to be announced

Monday 14 April 2014

CentreStage Heats (press release)

It's year five of Martin House Children's Hospice's prestigious music competition for young, Yorkshire bands and musicians. Three nights of heats will decide our finalists who will then compete at O2 Academy Leeds, 23rd July, to compete for the top prize of performing at Leeds AND Reading 2014 and a music video shot by Sodium!

Centre Stage 2014 kicks off from the 22nd-24th April, at the Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, and promises to be swarming with local talent from the region. Whether or not you support any of the contenders, this is an event not to be missed if you care about music and the best up and coming talent in West and North Yorkshire, and indeed raising money for a very special cause.
Line up: Tuesday 22nd April (in no particular order)
Beth Stevens
The Concetines
Bryony Drake
The Patron Saints
Such Simple Pleasure
Twisted Pineapple
Of Colours
....and Special Guests King No-One

Line up: Wednesday 23rd April (in no particular order)
Premonition
GirlsOnDrugs
Conflare
Never Ending Reason (N.E.R)
Demoralised
Velveteens
Random Behaviour
.....and Special Guests King No-One

Line up: Thursday 24th April (in no particular order)
Monroe
Oliver Pinder
Lucy Prenton & Jo Stephenson
Chickadees
Arcarode
Maia Broughton
Shupadum
....and Special Guests The Mexanines

The event is supported by a professional and dedicated team of volunteer judges and crew, including Mike Heaton(Embrace) and Isaac Heywood (Nightmares on Wax/Rock School UK).

Centre Stage 2013 was a great success and welcomed its first winning band from North Yorkshire, King No-One, who received an amazing reception at Leeds & Reading, and still remain a large supporter of our work. Previous winners ‘The Mexanines’ have reaped the benefits of the exposure that Centre Stage has given them as they enjoyed life on the road as the main support for The Pigeon Detectives at the end of 2013.

The competition has now hit the big £150,000 mark in terms of funds raised, and all of this has been channelled directly into the care of the children and their families at Martin House Children’s Hospice.

This year’s competition is sponsored by National Breakdown and Blacks Solicitors.

The Heats will run from 22nd – 24th April at The Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds. Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7pm. The event is pay on the door or available from SeeTickets at £4.50.

Sunday 13 April 2014

Radio Playlist 10 April 2014

Yorkshire Music Collective broadcasts every Thursday at 10pm on BCB Radio.

You can listen to the latest show on this blog, by clicking on the YMC on The Radio tab, or on our website http://www.yorkshiremusiccollective.co.uk

Don't forget to send your music to yorkshiremc@gmail.com and post any events in the facebook Group, or tweet us on @yorkshiremc

Our studio guests were Maia..

What we played:

Rotations by The Darlingtons
Sheffield
http://www.facebook.com/thedarlingtons

Living in the Alligator, Small High Whistle from a Bird (live) and Finite World by Maia
Huddersfield
http://www.maiatheband.com

Abyssinia by Screaming Maldini
Sheffield
http://www.facebook.com/screamingmaldini

Show me your lies by Luna Kings
Leeds
https://www.facebook.com/LunaKingsUK

Here at the Edge by Inherit the Stars
Sheffield
http://www.facebook.com/inheritthestarsofficial

Anna Never Looked Better by Black Ally
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/BlackAllyBand

Held Down Karl Heilbron by Stop Drop Robot
Sheffield
http://www.facebook.com/stopdroprobot1

Are You Ready by Wilson Minds
Liverpool
https://www.facebook.com/wilsonminds

Moaning Lisa Smile by Wolf Alice
London
http://www.facebook.com/wolfalicemusic

Spring by Ben Watt
London
http://www.facebook.com/benwattmusic

45 by Danny Landau
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/dannylandaumusic

Hour of Wolves by We Are Atlas
Keighley
http://www.facebook.com/WeAreAtlasMusic

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Slam Dunk Festival Update (press release)

Slam Dunk Festival, has added 3 more bands to the 9th annual 3 day festival, covering Leeds, Hatfield and Wolverhampton. The 7 stage event uses a combination of indoor and outdoor stages across urban sites to create a totally unique festival experience.

Saturday 24th May: Slam Dunk Festival North. Leeds University.

Sunday 25th May: Slam Dunk Festival South. The Forum, Hertfordshire.

Monday 26th May: Slam Dunk Festival Midlands. Wolverhampton Civic.

Joining exclusive headliners All American Rejects will be Feed The Rhino, the brilliant and brutal 5-piece from Kent who have brand new album ‘The Sorrow and the Sound’ set for a June 16th release through new label Century Media/Siege Of Armada Records. Already a HUGE band on the live circuit following tours with the likes of Bury Tomorrow and Bring Me The Horizon, they will be one of THE bands to catch at this year’s festival.

Also joining the line up are New Forest pop rockers Natives, who have just released their much acclaimed debut album ‘Indoor War’ and completed a blistering UK headline tour. 2014 will be a very big year for these 5 lads.

Completing the trio are Wiltshire based hardcore band Landscapes follow up their recent support slot with Architects with this festival slot. The band will be following up their 2013 ‘Life Gone Wrong’ reissue on Pure Noise soon, with recording sessions beginning this summer.

The acoustic stage acts have also now been announced, with headliner Vinnie Caruana (The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche) playing a mixture of songs from both his bands back catalogue, as well as brand new, solo tracks.

Also playing will be Washington crooner You, Me, and Everyone We Know. Having never played the UK whilst still performing as a full band, Ben Liebsch brings his brain-child over the pond for the first time, exclusively to perform at Slam Dunk Festival 2014. The much hyped Rob Lynch is returning to the Slam Dunk Festival line up but this time with his debut album release in sight and an entire Summer on the Vans Warped Tour to look forward to. Joining them will also be the legendary Mike Herrera (of MXPX fame) and UK up-and-comer The Lion & The Wolf. On top of these acts, special guests will be announced on each of the days at the festival. Expect some brilliant surprises across the 3 days.

Slam Dunk Festival 2014 - (new additions in bold) More to be announced soon.

Feed The Rhino

Natives

Landscapes

Vinnie Caruana

Mike Hererra

You, Me, and Everyone We Know

Rob Lynch

The Lion & The Wolf

Mallory Knox

Kids In Glass Houses (exclusively playing ‘Smart Casual’)

We The Kings

Chiodos

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Capdown

Gnarwolves

Jesse James

MC Lars

Ghost Town

Heart Of A Coward

Save Your Breath

Modern Baseball

The All American Rejects (Festival headliner)

We Are The In Crowd

Less Than Jake

Motion City Soundtrack

Hit The Lights

State Champs

A Loss For Words

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!

Marmozets

Blitz Kids

Canterbury

letlive.

Bury Tomorrow

The Ghost Inside

The Devil Wears Prada

I Killed The Prom Queen

Caliban

Crown The Empire

Goldfinger

Zebrahead

Fandangle

I Am The Avalanche

Real Friends

Neck Deep

Decade

For a full list of ticket outlets for all events, please go to www.slamdunkmusic.com

Tickets are priced at £35 & £39 with Afterparty across all sites.

Sunday 6 April 2014

Radio Playlist 3 April 2014

What we played:

Helpful by The Do’s
Wakefield
http://www.facebook.com/thedosband

House and Not a Home, It Ain't Easy (Live) and Twilight by Joe Kemp
Leeds
http://www.joekemp.co.uk

Auntie Sarah by Vesper Walk
York
http://www.facebook.com/VesperWalk

Promised land by Meraki
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meraki/477267805729965

Black Water by Two Trick Horse
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/twotrickhorse

Sea Of Strangers by Other Peoples Lives
Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/OtherPeoplesLives

Deep Lakes by Sarah Schuster
Italy
http://www.facebook.com/SarahSchusterband

Rock 'n' Roll Star Like Me by The McCarrons
Halifax
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-McCarrons/234810796579797

All Fall Down by Illustrial
Bradford/Leeds
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Illustrial/104161896358

El canal de Suez by Matthew's lighter.
Spain
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthews-lighter/223764827689385

Tempesta (Saam Roberts Remix) by Dave Rush & Rivell
Bradford
https://www.facebook.com/saamroberts

Thursday 3 April 2014

Musicport Festival Saturday Night Headliner Confirmed (Press Release)

Discovered by Peter Gabriel the irresistible Lo’Jo are a musical street caravan, an iconoclastic group whose fans include Björk, and John Zorn. With 30 years under their belt this collective of musicians from the south-west of France confirmed their position as one of the world’s leading musical outfits when their tenth studio album Cinéma El Mundo topped many Best Of lists in 2012. They were named as Best Group in international music magazine Songlines 2013 Awards.

Renowned for their astonishing live shows the bands music embraces North African song, African flavours and percussion, classic French chanson, dub, rock and Romany music. Leader Denis Péan’s songs are written in French, English, Spanish and often uses words that just sound right, even if they don’t really exist! The seven-piece band also includes two sisters of Berber origin, Nadia and Yamina Nid el Mourid, whose astonishing close harmony is one of Lo’Jo’s most distinctive features. With a Caribbean bassist and French drummer, the line-up is truly multicultural; and Lo’Jo, who are based in the western city of Angers in the Loire valley, are indefinably attuned to how each of their many influences fit into the overall weave of their compelling music.

Cinema el Mundo

Their tenth studio album, Cinéma el Mundo, betrayed no sign at all that they intend to slow down, and features prestigious musical guests such as the legendary Robert Wyatt (who opens the album intoning in French) and Ibrahim Ag Alhabib from Tinariwen. Thirty years of travelling with open ears has given Lo'Jo's sound a unique richness. They play funky dubbed-up chanson, raw yet intricate, with a bewildering variety of influences. Their sound is full of melancholy, nostalgia, and empathy with the displaced, marginalised and lonely. The pride and strength of culture of some of these soulmates – the Touareg, Creole and Berber to name three – add further layers to Lo’Jo’s musical palette and instrumental line-up.

Poet-in-chief Denis Péan takes us on journeys, across the ocean, to inhospitable new places, sits with us on a café terrace, regards the displaced, engages with all those who speculate on what it means to be a human being in the 21st century, the limitations of choice and quest for liberty. Not only did they co-found the legendary Festival In The Desert, they've also collaborated with Tinariwen and worked with Robert Plant’s guitarist Justin Adams. Sometimes they let others into their glorious garden.

'The hypnotic pull of finely detailed yet, paradoxically, boldly sparse arrangements, seems to stop time. Exquisite.'
The Independent

Jim McLaughlin Musicport director said “We are really excited to be bringing one of the most musically intriguing, intense and challenging groups on the International music stage to Whitby. We know that their live set is something to behold and very much look forward to the great reaction they will undoubtedly elicit from our wonderful audience.”

Musicport Festival 17th - 19th October 2014

http://www.musicportfestival.com/

Line up so far includes:

LO ‘JO (france) CATRIN FINCH & SEIKOU KEITA (Wales/Senegal)

ROBYN HITCHCOCK, AMINE & HAMZA (Tunisia),

THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, JOHN SMITH

MOSAIK (Poland), LUCY WARD BAND, Jesse Bannister's Play Out featuring Zoe Rahman, Zűrös Banda (Hungary)

VÄRLDENS BAND (SWEDEN), MY SWEET PATOOTIE (Canada), Heath Common & Carol Grimes ,THE BEVVY SISTERS (Scotland), O'HOOLEY & TIDOW , ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER, SUZY CONDRAD, HADDO, ENKELIT ……

With lots more acts still to be confirmed.

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