Not a review of such, just an account of where I've been (mainly so I can remember :))
Starting
off the month on 1st May, first Tuesday in every month is the open mic night in
association with Yorkshire Gig Guide/Yorkshire Music Collective that normally
takes place at factory street studios. Due to unforeseen circumstances it
couldn’t be held at the studios and Live Lounge Utopia kindly stepped in to
host this evening. Open mic slots are taken by Bradford band Kascarade, Liz
Narey and Whiter Than. The first of the featured acts tonight were Station
Lane, young band from Birkenshaw who do a really good set, I think this band
have great potential. After this there is another open mic act called Josh
Doyle and then the headline act tonight which is Ryan Spendlove. He’s just come
back from an American tour and it was great to see him in Bradford. What a
fabulous set!
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| The Well (SIRAStudios photo) |
Saturday 5th
May was Live at Leeds – I started off the day in the sunshine watching The
Artists in the ELFM awning stage just outside the ticket exchange. Walked down
to Milo to see British Daylight and was amazed that the venue was already
crowded at 12 o’clock. Good set by this young band. Next I walked up to Nation
of Shopkeepers to The Mexanines who were brilliant as always. It was heaving in
there and when I came out there was a queue past Escobar to get in! I carried on
up to the Well to see Unions, who I really enjoyed, and Barefoot Beware who
were great. Then I went to Leeds Met to see Redwire, it was packed in there too
and a large number of Redwire fans were in there making it a really lively gig.
Then I went back to The Well to see Wot Gorilla. Good atmosphere in The Well,
busy but you can still get in and out no bother so I decide to chuck my
previously made timetable and stay there, catching some of Post War Glamour
Girls and Hawkeye. Then I went back up to Leeds Met to see We are Augustines
who were brilliant. I also caught a large part of Lianna La Havas’s set and was
very impressed with her. And after that I decided to go home.
10th
of May I went to the fortnightly open mic at Glyde House in Bradford. Featured
act was Simon Kelly, I do like his storytelling songs and other people playing
were Andrew Wood, Liz Narey and Mat White.
Thurday 11th
May I called in at Empire to catch Do Miss America, Bradford band who have
featured on the show and whose album I love, first time I’ve caught them live
and wasn’t disappointed. After that I
headed up to Carpe Diem for the Mañana Nights gig and saw Sworn to Oath and
Broken.
Friday 18th
was Jack’s Attic EP launch subject of a separate blog http://www.yorkshiremusiccollective.com/2012/05/jacks-attic-ep-launch-at-empire.html
Saturday
19th bit of venue hopping, subject of a separate blog
Thursday
24th I went to Bad Brains night at Carpe Diem, and saw Leeds band The
Swindells, been a while since I joined in their signature tune “Yorkshire”! and
also Bradford punks The Drastics, who gave a customary good energetic
performance.
On Saturday
I headed into Leeds for the first “Feel The Benefit” gig. This is a monthly
event which raises money for different charities each month. It’s held at Melbourne
St. Studios which is a cool event space. There was a comedian (very funny) and
also a magician (amazing) as well as music. I saw Andrei Nosov’s blues band
play a really good set. Unfortunately I had to leave before the other 2 bands played.
On Sunday I
went to an open mic afternoon at Kala Sangham in Bradford. I saw that Martin
Christie, Poet and Loops artist was hosting the event and although we have
known each other “virtually” for many years we’ve never actually met before.
The event was organized by Bradford Artfarmers and the space was full of visual
arts. There were poets and novelists reading too. Really enjoyable afternoon –
spent mostly in the company of the lovely Yorkshire Gig Guide – and I
thoroughly enjoyed Martin Christies songs and loops!
Tuesday 29th
was the open mic night at Glyde House in Bradford, it was a fantastic night –
such talented performers all night, I really can’t remember all the names so I
won’t list because I enjoyed everyone who played very much. Though I will mention Paul Carey who was on the show a few weeks ago and Nadeem Leigh whose voice blew us all away. There is always a
featured artist and this week it was Whiter Than, three-piece band with guitar,
violin and bass. Excellent set.
Last day of
the month, Thursday. I popped into the
New Conservatory and caught Rob Galloway doing a few tracks, I loved him as the
frontman of Yalla Yallas with his thrilling energetic performances but I really
enjoyed his raw stripped back set tonight.
Later I went to a gig that had been
cancelled, so headed off to Milo instead where I managed to see The Shrinks,
rock three piece, who always have a lot of support. Quite a while since I’ve
seen them and thoroughly enjoyed the set.
May has
been a pretty good month :)
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