I can't judge a band I have never heard before just by listening to one song (although I know I've done that many times on here) so I am going to judge them by how they look: 4 pretty white boys with pretty haircuts, guitarists playing their guitars high on their chests and the drummer looking like he's in pain / having an orgasm / crying while he plays the drums - makes for a decent 3 and half minute entertainment. The Slowdown are from Manchester, they look like they probably go to Up the [...]
Last week, after the fundraiser event, I came to learn the meaning of "friendship." How clique-y gossip and pettiness can turn malicious. Funny how people believe the stories and things about a person when it's not coming from the person itself. The poison has set in too deep. [The Weeknd - Wicked Games] The Weeknd is Abel Tesfaye, based in Toronto, bringing back rnb to the cool kids just below the mainstream belt. Soulful rnb vocals over dubsteppy productions, nothing too harsh or over produced but not too [...]
Helped to organize this gig last night at the Fenton in Leeds and fucking hell that was probably like one of the best gigs of the year already?? COWS ON PARADE totally killed! They're an all grrrl Rage Against The Machine covers band and usually I don't like cover bands but these guys are fucking mint! It takes skill to play like Tom Morello or rap / scream like Zack de la Rocha. It was hard to believe that, in the midst of all the moshers and crowd surfing and sweaty packed dancing, this was their first gig? [...]
This has been on of those odd weeks. I've been out having a few drinks, nothing to reckless mind, most nights and consequently I'm in some kind of weird half hungover, sleep deprived ambient state of euphoria. One person actually said to me the other day I looked different, my response was "oh yeh, I had my hair cut", "no" she said "you just look really chilled out". I then explained how I hadn't really slept more than a couple of hours and so this "chilled out" state she observed was actually induced by being soo out of it I [...]
Seclusiasis is giving away this bangin track away from Kastle aka Barrett Richards previously known as B.Rich (co founder of the Party Like Us label with AC Slater ). Pitch tweaked vocals, and purple synths over a garage R&B beat. [ Kastle - I Kn0w ]->click to download This grimey badboy below is massive. One of my favorites: [Kastle - Bring Me Back] And check the garage goodness of the title track: [Kastle - Time Traveller] I [...]
Sduk and Halp team up to do this 8 bit / dubstep mash up tune. I first got into Sduk from his Dubplates mixtape ages ago and his edit of Emalkay's When I Look At You . If you haven't yet heard the mixtape, listen to it here: Download Lunge here: [ Sduk & Halp - Lunge ] Sduk's latest release on Slit Jockey , YouNyt , drops on 20th June. Preview the track: [...]
I think I'm going to go to tesco and grab a bigass bottle of nutella and stuff my face with that shit, stare out of my window, watch Leeds city getting darker, the streets wet from the rain. The best thing about living in a tall apartment is that you get to see the whole skyline, watch the sunset, daydream about better days. Today is one of those better days. After the constant feeling of fear, dread and anxiety, today at least, today is okay. Joe & Will Ask ? have this tunage for free D/L: [...]
Quiet days like these. You don't get that often. The things we take for granted. You don't know what you've got until it's gone. I first wrote about Modual last year. I got emails and responses from people saying "this isn't dubstep / this is isn't dnb." Well fuck you then. It isn't. It's popstep, chilled out, better for 7am breakfast sessions than 2am blunt blazing club bangers. [Modual - Sticks & Stones] This one's from their earlier release: [Modual - Infinity] 6 tracks of awesomeness. [...]
This is why the tagline for the "Parties" section for this blog is "Were You In Leeds Last Night?" The Loops Arts fest at Holbeck Urban Village was on last night (and is still going on), I went there to support a close friend who also happens to be a graff artist, CBloxx . There was live art going on and one of my fav artists Pogger (pictured) was there as well. Awesome stuff as usual, although I did notice that paints and markers and colours provided was fast running out and he had to [...]
It has lifted. This sickness. The black cloud. The yearning like lead weights. Pulling me down. In my mania I tried to run away. To the sea. Devised ways and excuses and reasons so that I could plan my escape route: what will it be? The rafters in the attic of this crappy seaside guesthouse or a simple matter of throwing myself off the cliffs. I can't swim. I guess that's the point. Regrets. Instead of clearing my head I've burdened myself further. Come on Trent, get on a train. Back to Leeds. You [...]
Young & Lost Club just dropped this piece of news in my inbox yesterday. The RAC (Remix Artist Collective) have done this sweet remix of Noah & The Whale 's Tonight's The Kind Of Night and it's up for free download on their soundcloud. NATW is playing Leeds Academy on 22nd of October, if you wanna catch them on tour. [Noah & The Whale - Tonight's The Kind of Night (RAC Mix)] Here's the original: [Noah & The Whale - Tonight's The Kind of Night] [...]
So Bad Fotography's photographer sidekick, Hannah P, went to see Japanese Voyeurs last month at the Cockpit in Leeds and took some awesome photos. Because I was so fucked up, I didn't manage to post this ontime but here they are, in all her fish-eye lens' glory. She mentioned the show wasn't what she was expecting. At least we got some nice shots from it. Listen to this cover of Nine Inch Nails while you're at it: [Japanese Voyeurs - Closer (NIN Cover)] [ more here ] [...]
No, I havent disappeared. These past few weeks have been very dark, complicated and frustrating. I needed to take a step back, take a breather, take care of myself again. 2 weeks ago I nearly slipped, in the haze and confusion, was convinced I was going to die. Strange how we almost wouldn't be having this conversation now. Looks like it's back to the medication again. Enough of me. Finally found the strength to start blogging again. Let's start with Digikid84 . I've always said I'd like to hear more from this guy. Was listening to the [...]
Still holding onto summer by the skin of our slightly discoloured British teeth ay? Not going anywhere for a while so time to grab a hula skirt some pumps, board shorts, cut your jeans in half, get the pasty feet into some sexy flip flops and get involved like we live in a warm climate all year. We are nothing if not adaptable. I think everyone can agree, everything is better in warm weather. I don't care how stressed out people get on the tubes or shove to squeeze themselves onto the bus that is impossibly full already [...]
Frustration and exhaustion recycled into plastic. It's a tough kind of fakeness. Punch in, punch out. Oh Lord, rhythmatic, systematic, joy division. Hope at the end of a branch, but we're on the wrong end of the stick. A new kind of deep seated melancholia, remade into plastic. It's a tough kind of feeling - an unfeelingness. Swarms breaks that plastic mould of template dubstep. It's a new wave of quiet, ambient, melancholia. An experimentation with percussions and deep, echo-ing vocals like hazy recollections. Swallow it whole. [Swarms - Roulette] [...]
Havent slept properly for the past 3 days. It's starting to get to me. Everything is starting to get to me. I want the nightfall to be quick, silent, cold. I want the street lamps to ignite, I want to control this. All of this. Wedge , from Subdepth Records , making the sounds that those words above make. An urban premonition. Modern anxieties and paranoia completed in beats and bass. [Wedge - Traces] Download : Wedge - Broken Heroes Buy Wedge from [...]
Maybe it's kinda like an omen, the rain clouds were closing in when I left today. No point having the words "commitment" and "loyalty" tattooed on your body when your body is ready for flight rather than fight. It's a shock to the system, kinda like the first time you've been shot, except I bit the bullet, the explosion begged to stop. Viers is a cool cat from my city, Leeds. He's pretty excited about his track Sophia being released by Subdepth Records Manchester and remixed by Swarms . Swarms [...]
New season, new venue. The kids are all dressed in summer gear, the barbeque is on, the music is trippin. It was a techno all dayer. I think the Deathray crew has found probably the best secret venue in Leeds. Once again Adam Taylor's set got me movin like nothin else. Hard, pounding and progressive, stayin fresh but not too commercial, really adding to this underground party athmosphere.I missed Crosskill's set AGAIN, came a bit too late but its okay, coz I hear there's gonna be 2 more upcoming parties at this new venue. You aint been to [...]
I watched the alcoholics and shirtless junkies run up and down and shout and scream and push and pull at each other at the bridge over the canal, near where I live. They come out of the woodwork when the sun comes out. Sometimes I feel sorry for them. Sometimes I feel angry. Most of the time I mind my own business. They have dogs with them and their dogs looked happier than their owners. The dogs are free - they aren't leashed to the bottle. Dark Mean is a band from Hamilton, Canada. Their [...]
The misery continues. You're thinking, hey it's warm outside, lets go buy a barbeque, call our friends, grab some beers and hang out on the balcony in our shorts. I said the weather's gonna turn in a bit. Anyway it's still fucking spring, innit. Who wants to hang out with a downer. Anchor Factory 's dropped this one on my lap - a very melancholy piano edit. It's like the soundtrack to the tragedy after the drama. It's perfect. Discobelle 's nabbed them for the release of their upcoming ep, Convention . You know its gonna [...]
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