Author: Adam Graver
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Live: Skylights & Dirty Laces – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
What a year 2019 has been for emerging talent. Every gig I’ve seen at Brudenell, The Wardrobe, York’s Fulford Arms (the list goes on) have been brilliant and the future of rock music in this country looks very bright. On 27th December, two of the bands ready to take 2020…
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Interview – The Luka State, Jimmy’s, Liverpool, 13/12/2019
Gigs for me at Jimmy’s in Liverpool are a bit like Merseyside buses. Nothing for ages, then three come at once. Last week was The Mysterines, tomorrow will be The Kairos headlining a set of new, young, local bands, but tonight is a bit different. Tonight, I am sat at…
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Live: The Mysterines – Jimmy’s, Liverpool
I often have to start a review with a little apology. Today I need to say sorry to Jimmy’s. One of Liverpool’s newer live music venues, this small, dark L-shaped cellar, with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems is an intimate venue. It’s been open since August, and it has taken…
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Live: The Lathums – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
On Friday August 30th 2019, I was at Bingley Weekender, and caught a glimpse of the future of indie-rock in the United Kingdom. The band I saw playing to a bumper crowd, I thought, in 4/5 years time would be selling out venues across the country. I was wrong, that…
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Live: The Twang – First Direct Arena, Leeds
From the year 2004 up to 2008, there was a surge in records being produced by artists in the UK that took indie-rock to the next level and paved the way for the industry taking control in the decade we are about to be leaving. One of the artists that…
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Live: Spinn – Riverside, Newcastle
It is a wet miserable Wednesday night and I’m stuck in traffic just outside Newcastle. Things are looking bleak but I have a big smile on my face as I’m on my way to see the energetic, jangly indie of Liverpool band Spinn. I first caught them at Twisterella 2018…
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Review: Feel It – Paint Me In Colour
Paint Me In Colour are a Liverpool based three-piece consisting of Olivia Springer, Matt Johnson and Sam Pierpoint. They formed in 2017, play Indie-pop, and cite their influences as Aretha Franklin and Pink Floyd. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of them, Feel It is their debut single, and an…
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Sam Fender and Gerry Cinnamon To Headline This Is Tomorrow 2020
Having confirmed its return last month, the North East region’s largest outdoor music festival has confirmed two major arena conquering heavyweight headlining acts as part of a wave of new announcements. After welcoming over 30,000 revellers through its gates last year, This Is Tomorrow will return to Exhibition Park in Newcastle on 22nd-24th May 2020 and plays host to Sam…
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Review: Scrooge The Musical – Grand Opera House, York
When I first saw the Scrooge the Musical was coming to York, through Pick Me Up Theatre, my first thought was, it’s about time! For years, this Christmas tale has been one of the lesser told theatre stories and finally Robert Readman (Director) has managed to bring it to life.…
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Scrooge The Musical comes to York Grand Opera House
Say goodbye to Bah! Humbug and get into the festive spirit with Pick Me Up’s big winter show of 2019 – Scrooge The Musical. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol, Scrooge tells the tale of old miser Ebeneezer on the night he’s visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To…
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Interview: Dirty Laces
There’s not much that would entice me to drive 107 miles, on a Friday night, from one old, shipbuilding town in the north-west to another, but the chance to see The Indica Gallery, Dirty Laces and The Lathums, had me heading from Birkenhead to Barrow-in-Furness. Tonight’s venue, Barrow Underground Society…
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Live: Reasons to Stay Alive – York Theatre
Reasons to Stay Alive – York Theatre Matt Haig’s story, told in the book Reasons to Stay Alive is one that has had, without doubt, a huge impact on readers globally. With mental health something that is rarely spoken about in the right contexts, Matt reveals both the darkness and…
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Live: The Cheap Thrills – Liverpool Academy
If you’ve read any of my previous reviews, then you’ll know I like to use the occasional football analogy. Well tonight I’ll be looking at some of the emerging Merseyside talent. The youth teams and the under-23s if you like. If you don’t want to know the score, look away…
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Review: Who Knows Jenny Jones – Mr Ben & The Bens
Mr Benn & the Bens are the brainchild of Ben Hall who has been prolific in his releases over the last 5 years through the band’s Bandcamp page. These vary from low-fi bedroom recordings to experimentation with electronic sounds. As a full band Mr Ben & the Bens have been…
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ASH announce details of “Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash
Listen to the remastered version of Jack Names The Planets here Available as limited Lenticular vinyl edition, double vinyl, double CD and special Lenticular 3 CD set including 18 track rarities CD Available to pre-order here Extensive European live dates 2020 Having successfully outlasted their self-described ‘guaranteed real teenagers’ tagline when they first…
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Review: Only Paris – Thomas Noel
After his debut track ‘Pass Me By’ displayed his “engaging voice, great lyrics, and honesty,” (The Static Dive), Thomas Noel is back… but this time, with a full band behind him. ‘Only Paris’ is the debut full band single from Thomas Noel, following on from his recent transition into a…
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Review: There Are No Beginnings ★★★★☆
There Are No Beginnings, the first production in the Bramall Rock Void, a new theatre space created as part of the Playhouse’s £15.8m redevelopment, is now open at Leeds Playhouse and we had the pleasure of heading to see it this weekend. The all-female cast including Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street, Broadchurch, ITV), Tessa Parr (Road, Hamlet, Leeds Playhouse) Natalie Gavin (Line of Duty, Gentleman…
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The Fox, York – Osset Brewery
One of the greatest things about living in the area of York I do, is that it’s practically impossible to get into the city centre, without passing one of York’s finest boozers, The Fox . Crowned the Winter Pub of the Year by York CAMRA, the pub is always full…
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DING DONG! THE MORMONS ARE COMING TO LEEDS
Hello! THE BOOK OF MORMON, the Broadway and West End smash hitmusical, written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to Leeds Grand Theatre from Wednesday 8 April 2020 to Saturday 2 May 2020. Public booking for the Tony®, Olivier® and Grammy® award-winning show will open at 10am on Wednesday 30 October. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the…
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Live: Inhaler + Apre – Arts Club, Liverpool
I’m asthmatic. I’ve used an inhaler since I can remember. They’ve never been sexy. They’ve never been very rock and roll. Recently something has changed. Firstly Foals, then Miles Kane release tracks titled ‘Inhaler’. Secondly, not one, but two bands appear with the name Inhaler. There was even talk of…
The Setlist & The Script 