Bethlehem Casuals at The Brudenell on 15 February
Psychedelic jazz-pop oddball septet Bethlehem Casuals are touring this spring, starting in Leeds on Saturday at The Brudenell. Reviews indicate this gig is one to see: “Here is a gang of musicians with real finesse and intricacy of songcraft…. Bethlehem Casuals – unlike so many of their experimental peers – never sacrifice melodic concision in […]
Dry Cleaning at Hyde Park Book Club on 15 February
South London band Dry Cleaning continue their UK tour at Hyde Park Book Club this Saturday, following last October’s release of their second EP. Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks exemplifies their music – simple, direct and uncomplicated, although their sound has evolved and their palette extended since their debut album. Inspiration is taken from The Feelies, The […]
The 1975 – at First Direct Arena on 17 February
Hailing originally from Wilmslow and now based in Manchester, The 1975 will release their fourth album ‘Notes on a conditional form’ on 21 February, just after their appearance at Leeds First Direct Arena on 17 February, part of their latest UK tour. The band’s genre has been described as pop rock, although there has been […]
William Doyle at Headrow House on 19 February
William Doyle used to record under East India Youth and received the Mercury prize nomination in 2014. Under his own name, he released his first album ‘Your Wilderness Revisited’ in November 2019. The album’s theme is British suburban life, inspired by personal experience…..although he eventually saw more than stereotypes, realising something much more revealing. Your […]
David Wax Museum – at Oporto on 4 February
The sound of husband and wife vocal harmonies will fill Oporto on 4 February, along with the Mexican stringed instruments, melodic hooks and blasts of brass of David Wax Museum’s latest record, Line of Light. The album refocuses on the band’s two co-founders, weaving the personal with the political, the global with the spiritual, chronicling […]
