Westside Cowboy – It Goes On
There seems to have been an inevitability about Westside Cowboy from the get-go. Thankfully, it has seen them harness that rolling upward trajectory and deliver an incredibly accomplished debut album that does justice to their release journey and live shows so far. It felt inevitable because since forming in 2023, Jimmy Bradbury (vocals, guitar), Reuben […]
Exploding Flowers: at The Lending Room on 12 August 2026
The Great British summertime. Much like recent warmer days, Leeds has sagged beneath a 30-degree heat dome. But inside The Lending Room on a particularly muggy Wednesday evening in Woodhouse, the air was thicker still: part sauna, part greenhouse, but exactly the right conditions for Exploding Flowers to bloom. I was first acquainted with Exploding […]
The Maccabees, Everything Everything, Maxïmo Park: at Kirkstall Abbey on 31 July
The Maccabees prove some reunions really are worth the wait. Some bands return because the timing feels right. Others return because the demand is impossible to ignore. Watching The Maccabees close their summer run beneath the spectacular ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, it felt like neither. This was five musicians rediscovering the chemistry that made them […]
The Maccabees at Kirkstall Abbey on 31 July
Rob Chadwick’s words are on their way! In the meantime, we’re keen to show you a selection of Bria Stell‘s photography from Kirkstall Abbey on 31 July. More of The Maccabees soon – and support artists Everything Everything, Fiona-Lee, Maximo Park and Mystery Jets. Photography by Bria Stell.
Sisters: at Wharf Chambers on Wednesday 29 July
Five-piece band Sisters use their post-punk, gothic-darkness to light up the midweek in Leeds, with a confident and bewitching set at Wharf Chambers. It’s a hard grind for a lot of new bands when you first set out on a career in music in this country; the finances of running a band on the smaller […]
