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 […]
The Sunshine Underground: at Kirkstall Abbey on 25 July
There are few concert settings in Yorkshire quite as breathtaking as Kirkstall Abbey. With its towering medieval ruins providing a dramatic backdrop and the summer sun slowly disappearing behind centuries-old stonework, it created the perfect stage for an evening that celebrated some of the finest alternative bands to emerge from Britain over the past two […]
Wet Leg: Sounds of The City at Millennium Square on 9 July
What we lack in words today, we make up for with Jazz Jennings photography. Photography by Jazz Jennings.
