Here’s another short selection to whet your appetites!
Lukas Wigflex at The Imaginarium on 21 July, presented by Catch Recordings and Private Parts
Nottingham’s finest export, Lukas Wigflex, wears many hats, including being an insanely good DJ. He’s revisiting Leeds for a debut at one of the City’s freshest and most intimate venues. Joining Lukas is Nadsat aka Brett Osbourne.
Red Guitars at Old Woollen on 8 September
The alt-rock band is marking their 40th anniversary edition vinyl and video for number 1 indie hit ‘Good Technology’ with a 12-date UK tour. They’ll be supported by Liverpool-based The Room.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW HERE.
GEESE at The Brudenell on 12 September
Brooklyn 5-piece Geese have shared “I See Myself,” a new track and accompanying music video from their newly released sophomore album ‘3D Country,’ via Partisan Records/Play It Again Sam.
“I See Myself” is the breezy, soulful, and strange track with a groove inspired by Funkadelic classics like “Nappy Dugout” and “Hit It and Quit It.” It finds the Brooklyn 5-piece at perhaps their most heartfelt, even bordering on a love song, despite a post-prog breakdown before the last chorus.
‘3D Country’ is the follow up to the band’s 2021 debut Projector. That record earned the band their TV debut on Colbert, profiles in the NY Times, Stereogum Band To Watch, Consequence Artist Of The Month, Paste Best Of What’s Next, Rolling Stone called them “indie rock prodigies,” as well as tours with Jack White and Spoon.
THE HOOSIERS at The Brudenell on 29 September
Pop-rockers THE HOOSIERS are stopping off in Leeds as part of their Autumn UK tour, to celebrate the release of ‘Confidence’, their new album, landing on 15 September.
After meeting in 1995, vocalist Irwin Sparkes and drummer Alan Sharland have been on an endless adventure around the globe ever since. Initially both playing in covers bands, the pair were advised by their chemistry teacher to seek out their own life experiences in order to write some original material, so they headed to Spain and later the US in pursuit of inspiration.
The band’s debut album ‘The Trick To Life’ has sold over a million copies worldwide, they’ve embarked on multiple sold-out tours and graced stages at the likes of Glastonbury, Isle of Wight Festival and BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
Taking the new album as well as hits from across their career on the road this Autumn, tickets for The Hoosiers’ ‘The Confidence’ tour are on sale now here.
Jaws at The Brudenell on 2 October
Their new EP ‘If it wasn’t for my friends, things could be different’ is out on 15 September with Leeds part of their 7 date tour to mark the release.
irst formed in Birmingham in 2012, after vocalist Connor Schofield rallied together a handful of his friends from college and gained traction with a demo he’d posted online. Having since released two EPs and three albums including their 2014 debut ‘Be Slowly’ and 2016’s ‘Simplicity’, the band’s forthcoming EP will be their first extended offering since self-released LP ‘The Ceiling’ in 2019.
Praised by The Guardian for creating “a rising tumult of lovely lacerating melodies and noise over a rock beat you can dance to”, the band has attracted praise from the likes of NME, DIY, Gigwise, Dork, The Line of Best Fit, Far Out Magazine, The Independent, Clash and more.
Stone at Stylus on 6 October
The band has released their new single ‘I Gotta Feeling’ and announced a UK headline tour for October.
“Bruising post-punk full of Scouse spirit and soul”
NME
“STONE are the post-punks with a reputation for mosh-pit starting licks and the snarling delivery of frontman Fin Power”
Rolling Stone UK
“Full throttle and immediate but undeniably powerful – from a band that must be seen live to be truly believed. Expect venues around the country to be shaking in anticipation.”
Dork
“A perfect post-pandemic band…raucous live shows and playfully rowdy indie bangers”
DIY
Our next Leeds gig compilation includes:
8 October – Dream Wife
17 October – Squid
17 October – Westerman
28 October – Punk Rock
8 November – Art School Girlfriend
