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From Sunday 17 September 2006

Rise Against – Manchester Academy 3

Right. The circumstances which lead to Rise Against playing Academy 3 rather than anything larger need mentioning, before we go any further. The gig sold out weeks and weeks ago, but Nizlopi (yep, the band that became ‘famous’ for singing about earthmoving equipment?) were booked into Academy 2

Wednesday 06 September 2006

Say Anything – Sheffield Leadmill

The first thing I feel at liberty to mention, is that Sheffield has a massive lack of Subways. After trailing around what seemed like most of the city, myself and gig buddy Spud were forced to dine at Burger King rather than something we actually wanted to eat. So

Friday 25 August 2006

Alexisonfire – A Boat on The River Thames

Well that was something altogether different. Somewhere on the North Bank of the Thames at six thirty this evening was a group of 100 or so dedicated Alexisonfire fans waiting to board a boat. Why? Only because they were about to spend the evening drinking, dancing and cavorting with

Dashboard Confessional – The Borderline, London

It’s a well established fact in this scene that when you go to a Dashboard gig, you go for a singalong. You go to stand in a hall with hundreds of other emotionally crippled teens to wear your heart on your sleeve, sing your lungs out as loud as

Wednesday 23 August 2006

Taking Back Sunday – 93 Feet East, London

I first caught Taking Back Sunday‘s live show back in 2003 just after the release of ‘Where You Want to Be’. To put it bluntly, I was left feeling under whelmed, not only with the material on their second album, but they were clearly still struggling to find

Monday 14 August 2006

Out Of Spite IX – Leeds Josephs Well

Before I?m slapped with a fish by the internet at large, I?d like to quickly point out that the following review is basically a summation of my general experience at Out Of Spite IX rather than an in-depth and critical look at the bands on show ? I didn?t

Thursday 01 June 2006

Slam Dunk Festival 2006 – Millennium Square, Leeds

Having never been to one of the Millennium Square gigs that have increasingly been put on in Leeds over the last 12 months, I can safely report back that the venue actually holds a gig pretty well. There’s plenty of space for the 7,000 kids to enjoy their day,

Friday 28 April 2006

Panic! At The Disco – Leeds Met Uni

I’m getting worried that I’m almost old enough to be the grandfather of some of the kids that are attending gigs nowadays. I swear I saw children at this show – like six or seven years old. Now that’s a worry. You know when a band has hit the

Tuesday 21 March 2006

Against Me! – Leeds Cockpit

A lot of people have had something to say about Against Me! in the months since they signed to Sire Records, and it certainly seems that many of them want to see if it’s affected their live performance in a positive or negative manner as The Cockpit is rammed

Monday 28 November 2005

The Bled – Leeds Cockpit

The room was pretty much full by the time Fall Of Troy appeared and those who arrived late will surely have been cursing themselves. An awesome mix of largely instrumental atmospheric screamo/post-rock greeted the ears of the fringed and it was fairly impressive. Vocals were weak and the singer/guitarist