What’s On in Leeds 15th - 21st July

Analog loveliness from Here We Go Magic, minimalist punk from Ecstatic Sunshine and Weirdoguise put on a late show with The Hipshakes. HELLO LEEDS.

Thursday 15th

Here We Go Magic + Just Handshakes We're British
Leeds Cockpit Room 3 Swinegate. Leeds.
£7 / 7.30pm

Developed over a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Here We Go Magic use analog synths, 4 track cassettes and SM-57 mics.

Friday 16th

Belle-Vue Bowling Club presents PRIMARY 1 (live)
Nation of Shopkeepers 27-37 Cookridge Street, Leeds
Free entry / 9pm – 3am

Primary 1 has worked with the likes of Late of the Pier, Zdar, Metronomy, Erol Alkan, Riton, Siriusmo, So expect a great live show with some serious bangers!

Saturday 17th

No Bones presents “VANS - A Skate Movie”
Nation of Shopkeepers 27-37 Cookridge Street, Leeds
Free entry til 10pm then £3/£2 after / Doors - 8pm

Vans, No Bones and Moster Energy present the first ever Vans Skate Movie set to be released in Spring 2010…

NO BONES

Weekly guests and residents play party stuff and awesome fun music such as Hot Chip / MIA / Talking Heads / The XX / The Drums / Weezer / LCD Soundsystem / Yeasayer / Pavement / Friendly Fires / The Strokes / Pixies / Jay-Z / Devo / Paul Simon / Nirvana / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Justice / MGMT / Postal Service / Notorious B.I.G / Black Lips / The Cure / Violent Femmes / Arcade Fire / MF Doom / Jai Paul / Of Montreal and more obviously…



Weirdo Guise presents Soft Skeleton #12.5
The Common Place 23-25 Wharf Street
£3.00 for members, £4.00 for guests / £10

A crucially rocking club night with late night sets from:

The Uprights - A rare live show from the best art-faggy, psycho-grunge-punk band you might ever see. Fronted by the same genius douche who fronts Blood Crips.

The Hipshakes - These characters have more hits than sense. Playing lightning speed, garage trash that few can match. Two albums and three US tours in, The Hipshakes have records out on Goner, Die Slaughterhouse, Slovenly, Rob's House, Tic Tac Totally and many others.

With Soft Skeleton DJs spinning their favourite sweet-vibing discs that'll have you thinking this night has the best music you've ever got your jive on to:

Bo Diddley, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Fall, Gories, Creedence, Eddy Current, Electric Eels, Pere Ubu, Brainbombs, Wipers, Suicide, Zeppelin, Ramones, X, The Clean, Flesh Eaters, Simply Saucer, 13th Floor Elevators, Gizmos, Royal Trux, The Who, Monks, Neil Young, Modern Lovers, Slayer, Chrome, Black Flag, Sic Alps, Alice Cooper, Homosexuals, Dead Moon, Swamp Rats, Spacemen 3, Saints, Oh Sees, Stooges, Swell Maps, Carcass, Icky Boyfriends, So Cow, Velvet Underground, Big in Japan, Bobby Beausoleil, Cheap Trick, Delta 5, Dolly Mixture, Kate Fagan, Les Calamites, Lio, Morbid Opera, New Order, Occult Chemistry,The Runaways, Soft Cell, Stinky Toys, Talullah Gosh, Tronics, UK Decay, XeX etc.

www.weirdoguise.co.uk

Sunday 18th

Monday 19th

Ecstatic Sunshine + The Diamond Sea
Nation of Shopkeepers 27-37 Cookridge Street, Leeds
8pm / Free entry

Baltimore minimalist punk band brighten up a Monday night in Leeds. Whereas the first three releases were soley guitar based, (Freckle Wars included versions of material from Swirl and Dot, plus new songs) Living and Way began to experiment with electronics.

Tuesday 20th

Regina Spektor
O2 Academy Leeds 55 Cookridge Street
£22.50 / 7.30pm

Regina Spektor plays a special (but quite expensive... show)