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Preview 360 Live

A long weekend of live local music and advice for bands from 16th-19th February

Local promoters 360 Live are working with BBC Introducing West Yorkshire to run an innovative music event, bringing diverse bands and solo artists to Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and York across one weekend. The event runs from Thursday 16th till Sunday 19th February with a variety of bands playing at different locations around Yorkshire. Venues in Leeds include Eiger, Milo and The Library.

It all starts on the 16th with a three hour music show, featuring talented regional live bands and interviews with the young musicians at the Leeds College of Music. The show will be filmed…

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Interview One Night Only Play It With Style

We talk tailoring, shopping in the VQ and modelling for Burberry with two fifths of Yorkshire band One Night Only, singer guitarist George Craig and drummer James Craig

You got your big fashion break through the band.

George: Designer and Burberry’s chief creative officer Christopher Bailey saw the video for ‘Just For Tonight’ and called me in. I tried on some suits and didn’t really know what was going on, but then I got a call to ask me to model for the brand. Talk about a big break. It opened so many doors and I’ve met some great people. Burberry’s a real part of my look and they’re so savvy when it comes to music, it’s brilliant to be part of it. The team at Burberry are…

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Interview Martin Tinsdall

The man behind the 1977-8 new wave fanzine, New Pose, tells us about the music scene in Leeds when punk was taking off

"There was no one writing about punk rock in Leeds at the time, none of the big newspapers seemed bothered so me and the girl I was going out with at the time thought that if you could just get a camera, any camera, and just go to a gig and write about it, take a few photographs that it would be like the NME, but it couldn’t have been further from the truth, you really do have to take a lot of photographs and write a lot.

"We’d seen the Anarchy in the UK tour [with The Clash, the…

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CD Review The Rosie Taylor Project

Twin Beds (Odd Box)

One time Leodensian (now London-based) sextet the Rosie Taylor Project arrive with their second album Twin Beds, continuing their blend of poetic lyricism with gentle acoustic tunes. The result of this combination is a record that superficially sounds very thin, but will offer more to those prepared to concentrate on the lyrics.

Tracks such as ‘For Esme’ and lead single ‘Sleep’ give the album some sonic substance, with the latter in particular offering up an infectious rhythm, but often the instruments are too fleeting to give any of the songs any real musical bite. All too regularly the melodies are…

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CD Review The Ting Tings

Sounds From Nowheresville (Columbia)

With their much-delayed second album, the indie-pop duo seem to be asking their fans one question: was the wait really worth it? Almost four years on from the release of their debut We Started Nothing, The Ting Tings don’t appear to have had a single new idea.

This sophomore album sticks very close to the guidelines established by its predecessor; vapid lyrical hooks plastered over funky, rhythmic drum beats, repeated ad infinitum. While the tracks remain impossible not to tap toes to, each one is instantly forgettable, lacking the catchy sing-a-long moments from 2008’s effort.

Clearly positioned as a singles…

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Aireheads Looking Ahead to 2012

Larry and Paul are making resolutions

We’ve launched headlong into 2012 with the will to improve our bad selves. By the end of this year we want to be essentially two of the most well-rounded, capable guys we know.

“But Larry & Paul – how can you improve on near perfection?” you’re probably asking, and you’d be remiss not to. We’d simply chuckle at you (not sinisterly), take you gingerly yet tenderly by the elbow (a safe zone and apparently not as sexually threatening as taking you by the arse, as Paul recently found out) and show you this column, for on here shall be a…

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