The Anxious are Mark Anxious and Chrissi, who have been producing under this name since 1998. They are a Leeds based act who make electronic music released on Blackout Audio & other labels. Their sound is characteristically dark and uncompromising, with a musical message that many have imitated, but failed to deliver. They
The Wind Up Birds are a Leeds based band, who have been in existence since 2003. The band take their name from a book by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. They have played in various venues across Yorkshire with a sound which has been described as angular post punk. They have released two singles on Sturdy Records: 'Tyre Fire' / 'There Won't Always Be an England' in April 2010, and the EP 'Courage, for Tomorrow Will Be Worse' in December 2010. They deal with subjects such as life, death, love, loss, saving the world, drinking, working class inertia and cats.
Between the seams lies love, loss and purgatory. Dark and cerebral; we come unarmed. Battle Lines (previously Alvin Purple!) are dirty. Dirty in a good way. Their debut double A Side released last year created waves across the blog-sphere, blending an irresistible pop melody with 'foot to the ribcage' beats and a soaring sonic landscape. Favorites with Tom Robinson on BBC 6music, they combine chanteuse elements of Lykke Li with TV on the Radio beats...
A man once said, "music is the food of love". Stuart and Tom like music, food, and love, and have attempted to express this through the medium of song. In January 2008, after much dawdling, pissing about, and periods of unemployment, they went into the studio with two other real life people. They are called Jim and Dave. The recording went splendidly and a band/fellowship was formed. Since joining Myspace, Tom and Stu have started to write in the third person, which appears to be the norm, but sounds stupid.
Whole Sky Monitor fuse Ian Hunter vocals with the essence of The Psychedelic Furs/US college rock. In short, indie art-rock combining verbal vehemence & intense instrumentation on a roller coaster of revolt.
Chris Catalyst – vocals, guitars, keyboards, trombone
Davros – guitars, vocals, keyboards
Steven Morricone – bass guitar, vocals, saxophone
Wayne Insane – big drums, percussion Based on a dream of a word that has followed 28-year-old Leeds rock and roll veteran Chris Catalyst around for the last five years, Eureka Machines is the coming together of great forces and better tunes. Proving that pop and independence are not mutually exclusive... and neither are commercial tunes and naughty guitars.
Kinch are an inventive young indie-pop band from Leeds, England with influences from the early 80s, Motown and ska. They have been compared to Vampire Weekend, The Jam, Born Ruffians, The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys and Dexys Midnight Runners. Since forming in 2007, they have gigged all over the country, done radio, TV and played festivals in the UK, Ireland and France. In the last 12 months, they’ve shared the bill with the likes of Supergrass, Alabama 3, Roisin Murphy, Pendulum, Royworld, Utah Saints, Boy Kill Boy, Das Pop, Little Comets and the Saturdays.
Rambling casually onto the airwaves in 2004 Decoration instantly oozed unflappable northerness. They fell headlong onto the world with a shambling tabloid ordinariness; kitchen sink dramas and dilemmas, romantic clumsiness and affable tenderness were their heritage and they soon became their calling card. They kick their fray into action with a heady blend of tuneful potency, a melodious growl and a searing, scintillating wail, pulling together the last twenty years or so of Peel endorsed independent popular music Decoration instil in you a need for more.