Live Reviews Archive 2003

THE DEAD PETS (Leeds Joseph's Well, 22/12/03): Ska-punk by numbers at Joseph's Well
HER ALIBI (Leeds Joseph's Well, 16/12/03): Well, it was s'posed to be the B-Movie Heroes but they never showed. So here's a review of the support band instead...
DANKO JONES/Electric Eel Shock/Robochrist (Leeds Cockpit, 9/12/03): Three quite possibly clinically insane bands take it in turns to detonate the Cockpit
THERAPY?/White Light Motorcade (Leeds Cockpit, 2/12/03): Ulster's finest go back to basics at the Cockpit
TEN BENSON/Sludgefeast (Leeds Joseph's Well, 24/11/03): Remember kids, it's all about THE RIFFS.
KING ADORA (Leeds Cockpit, 21/11/03): Same group, same place, two years too late unfortunately
THE BLUETONES (Leeds Cockpit, 12/11/03): Third, and best, West Yorkshire gig from Hounslow indie veterans this year.
THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE/Clearlake (Leeds Cockpit, 1/11/03): Brighton indie electro types put on a competent showing at the Cockpit
BEACHBUGGY/Magoo (Leeds Joseph's Well, 19/10/03): Sunday evening lo-fi night rocks Joseph's Well
THE BELLRAYS (Leeds Cockpit, 17/10/03): Disappointing live show from US soul-rock types
SIX BY SEVEN (Leeds Cockpit, 12/10/03): Depleted Nottingham noise-terrorists play the Cockpit
KILLING JOKE (Leeds Met, 5/10/03): Truly righteous set from doom-punk-metal veterans
SIMPLE KID (Leeds Joseph's Well, 26/9/03): Okay-ish gig for Irish acoustic songwriter
CHRIS T-T (Leeds Vine, 25/9/03): Good, if somewhat short, set from London punk poet
WHEATUS (Leeds Joseph's Well, 23/9/03): Anglophile Yanks better live than on record. But only just.
COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS/The Grim Northern Social (Leeds New Roscoe, 21/9/03): Glasweigan folk-rockers just keep getting better and better.
THE RAIN BAND (Leeds Rocket, 4/7/03): Manchester's answer to the Mary Chain return to Leeds and don't disappoint
INME/Biffy Clyro (Leeds Town Hall, 30/6/03): Britain's answer to Silverchair - not good...
THE THRILLS (Leeds Rocket, 26/6/03): Disappointing gig from Irish West Coast revivalist types
COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS (Leeds New Roscoe, 25/6/03): The proper way to do "sensitive blokes with guitars" stuff
THE LIBERTINES (Leeds Rocket, 24/6/03): Still very much around, still not much cop.
TUULI (Bradford Rio's, 6/6/03): Run for the hills, it's a punk version of Hepburn...
BEACHBUGGY (Leeds Joseph's Well, 1/6/03): The sound of Frank Black going dragster racing. All good fun.
THE DARKNESS (Leeds Rocket, 24/5/03): Glam-rock revivalists make the Rocket's 8th birthday party go with a bang.
ANTIPRODUCT/David R Black (Bradford Penningtons, 22/5/03): Quite possibly one of the best nights we've had out in ages.
BRITISH SEA POWER/Mower (Leeds Joseph's Well, 18/5/03): Psychedelic indie rears its head again at Joseph's Well.
3 COLOURS RED/Fake Ideal (Bradford Rio, 14/5/03): Britrock survivors put in a solid effort.
THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE/The Rain Band/Medium 21 (Leeds Met, 11/5/03): Return of Reading's techno-rock terrorists proves a triumph.
THE WILDHEARTS/Amen/Darling (Bradford Penningtons, 8/5/03): Ginger and the boys put their recent problems behind them with a blistering set.
THE BLUETONES (Bradford Rio's, 2/5/03): Second visit to this corner of the world in a fortnight from Hounslow's chirpiest.
HELL IS FOR HEROES (Leeds Rocket, 28/4/03): Mountain-climbing emo types turn the volume up at the Rocket.
THE BLUETONES (Leeds Rocket, 18/4/03): Britpop survivors hit the comeback trail in Leeds.
THE BURN (Leeds Rocket, 16/4/03): Blackburn four-piece keeping Dadrock undead at the Rocket.
THE HELLACOPTERS (Leeds Rocket, 14/4/03): Nick Royale and his Norse Rock Gods give Leeds a taste of some proper rock 'n' roll.
THE BUZZCOCKS (Leeds Rocket, 11/4/03): Manc-punk survivors still kicking arse all these years on.
AMERICAN HI-FI (Leeds Rocket, 7/4/03): Skate-punk never-weres go through the motions.
THE RAIN BAND/Reuben (Leeds Rocket, 27/3/03): Keep an eye out for this lot, they may just be the next big thing...
MEDIUM 21 (Leeds Rocket, 20/3/03): Electro-indie types prove a bit better live than on record.
ATHLETE (Leeds Rocket, 13/3/03): Trad-rock types fail to impress at the Rocket.
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