Every year, the city of Leeds welcomes acts local & international to venues across the city for Live at Leeds. Check out the many, many things going don on Saturday, May 4th, as well as special events the day before & after:
FRIDAY, MAY 3rd
Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen’s Rd LS6
7:00 PM – Hope and Social
The Cockpit, Swinegate, LS1 4AG
7:00 PM – The Strypes
The Cockpit Room 3, Swinegate, LS1 4AG
7:00 PM – The Likely Lads
The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, LS9 8AH
7:00 PM – Black Moth
Before the big day of music on Saturday, Live at Leeds has four bands at four venues on Friday – as well as their ‘Unconference’.
SATURDAY, MAY 4th
Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen’s Rd
1:00 PM – We Were Frontiers
2:00 PM – Wild Swim
3:00 PM – Jacobean Ruff
4:00 PM – The Coopers
5:00 PM – Fun Adults
6:00 PM – Kimberly Anne
7:00 PM – Marika Hackma
8:00 PM – Lewis Watson
9:00 PM – Wave Machines
10:00 PM – Troumaca
11:00 PM – special guests
The Cockpit, Swinegate, LS1 4AG
12:00 PM – The Grand
1:00 PM – Marsicans
2:00 PM – The Struts
3:00 PM – Sons and Lovers
4:00 PM – Ruen Brothers
5:00 PM – China Rats
6:00 PM – The Crookes
7:00 PM – The 1975
8:00 PM – Swim Deep
9:00 PM – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
10:00 PM – Peace
11:00 PM – Official Live at Leeds AfterShow Party
The Cockpit welcomes bands with serious indie-buzz, including the good like Peace (QRO photos at a festival) and Unknown Mortal Orchestra (QRO live review), and the band like Swim Deep (QRO photos at a festival) and The 1975 (QRO album review).
Cockpit 3, Swinegate, LS1 4AG
12:30 PM – Jordan Allen
1:30 PM – Charlie Straw
2:30 PM – Joel Baker
3:30 PM – Misty Miller
4:30 PM – Saint Raymond
5:30 PM – Pete Roe
6:30 PM – Thomas J Speight
7:30 PM – Charles Bruno
8:30 PM – Roo Panes
9:30 PM – Joe Banfi
11:00 PM – Official Live at Leeds AfterShow Party
The Official Live at Leeds AfterShow Party swings at both spaces in The Cockpit.
Dr. Martens, 22 King Edward Street, LS1 6AX (free)
6:00 PM – Little Comets
Little Comets play a special in-store in addition to their regular Live at Leeds gig (see below).
The Faversham, 1-5 Springfield Mount, LS2 9NG
1:00 PM – Battle Lines
2:00 PM – Yadi
3:00 PM – Swiss Lips
4:00 PM – Indiana
5:00 PM – Jetta
6:00 PM – Syron
7:00 PM – John Newman
8:00 PM – Lulu James
9:00 PM – Man Like Me
10:00 PM – Robert DeLong
11:00 PM – MS MR
The Faversham brings the electro-dance in acts like MS MR (QRO photos), Robert DeLong (QRO photos at a festival), and Man Like Me (QRO photos at a festival).
Hirst’s Yard, 11-15 Hirst’s Yard, LS1 6NJ (free)
3:00 PM – tba
4:00 PM – Karl Scott
5:00 PM – tba
6:00 PM – Lo-Fi3 Bio
6:45 PM – Sophie Sweet & Her November Criminals
7:45 PM – Look Yonder
8:30 PM – James Mulligan
9:15 PM – The Nigel Passey Band
Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, LS1 6HW
1:00 PM – Harry George Johns
2:00 PM – George Ezra
3:00 PM – Nick Mulvey
4:00 PM – Sam Smith
5:00 PM – Fryars
6:00 PM – King Krule
7:00 PM – Dancing Years
8:00 PM – Luke Sital Singh
9:00 PM – Soléy
10:15 PM – The Staves
Arch Marshall – a.k.a. Zoo Kid, a.k.a. King Krule (QRO photos at a festival) – has been riding a lot of buzz.
Folk-rock trio of sisters The Staves (QRO live review) hail from Watford in the south, but have since made it to the majors on Atlantic Records.
Leeds Metro – The Stage, Calverley Street, LS1 3HE
3:30 PM – Bebe Black
4:30 PM – Middleman
5:30 PM – London Grammar
6:30 PM – Wolf Alice
7:30 PM – Electric Guest
8:30 PM – Laura Mvula
10:00 PM – Darwin Deez
Los Angeles’ Electric Guest (QRO live review) are, yes, an electric band (QRO photos at a festival) out of Los Angeles (QRO photos in L.A.), and were featured on MTV’s list of ‘Artists to Watch’ last year.
Though they hail from NYC, indie band Darwin Deez (QRO photos) has been making more waves in the U.K.
Leeds Metro – The Stage 2, Calverley Street, LS1 3HE
12:00 PM – Tokyo Corner
1:00 PM – The Concetines
2:00 PM – The Covelles
3:00 PM – Happy Daggers
4:00 PM – Findlay
5:00 PM – Witch Hunt
6:00 PM – Filthy Boy
7:00 PM – Heart Ships
8:00 PM – Must
9:15 PM – Pins
Leeds University – The Refectory, Leeds University Union, Lifton Place, LS2 9JT
3:45 PM – Charlie Boyer & The Voyuers
4:45 PM – Dinosaur Pile Up
5:45 PM – Duologue
6:45 PM – Splashh
7:45 PM – The Neighbourhood
9:00 PM – Theme Park
10:30 PM – Everything Everything
Cali electro indie-pop outfit The Neighbourhood (QRO photos) debuted already on the majors after hit YouTube single “Sweater Weather” (QRO review), with this year’s I Love You on Columbia.
Ambitious, eclectic and dynamic, Everything Everything (QRO photos at a festival) really do have it all (QRO photos).
Leeds University – Stylus, Leeds University Union, Lifton Place, LS2 9JT
2:30 PM – Swimming Lessons
3:30 PM – Department M
4:30 PM – Post War Glamour Girls
5:30 PM – Deep Sea Arcade
6:30 PM – MØ
7:30 PM – Savages
8:45 PM – Dutch Uncles
10:15 PM – The Walkmen
Check out the glamour of Post War Glamour Girls, who return to Live at Leeds (QRO photos in Leeds).
Manchester’s Dutch Uncles (QRO photos) are best known for using atypical time signatures with a pop context (QRO photos).
A ‘Brooklyn veteran’ by now, The Walkmen (QRO live review) have grown from their more soused early days (QRO photos – which included a front-to-back cover of John Lennon & Harry Nilsson’s drunken weekend Pussy Cats – QRO review) to a sadder, but more accomplished band (QRO photos at a festival) by 2008’s You & Me (QRO review). Their live show (QRO live review) has similarly evolved (QRO photos at a festival), if losing some of that early fun, but certainly gotten classier (QRO live review). But, even at festivals (QRO photos at a festival) or outdoors (QRO photos outdoors), they range nicely (QRO photos at a festival) from barstool rockers like oldies “The Rat” (QRO video) and “Thinking of a Dream I Had” (QRO video) plus the newer “The Blue Route” (QRO video) to sadder pint glass-raisers like older “Another One Goes By” (QRO video) and “Louisiana” (QRO video) plus the newer “On the Water” (QRO video) from 2010’s classy Lisbon (QRO review), made on site in Portugal (QRO live review in Europe). A special late add to Live at Leeds (QRO photos at a festival), behind last year’s Heaven (QRO review) and single “We Can’t Be Beat” (QRO review). So watch The Walkmen (QRO photos) teach the young bands how it’s done at Leeds University (QRO photos at a festival).
Leeds University Mine, Leeds University Union, Lifton Place, LS2 9JT
1:00 PM – Take Turns
2:00 PM – Those Rotten Thieves
3:00 PM – Blackeye
4:00 PM – Fawn Spots
5:00 PM – Castrovalva
6:00 PM – Max Raptor
7:00 PM – Humanfly
8:00 PM – Maybeshewill
9:00 PM – These Monsters
10:00 PM – Hawk Eyes
11:00 PM – Sky Larkin
A Nation of Shopkeepers, 27-37 Cookridge Street, LS2 3AG
12:00 PM – Georgia Thursting
1:00 PM – Menace Beach
2:00 PM – Night Engine
3:00 PM – Nadine Carina
4:00 PM – On an On
5:00 PM – Gliss
6:00 PM – Skaters
7:00 PM – Chloe Howl
8:00 PM – OFEI
9:00 PM – Dan Croll
10:00 PM – Indians
11:00 PM – Melody’s Echo Chamber
O2 Academy, 55 Cookridge Street, LS2 3AW
2:30 PM – The Pigeon Detectives
4:00 PM – Little Comets
5:15 PM – Tribes
7:00 PM – Arlissa
8:00 PM – AlunaGeorge
9:30 PM – Rudimental
11:00 PM – Propaganda
From just over in west Yorkshire, The Pigeon Detectives (QRO photos) made the leap to big-name headlining status a few years ago, and haven’t looked back.
From Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Little Comets jumped right to the majors with 2011’s In Search of Elusive Little Comets & their ‘kitchen sink indie’.
Tribes (QRO photos at a festival) burst out of Camden in London in 2011 on the back of the killer single “We Were Children” (QRO review), and kept up their hype with debut full-length Baby (QRO review) last year. So go check out “the children of the mid-nineties” (QRO live review).
Pretty Green, 9 King Edward Street, LS1 6AX (free)
12:00 PM – Carvella
2:00 PM – Jacks Attic
4:00 PM – Section 60
7:00 PM – Little Night Terrors
The Wardrobe, Quarry Hill, LS9 8AH
1:00 PM – SJ. Bravo
2:00 PM – Backyards
3:00 PM – Jacob Banks
4:00 PM – The Glass Caves
5:00 PM – Hunting Bears
6:00 PM – Sweet Baboo
7:00 PM – Seasfire
8:00 PM – The Family Rain
9:00 PM – Ryan Keen
10:00 PM – The Dunwells
11:00 PM – Still Corners
Greg Hughes & Tessa Murray teamed up to create the dream-pop of Still Corners (QRO photos).
Milos Upstairs, 10-12 Call Lane, LS1 6DN
12:00 PM – Lone Wolf
1:00 PM – Mi Mye
2:00 PM – The Harlots
3:00 PM – Down Radio
4:00 PM – Little Victories
5:00 PM – Ti Amo
6:00 PM – Whole Sky Monitor
7:00 PM – Carnabells
8:00 PM – Skint and Demoralise
9:00 PM – Dead Sounds
10:00 PM – Micky P Kerr
11:00 PM – The Local Beatnik
12:00 AM – The Spector Effect
1:00 AM – Pretty Riddles
Milos Downstairs, 10-12 Call Lane, LS1 6DN
12:30 PM – Sam Barrett
1:30 PM – Richard Petch
2:30 PM – David Broad
3:30 PM – JP Cooper
4:30 PM – Matt Baxter
5:30 PM – Xray Cat Trio
6:30 PM – Spirit of John
7:30 PM – Kleine Schweine
8:30 PM – MonMon
9:30 PM – CryBabyCry
SUNDAY, MAY 4th
Milos Upstairs, 10-12 Call Lane, LS1 6DN
12:00 PM – The Spector Effect
12:30 PM – Pretty Riddles
Millennium Square
4:30 PM – Temples
4:30 PM – TOY
4:30 PM – The Vaccines
Live at Leeds has a separate, ticketed show on Sunday in Millennium Square, headlined by The Vaccines (QRO live review), who have grown up (somewhat) with last fall’s Come of Age (QRO review), with their garage rock maybe finally earning some all the attention they got (QRO photos at a festival) from debut What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (QRO review).
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