Sheffield Music Scene [Archive]

sms1984

01-04-2007, 23:49

We've recently set up a (myspace) website help cross-promote bands in the South Yorkshire region called Sheffield Music Scene (http://www.myspace.com/sheffieldmusicscene).

Each week (hopefully) we'll be profiling a different band or venue from the region. We've already completed features on Harrisons (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=240567134&MyToken=cd73994a-d4fd-44f7-a524-97e2e65a0a7e), Bromheads Jacket (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=243371446&MyToken=d2618fe2-8e1c-43c9-a1a3-5ca02dbc0900), and Little Man Tate (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=246922390&MyToken=a50d5a8f-aae7-4214-9e4e-d4fa5d725ea6) but there are plans to feature all the larger sheffield bands over the next few months, hopefully coinciding the feature with releases / tours. Next week Gas Club (http://www.myspace.com/gasclub) (who are supporting Arctic Monkeys on their new tour) and hopefully Tiny Dancers (http://www.myspace.com/tinydancers) the week after.

As well as that we hope to provide regular music updates / news from the region. Longer term when we've got more friends we'll also be doing features on the best of the smaller / up-coming bands. We hope you'll check us out and if you like the idea come and be our friend.

If you'd like to contribute to the site in any way - i.e. Content / Design then please get in contact as all the help we can get will be appreciated. Please check out our MISSION STATEMENT blog for full details.

drinkingman

02-04-2007, 00:54

Good Site, I've bookmarked it and will keep dropping in. Check out DURBAN, a good local band.

ega05jeb

02-04-2007, 01:22

Just indie / rock music?

sms1984

02-04-2007, 12:50

Yes and no. Initially it will be bands in this genre as the biggest / most successful bands are in this genre but we're not limitting ourselves to strictly that genre of music.

fatpiggymc

04-04-2007, 14:03

could give a mention to the lads playing the redstripe comp on friday night at the boardwalk

sms1984

04-04-2007, 20:52

Will do mate!

sms1984

05-04-2007, 09:05

We've completed our profile on Gas Club and it can be read here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=249577918&MyToken=dd8fa4b1-d18d-4941-9b20-7d219b4e8557) - this time we've gone multimedia thanks to come photo's by mark Tighe. This and our previous profiles on Little Man Tate, Bromheads Jacket and Harrisons can still be viewed on our blog.

And whilst we're talking about Harrisons so more news... their next single, Dear Constable, will be out on the 28th of May 2007, will feature three different b-sides and will be available to download or buy on cd and 7". Dear Constable is the first track off their Debut album: 'No Fighting In the War Room' released on June the 11.

Also announcing a release is Reverend And The Makers with their debut single 'Heavyweight Champion Of The World' on may 28th. They are also doing a full UK tour details of which can be found on their website http://www.iamreverend.com/ (www.iamreverend.com/)

On friday night why not pop down to The Boardwalk to see "The Gentlemen + The Speakeasy + The Stoops + Tarka Dawn" at REDSTRIPE MUSIC AWARDS.

Next week we hope to profile Tiny Dancers, and after that we've got plans for Little Man Tate @ Astoria review, profiles on Reverend And The Makers and Stoney plus a Q/A with Jailbird (Stoney's next Single) director Carl Timms. If anyone wishes to contribute please get in touch and thanx to all of those who already have contributed.

MTheo

08-04-2007, 13:24

sms1984

08-04-2007, 14:06

MTheo

08-04-2007, 18:57

I take it you don't approve then. As we've said we're covering all obvious suspects to build up a decent friend base then covering some of the smaller bands. And as far as I'm aware NME have not done anything on Gas Club for example, though they have had some press in Sandman. But instead of being negative why not do something yourself and help contribute! It's not as easy doing something constructive, it's much easier to criticise.

I was constructive.. i gave you 3 names of bands doing something original that you could feature. .. id also add 'bison' to that list..and I would say Tim Pare but he has moved to london now...but if picked up he will do very well. I've seen enough music around sheffield to know the type of music that gets more coverage and some amazing bands that dont even get 1 line in Sandman..i just thought doing something like this you could follow a different route and show people Sheffield music is healthy...and not just for arctic monkey clones.

sms1984

09-04-2007, 07:15

I was constructive.. i gave you 3 names of bands doing something original that you could feature. .. id also add 'bison' to that list..and I would say Tim Pare but he has moved to london now...but if picked up he will do very well. I've seen enough music around sheffield to know the type of music that gets more coverage and some amazing bands that dont even get 1 line in Sandman..i just thought doing something like this you could follow a different route and show people Sheffield music is healthy...and not just for arctic monkey clones.

You didn't appear very constructive, your comments were quite negative. As we stated we are planning on getting round to doing the same for a number of maller / unsigned bands... but thanks for the band suggestions we'll bare them in mind.

00Soul

09-04-2007, 07:34

I take it you don't approve then. As we've said we're covering all obvious suspects to build up a decent friend base then covering some of the smaller bands. And as far as I'm aware NME have not done anything on Gas Club for example, though they have had some press in Sandman. But instead of being negative why not do something yourself and help contribute! It's not as easy doing something constructive, it's much easier to criticise.

I approve! Anything that promotes Sheffield bands/music is good by me. It's all a matter of musical taste anyway. I'm an old soulie git and I like 'Lennie', but don't forget the likes of Grey Cooper Love Party (funk), Julian Jones (singer/songwriter), Russell Weaver (singer/songwriter), Kev Quick (singer/songwriter). There's room for everyone...:thumbsup:

sms1984

09-04-2007, 13:37

Cheers we'll be sure to check them out.

It's a slow process, there's so many bands in and around Shef' it's going to take a while before the content of our site represents a good cross-section.

sms1984

12-04-2007, 12:16

This weeks profile (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=252204739&MyToken=d51cd836-bd2b-4872-856f-6fae8e6ba4a8) is on Tiny Dancers who's debut single "I Will Wait For You" is still available in shops. They are also currently at the start of a joint headline UK Tour with Ghosts; dates include Sheffield Leadmill (5th May), Leeds Cockpit (9th May), and Barnsley Lucorum (18th Mar).

Thanx to Nicol (http://www.myspace.com/nicolgarnon) for letting us use her photo's along side our profile on Tiny Dancers.

Just in case anyone didn't know Arctic Monkeys release 'Brianstorm' on 16th April followed by the album 'Favourite Wost Nightmare' on 23rd April.

More news from Harrisons... their debut album "no fighting the the war room" is out June 11th preceded by the single "dear constable" on May 28th. And they've recently announced two Sheffield dates... one at a secret location on on 28th April and at Leadmill on 2nd June.

Also we recomend you check out Alvarez Kings (http://www.myspace.com/alvarezkings) at one of their many gigs over the next few months in the region. We picked up a couple of CD's from a recent gig and they're pretty damned good.

Officially the place to be this Saturday is Threads @ DQ as they celebrate their 1st Birthday; Gandhi Warlhol warming up with some Northen Soul, Chris McClure stomping the dancefloor & finishing with residents... all for on £4!!!!

Over the next few weeks we've got planned profiles on Reverend And The makers and Stoney; and interviews with Carl Timms diretor of the video (Jailbird) from Stoney, and the man behind Threads @ DQ will be telling us why you won't want to miss a Saturday night this month!

This weeks and previous features can still be read on our blog section.

MTheo

14-04-2007, 09:33

nightwish

15-04-2007, 17:08

I was constructive.. i gave you 3 names of bands doing something original that you could feature. .. id also add 'bison' to that list..and I would say Tim Pare but he has moved to london now...but if picked up he will do very well. I've seen enough music around sheffield to know the type of music that gets more coverage and some amazing bands that dont even get 1 line in Sandman..i just thought doing something like this you could follow a different route and show people Sheffield music is healthy...and not just for arctic monkey clones. with you on this one :thumbsup:

EdnaKrabappe

15-04-2007, 17:20

I was constructive.. i gave you 3 names of bands doing something original that you could feature. .. id also add 'bison' to that list..and I would say Tim Pare but he has moved to london now...but if picked up he will do very well.

Another vote for Tim here. He's a really lovely bloke as well, have seen him at the Green Room a few times and then went to his memorial hall gig last year. He is excellent at what he does (acoustic reflective songs) and he deserves to do well. He got some good press in the Mail on Sunday at Christmas. Although he's not originally from Sheffield, we adopted Stoney and he's not here anymore so we should adopt Tim :D

I just think it's good to celebrate the fact that on Thursday there was any number of gigs i could have attended; Mark Morriss at the ledders, Jack Penate at Plug and then The Headliners from Barnsley at West Street live. (I was however at the theatre :D )
Our music scene is thriving, there are some great gigs going off in our smaller venues which is getting the bigger names here too and also playing smaller acts from further afield. No longer do we have to traipse to Manchester to watch a smaller band, they come here! This is all down to the excellent music we are providing here in Sheffield.
Thanks for the add on myspace Sheff music scene!

sms1984

16-04-2007, 10:10

Thanks for the support and suggestions. Although it may not seem like it we are listening to you views and we are listening to the bands you recomend, but it's so time-comsuming (we're only doing this in our spare time) it will take a while before we actually get round to do features on the these bands but we will eventually get round to it.

As we've said if anyone wishes to contribute please let us know as this would help speed things up if we've got more people helping out.

pippadoll

16-04-2007, 18:32

Just checked out the sms site. What is your intro tune as it is really fab. Been back twice to have a listen, but can't seem to find which band it is...

sms1984

16-04-2007, 21:14

Just checked out the sms site. What is your intro tune as it is really fab. Been back twice to have a listen, but can't seem to find which band it is...

"I Will Wait For You" by the Tiny Dancers. They're our featured band of the week. Our tune will change each week to coincide with the band we're featuring. It's their latest single and still available in shops and download I believe...

http://www.myspace.com/tinydancers

sms1984

17-04-2007, 08:53

We've posted a review (written by our friend Joe Chaplin) and included some pics and a vid supplied by various Taters.

LMT @ Astoria - 5th April 2007 (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=254041017&MyToken=e1c580b3-7b9b-4257-92ac-6869cc199300)

LaceyHiggs

17-04-2007, 09:53

hiya what about meee. were playing under the boardwalk on thursday www.myspace.com/blacksnatchband

sms1984

18-04-2007, 08:46

hiya what about meee. were playing under the boardwalk on thursday www.myspace.com/blacksnatchband

Hi,

we've got about 5 pages of friends requests to work through. We're trying to listen to each band before we accept so we at least know what they sound like, but we are prioriting Sheffield & SY bands, then UK bands (and ignoring US bands pretty much). Give us a add and we'll get round to listening and if there's anything you'd like us to add to our calendar or anything else then send us a myspace message.

sms1984

20-04-2007, 22:37

We've posted a profile of Stoney (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=255325128&MyToken=fffc24dd-5cf9-4e83-83dd-de2acd91fe55) and also a review of Stoney at SXSW (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=255727229&MyToken=fffc24dd-5cf9-4e83-83dd-de2acd91fe55) including photo's and videos.

sms1984

26-04-2007, 12:44

We've completed our review of Arctic Monkeys @ Leadmill - 21st & 22nd April (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=257868210&MyToken=226d0a18-2e68-49eb-ae40-b8d4adc1ac31) including setlists, photo's, what happened after the shows, and FREE DOWNLOADS!!!! 19 High quality live tracks from the Arctic Monkeys gig at Astoria on 13th April 2007 that was broadcast by Radio 1.

We've also put 4 free AM downloads on our mainpage... 3 cover versions by AM and a cover of an AM track by Sugerbabes.

And for an alternative perspective (by someone who's actually trained in journalism) one of our friends writes reviews for the Leadmill site... you can read a review of the Sunday night by Taras here:

http://www.leadmill.co.uk/db/reviews.php?review_id=32

Coming up next week is a profile on Reverend And The Makers but in the mean time you can download a high quality live version of Heavyweight Champion from club60:

http://www.club60music.co.uk/

sms1984

05-05-2007, 07:41

We've posted a review of Milburn at The Arches in Barnsley written by our friend Sean and with pictures by Mark Tighe. Read it here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=260568093&MyToken=0f8951f1-1342-42a6-b700-13e6d9e1ede6).

sms1984

12-05-2007, 19:30

On Huw Stephens Radio 1 show this week (Wednesday night / Thursday morning) there was a bit of a Sheffield special featuring Slow Club in session and two DIY Labels of the Week - Phantom Power and Thee Sheffield Phonographic Society.

Here's the link to his website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/diy.shtml

There's info about Slow Club, PPR and Thee SPC which were featured as well as the track listing for the show.

...and here's the listen again link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1_aod.shtml?radio1/stephens

goldenfleece

13-05-2007, 09:25

cohen

14-05-2007, 19:55

Sounds interesting!
Get in touch, and I will get some music out to you!

www.myspace.com/catsbb

cheers

Rob

sms1984

15-05-2007, 13:41

The Dove and Rainbow hosts gigs by up and coming local bands, and we are about to get a stage extension, giving us the biggest pub stage in Sheffield. Any bands wishing to play please check out our myspace profile and message us with your details.......booking bands for AUGUST onwards.....

We'll add you to our friends if we haven't already done so. We've still got about 2-3 pages of friends requests to look through (we like to listen to each band and have a look at the profile before adding).

Anyway we've posted an interview with Denzil from Phantom Power Records on our blog section that includes info on the 3 bands on their books: RepoMen, Balor Knights and Screaming Mimi.

Check it out!!!!

sms1984

07-06-2007, 14:10

Rock Revolution and The Basement Rock Club are Rotherham's only Rock / Indie / Alternative club nights. We interviewed the man behind it all Joz Wooten:

read interview (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344& blogID=273433508&MyToken=375f3d61-9111-4007-a8b4-0b110a85bcef)

Sally-Ann

07-06-2007, 17:00

MTheo

07-06-2007, 18:16

This sounds really good but very much for younger musicians and bands. My b/f is a bass player looking to join or form a prog rock band for fun. Anyone know the best place for him to look as he is new to Sheffield?

Ta very much!

i should be able to help you out... have pm'd you, actually edit that.. i havent because your profile doesnt seem to allow them

Sally-Ann

07-06-2007, 20:15

i should be able to help you out... have pm'd you, actually edit that.. i havent because your profile doesnt seem to allow them

Ooops, have now got pm working.

Thanks,

Sal

bitterapple

13-06-2007, 00:49

sms1984

20-06-2007, 11:54

Watch out for DOTS...

Darlings Of The Splitscreen.

Supported Hiem @ The Leadmill
and Calvin Harris @ The Plug.

and ARTERY...

playing The Boardwalk on 22.06
and then Jarvis' Meltdown @
The RFH on the 23rd.

mark
bitterapplephotography
x x x x x

Cheers Mark. Will do!

Dan Cutts's debut album 'From 4am...the silence sounds' is being released on London Indie label 'Genepool records' and will be available for download from June 18th we caught up with Dan to find out all about it.

read more here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=276133854&MyToken=6926dee4-e41c-4c68-98bf-7728a036e4b2)

sms1984

02-07-2007, 16:03

It's been a few weeks since our last feature but we haven't been idle... we've got a few interviews lined up and we've been working on a second mix tape.

To keep things fresh we got our friend Denzil (The Indie Hour / Repomen / Phantom Power Records) to supply some questions for the interview with "Meat For A Dark Day" who are releasing a single today and are having a launch party later tonight:

read interview here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=283082689)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f80/HOTSNACK/grapes2july.jpg

sms1984

14-07-2007, 12:24

Two lots of news:

A profile of The Speakeasy as a prelude to an interview in a few weeks after they've recorded some new material: read here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=285755210)

And volume 2 of our Mix Tape, including exclusive tracks from The Speakeasy, Paddy Orange, The Stoops, Letters & Colours, The Strangers, The Headliners, Slice, Dirty Diamonds, Yezza and The Dodgems; as well as live tracks from Arctic Monkeys and Jarvis Cocker; and artwork from littlenic designs : click here for details (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=286439096)

http://a347.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/117/l_ee30e4a47ff267a44438cb620a94de1a.jpg
Artwork by littlenic designs (http://www.myspace.com/hiddenoutofview)

sms1984

07-08-2007, 04:56

Again TWO lots of news for you:

***FREE DOWNLOADS***The Dodgems - The Indie Hour acoustic (24 July 2007)
Swings & Roundabouts, Candle Wax, Little Bird Into The Rain (medley)
http://www.savefile.com/files/948260

if you like these songs please consider buying "You're Not What You Used To Be" & b-side "Swings and Roundabouts" by The Dodgems... details on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thedodgems

...and don't forget to listen to The Indie Hour online every Tuesday 8pm - 10pm: http://www.myspace.com/theindiehour

Also we've got video / audio footage of "Little Bird Into The Rain" - video footage courtesy of AliceAliceAlice!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=15112583

AND

...our interview with one of Sheffields finest and best looking unsigned bands who've just finished recording some new tunes.... White Circus Fever: WCF Interview (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=296221372)

littlecookie

16-08-2007, 13:28

oooh. you guys added me on myspace, very impressed. the sheff music scene is extraordinary at the moment, and leeds festival have booked a few, which made me happy!
the Gentlemen (my signature) and Screaming Mimi, they're the only ones i can remember!
Have you added Fang Club? They are awesome, here i am plugging my mate's band hah!

sms1984

20-08-2007, 11:59

You can read the review of Floodstock @ Leadmill... inc. The Hosts and Joel Stoker (The Rifles) as well as of course Milburn via the below link:

Milburn @ Floodstock ...review (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=301380010)

Thanx to our friend Sean for writing another excellent review and thanx to Kev for supplying some quality pictures from the midst of all the action!

sms1984

22-09-2007, 11:34

Following their recent session in 2fly we caught up with one hot Shef's hottest new bands The Headliners....

read interview (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=167338344&blogID=311316323)

sms1984

04-12-2009, 12:03

Issue 13 of Sheffield Music Scene contains a massive cover feature with Dave Woodcock (interview, album and live review); plus live reviews of The Chapman Family with Jack and the Beanstalks supporting, Feelix, Jarvis Cocker, Bromheads, Anna Haigh + Neil McSweeney + Tom McCrae, Arctic Monkeys, Last Night's Mistake, Raw Talent Live 3 (including The Stoops, Dark Sparks, Sarah mac, Pistola Kicks, and La Folie), and Ruberlaris. We've also got reviews of releases from The Listeners, Party Horse, and Century Kids; demo reviews of Friends of Heroes, Jac and Cal, Spitfire Stone, The 48Ks, and The Hatrack Hangers (just click on the artists picture to listen whilst you read); and interviews with Century Kids, and The North.

Plus we've got the latest 90 Minute Melody 2 (Fantasty Football) scores, and several FREE downloads thoughout the magazine!

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http://www.sheffieldmusicscene.info/013/index.html

OnItLikeJon

08-12-2009, 15:28

What is going on this weekend?

sms1984

09-01-2010, 13:54

Issue 14 of Sheffield Music Scene contains the picks of the best music from Sheffield in 2009 that we're calling "SMS Awards 2009", cover interviews with Kalenko, and White Circus Fever; plus live reviews of WADstock '09, The Pogues, and Baby Shambles. We've also got reviews of releases from The Exhibition, Pocket Satellite, Smokers Die Younger, and XRAY HORSE; demo reviews of The Longshore, Platinum Blind, The Rabbits, and Real Gone Kid (just click on the artists picture to listen whilst you read); and an interviews Pocket Satellite.

Plus we've got the latest 90 Minute Melody 2 (Fantasty Football) scores, and several FREE downloads thoughout the magazine!

http://www.sheffieldmusicscene.info/014/index.html

sms1984

23-02-2010, 18:08

Issue 15 of Sheffield Music Scene contains a special cover feature on Playground Mafia to celebrate the launch of their debut single "Let's Get On Down", and the chance to win a T-shirt designed by New Young Pony Club courtesy of Topman CTRL; plus interview The Monicans, a feature on Scrim; live reviews of The Violet May, and The Unfortunate Incident; and a review of The Monicans "A Beacon"EP .

Plus we've got the latest 90 Minute Melody 2 (Fantasty Football) scores, and more FREE downloads in the magazine!

http://www.sheffieldmusicscene.info/015/index.html

K_Vincent

08-03-2010, 14:01

My boyfriends band are looking to do a small tour around the sheffield, lincoln, wakefield etc area at the end of April.

They hail from luton in Bedfordshire and i just came across your thread and was wondering if you could help us out at all with getting them a few gigs there?

They do have a myspace (what band doesn't) that I can't actually post the full address on here due to this sites rules but you can find them by putting myspace.com/ourdivide. They are a fantastic up and coming band with so much talent it makes me giddy!

They are a 6 piece band with dual vocals from two of the best front men I have seen. Their lively set makes everyone want to join in and their interactive banter makes them a band that everyone will love!

They have gigged in sheffield before in september 09 so they aren't complete strangers and their bassist is actually from there.

if you could give me some idea of how to get them on to a decent bill it would be greatly appreciated.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Kirsty :)

sms1984

18-05-2010, 03:17

Issue 17 of Sheffield Music Scene is our biggest issue yet with our main cover interview with Sheffield's hottest new band Mabel Love; plus lodas more interviews with critically acclaimed White Belt Yellow Tag, Britains favourite sweetheart Ellie Goulding, Best International Newcomer (2007 Kerrang! Awards) Madina Lake, Rotherhams very own The Magi, Midlands rock band The Maffa Kings, electro-duo Party Horse, one of Sheffield's finest songwriters Jubby Tayloer, and the irrepressible Bromheads!

Of course we've got our usual live reviews mixed in with all that including Ian Britt + Spits n Sticks, Soundclash (inc The Culprits, Chatfield, Searching for Evidence, Century Kids, The Ratells, The Tivoli), The Renegades (fka Feeder), Joe Carnall & The Book Club, The Courteeners, Ruberlaris, Shakespears Sister, The Hosts + Jubby Taylor, and Bromheads. Reviews of the latest releases from Standard Fare, Two Skies, Risky Heroes, and The Exhibition; demo reviews of Jubby Taylor, Cruel Acrobat, Driftrun, Vex One, Embassy, Piskie Sits, The Hope Explosion.

Plus we've got the final results of 90 Minute Melody 2 (Fantasty Football), more FREE downloads thoughout the magazine, and of course we announce the winners of last months competition to win tickets to The Cheek!

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http://www.sheffieldmusicscene.info/017/index.html