hey, i want to hear from people about the indie/alternative scene in sheffield, im from newcastle and am studying at hallam uni, and so far have been disappointed! Leadmill on a sat is c'est pas mal, Fuzz on a thurs is good...anywhere else? Brighton Beach aint that good either, compared to Newcastle.. Any good pubs/bars? And any good shops apart from funky Freshmans?? Any comments would be appreciated!! Any way to meet some new people in the same boat, i havent really found any friends who have the same interests as me..

Best venue for local indie bands is the Grapes.

Best indie club:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34942

Shame you didn't like BBeach. Depends how alternative you like it, but Corporation is pretty alternative.

For non guitar stuff I'm sure you'll find plenty to do on the events forum.

Plenty of us peeps in sheffield into that sorta stuff.

Hi, welcome to Forum. I highly recommend going to 'Size of a Cow' in Fusion next Friday, put on by the Offbeat DJs. Here's some songs from the last one...

. The Pixies Monkey gone to heaven
. Mansun Take it easy chicken
. White Town Your woman
. Marion Sleep
. Super Furry Animals Something for the weekend
. Less than Jake All my friends are metalheadz
. Andrew WK Party hard
. The Coral Dreaming of you
. Dandy Warhols Not if you were the last junkie…
. Blink 182 What's my age again
. Green Day Geek stink breath
. Mudhoney Touch me I'm sick
. Blur There's no other way
. Beck Loser
. The Vapors Turning Japanese
. Eels Mr E's beautiful blues
. Nirvana Lounge act
. Foo Fighters Breakout
. Charlatans Weirdo
. At the Drive-in One-armed scissor
. The Smiths What difference does it make?+B60
. Suede Animal nitrate
. The Cure In between days
. Placebo Nancy boy
. Joy Division Love will tear us apart
. Franz Ferdinand Take me out
. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Bang
. Elastica Connection
. Ash Angel interceptor
. Supergrass Mansize rooster
. The Buzzcocks Ever fallen in love…
. Idlewild Everyone says that you're so fragile
. The Breeders Connection
. The Pixies Where is my mind?
. Violent Femmes Blister in the sun
. White Stripes Hotel Yorba
. Radiohead My iron lung
. Pulp Do you remember the first time?
. Belle and Sebastian The boy with the arab strap
. The Primitives Crash
. Primal Scream Movin' on up
. The Stone Roses She bangs the drums
. EMF Unbelievable
. Electric Six Gay bar
. The Hives Hate to say I told you so
. Green Day Basketcase
. Super Furry Animals The man don't give a…
. Blur Girls and boys
. Muse Plug in baby
. Therapy? Screamager
. Nirvana Territorial pisings
. REM It's the end of the world as we know it
. Weezer Buddy Holly
. The Strokes Last nite
. The Libertines Don't look back into the sun
. Manic Street Preachers Motown junk
. Morrissey Last of the famous international playboys
. Dandy Warhols Bohemian like you
. Kenickie Punka
. Lush Ladykillers
. Ash Girl from Mars
. Smashing Pumpkins Bullet with butterfly wings
. The Undertones Teenage kicks
. Mclusky To hell with good intentions
. Killers Mr Brightside
. Interpol PDA
. Radiohead Just
. Sonic Youth 100%
. The Wonderstuff Size of a cow
. Pavement Cut your hair
. Hot Hot Heat Bandages
. The Smiths There is a light that will never go out
. Pulp Common people

- Martin

Theres also the monthly night down at Roundhouse called Antiks ,dont know when the next one is im affriad.

Leadmill mondays in the 2nd room play indie which is good , obiously you know about the sat nights there.

It is a shame you dont like BB ,personally i love it. Is it the atmosphere that isnt up to much ? Cos its the same Djs so they play the same music maybe if you give it a go just to see if you take ot it.

Fuzz clus has some decent smaller bands , The room has some decent ssmall bands also www.pandemoniumpromotions.com
Grapes on trippet lane has live music 6-7 nights a week.
Corp on a friday the upstair room plays some wicked tunes alot of it is new stuff which makes a change.
Washington has some different dj nights im sure which is down from devonshire green

Thats all i can think of ,off the top of my head hope it helps

Originally posted by SilentStatic
Hi, welcome to Forum. I highly recommend going to 'Size of a Cow' in Fusion next Friday, put on by the Offbeat DJs. Here's some songs from the last one...
- Martin

Oh wow! This sounds absolutely fantastic - I've got so out of touch (with indie events in Sheffield). This would be well worth making an effort for. Yay!

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

hey, thanks for all the suggestions, ive been to one antiks, which was very cool however not that busy! and i just missed the one on friday the 15th april! damn!
that 'size of a cow' sounds wicked too! thanks for all the comments, keep them coming!

The Earl and The Cricketers put gigs on.
Get hold of a copy of sandman. It has a great listing section.
Check out www.l2sb.co.uk and www.soundaloud.com They are both sheffield music websites. The forums are pretty busy.

BB has lost a lot of it’s magic since it moved but on the plus side you can now get to the bar and I can afford more then one drink so that is a bonus, still the percentage of asseholes spilling over from other uni nights has changed the atmosphere for the worse i think.

But Fuzz Club barbecue looks like it will be ace again, featuring the red Stripes, Jamaica finest White stripes reggae tribute act.

What's antiks? Must have missed that one.

Size of a cow - will they let me in on my crutches??? I'm a cripple for the time being :)

See if I can tempt anyone else...

I'm sure they'll let you in on crutches!

Originally posted by gillisfab
I'm sure they'll let you in on crutches!

I take it you've not met him then...

(Sorry miggy - only jokin. I may go but might have other plans to make or break first...)

Size of a cow sounds wicked! Give me more details would love to go!

Details are here:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36446

If your into the smiths once a month the star and garter in manchester do a smiths/morrissey night. Its great really good well worth the trip to manchester.

Offbeat in sheffield have also been running an annual Smiths/Morrissey night (run by the same people who do Size of A Cow). The next one is coming up, actually, on 13 May. Their playlist is a bit broader than the Manchester night because they play about 15 Smiths/Moz tracks and loads of other stuff from the era like Wedding present and Pixies etc. Details are at www.offbeatsheffield.com

where is the size of a cow thing?
and where is brighton beach held and antiks?

antiks is the old step on that used to be on at the leadmill.
as for next one check out www.leadmill.co.uk/aqua
i know theres a listing page there.

Size of A Cow is this Friday at Fusion at Sheffield Uni. Tickets are from the Uni Box Office on the night or in advance and you don't need to be a student to get in. I think Brighton Beach is also at the same venue, temporarily, while they do up the City Hall

Offbeat in sheffield have also been running an annual Smiths/Morrissey night (run by the same people who do Size of A Cow). The next one is coming up, actually, on 13 May. Their playlist is a bit broader than the Manchester night because they play about 15 Smiths/Moz tracks

Yes but its nearly the same as every other week. At manchester you get moz all night none stop till 3 in the morning :clap:

Komal - couldn't reply to your PM 'cos your box is full. Think your question's already been answered though.

Buy a ticket today from the box office (just inside the main entrance of Sheff Union) and it will be cheaper. The Fusion's the same room as they play the 'Bleach' music when Fuzz Club is on, if that helps.

Washington has a music policy that is mostly indie.....

Apart from the poor bands.....

Originally posted by Disco_Cat

But Fuzz Club barbecue looks like it will be ace again, featuring the red Stripes, Jamaica finest White stripes reggae tribute act.

when is this...?

Theres a gig on this Sunday which some of you may be interested in. Ive posted all the details here: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37529

Whe I lived in Sheffield before (1998) I used to go to Offbeat in tin pan alley.
Where is it now?
It's not always smiths nights, is it?

So, did anyone else go to this on Friday night? I went with a friend and the music was indeed fab - walked in to In Between Days by the Cure and was v.excited, wooo hooooo!!

But oh - how old I felt. . .

Stupidly I assumed that the night would be full of witty, intelligent and charming people of a similar sprightly age (early thirties...) and utterly forgot that we were at the university . . . and that there would be people there because to them the music was retro. . . it was full of twenty year olds!!! I felt like someone's Mum!!

It put me off a bit, to be honest. But maybe there were other forumites dancing about and thinking the same? What did anyone else make of it?

JfG xx

Offbeat is in the Raynor Lounge (stupidly renamed 'The Cupboard'), through a door in the corner of Bar One. I think the next one is a Fall special, then the Smiths, then a normal one to finish with.

Of course there were a load of people around 20, it being in a university :P I'm starting to feel a bit old when I'm only four years older than some of the students, but when I'm dancing with a mate I don't care about other people's ages (as long as they don't bump into me). The average age at Offbeat is higher - I know a few 'old' people who go there.
At least there weren't underage kids, like if you went somewhere in town during the week...

Anyways, many thanks to Chris and Gill for playing just about everything I hoped for and finishing with my fave ever 'clubbing' song (Blur - Popscene) :D

I hate you all. I can hardly get out the door because of these bloody crutches.

Yeah, could do with somewhere doing indie which isn't full of 20 year olds, but would there be enough of us?!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SilentStatic
[B]Hi, welcome to Forum. I highly recommend going to 'Size of a Cow' in Fusion next Friday, put on by the Offbeat DJs.



yeah size of a cow is ok but its a bit of a let down. they only open one room (the smallest) which makes it so hot and chlostrophobic. it was a bit crap