February 10th, 2007

Baby, It’s Warm Inside More

Written By Michael Wood Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Heads We Dance, Laura Groves, Sportsday Megaphone Granadaland at The Love Apple, Bradford

Laura Groves

Laura Groves

It snowed, lots, and for a long time the Love Apple was empty feeling with bodies of people around the sides drinking shorts to keep the sub-zero temperatures at bay.Then it was filled and it was warm and an energy surged through the room as Laura Groves picked at a guitar and powered her voice around the room and everything was touched and everything was illuminated.

Coast was dubbed "A song about Filey" and stood out. Imaginary Flights mingled with the fluttering of what was a blizzard falling idly by outside was as glowing as the faces and moods tucked away from the cold of a wintery Bradford night.

Written By Michael Wood Saturday, February 10th, 2007

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January 28th, 2007

Woe More

Written By Michael Wood Sunday, January 28th, 2007

The Radio Dept. at The Cockpit, Leeds

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Radio Dept.

The Radio Dept.

Monday - which is tomorrow - was supposed to be The Radio Dept. at Leeds Cockpit but I guess they had something else to do. From a pension plan point of view this is probably a bad thing - I still by stuff from bands I saw fifteen years ago regards off the quality and TRD could have got on that gravy train and earned a cool £8 every two years - but I'm sure they will cope and frankly I only go to Leeds cause work make me.Oddly enough though in fifteen odd years of going to gigs this is my first cancellation and my first lost booking fee - Thanks Jumbo. I remember after the mid-1990s LA quake a US band failed to turn up for a Duchess of York gig they had planned but I'd only gone to watch the support - Sleeper - so once I had discovered that the band were alive and well I cared not and as I stood at the bar that night a grumpy looking guy sulked up to the bar next to me - it was Dave Gedge of The Wedding Present - and me and he shared a Yorkshire conversation.

DG: [nod]
MW: How do.
DG: Aye.

Written By Michael Wood Sunday, January 28th, 2007

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