Benjamin Francis Leftwich live at Sheffield Leadmill
After the release of his debut album, ‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’, in July this year, Benjamin Francis Leftwich has dominated Radio 1 playlists, festival slots and soundtracks to blossoming summer romances.
His hard work and grind shows tonight and The Leadmill’s Steel Stage is
at capacity when Leftwich appears, alone with a guitar and a back drop of LED sparkles…
Viva Brother live at
Sheffield Leadmill
When Viva Brother walk onto the Leadmill’s Steel Stage you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d walked back into August by accident.
The heavily talked about and much maligned self-titled ‘Gritpop’ quartet have a crowd baying for blood. And when the opening chords of ‘New Year’s Day’ ring out, the crowd heavily populated with students begin to let the frustrations of an almost certainly sexless Fresher’s Week be known…
Slow Club live at
Sheffield Leadmill
Following the release of Slow Club’s excellent sophomore album, ‘Paradise’, tonight sees a welcome homecoming for the Sheffield duo.
Their popularity in the Steel City has continued and a hushed silence falls over the Leadmill as they take to the stage. Despite an additional drummer and bass player, it’s very much business as usual for Charles and Rebecca. And as they open with new single ‘Where I’m Walking’…
Turin Brakes live at
Sheffield Leadmill
It has been ten years since Turin Brakes released the Mercury nominated ‘Optimist LP’.
The raw, stripped back record has turned out to be Ollie Knights’ and Gale Paridjanian’s crowning achievement so far. The duo have arguably failed to better it over the last decade, with only 2003’s ‘Ether Song’ showing speckles of the brilliance that ran…
