We love, and are perhaps influenced by- BRADFORD. Four tet, Flaming Lips, Charlie Brooker, Saul Williams, The Ruby Suns, Hot Chip, Gilberto Gil, Béla Fleck, Los campesinos!, Henry Makobi, The Go! team, Frank Zappa, Mr Scruff, J5, Mystery Jets, Anathallo, A hawk and a hacksaw, Andrew Bird, Orchestra Baka Gbine, Sufjan Stevens, Merz, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Menomena, Animal Collective, Orchestra Baobab, Ed Harcourt, Skream, Caribou, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Final Fantasy, Feist, Mahala Rai Banda, Digital Mystikz, Gorillaz, Kocani Orkestar, Guillemots, The Shins, Gogol Bordello, Beirut, Os Mutantes, Tinariwen, Lemon Jelly.
Sounds Like
"First up Spodni Pradlo, a Bradford-based octet who've been causing quite a stir in these parts of late and certainly get The Cockpit's already burgeoning crowd warmed up on this chilly afternoon. Their sound, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci harmonising with Panda Bear(s), is buoyed by endearing boy-girl harmonies and the use of a mercifully un-Zutons-esque woodwind section. Ones to watch, for sure." Drowned In Sound
"Gypsy art dance youngsters who sound like Beirut remixing Mr Scruff, such beauty is yet to be matched we assure you." http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com
"Putting them somewhere between Los Campesinos! Beirut and Lemon Jelly would not be an unfair assessment. Largely twee, sometimes out of tune but always hitting you with a pop nugget." http://alittleelectricity.blogspot.com/
"Potentially the best band to come out of bradford ever" Out & About Reviews
"one suspects they will not be the next U2" www.dalience.co.uk
Dancing, four part harmonies, a bit of escape, Balkan scales and afro-beats.
We tend to have a lot of fun playing live.
We will probably play in your front room if you ask us nicely.
We’re all avid tea drinkers.
We have within our ranks-
two sixth form students, a vegan chef, a regular chef, two Bradford City fans, two Leeds United fans, an ex-postman with a formidable beard, a lorry driving smooth talker, an awesome photographer, a budding zoologist, several hip-hop heads, a few hardcore jazz-fans, a loved-up couple, three people who shared baths as toddlers, four others who have played music together for oooh… about 6 years… I could go on.
We’ve shared stages with –
Lightspeed Champion, Yeasayer, Make Model, Ida Maria, Cadence Weapon, Duels, Slow Club, Semifinalists, Wild Beasts, The Sugars, Blue roses, naked dancing hippies, huge grotesque paintings of mythical creatures, anarchist flags, Patrick Dowson and many other wonderful things.
Our name is an intriguing anagram of a piece of difficult astrology terminology.
The Rock And Roll Circus are chuffed to be hosting our own show again on the 'I Love West Leeds Festival Radio Station' this Thursday evening from 6 til 7pm. For full station listings and details visit http://www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk/radio.htm
We're going to have some very special guests in for an exclusive live session. And there's going to be plenty of tunes aired from local & national acts, as well as some gems from our dusty archives, and many bands who play at The Rock And Roll Circus, so you may well hear your band spinning!
Put simply if you do nothing else this year, this week, this day… THEN DO THIS.. download my latest promo mix CD.. It is by far my best recording to date, and includes thirty three of biggest UK underground club tunes of the moment, and a few classics of years gone by… Please follow the link:
As ever if this is your kind of thing, or indeed even if it is not, please give it a listen: the free and easy quick download is there for your use and abuse! The full track listing is available within my profile blog!
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New door charge!! £3 b4 10.30/£5 after (£4 Nus) Plus Carlsberg and real ale at £2 a pint all night!!
Leeds two piece The Old Romantic Killer Band are a ferocious act who are equal parts Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Son House and Ryan Adams, with a mutual love of punk, blues, country and aggressive live shows.
"Resurrected from the charred ashes of everything that was great about music in the past 30 years: the energy of DC hardcore bands, the meanness of rockabilly, the sheer coolness of Nick Cave, the power chords of the Ramones and the hair of a thousand eagles? This load ass two piece will quite literally blow your tiny minds." - In the City 2007
"Undoubtedly one of the most talented bands in Leeds" - No Title magazine
Support comes from Bradford's own Oxtobys Rocker's and Ti Amo. There'll also be the usual alt/indie/electro djs after the bands.
Anything from Bradford is good for me. I used to work for Bradford City Transport, many years ago...
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Drop in on the Big Block 454 page sometime - you may find it strangely stimulating. For all fans of English whimsy / Canterbury / Krautrock and The Fall arguing with the Velvet Underground in a deserted fairground.
Look out for our latest album “Bratislava”… We guarantee that you will hear no other album containing references to Alan Turing, Leviathan, cotton mills, canoes, melamine and badgers. We assure you that you will hear instruments you have never heard before. We’re damn well certain you’ll go away whistling, like a punctured lung.
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