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COPS & ROBBERS DIY GIGS IN LEEDS SEPTEMBER 2008

As Earth Wind And Fire will tell you, September is that month you will always remember. The keenly observant will notice that we carry no gigs at The Common Place this month. Their performance and alcohol license was revoked last month, the culmination of a great deal of hassle from the police and local authority following the screening of a film showing police violence. Naturally, the Common Place are appealing against the withdrawal of their license; naturally, this costs a lot of money. A benefit CD is in production and will be available soon. For more information or to help please visit www.thecommonplace.org.uk or check the C&R forum for updates.

HAPPENING ALL THIS MONTH LIME (Leeds Independent Media Exposition) is an event taking place at the Central Library in September this year. It’s a celebration of the work of DIY art and music communities in Leeds. It runs from September 4th to September 30th and includes: Installations by Manifesta and Chinchilla Displays by Oblong, Studio 12 and Cloth Cat A serious of short films An art exhibition entitled ‘Scribe’ A Black Dogs book launch Music and art workshops (at various venues throughout September) An exhibition of poster art, photography, paintings, flyers, badges, zines, cds, record-sleeve artwork, t-shirts A gig/party to mark the close of the event - on Sat 27th Sept …..and more. Updates and information on the C&R forum or MySpace: www.myspace.com/lime_scribe

Friday 5th September at The Brudenell Social Club, £5 Donald Trump & The Planets DIY Blockbuster featuring Roman Alaska World Enterprises Present: THE PILGRIM FATHERS - ”It’s music for astronauts to die to”… Heavy, monumental, mighty-vast, cosmic punk rock trailblazers and Radio 1 Rockshow favourites. WETDOG - ‘Precious ditty’s clatterpulted into the audience by a mix of wonky-machinegun twang and clatter-chatterbox- walloppop toons and then stirred together with doom-laden bass and nice jangley German drumming - ‘3 ice-cool females… Harmonies to die for…if only all bands rattled like this’ - Everett True - New LP out on Angular Recording Corporation CAPTAIN BLOOD BLOOD & THE SEA DOGS …Will bring to Leeds unsettling and darkly surreal tales from their battered limecliff, harbour-town resort with sinister waltzing, cheeky baseball cap bass and twangy tuneful twists. If Sergio Leone had made nautical-themed westerns it would sound a bit like this. PRIVATE TROUSERS - Snaggle-toofed colossal clunk punk with homemade instruments and Casios combining in an inexorable bric-a-brac vs radio shack battle conjuring the Beastie Boys and Danielson Famile to commentate with London accents. For information about the DIY Blockbuster please visit www.myspace.com/romanalaska or stop by the 42 New Briggate Gallery where the ‘Donald Trump and The Planets group show and DIY blockbuster’ is being held (Friday 5th September , Saturday 6th, Sunday 7th).

Saturday 6th September, 8pm at the Brudenell Social Club, £4 STENCH ON CHINCHILLA PRESENT….. PRINTED CIRCUIT - “Leeds-based Claire Broadley (Printed Circuit) makes music for dealing with the urban environment. Music made out of all your favourite colours (the strobing clashing palette of Spectrums loading), amped up into a retinabending neon and mapped into sound by your favourite ever instruments (C64’s, Playstation’s, SNES’s). There’s no reason why high streets can’t be the colour of this album’s Rainbow Islands-esque cover art. There’s no reason why music can’t be allowed to make you happy instead of just pretending to make you sad.” - Plan b magazine INDICA RITUAL - “Quirky, jerky, incredibily clever electro pop from these 5 whippersnappers. They write songs that Talking Heads wish they had, and DEVO probably did when they were off their cake. And fantastic to watch live too! we like you indica ritual!” - Generation::Live magazine PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ - What is known is that Puttin’ On The Ritz consists of two human beings, both male and above the age of consent. They have been known to imbibe large quantities of alcohol before, during, and after their performances; for some reason this is their preference. Occasionally this obsession with intoxication produces disastrous results; other times they are merely threatened with violence. COWTOWN - will provide anybody with a valid reason to turn up your stereo and dance like a maniac dressed in stripey knitwear. THE UPRIGHTS Kick ass leeds three piece combine mutant minutemen new wave funk with scuzzy grunge rock

Thursday 11th September, 8pm at The Packhorse, £3

CHAPS - Lo Fi, Post Riot Grrrl, Hissyfitting punk-rock DRAMA. COREY O’S - Sissycore punk-kiddies, check it BEARDS - Dont fink I need to add a description here, but just incases: AGITATED-DANCE-PARTY-RAINBOW-MOLLUSCS VILE VILE CREATURES - Someone from Plan B described them as “a dollshouse falling down a staircase”, but satin rhythms & velcro beats is also apt (with a megaphone thrown into the mixx donchaknow??)

Thursday 11th September, 7.15pm at the Brudenell Social Club, £6 advance / £7 on the door; presented by Forest of Sound Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Voice and rhythm. Vocals and percussion. All you need, as long as your voice is as passionate as Mariam’s… and your rhythm is as strong and hypnotic as Andreas’… Wildbirds & Peacedrums play a mix of impassioned leftfield pop, soulful blues and all out experimental electronic weirdness from the heart. Seabear are quite simply stunning - an band of seven based around Sindri Már Sigfússon, they make a huge folk/pop noise with sense of restraint and the joys of lo-fi. They quite easily upstaged Múm on their UK tour last year, and with good reason there’s no pretension here, no easy cliche - instead you get a fine group of people caught up in the joy of music. Brilliant. Peter Broderick - Multi-instrumentalist Peter plays gorgeously melancholy music - often minimalistic and beautifully moving, but with a crescendo that catches you out every once in a while. This guy creates truly brilliant music and has a range of talents that his recent tours as part of Efterklang’s live band have only hinted at. Michael Rossiter - Deftly fingerpicked folk loveliness from a local favourite. Michael can write a song, without doubt… but he matches this strength with his ability to perfectly execute traditional folk as well as his own material, and to sing from his heart and get the perfect tones from his guitar. He’ll make the perfect opening to a phenomenal night!

Saturday 13th September, 6.30pm at The Subculture, Merrion Street, £5 Councillors Cox and Evans present.. GHOST MICE - Acoustic Punk Rock from Florida (Plan-It-X/No Idea Records) THE DAUNTLESS ELITE - Leeds Melodic Punk ACHTUNG EVERYBODY - Fast 90’s style Punk Rock and also Leeds most random looking band. + 1 more tbc

Monday 15th September, 8pm at The Packhorse, £4/3 Sotatila (Austria/Finland) Ruidosa Inmundicia (Austria/Chile) Sutcliffe (Hull) Warboys (Leeds)

Tuesday 16th September, 8pm at The Packhorse, £3 COPS AND ROBBERS PRESENT MOLLIGER PARTY LIKE IT’S 2009! If Gay Against You made an album for naughty toddlers, it would probably sound a bit like Molliger. All the way from Brisbane, Australia, Gwen and Tutts make a fucked up duo electro racket in the style of Toxic Lipstick, Jean Genet and early Hawnay Troof. Gwen sings about stinky used condoms and kicking people in the cunt. Tutts throws himself around her feet while thrashing his guitar over the super fast electro backing track. Total party in the purest, silliest and most energetic sense, Molliger have shared stages with the likes of Ove-Naxx, Kevin Blechdom and Max Tundra and they are FUN! This is definitely a one-off and not to be missed. So it’s a Tuesday, so what! Fuck it!! + PRINTED CIRCUIT and CAATAAAN

Friday 19th September, 8pm at The Packhorse, £4 An evening of ridiculously fast grinding hardcore that’s not to be missed! Sylvester Staline are over from France and make a return to Leeds, bringing with them A Den of Robbers from Belgium who are making their Leeds debut. Local lads The Afternoon Gentlemen and Warboys are also bringing the sick mosh! No messin’ about style!

Saturday 20th September, 4pm at The Library, £5/6 Brew Records & Beard presents…. THE PLIGHT + BLACKHOLE + THE COMPUTERS + THE FREEZING FOG + SEVEN CROWNS + DEAD FORMATS + THE ARTERIES + CUTTING CLASS

Thursday 24th September, 8pm at The Packhorse, £3 Doot Fest (n + 1), featuring: Ewan D Rodgers - Folk n’ that The Medusa Snare - Adam John Miller based indie pop magic The Contortionist - slightly genius melodic folk pop Vest for Tysso - Keyboardy goodness

Saturday 27th September, 6pm at The Packhorse, £6/7 Eight bands play across two stages in the same venue - four chosen by local DIY promoters Forest of Sound, four chosen by fantastic local independent label Gizeh Records. Rothko - Hailing from London, Rothko began way back in 1998 and have over the years produced some wonderful records on numerous labels including Trace and the French Bip Hop imprint. Much of Rothko’s music is piano and guitar-led with swells of ambience and field recordings underneath. This is their first Leeds show in a long long time. The Boats - Andrew R Hargreaves and Craig Tattersall (formerly of legends Hood and The Remote Viewer) reside in Burnley, where they spend their time producing amazingly delicate pieces of organic electronic music. Glissando - This is the Leeds date on Glissando’s UK tour. Usually a duo but for this tour a 4 piece, expect haunting vocals shimmering melodies along the lines of Low, Rachel’s and Cocteau Twins. Pan Am Scan - Formed over the geographic divide between Berlin and London, Pan Am Scan create minimalist soundscapes from vibraphones and live electronics, delicately layered and finding the perfect balance between Steve Reich-esque melodies and slow motion fractured electronica beats and clicks.

Sleepingdog - New Gizeh signing Sleepingdog is the project of Belgian-based musician Chantal Acda. Her ‘Polar Life’ album was constructed with the help of Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid) and previous tours with the likes of Iron and Wine and Lambchop give some indication of where Chantal’s music lies. Comparisons to Hanne Huckleberg and Joanna Newsom are somewhere near true and Chantal easily hold her own in this company with her beautiful and rich vocals, occompanied by just a piano or a guitar. Winter North Atlantic - Also known as Ed Carter of Sheffield, Winter North Atlantic is a man caught somewhere between the hypnotic brilliance of the best instrumental hip-hop, the pure emotion and widescreen landscapes of Labradford and Mice Parade’s classical guitar heart. Luckily for us, this confusion produces a heady brew of haunting melodies, beautifully finger picked guitars and finely crafted beats. Spokes - mostly instrumental, always captivating post-rock aceness. This is not your average quiet-loud band, they play with an edge of longing and sadness rarely seen in this genre and their ‘People Like You Like You’ album is indeed a fine piece of work that comes highly recommended. Recent slots at the Big Chill and Rockness festivals prove these lovely peeps are on the march. Plus one more act TBC.

Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th October at The Packhorse BW_50 MAMMOTH WEEKEND Mammoth Weekend is a ‘best of British Wildlife’ festival celebrating the 50 British Wildlife gigs of times ago. Line up so far: Friday Hosted by British Wildlife Humanfly Chickenhawk Saturday Hosted By Lonely Hearts & British Wildlife Art of Burning Water Cleckhuddersfax Stranger Son of WB Omerta Mills and Boon Pulled Apart By Horses Mucky Sailor Rampant Rabbbit +2 tbc Sunday Hosted by British Wildlife Hey Collosus DETHSCALATOR +4 tbc The bill will slowly reveal itself over the next few weeks, we’ve got some nice surprises line up for this!+All your favourite Distro, Disco, Tea Ladies Craft Wonderland, Packhorse Sunday Roast

Saturday 4th October at The Brudenell Social Club Brew Records presents….I CONCUR SINGLE LAUNCH I CONCUR + NAPOLEON IIIRD + DINOSAUR PILE UP + ANTEATER

Saturday 4th October at Royal Park Cellars Holy Shit! Look who’s coming to our town: Sic Alps (from San Francisco, CA - new LP out on Siltbreeze Recs) Their first ever show in Europe! + 2/3 TBC Not to be missed!

Cops And Robbers is a free monthly guide to DIY gigs in Leeds; something which is hard to define but we tend to know it when we see it. These events don’t exist to make a profit for anyone involved, they are organised for the sheer pleasure and enjoyment of playing, organising or attending a gig. Look for us every month in Jumbo, Crash, and other places around town, and at various gigs. For updates, news, or to submit a gig for listing, go to www.copsandrobbers.net printed by Footprint Workers Co-Op 0113 2624408 www.footprinters.co.uk

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