Here's your gig guide for Leeds over the next couple of weeks! We've got 25 acts and a couple of interviews to wrap your ears around! Enjoy!

001 - The Maritime County - The End - 00:00:11 - Thursday, 23 July 2026 - Oporto - Tickets £9.90 - Playing with: The aritime County / The Calls / James Hope

002 - The Calls - Red Sky - 00:05:30 - Same gig as above

003 - James Hope - It's Alright - 00:10:35 - Same gig as above * Live recording, single coming soon.

004 - Junk - Compact Disc - 00:18:16 - Thursday, 23 July 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club - Tickets from £8.00 - Playing with: Junk / Contrail / Paris in Haze / Potchky

005 - Contrails - Weather - 00:21:27 - Same gig as above

006 - Paris In Haze - They Don't Know - 00:27:07 - Same gig as above * Recorded live at HPBC in Feb by Ian Eatwell

007 - Jacob Beckwith - Cosy Rosy - 00:31:30 - Friday, 24 July 2026 - Northern Guitars - Playing with: Nik Svarc and The Jacob Beckwith band

008 - Nik Svarc - Minor Blues - 00:35:40 - Same gig as above - Recorded live at Northern Guitars last year * This was with Svarc / Devine / McPartling - not sure is Devine / McPartling are around on the night!

009 - Wormboys - Mostly Still - 00:39:50 - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - Wharf Chambers - Tickets £11 general admin / £5.50 low income / £22 Solidarity rate - Playing with: WORMBOYS / FADED ALCHEMY / LUCAS ASSAGBA / BUGHOTEL - This is the Gig For Isaac - Fundraiser to help Isaac, a Black trans kid, afford healthcare! https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/isaaccare

010 - Lucas Assagba - Comet - 00:44:58 - Same gig as above

011 - Bughotel - Rabies - 00:48:53 - Same gig as above

012 - PEACE BAZOOKA - INTERVIEW - 00:53:33

013 - Love Yorself (Peace Bazooka) - Love Yorself - 01:20:28 - Santiago - Saturday 25th July - Free Entry - Playing with: Peace Bazooka / Steve Greekshire / Deathlounge / Crab Fight

014 - Steve Greekshire - Magdeline - 01:26:06 - Same gig as above

015 - Deathlounge - iMatter - 01:30:30 - Same gig as above

016 - Autumn Charlotte & The Love Bugs - INTERVIEW - 01:34:22

017 - Autumn Charlotte & The Love Bugs - Damn Blind - 01:42:18 - Gig details are in the interview

018 - Senor Pink - Susan's Farewell - 01:46:07 - Sunday, 26 July 2026 - Oporto - Playing with: Senor Pink / New Damage / The Everything Complex

019 - New Damage - Relegation Fodder - 01:49:56 - Same gig as above

020 - The Everything Complex - Do I Make You Proud - 01:53:23 - Same gig as above

021 - Oxford Comma - Fake Fancy Shoes - 01:58:25 - Thursday, 30 July 2026 - Northern Guitars - Tickets £6 - Launching their new EP 'Tether'

022 - Parts & Spares - You Won - 02:02:20 - Friday, 31 July 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club - Launching their new EP 'Windfalls'

023 - The Domino Funk & Soul Band (Chunky Butt Funky) - Live Clip - 02:08:32 - Friday, 31 July 2026 - The Domino Club - This band start at 22:20 although doors are at 6pm and there's live music from 7pm - Domino tickets typically £9 adv or £10 otd but do check

024 - Mojah - Original My Road - 02:13:16 - Saturday, 1 August 2026 - The Domino Club - This band start at 22:20 although doors are at 6pm and there's live music from 7pm - Domino tickets typically £9 adv or £10 otd but do check

025 - Clitspit - Handle It - 02:19:30 - Sunday, 2 August 2026 - Wharf Chambers - Tickets £11 - Playing with: Drongos for Europe / Spunk / Clitspit / Club Brat

Your regular gig guide for Leeds hosted by Phil Rochester, Shelly Johnson & Xanthe Sparke this week! Tracklist below!

001 - Nell Davies - The End Of The World Or Whatever - 00:00:10

- Wednesday, 5 August 2026

- Northern Guitars

- Playing with: Nell Davies / Fishing For Compliments

002 - Fishing 4 Compliments – Ghosts - 00:05:06

- Same gig as above

003 - Lula - Radcliffe (Contact Buzz Lo-Fi Demo) - 00:08:19

- Thursday, 6 August 2026

- Hyde Park Book Club

- Tickets: £5

- Playing with: Lula / Sam King & The Herons / Speedway Star

* Release party of the official single - The version we're playing is a demo

004 - Sam King & The Herons - The Snail With Cats Ears - 00:19:56

- Same gig as above

005 - Polite Bureaux - Another Tooth Quit - 00:24:20

- Friday, 7 August 2026

- Wharf Chambers

- £8 adv £10.00 Door

- Playing with: Polite Bureaux / Augustin Bousfield / Flash Cassette / Triangle Cuts

006 - Suitcase Rags Trio - Bone Orchard - 00:33:21

- Friday, 7 August 2026

- The Domino Club

- Tickets £9 adv / £10 otd

007 - Toad In The Black Hole - Funky Munk-y Business - 00:37:21

- Tuesday, 11 August 2026

- Hyde Park Book Club

- Tickets: £6.50

- Playing with: Toad In The Black Hole / Amore

008 - JaR - Dying Trees - 00:46:48

- Wednesday, 12 August 2026

- Wharf Chambers

- Tickets: £5.50

- Playing with: JAR / VERTIGO / SICARII / CYGNUS

009 - Vertigo – Conscription - 00:53:00

- Same gig as above

010 - Sicarii – Untitled - 00:58:20

- Same gig as above

011 - Type 72 – Escape - 01:01:41

- Saturday, 15 August 2026

- Lending Room

- Tickets: £10

- Playing with: Type 72 / Subterranean / Terry & The Good Time Boys / HoG!

012 - Subterranean - Once I Was - 01:10:39

- Same gig as above

013 - Terry & The Good Time Boys - Baphomets Broccoli - 01:16:25

- Same gig as above

014 - HoG - Funk #69 - 01:24:12

- Same gig as above

- Also Playing at: - Northern Guitars

- Saturday 8th August - 2pm till late

- Playing with: Tarantula Handsome / Front Page News / Boilers / Boilermen / Silk Circus / Herla Kyning / Hog! / Her Orange Coat

- Cloth Cat Fundraiser

015 - Havoc City - Hey There, What Did You Think? - 01:29:20

- Belgrave Music Hall

- 15/08/26

- Free Entry

- Playing with: Havoc City / MANEATMAN / Giant People

- Part of Snakeynator's 21st birthday

016 - The Syndicate - Shark Dancing - 01:35:38

- Sunday, 16 August 2026

- The Pack Horse (Hyde Park)

- Tickets: £6.60

- Playing with: The Syndicate / Variants / The Untamed / Feral North

016 B - Man Eat Man – Nothing - 01:37:28

- Same gig as above

* This is their debut single and it is out on August 15th

017 - Variants - Bird Nerves - 01:44:59

- Same gig as above

018 - Tarantula Handsome - Stranger Days - 01:48:22

- Northern Guitars

- Saturday 8th August - 2pm till late

- Playing with: Tarantula Handsome / Front Page News / Boilers / Boilermen / Silk Circus / Herla Kyning / Hog! / Her Orange Coat

- Cloth Cat Fundraiser

019 - Front Page News - Down By The Meadows - 01:58:10

- Same gig as above

020 - Boilers - Looking Good - 02:02:35

- Same gig as above

021 - Her Orange Coat - Adder Stone - 02:07:38

- Same gig as above

022 - Tobi Zoe - Sprung In The Summer - 02:10:44

- The Pack Horse (Hyde Park)

- Thursday 6th August

- Free Entry

- Part of the Mos Eisley Cantina - Cloth Cat Open Mic Event

023 - Silk Circus - Dig Down - 02:19:28

- Northern Guitars

- Saturday 8th August - 2pm till late

- Playing with: Tarantula Handsome / Front Page News / Boilers / Boilermen / Silk Circus / Herla Kyning / Hog! / Her Orange Coat

- Cloth Cat Fundraiser

Here's your gig guide for Leeds for the next couple of weeks you lucky fiends! Ties for each band are below so you can jump forward to the ones you want or back to listen to the ones you liked again!

Hope you enjoy it, please do share it and anyone who wants to be on the next one get in touch at cccb@clothcatleeds.org.uk

001 - Helle - Scarlett Fever - 00:00:11 - Friday, 10 July 2026 - Wharf Chambers - Tickets - £9.90 - Playing with: Helle/Red Stains/Gaydar/IO

002 - Shayler Franklin - Sat Next To Me - 00:06:11 - Friday, 10 July 2026 - Northern Guitars - Playing with others to be announced

003 - Bramwell - Standing On Stones - 00:08:34 - Sunday, 12 July 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club - Tickets £8 - With: Bramwell / Autocamper / elwell / Cyclist

004 - Autocamper - Again - 00:12:08 - Same gig as above

005 - Elwell - Go Faster - 00:14:42 - Same gig as above

006 - Cyclist - The Wreck - 00:19:15 - Same gig as above

007 - Romy Taylor - Goodbye - 00:21:08 - Wednesday, 15 July 2026 - The Domino Club * Maybe shift to the end

008 - Elena Maya - Sent Me Reeling - 00:26:56 - Friday, 17 July 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club - 4 acts | Doors 7:30pm | £7 advance / £9 on the door NOTAFLOF: no one turned away for lack of funds. - Pkaying with: Marmalade Skyes / Elena Maya / LimeWave / Dan Loops

009 - Dan Loops - Kings, Queens - 00:30:34 - Same gig as above

010 - Autumn Charlotte and the Love Bugs - Imperial - 00:35:57 - Hyde Park Book Club - Fri 10th July - Free Entry - Playing with: Autumn Charlotte and the Love Bugs / Big Screen / Peace Bazooka

011 - Big Screen - With Your Lies - 00:38:56 - Same gig as above

012 - Love Yorself (Peace Bazooka) - Love Yorself - 00:43:28 - Same gig as above * Love Yourself are a side project of Peace Bazooka who are playing. They only have one single recorded so far which is great but we played it on the last two shows so thought we'd use something different this time!

013 - Honey Trap - New Place - 00:48:20 - Domino Club - Friday, 17 July 2026

014 - Steelers - Touch - 00:52:39 - Saturday, 18 July 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club

015 - Speedway Star - Beach Graffiti - 00:56:25 - Saturday, 18 July 2026 - Mabgate Bleach - Tickets - £5 - Playing with: Speedway Star / Vehicle / The Motorcycles / Second Born

016 - Vehicle - 2000 Telephones - 00:59:09 - Same gig as above

017 - Second Born - A Certain Sound - 01:02:59 - Same gig as above

018 - Sound Quarry - Unnesacary Madness - 01:12:10 - Wakefield Exchange - 18th july - Free Entry - With: Sound Quarry / Marc Mushington / Rachel Modest / Catchfly / Rebelyous / Blackson / DJ Paul Weston / Rookie Numbers / Dave Beer / Jah Digga + More to be confirmed! - It's a Love Music Hate Racism event

019 - Fail The Enemy - Neon - 01:14:35 - Saturday, 18 July 2026 - The Key Club - Tickets: £11 - Playing with: Breathing Below / Repentless / Fail The Enemy - Part of the Slam Dunk Presents: That's The Spirit night

020 - Breathing Below - The Body I Left Below - 01:23:00 - Same gig as above

Peace Bazooka, Deathlounge & Snake Oil will be playing Santiago on Saturday 20th June 2026. It's free entry and doors are at 7:30pm.

Here's a twenty minute sample of what you can expect to hear! It's gonna be a good one so hopefully see you there!

We're back! It took a while as we were moving studios but this week Phil Rochester, James Tarrant and Ike The Mic will take you through some of the acts playing at venues around Leeds over the next couple of weeks! In this order we've got:

001 - Hot Rockets! - Breakdown - 00:00:11 - Sunday, 14 June 2026 - Wharf Chambers - Tickets £5.50 on See Tickets - £7 OTD - Playing with: Hot Rockets! / Vertigo / The Beer Snobs / Peace Bazooka

002 - Peace Bazooka - I Don't Vote - 00:05:26 - Same gig as above

003 - Vertigo - Track 3 - 00:08:20 - Same gig as above

004 - The Beer Snobs - Otley Run - 00:13:21 - Same gig as above

005 - Dan Walters (Here's The Steeple) - This Machine Builds Fascists - 00:25:08 - Saturday, 13 June 2026 - The Attic - Tickets £10 - £12 - Join Dan and friends for a unique concert of folk songs modern and traditional, which will be recorded for later release as a live album. - Playing With: Slo Blome

006 - Slo Blome - Face Down (Live Session at Project Haus) - 00:25:08 - Supporting Dan Walters from the last gig - These guys are from Huddersfield

007 - Harry Orme ft Lauren Rycroft - Willow (Live at Evoke) - 00:29:49 - Sunday, 14 June 2026 - The Domino Club - Playing with the Harry Orme Trio

008 - Janata - First Dog In Human History - 00:35:33 - Wednesday, 17 June 2026 - Hyde Park Book Club - Free Entry - Playing with: Janata / Drive Bys / Jim Green

009 - Drivebys - Shakespeare - 00:38:57 - Same gig as above

010 - Jim Green - Hold Myself - 00:42:20 - Same gig as above

011 - Marmalade Skyes - Aphroditie - 00:45:52 - Wednesday, 17 June 2026 - The Domino Club

012 - The Dassins - Welcome To The Reeperbahn - 00:53:23 - Friday, 19 June 2026 - Oporto - Tickets £7.50 from Fatsomo - Playing with: The Dassins / Rookie Numbers

013 - Rookie Numbers - Dichotomy - 00:57:21 - Same gig as above

014 - Pest Control - Year Of The Pest - 01:02:22 - Friday, 19 June 2026 - Boom - Tickets £11.70

015 - Honey Trap - Pretty Substance - 01:04:32 - Friday, 19 June 2026 - The Domino Club

016 - Contrail - Pillows - 01:11;26 - Saturday 20 June 20262:00 pm - Sunday 21 June 202612:00 am - Hyde Park Book Club - Tickets: £15 early bird / £20 OTD - Full lineup to be announced so check which date each act is playing! - BULL / CONTRAIL / CYCLIST / DERMOT HENRY / HORN PLAYER / JONIQUE / MAJKE VOSS / NEVE CARIAD / PICT / POLLYFROMTHEDIRT / PUSHBIKE / SPEEDWAY STAR / STANLEY WELCH / THE MOTORCYCLES / TOOTH / TROUTFLIES / TWO BLINKS, I LOVE YOU

017 - Cyclist - The Wreck - 01:15:16 - Same gig as above

018 - Neve Cariad - Cul-De-Sac - 01:19:32 - Same gig as above

We're back with a special show all about Primal Live which is taking place at The Belgrave Music Hall on April 12th 2026 to raise money for St Georges Crypt. For tickets etc visit: https://primallive.co.uk/locations/leeds/

Phil Rochester is joined by Jonathan Tate, D3 & Henny Hurtz who will tell you all about it and play a few tunes from the event! In this order we have:

1. D3 - Just Be

2. Henny Hurtz - EYEZ Cryin'

3. Glass Cities - Skyline

4. HOGI (with $corpio) - Back On My Feet

5. Jack Allan / The Homburgs - Hurricanes In Winter

6. Jonathan Tate - Craving For Control

7. Malsoliano - Live Life With Purpose

8. Maritime County - The End

9. Myls Cohl - I'll Miss U

We hope you enjoy the show! We'll be back with our regular gig guide soon once we've built our new studio!

Rock n' Roll!

Arthur presents the best of alternative music both old and new in what will be the last show until Phil plugs some wires in to desks and mics and things at a new place! Stay tuned, more is coming!

1 Defender – Parmo

2 The Last Hurrah – Everyday

3 Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods

4 The Wind-up Birds – We Find Ourselves Living Too Long

5 Landspeed Loungers – Those Before Me

6 Nervous Twitch – Your Crel Ways

7 The Sunshine Underground – Borders

8 The Beer Snobs – What’s Going Down

9Biscuiothead & The Biscuit Badgers – David Attenborough

10 Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip – I Don’t Need Heroin

11 Simon P Kelly – Nineteen Sixty-Nine

12 Rum Doodle – Industry Gone

13 Jon Budworth – 3am

14 The Stellar Anderson Project – Goodbye

15 The Lodger – Bye Bye

Arthur presents the best of alternative music from Leeds and beyond!

1 The Aliens – Setting Sun

2 The Clint Boon Experience - Climbing Back Inside The Dream

3 The Burning Hell – Summer Olympics

4 The Housemartins – I Smell Winter

5 Pete Atkin – Laughing Boy

6 Biscuithead & The Biscuit Badgera – Model Railway

7 The Railway Children – Because

8 Sky Larkin - Matador

9 Ride – Vapour Trail

10 Tom Priestley & Martin Trippett – Street Legal

11 The Fall – Get A Hotel

12 Stump – Tupperware Stripper

13 Tommy Coyle – Monday Morning

14 Eve Thomas – Northern Star