Leaf on Bold street - July 2012 istings

PLUS: LEAF WINS ‘BEST BAR’ AWARD AND UNVEIL THE NEW GREY SPACE! 

LEAF, 65-67 BOLD STREET, LIVERPOOL, L1 4EZ

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‘One of the Top 10 Multi-Purpose Venues in Britain’ – The Guardian

'One of UK's top 50 tea shops' - The Independent

This month Leaf on Bold Street are celebrating as it’s been revealed that the venue have won 'Bar of the Year' in the Liverpool Tourism Awards! On top of the latest accolade, Leaf opened the Grey Space last week. The Grey Space will be used for private hire, located a stones throw from the Liver Buildings and water front, with buckets of natural light; this 1920’s building has high ceilings and adds a touch of glamour to any event. Feel free to get in touch for more info.

JULY LISTINGS

Sunday 1^st & 15^th July

Life Drawing at LEAF

Artists, students and enthusiasts alike are welcome to join the twice-monthly relaxed drawing sessions, set in the unique architectural surroundings of the first floor at LEAF. Hosted by sculptress Ella Perry, she’ll be happy to provide you with some basic materials although artists are welcome to bring other mediums. 

7-10pm / First Floor / £9 OTD 

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Monday 2, 16^th& 30^th July

Chess Club with Paul Tallant 

Chess can be a bit of a challenge without having someone to show you the ropes. That’s why Paul Tallant aka ‘the Knight in the Know’ is on hand to guide you safely across the board. Borrow a board or bring your own.

8pm / Ground Floor / FREE Entry 

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Tuesday 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th & 31^st July

Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic

We’re only half way through the year and events like Sound City and the GIT awards have highlighted the sheer volume of extraordinarily talented musicians that live and work in our city. Every Tuesday you can catch a handful of Liverpool’s best acoustic acts at LEAF at our open mic night - Out of the Bedroom. The evening is hosted by (the now) Liverpool local Johnny Sands and welcomes all spoken word artists and acoustic entrepreneurs to bring their own instruments for a chance to perform.

8:30pm / Ground Floor / Free Entry

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Wednesday 4^th, 11^th, 18^th & 25^th July

Spotify Wednesday

Spotify has become something of a musical revolution, enabling us to share, create and modify each other’s playlists instantly. For us, it’s a way to invite all our Leaf customers to musically contribute to Leaf. For you, we hope it’s a way to craft your perfect Wednesday night.

8pm / Ground Floor / Free Entry 

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 Creative Writing Course 5^th & 17^th July

If you're searching for your story-telling voice and don't know where to start, or experience those blank days, Create and Write is on hand to help you sink into your imagination and get those pens and the ready.

Whether you write for pleasure or profit, Create and Write offers group exercises and discussions to get those creative juices flowing into works of descriptive magic.

For more information contact Susi Moore on susimoore@hotmail.co.uk

Facebook: http://on.fb.me/IY7fxi

7pm/ Ground Floor/ £3 OTD 

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Thursday 5^th & 19^th July

Jelly Liverpool

Jelly Liverpool, the all out casual work-together that invites you to bring along your laptop and work alongside fellow creative’s. You can bring your own work, for a productive day that is topped off with a free sandwich and washed down with a cup of tea. For more information contact l.h.sharples@ljmu.ac.uk or 0151 231 4747.

9am – 5pm / Ground Floor / Free Entry 

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Saturday 7^th, 14^th, 21^st & 28^th July

Jess Gascoigne DJ Set

Reading our musical minds every Saturday in July, Jess will make you hit the dance floor like a jellyfish on roller skates.

Sound Cloud - http://bit.ly/LXa5HV

9pm – 2am/ Ground Floor/ FREE Entry

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Tuesday 10^th July

OPEN HUB

Post Graduates from all over the city can join forces for inspiration, motivation and co-working in the glorious setting of LEAF. All you need to bring is your laptop and some work as snacks, tea and FREE wifi are all provided.

9.30am - 4.30pm/ First Floor / FREE Entry 

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Tuesday 24^th July 

Branching Out

An informal networking event, where you can bang heads with some of Liverpool’s finest creative minds. Grab a cup of tea and let loose with your ideas.

9am / Ground Floor / FREE Entry 

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Wednesday 25^th July

Harvest Sun Presents…Savages

Savages offer a fresh kind of dark punk, nihilism that has got muso’s across the land quivering with excitement. The organic connection between the band member’s musical styles seems to have created something that was noticed to be great from their very first gig.  They have subsequently been compared to the great post punk bands of the 1980’s, Joy Division and Magazine to name but a few. There is great expectation for this well constructed quad. They are thought to have the potential to revitalize the guitar scene. With Gemma Thompson’s ability to wrap her guitar solo around the hypnotic bass of Ayse Hassan and intertwine with the rest of the band before splitting off, all within the space of a few seconds, leaves us with no doubt about this. All this pulled together with the awesome energy of Jehnny Beth who has been likened to Joe Strummer makes for a very exciting gig.

Doors 7pm/ First Floor/Tickets £6- from TicketWeb:  http://bit.ly/Ku35mk

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Friday 27^th July

A Ray of Charles

Russell Christian of the well-known Liverpool band The Christians is paying an amazing homage to the late, great 'Genius' Ray Charles. Undertaking the challenge of performing some of Ray’s greatest tracks, he’s spent over 5 years perfecting his tribute to one of the greatest performers of all time. With a star studded band and ‘The Rayettes’ to back, the evening is perfect for all ages to enjoy.

7pm / First Floor / £6 OTD

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Sunday 29^th July

Retro Sundays

Dabbling in retro style seems like a complicated business, with so many ways to refashion an old piece it’s easy to get lost. Which is why the lovely stallholders at Retro Sunday are so passionate about giving you guidance as well as the best in vintage fashion. Rummage for something truly unique, the last Sunday of every month and show the high street what old fashioned is.

11am-5pm / First Floor / Free Entry 

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Monday 30^th July

Book Club

Tucked away in a quiet part of LEAF, Jennie Connolly and Co. holds LEAF’s Book Club the last Monday of every month. This month she’ll be looking at the 1953 dystopian classic by Ray Bradbury. A novel, which presents a future American society where books are outlawed. Subject to various interpretations, discuss your own with fellow bookworms and sci-fi lovers alike.

8pm / Ground Floor / Free Entry 

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Tuesday 31^st July

Pudding Club

Pudding Club was created by those who love cake, for those who love cake. A devilish evening filled with 5 courses of sweet treats, meticulously made by our Pâtissier Chef, Damien. If that’s not enough, we give it the LEAF touch, by matching each pudding with a loose-leaf tea from our collection.

6:30pm doors, starts 7pm prompt / First Floor / £11.95 tickets available at www.thisisleaf.co.uk

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The Liverpool Gig Guide - June 2012

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WALLS Ghosting Season Afternaut Sun Drums DJ's Friday 1 June The Shipping Forecast Alessio Natalizia of crispy electronicists Banjo Or Freakout started making music because he was waiting for his girlfriend at her  house and it seemed a more agreeable pastime than talking to her flatmates. Electronica bod Sam Willis of Allez Allez was drafted in to remix his first single ‘Mr No’ and ever since they have been known as Walls. Dealing in woozy digital and analogue electronic psychedelic noise, their joyful wash of tuneful hooks is a wake-up call to lazy Animal Collective copyists with loop pedals everywhere. Feeling as fresh as Boards Of Canada, cLOUDDEAD and Spiritualizeddid at their inceptions this is the must-see show. Check out the newly released remix LP of their least effort Coracle, which was voted Elctronic album of the year in Mojo Magazine. £6adv from here

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STEALING SHEEP Simian Ghost Married to the Sea Harvest Sun DJ's Saturday 2 June Leaf Bold Street

After their European tour, Liverpool’s very own Stealing Sheep return to play a night presented by influential blog The Line of Best Fit at Leaf Café on Bold Street. After a run of superlative EPs, the female folk/psych trio are breaking into mainstream consciousness with new single ‘Shut Eye’. The band have been receiving rave reviews for track, which can currently be heard on a trailer for Hollyoaks on Channel 4. The song is a taster for their hugely anticipated debut LP, due this summer on Heavenly Records.   Main support act Swedish alt-pop act Simian Ghost recently released their debut LP Youth to ecstatic reviews, with The Guardian describing the disc as ‘an early contender for album of the year.’ £6adv from here

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Moon Duo come from San Francisco. The band consists of Wooden Shjips guitarist/singer Erik "Ripley" Johnson along with his female partner Sanae Yamada, and together they make a sound as big as the sky. Focusing heavily on guitar, percussion, keyboard and organ, Moon Duo create psychedelic Krautrock that lures its prey with a trance-inducing, hypnotic bop that extends to infinity.  Last year's Mazes LP was highly acclaimed, with the follow-up remix album garnering as much love from the critics and included reworkings by Sonic Boom and Psychic Ills amongst other 'psych' heads. Tickets are sure to move fast, so purchase early to avoid disappointment. £9adv from here

MOON DUO Hookworms Gigantes It's Murder Beams Thursday 7 June The Kazimier

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DAMO SUZUKI MUGSTAR MIND MOUNTAIN CANTALOUPE Friday 22 June The Kazimier

Making a hugely welcome return visit to Liverpool, legendary former Can frontman Damo Suzuki plays at The Kazimier on 22nd June. Having influenced countless artists in the forty plus years since his first appearance with the groundbreaking Krautrock group on Tago Mago, Suzuki continues to push musical boundaries. At the Liverpool show (one of only three UK gigs) Damo will be backed by the city’s very own prog-spacerock quartet, Mugstar. More mind-bending support comes in the shape of Mind Mountain and Nottingham time traveller's Cantaloupe. £7adv from here

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Led by brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, folk-rock band Dawes draw from the rich musical heritage of their hometown, highlighting the golden age of the Laurel Canyon sound of the late 60s. Influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Byrds and the likes of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) and Wilco, the band performed alongside legendary singer-songwriter Jackson Browne in December of last year. Dawes’ second LP Nothing is Wrong released in September 2011 was included on Uncut’s Top 50 Albums of the Year. After several sell-out gigs in their homeland, the band’s Liverpool show at The Kazimier is one of only three UK dates on their world tour.  £12.50adv from here

DAWES plus special guests Tuesday 10 July The Kazimier

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DAMIEN JURADO MEGAFAUN plus special guests Saturday 18 August Leaf Bold Street

A double-header at Leaf sees US indie-rock singer songwriter Damien Jurado paired up with fellow countrymen, Americana-esqu psych-folk heroes Megafaun. Damien Jurado is currently touring his tenth studio LP, the critically acclaimed Maraqopa, released through long-term label Secretly Canadian, who count The War on Drugs, Yeasayer and Animal Collective amongst their signings. An excellent singer-songwriter, Jurado pushes the sonic envelope using found sounds and field recordings, to create his own niche. Formerly part of DeYarmond Edison, a band that featured none other than Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon, psych-folk group Megafaun released their well-received self-titled album last year. Like their former colleague, the band are steeped in rustic Americana (CSNY, Grateful Dead, Gram Parsons) as well as bringing their own beguiling weirdness to proceedings.  £10adv from here

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American alt-country band Deer Tick, led by singer-songwriter/guitarist John McCauley have recently been causing a buzz Stateside with new LP Divine Providence, the group’s fourth. Hailing from Rhode Island, the band augmented their classic blues, country and folk roots with a punkier edge recently, earning the group comparisons with US underground legends The Replacements. In the UK press Uncut editor Alan Jones praised the group band writing, ‘Deer Tick noisily essayed the kind of rock 'n' roll you don’t hear these days… the sort that lights up everything around it like a burning house, and feel inclined therefore to cheer until you’re hoarse when you do". £10adv from here

DEER TICK The Shivers (NYC) By The Sea Friday 31 August The Kazimier

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CATE LE BON plus special guests Thursday 6 September Leaf Bold Street

First gaining exposure via her support slots with Super Furry Animals mainman Gruff Rhys, folk/psych artist Le Bon has blossomed into one of the UKs most admired singer-songwriters. Her collaboration with Neon Neon in 2008 paved the way for her debut album Me Oh My in 2009, that showcased her otherworldly voice and dark lyrical themes sung in Welsh and English to full effect. Rounding off 2011 touring the States as support to St. Vincent, Cate’s second album CYRK was released to huge acclaim last month. The collection was garlanded with four star reviews from Mojo, The Times, Q and an 8/10 write-up from the NME who hailed the LP as ‘an unearthed psych classic.’ £7adv from here

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One of the more celebrated bands to emerge in the past few years as part of San Francisco's new psychedelic-rock underground, Sleepy Sun made waves globally in 2009 with the release of its acclaimed debut album, Embrace.  The group's ferocious live performances made them a festival favorite, playing All Tomorrow's Parties on both sides of the Atlantic. While Sleepy Sun's follow-up effort, Fever, earned them more solid notices in 2010. Stepping back from the riff-heavy epics heard on the band's earlier efforts, Sleepy Sun mix pop concision with some deeply psychedelic exploration on the new songs £10.00adv from here

SLEEPY SUN plus special guests Tuesday 11 September The Kazimier

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MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT

In 2011 Iain Matthews reformed Matthews Southern Comfort and undertook a short European tour that brought the band to the UK for 3 sell-out shows. That success persuaded Iain to offer the band for a further short tour of 11 UK dates in 2012 and Leaf are happy to announce they'll be playing in Liverpool for an exclusive northwest show. It’s a great show featuring all MSC’s most popular songs including ‘Something In The Way She Moves’, ‘The Road to Ronderlin’ and, of course, their worldwide No1 hit ‘Woodstock’ alongside great new material that has emerged during the band’s renaissance.    £13.50adv from here

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Tickets can also be purchased from the following outlets in person:

The Music Consortium (formerly Hairy Records), Bold St.

Probe Records, School Lane.

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Christiaan Webb - Thursday 19 April @ Leaf Cafe Bold street Liverpool

Christiaan Webb - Thursday 19 April @ Static Gallery Liverpool

Harvest Sun present... 

Christiaan Webb

Thursday 19 April @  Leaf Cafe Bold street Liverpool

Tickets £7adv from Probe and Ticketline

Support from Joshua Caole and Zoe Devlin

16th April 2012 sees the release of A Man Possessed, the debut solo album by Christiaan Webb that features 11 songs that represent the culmination of a life-altering spiritual journey for Christiaan.

Eldest son of songwriting legend Jimmy Webb (Witchita Lineman, Galveston, By The Time I get To Phoenix), Christiaan first came to public attention as part of the Webb Brothers, a band he formed with his younger brother, Justin.  In 1998, the demo album Beyond the Biosphere was released to critical acclaim in the U.K. and was quickly picked up by London-based label Easy! Tiger Records. The Webb Brothers then signed with Warner Music and the album Maroon was released to critical and commercial success in 2000.  Touring extensively, the brothers built a strong fan base in the UK that continues to this day. 2003 saw the release of the eponymous Webb Brothers album (as well as recruitment of brother James), showcasing the versatility and depth of Christiaan’s songwriting. In 2009, the brothers joined their father to form ‘Jimmy Webb and the Webb Brothers,’ releasing the reflective, mature sounding Cottonwood Farm (Proper Music).

Following this collaboration, Christiaan began work on the songs that form A Man Possessed, partly inspired by the writings of Don Miguel Ruiz. “The way this album came about has been a spiritual journey more than anything else,” says Christiaan.  “Last year, I read the book The Four Agreements. 

It affected me; a Toltec wisdom book had changed my life.  This was quite a change for a guy who had been a freewheeling rock-and-roller for 18years.”  The album began to take shape in early January 2011, the songs coming in a flash - lyrics, melody and chords, sometimes all in an hour or less.  “I had never experienced anything like it.  They were coming out so fast and they were some of the best songs I had ever written. I felt like a marionette, my fingers moving to new and unexpected places on the piano.  I really did feel like ‘a man possessed.”

With this new, unexpected collection of songs, Christiaan set out finding the right location to record them. “I reached out to Musicbox Studios in Cardiff, Wales.  Mark ‘the bear’ Foley and Andrew ‘Bernie’ Plain have been good friends to the Webb Brothers over the years and had always left their door open to me”.  With Bernie (drums), Mark (Bass) and Graham Ryder (Guitars) on board as the newly named ‘The Sweet Lords’, A Man Possessed was recorded in the UK in April 2011.

Produced by Charlie Francis (REM, High Llamas, Turin Brakes), it also features Christiaan’s good friends Romeo Stodart and Angela Gannon from the Magic Numbers and acts from the Cardiff area including Zervas and Pepper, Steve ‘Sweet Baboo’ Black and John ‘Catfish’ Thomas.A Man Possessed features some of Christiaan’s most beguiling melodies to date, with tracks such as ‘Midnight Moon’ recalling his best work with the Webb Brothers. ‘Life Support’ and ‘My Best Intentions’ express the range, power and soul of Christiaan’s melancholy, often spellbinding vocals. “This album is a shout out to my childhood heroes, both living and fallen, who were always in my prayers as I wrote and recorded it: John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Billy Joel, Elton John, Billy Preston and Jimmy Webb.  I would especially like to thank George Harrison, who I believe was my spiritual guide throughout this project.  If you are ever possessed by a spirit, I recommend George Harrison.”

'Slow Hearts' the debut EP by Joshua Caole was released in December 2010, he spent most of the following year touring with some ace people such as The Smoke Fairies and Slaid Cleaves in support of it. In January 2012 Joshua recorded his debut album 'Moon Palace' which is due for release on the 16th of April 2012 on Bullo Pill Recordings. He will be touring with Christiaan Webb around this time as well as many other shows of his own.

Cass McCombs Weds 7 March @ Leaf Bold Street, Liverpool

Cass McCombs Weds at Leaf cafe Liverpool

Cass McCombs 

Wednesday 7 March @ Leaf Bold Street, Liverpool

Tickets £9 from Probe Records, The Music Consortium and www.ticketline.co.uk/harvest-sun

Cass McCombs was born in 1977 and raised in Northern California. He is of the generation that grew up hearing the stories still fresh on people’s minds: Zodiac killings, Zebra killings, Manson, Black Panthers, SLA, riots, People’s Park, LSD, etc. These were the local legends and became the basis for McCombs’ imagination. He is a child of the 70s. Since leaving the area, he lived many years drifting the U.S. until ever attempting to make music seriously. He has said that from this experience he learned to listen to people’s stories from many walks of life. Instead of university, this was his education. McCombs worked as a janitor, in a horse stable, a book shop; he was a soda jerk, a truck driver, and a movie projectionist. He worked construction in New Jersey and at a midtown NYC delicatessen. McCombs developed his narrative songwriting style, and since has always expressed himself through the use of characters. He writes stories for his friends using their humour, their language, with detail and color, relating their drug use to classical literary themes, for instance. Rather than fulfilling the stereotype of the confessional singer-songwriter, he describes the lifestyles and feelings of those that surround him, with more love than judgment. McCombs is a mirror.

Deeply distrustful of the Business, McCombs has stayed relatively underground, supported by a devoted fan base and his label/publisher. In 2010, Domino Records hired a photo-surveillance private investigator to follow McCombs and take what would be become the publicity shots for Wit’s End. Examples such as this suggest that he and mainstream acceptance are in a state of perpetual stalemate. However, in contrast to his persona, McCombs’ music is generous, the melodies always infectious, the production and musicianship first-rate. And at the forefront of his craft are always the lyrics, which more than any songwriter today propels the avant-garde. He presents morally ambiguous situations for the listener, allowing them to interpret however they choose. McCombs has always refused to speak his influences, except for American folk music and The Beatles. He is a folk artist, telling the stories of his native land in a modern tongue.

Humor Risk is his sixth-and-a-half record, and second released in 2011, following Wit’s End, which featured the tragic song “County Line”. Musically, it is more rhythm-based, and with a heavier lyricism, than its sparse predecessor. Both were compiled from recordings made over the course of three years, in various places such as New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and mixed in a single session and divided into albums. This follows the way McCombs works, he writes continuously, not for any album in mind, and then puts them into themed groups. Humor Risk is an attempt at laughter instead of confusion, chaos instead of morality, or, as fellow Northern Californian Jack London said, “I would rather be ashes than dust!”

Humor Risk is an attempt at laughter instead of confusion, chaos instead of morality, or, as fellow Northern Californian Jack London said, “I would rather be ashes than dust!”. Musically, it is more rhythm-based, tempos swifter to nearly rocking, than the sparse Wit’s End. Infectious melodies are outlined by a wry lyricism that expresses the stories of characters from McCombs’ native land. Rather than fulfilling the stereotype of the confessional singer-songwriter, he describes the lifestyles and feelings of those that surround him, with more love than judgment: drugs, Scientology, Western America, and so on, in allegorical form. Humor Risk portrays yet another face of this versatile and much underrated artist.

He currently lives in San Francisco.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUfLXvH4fN4

Harvest Sun Promotions presents...Josh Rouse at the Black-E

Harvest Sun Promotions presents...Josh Rouse at the Black-E Liverpool

This Thursday a Harvest Sun All Timer to Liverpool for the first time since 2004, as JOSH ROUSE comes to the landmark Black-E buildling.  The buidling built absolutely years ago (Wikipedia for all the juicy facts) houses one of the most wonderful venues we've seen in a very long time - think a mini version of the Paradiso in Amsterdam and you're almost there.

This is one of only 5 UK dates for Josh and the only one in the Northwest, all in support of his brilliant new album, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations.  We can't wait to be honest, it could be our finest hour yet.  Check out the beautiful poster above listen to all his albums on Spotify then purchase your ticket.

Below are more of our upcoming shows including new ones with SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE, MOON DUO, The People's Balearic Disco with PSYCHEMAGIK, CHRISTIAAN WEBB of the spawns of Jimmy Webb, The Webb Brothers and WALLIS BIRD.

26/01 JOSH ROUSE @ The Black-E

30/01 FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS @ Leaf Bold Street

01/02 LINDI ORTEGA @ Leaf Bold Street

14/02 HIGH PLACES @ The Shipping Forecast

23/02 THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier

24/02 COLD SPECKS @ Leaf Bold Street

25/02 FANFARLO @ The Static Gallery

07/03 CASS McCOMBS @ Leaf Bold Street

08/03 VERONICA FALLS @ Leaf Bold Street

16/03 DIAGRAMS @ The Static Gallery

24/03 PSYCHEMAGIK @ Leaf Bold Street

19/01 CHRISTIAAN WEBB (The Webb Brothers) @ The Static Gallery 

20/04 SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE @ Mello Mello

09/05 WALLIS BIRD @ Leaf Bold Street

23/05 THE HANDSOME FAMILY @ Leaf Bold Street

07/06 MOON DUO @ The Static Gallery

Tickets for all shows available right here:

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/harvest-sun#bio

Merry Christmas from Harvest Sun

A few Christmas words from Harvest sun and news on more gigs for 2012

Right before we go any further we would just like to thank anyone who attended any of our gigs over the past 12 months in any shape or form, sober or straight, we salute you and would like to wish you a very merry Christmas.  We've had some great shows from early in the year with Gruff Rhys in February to the journey Wooden Shjips took us on at the Kazimier in September then onto Roddy Frame and Other Lives a month or so back.

The year isn't all over music-wise though, we've got a cracking New Years Party at The Static Gallery, a class of 2012 if you will.  It's gonna be a cracker.  We have Loved Ones, The Sundowners, Endeci, It's Murder Beams, Grand Lunar and Cantmixwontmixshdntmixdontmix DJ's keeping the disco going long into the night.  Tickets only £6 from Probe Records and ticketline RIGHT NOW.

Now for the nitty gritty, since our last mail out we've added some great new shows to our 2012 fixture list.  These are Cass McCombs, Veronica Falls, High Places, Diagrams, Lindo Ortega, Phantom Limb and Harvest Sun all timers, The Handsome Family. 

Most of these should all appear at least once in everyone's collection.  If not, re-write that Christmas list cos every one is worth checking out.  Take Lindi Ortega for instance, a relatively unknown Country singer from Canada; well she's just beaten the likes of Fucked Up, Chilly Gonzalez and Timber Timbre to the #1 Canadian album of the year over at Snob Music.  High praise indeed.

We could go on all day, but there isn't any sign of a dud in them there gigs.  Here they all are here...

19/01 LANTERNS ON THE LAKE @ The Static Gallery

26/01  JOSH ROUSE @ The Black-E

01/02  LINDI ORTEGA @ Leaf Bold Street

14/02  HIGH PLACES @ Mojo

23/02  THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier

24/02  COLD SPECKS @ Leaf Bold Street

25/02  FANFARLO @ The Static Gallery

07/03  CASS McCOMBS @ Leaf Bold Street

08/03  VERONICA FALLS @ Leaf Bold Street

09/03  PHANTOM LIMB @ Mello Mello

16/03  DIAGRAMS @ Mojo

23/05  THE HANDSOME FAMILY @ Leaf Bold Street

 

Tickets for all shows available right here:

 

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/harvest-sun#bio

Harvest sun Promotions - Winter 2011 gigs in Liverpool

Winter listings from our good friends at Harvest Sun. There is more info on some of the acts playing on the site but heres some more info to refresh your memories.

Good evening droogs, it's been a long time and as we're approaching Christmas we thought it would be time to reveal what's been happening at Harvest Sun Towers and the gigs we've got on offer for the remainder of the year and into 2012.

First up we have USA's LOCH LOMOND, whose newest album,, 'Little Me Will Start a Storm' has garnered critical praise from all and sundry since its release a few months back. Including an 8/10 from Drowned In Sound. Support from Goodnight Lenin, The City Walls and All We Are.

7.30pm, 22 November @ The Static Gallery, Roscoe Lane (off Berry Street). Listen here

Next we welcome New York's FOREST FIRE to The Shipping Forecast. They first caught our attention when their debut long player, 'Survival' won album of the year on the wonderful French Blog, 'La Blogotheque'. Their new one, 'Staring At The X' has had critics falling over themselves to heap yet more praise on them. Support from Manchester's Driver Drive Faster, who sound like a yet to be heard Sub Pop great, and local rising stars, Tacoma and Greenwich Tea Party who recently supported Harvest Sun faves Other Lives in London.

7.30pm, 28 November @ The Shipping Forecast, Slater Street. Listen here

And here we go again... on 30 November, upstairs at Leaf Bold Street, we welcome the wonderful MEG BAIRD, lead singer of twisted folkies ESPERS. She is touring in support of her sublime new album, 'Seasons On Earth'. Think Nancy Elizabeth and a bit of Vashti Bunyan and you're not far off. We've managed to persuade the equally beguiling EMMA TRICCA to travel up from the south to support, and they'll be joined by Fallen Leaf (Joe Keelan of The Random Family), one to watch, Emily Cimber and David Barnicle.

7.30pm, 30 November @ Leaf Bold Street. Listen here

All that and a New Years Eve Party at Static (details to follow), the great JOSH ROUSE at The Black-E on 26 January, THE WAR ON DRUGS @ The Kazimier on 23 February, then the next day we welcome the gospel-soul of COLD SPECKS who stole the show last week on Jools Holland (here & here).

See you soon.

Details of tickets and where to buy them are all below along with pics of who you're coming to see.

Loch Lomond £5adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Meg Baird £7adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

The War on Drugs £9adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Forest Fire £6.50adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Josh Rouse £15adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)

Cold Specks £6.50adv available here & Probe Records (School Lane)