Posted by davelms | Posted in Leeds, Music, Web Design | Posted on 28-11-2009
I’ve updated my Leeds Gig Tickets site as I was having some trouble with club nights infiltrating my event aggregation rules – the easiest way around this, I decided, was to farm the nightclub events out to their own page.
So I did.
I now have a Leeds Club Tickets page, with a change of design to differentiate between the varying parts of the ticket websites.
If you’ve not come across these sites before, my aim was to try and make the whole I’m looking to buy gig tickets process easier for the music fan. With many agencies covering the same event, each with their own availability (some sell out far quicker than others) and different fees, I thought it would be better if I could aggregate all 13 or 14 ticket agencies for an event, place the links onto a single webpage, and allow the user to find the ticket links more easily. I then developed software to filter out and remove sold out events and to keep the page fresh.
So think of the site as a specialised ticket search engine. Simples.
So if you’re buying tickets for Leeds gigs, check out our band tickets and nightclub tickets pages.
Posted by davelms | Posted in Music | Posted on 25-12-2006
With two young children it’s always an early start in our household on Christmas Day. But with Santa’s presents now opened and the kids playing with their new toys it’s time to reflect on 2006 and look forward to 2007.
I recently wrote a summary of the Leeds music scene in 2006, where I tried to rattle through most of the news releases I had come across throughout the year. There’s so much that went on in 2006, so why don’t you have a read of that article and add your own thoughts.
For me personally (i.e. my tastes in music), 2006 was an excellent year. The bands I like most in Leeds enjoyed a rapid rise in public awareness and nationwide popularity. In particular, the two bands I’d single out most would be Forward Russia and The Sunshine Underground. The former band feature a few friends of mine, whereas the latter were a band I first encountered during 2005 when they sent me their demo CD. I farmed it out, as I do, to a new and amazingly talented writer (Lauren Strain, who now writes for Plan B amongst other publications) and from that first listen she was hooked. As was I.
Both Forward Russia and The Sunshine Underground have albums out now.
Other bands I’d single out from 2006 would be The Pigeon Detectives, who I have seen a handful of times but most memorable was at Middlesbrough Music Live where they played just before headline act Bromheads Jacket. My gig of the year!
Emerging bands for 2007 would be Wild Beasts and Sky Larkin. Wild Beasts have just released their debut single, whereas Sky Larkin release theirs early in 2007.
I’ve also been listening to the debut single from Voltage Union and the album from Piskie Sits. If these new releases are an example of what to expect from 2007, then the Leeds music scene is definitely marching onwards with strength.
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Posted by davelms | Posted in Music | Posted on 13-11-2006
In the charts at number 39, cool.
Posted by davelms | Posted in Music | Posted on 31-10-2006
There’s a few singles out at the moment – or about to be released – that I’m particularly keen on. It’s no surprise that they’re mainly Leeds/West Yorkshire based bands.
First up is The Sunshine Underground who re-released their “Commercial Breakdown” single yesterday – it was originally scheduled for release last week, but the date was put back a week for some reason. Anyway, it’s ace, and given the amount of airplay it has received and the fact the boys are on a sell out UK headlining tour at the moment I anticipate a decent chart placing. Their last single just entered the Top 40 and I reckon this one will break over and into the Top 30. My estimate is number 24… roll on Sunday!
Also out now is a song by Wakefield band Last Gang called “Beat Of Blue”. You can watch their video on their Myspace page.
Out next Monday is The Pigeon Detectives, and I reckon this one will do fantastically well. Out on the Dance To The Radio label this release comes in those multi-formats, CD, 7″, Digital, etc. The band are also supporting Kaiser Chiefs on their European Tour. Another chart hit I hope. Let me hear you sing…
“Going out with! Going out with!”
Posted by davelms | Posted in Music | Posted on 10-10-2006
It’s what the Seventies were all about!
Not least because there’s a song named after my football team – Leeds United – but the Luke Haines album “Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop” is a fantastic bit of silvery disk action.
How can you not like the line: “And now the chorus … Leeds United! Leeds United!”.
