2017 – a review of music and bands
Trevor Locke makes his selection
of some of the gigs he went to this year;
he writes: ‘I cannot claim that is an objective catalogue of everything that took place in the musical life of Leicester over the past twelve months. Far from it. It simply a list of the gigs, that I went to, that stood out for me. If that happens to correspond with what you liked; all well and good. This is Music in Leicester magazine – not an offshoot of Wikipedia.’ Just his pick of the gigs.
January
Resin Events held a show at Firebug with Blood Oath (13th)
The Lids were at the Soundhouse with Anoa (28th)
February
Duffy’s Bar was the venue for a gig with The Relinquished and The World Can Wait (12/2)
Harrowbrooks, Chambers, The Albion were at the Soundhouse. (17/2)
Metal to the Masses, Duffy’s with Septolith, Blood Oath and others. (19/2)
Day of the Moon, Ferris, Traps at O2 Academy. (24/2)
March
Firebug for Metal to the Masses with My Legacy, Gallows High, Diceratops and Final Coil. (5/3)
April
The first gig at the revamped Shed saw Electric Swing Circus on stage. (1/4)
Skam featured in the show at O2 Academy’s Scholar Bar. (7/4)
Traps were on stage at The Shed. (8/4)
Kynch was just one of the acts appearing at The Shed. (13/4)
A large crowd gathered in Humberstone again for the Leicester @ The Cross Easter celebration with Jonezy. (14/4)
The Brandy Thieves played at The Soundhouse with One Suspicious Monkey The Whiskey Rebellion and a few others. (29/4)
May
Starting the month off, Not My Good Arm at Duffy’s Bar. (1/5)
At the Shed The Docs, Gestalt and Earls. (5/5)
Birthday bash at Duffy’s Bar with Sam Bradshaw, Seconds Apart, Earls and Southern Rum Line. (13/5)
Two gigs at the Musician included Anoa, Stupid Boots, Kynch, Royal Arcade, Arc Isla and The Albion. (19th and 20th May)
First day of the Glastonbudget Festival. International Acoustic Playboys. James Cull. Traps. Whiskey Rebellion. (26th)
Day 2 at Glastonbudget. Anoa. Skam. Jimmy Amnesia. Dedbeats. Beneath the Lights. The Moderators. (27th)
June
Firebug with Prime, Damage Protocol, Her Burden, Beneath The Lights, The Albion and more. (2/6)
Riverside Festival. Headlined by Goldwater. (3/6)
Siobhan Mazzei at The Shed. (9/6)
Pyramids, Common Strays and Beneath The Lights at O2. (17/6)
No More Heroes, Siobhan Mazzei and a rare appearance by Ist. Musician. (29/6)
July
Finches of Attica at The Shed. Also, Day of the Moon. (7/7)
at The Soundhouse
Cabin Boy Jumped Ship at The Shed (15/7)
Simon Says festival. Day 1. Brandon Neal. Aztec Temples. Michael Vickers. Dedbeats. Ash Mammal. Uncle Frank. 29/7)
Simon Says festival. Day 2 Kenneth J. Nash, Midnight Dogs. Gu-Ru. Her Name Is Calla. The Gadjos. (30/7)
August
Cosmopolitan Carnival. The Mixtones. Nia Soul. Mahalia. (12/8)
Loughborough. Beacon Fest. Phantom Fest. Jonezy. River Chickens. Aztec Temples. Skam. (27/8)
September
Cookie. Traps. (2/9)
Glastonbudget auditions at The Shed with Jonezy. Also Toby Leonard. (8/9)
Crazyhead at The Donkey (15/9)
Musicians Against Homelessness at The Y Theatre with Kevin Hewick, Luke Broughton, Kenneth J. Nash, Aztec Temples and much more. (24/9)
October
Rawkus Reds, Kill The Mammoth, Glastonbudget auditions at The Shed. (6/10)
Dryden Street Social Club. Broken Witt Rebels. Siobhan Mazzei and band. (14/10)
The Shed. Glastonbudget. Revival. Ferris. Andrew Morgan, singer. (20/10)
The Shed saw We Give In, Earls, Alligator, Monachopsis, Royal Arcade. (21/10)
Oxjam Leicester Takeover. Many bands and artists. Just a few: Homeless Shakespeare, Toby Leonard, Day of the Moon, Kevin Hewick, Mikey Kerslake, Michael Vickers, Tony Alles, Lambone Splinter, Fazed. (28/10)
Later that night, Siobhan Mazzei, Luke Broughton, Hells Addiction, Goldwater at Dryden Street Social. (28/10)
November
Traps, Neon Waltz and Milburn at the O2. (10/11)
The Shed. Demons of Ruby Mae. (18/11)
December
Glastonbudget audition at The Shed with Traps, Homeless Shakespeare. (1/12)
Resin Christmas party at Firebug with Resin, Mage, Torqued, Ramage Inc., Temple of Lies. (23/12)
Homeless Shakespeare’s album launch at the Soundhouse. Timmas. Dr. X. Ginhouse Gypsies. (28/12)
New Years Eve. The Brandy Thieves at The Musician. I went but only to have a good time. (31/12)
Photo: RhinsoFeroSS photography
All in all, a pretty good year for music, of all kinds.
This is #Leicester. It’s the #besta.
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