2013-04-16

New Band Up North: Low Duo

Each week, I dig through the sounds of the North, picking one artist or band I think you should take notice of. This week: Low Duo

Two brothers: one voice, one guitar. Their sound is raw, emotional and eerie. Vocals, which are full of tenderness, anger and love, meet a guitar that’s jangly, upset and just as aggressive.

It’s as if Low Duo’s music, full of pain and heartache, has been collected into a bottle, sealed and left in a cellar for a while. You can smell love, lost, regret and misery. You start to hear a guitar being strummed softly and a sad voice singing. It reeks of sadness but it’s beautiful too.

Now a spindly guitar backs a harrowing high-pitched voice. The voice and guitar inside your head gets louder, deeper and angrier. So, you’re thinking what’s she going on about? But that’s how Low Duo make me feel.

Read the rest over on The Guardian here.

2013-03-17

Here’s a live session I directed, produced, filmed and edited for BBC Sheffield Introducing.

Watch the mighty rock and roll duo The Hot Soles swinging and shaking in this brilliant performance of ‘Call The Regulator’.

This was such a joy to make!

2013-02-11

New Band Up North: Dead Sons

Each week, I dig through the sounds of the North, picking one artist or band I think you should take notice of. Number 15: Dead Sons.

Loud, heavy, dirty riffs seductively weave in and out of sexy yet menacing melodies to create sleazy, desert rock that makes you want to drink a decent whisky, grow a beard and rock out.

The Sheffield five-piece Dead Sons have been making waves in the Steel City for a while now and hope their debut album The Hollers and The Hymns, out next Monday, will break them into the mainstream. They’ve already achieved chart success in Turkey, climbing to number 2, and they performed in front of 10,000 people when they supported Arctic Monkeys at Don Valley Bowl last year.

Read the rest of this article over on The Guardian here.

2013-01-28

New Band Up North

It’s Monday. It’s 5pm. And that’s when Emily Brinnand digs through the sounds of the North. Each week she picks one band that she thinks should have you sitting up and taking notice. Number Thirteen: Hey Sholay

Releasing music on USB stick, x-ray vinyl and cassette aren’t the only things that set this band apart from the rest. Their debut album ((O)) is incredible and one of the best I heard last year. Imagine you’re staring at a beautiful, calm pool overlooking a breathtaking, sunny morning; the sound of dreamy synths fills the warm air. Then all of sudden you’ve got an urge to run, jump and BOOM! You dive right into the middle of the water, the huge splash of rocky drums and jangly guitars begins and you’re totally immersed. The band making me feel this way is Hey Sholay – a psychedelic progressive-rock five piece from Sheffield and Leeds. Their catchy sing-along choruses, uplifting, feel good melodies and gorgeous vocals drench you with optimism.

2012-12-17

I filmed, edited and produced this music video for Sheffield musician See Emily Play. The song ‘Let’s Go Get Away’ is from her second EP, which is available to download from iTunes on Monday 17th December.

All profits will be donated to Rape Crisis England and Wales: www.rapecrisis.org.uk

I had a brief chat with Emily about her latest project, the EP and her journey so far.

Read it here.

Read, watch and listen to loads of content over on my website: www.emilybrinnand.com

Check See Emily Play out at:

www.seeemilyplaymusic.co.uk
www.facebook.com/seeemilyplayuk
www.twitter.com/seeemilyplayuk

2012-11-30

Sheffield progressive pop band Alvarez Kings popped in to chat to me on my show Mixtape, all about their latest adventures in the US & Canada and performed this beautiful song too!

It’s called ‘Postcards From Berlin’ and it’s brand new.

Have a watch and share it with your friends.

Gorgeous.

For more Alvarez Kings head to www.alvarezkings.com
or go to see them live on Friday 7th December at The Plug in Sheffield.

2012-11-24

I’m sure everyone in Sheffield is getting excited tonight as The Crookes return home to play The Leadmill.

I caught up with the wonderful George and Tom from the band while they’re on tour in Leeds. Here we chat all about their highlights so far, how they’re getting on with fellow Sheffield band Hey Sholay, plans for the third album and why Russel bared a lot of flesh in Munich.

Have a listen and share.

2012-11-13

mixtapesheflive:

SHOW PREVIEW

TONIGHT WE’VE GOT A PACKED 1 HOUR SHOW featuring The Crookes and Brave New Storm

ON AIR: 6pm - 7pm on Sheffield Live! 93.2fm

As always we’ll be bringing you new music from across South Yorkshire, plus hear Emily’s chat with Sheffield new pop band The Crookes on their UK tour and find out who’s in our TOP 3 this week.

Plus just after 6:30pm - Brave New Storm will be here to chat about their latest EP.

So if you want to get in touch just tweet us @mixtapesheflive or write on our wall Facebook.com/mixtapesheffieldlive

And you can hear a lovely remix Mark Nichols’ has worked on with Stop Drop Robot and sounds from Volcanoes, BLESSA and J. Kas.

HOW TO LISTEN

LISTEN the old fashion way on 93.2fm on your radio in Sheffield

OR

Head online to www.sheffieldlive.org at 6pm - Click ‘ON AIR’ and away you go!

(VIDEO: The Crookes - ‘Afterglow’ Official Video)

Source: mixtapesheflive

2012-09-05

Here’s my latest radio show on Sheffield Live 93.2fm.

It was lovely to be joined by Alexis from Yorkshire blues punk band Wet Nuns.

They’ve recently rocked the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival, popped to Norway and made an incredible new single that’s not even out yet. Enjoy this, I did.

Wet Nuns are launching their new single ‘Why You So Cold?’ tomorrow at Camden’s BarFly. Then they’re off to Bestival on Friday.

2012-09-03

guardianmusic:

Via @EmilyBrinnand

This video by Sheffield band The Lion Works must have taken a VERY long time to put together. Basically it’s an Actionman/Barbie love affair…

Source: guardianmusic