Quidrophenia

Quidrophenia is back! and this time it's bigger and better than ever...

Quidrophenia XII sees the all day charity event finally burst out of the seems of Oporto and expand to include fellow music lovers Milo's as well as both rooms of it's founding venue.

This years event has been put together by Harry Johns (Dinosaur Pile Up, Wingman), founder Mark Crossley (Machine Guns and Leather Jackets), Gary Stewart & the peeps at Dead Young Records so promises to be a day of wicked music from both near and far.

Kicking off early afternoon and continuing to the early morn we have a host of amazing Bands and DJs all day across both venues including...

Wingman

Dinosaur Pile Up (DJs)

Machine Guns and Leather Jackets

Wooderson

Eagulls

Sketches (DJs)

Little Black Hearts

Imp

Yucatan

Bazooka Joe & The Basterds

Secret Circuits

Nice Sharp Pencils

The Bambinos

Sham Parsons

The Loud

Gary Stewart

Rosie Doonan Band

Hayley Gaftarnick

Jonny The Firth

David Henshaw

Mojo 57

Boss Caine

Brent Heslop

Pete Yelding

Greta Jansen

Dead Young DJs

+ Super Special Guest appearances, collaborations & double sets!

Previous events have seen appearances from Pigeon Detectives, Sunshine Underground, Ellen & The Escapades & I'm sure i saw Howard Marks wondering round the last one so expect exciting things!

All this in 2 wicked venues within short staggering distance...

Oporto, Call Lane, Leeds

& Milo, Call Lane, Leeds

Bands from 2pm - DJs til 3am

£2 all day (1 Quid per venue!)

All proceeds go to Cancer Research UK

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Video Blog #August

Black Mountain - Old Fangs

This Canadian 5-piece have been rockin since 1996, but I've only just clocked onto them this week. They're touring the UK next month to support the release of their latest album 'Wilderness Heart' from which 'Old Fangs' is the first single. You can download it for free with 5 other great tracks from Jagjaguwar HERE.

Giobia - Old Jim

A fantastic Garage/Psych band from Milan who have painstakingly recorded their latest album 'Hard Stories' entirely on vintage analogue equipment. Hopefully they will be visiting the UK in early December, fingers crossed!

The Keys - From Tense To Loose To Slack

Brilliant & bizarre video from a great Welsh band we've been trying to bring to Oporto for some time. We can now confirm The Keys will play a free show for us in Leeds on Tuesday 19th October. Don't miss it!

Philadelphia Grand Jury - Going To The Casino

How awesome is this song!? The Philly Jays hail from Australia, not the land of the cheese-steak sandwich, if you wanted to know. More importantly you can buy this on 7" from Monday 13th September, and/or download a tasty EP (including this thumping garage tune) they're giving away HERE. Currently based in London they're gigging pretty solidly through August til early October ending the tour at Leeds' Cockpit on Thursday 7th October.

Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss

Another great Aussie band here, but no (legal) free download I can find this time unfortunately. Their debut album 'Innerspeaker' is worth every penny though. Channeling the spirit of Sgt. Pepper to create a modern day slacker psych-rock classic, its a great sound for the summer - whats left of it... Catch them at Reading/Leeds festivals.