- RT @iamlonewolf: Myself and Jon Foulger (@duelsmusic) are conducting a lecture on Songwriting and Production today at Leeds Met chatting ... 18/October/11
- Band night out http://t.co/QWy5WzOR 23/September/11
- RT @mikedoyley: @duelsmusic What's this all about then guys, you've got me all excited now ! 24/July/11
- RT @nickrowan27: There's something occurring, but I know not what it is. RT @duelsmusic "Immersion imminent" 16/July/11
- RT @fuzzyfoster: @duelsmusic Yay for instant hot water! 16/July/11
- Bart Pettman Leeds-based photographer responsible for some fantastic Duels photos
- Honour Before Glory Whiskas’ new band who have just released their debut album
- James Kenosha Our very own James’ website about his music production projects
- Lazy Dane A freelance illustrator based in Leeds, producing work that brings together a love of Maths and minimal design
- Lone Wolf Paul Marshall likes to write about things like murder and death. He is often joined by Duels people on stage.
Tag Archives / bands
Oh you Pretty Things
Greetings dear reader, what’s new? Well, The Pretty Things are performing at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club on 23rd September. They are, of course, those of seminal 1968 concept album “S.F. Sorrow” fame. Recorded at Abbey Road a number of months after Sgt. Pepper’s.. and released in a week that saw The Stones, Beatles and Kinks [...]
Reading between the lines
Hello Reader, Drowned In Sound have now added the two-part iLiKELiTERATURE features. Part 1 features the mix-tape put together by Dave iLT which features our very own “The Wild Hunt”. There’s some fantastic tracks on the compilation, with commentary from the artists responsible. Part 2 features an interview with the songwriters who contributed to the [...]
Whiskas in the mix….
Hello reader, You might want to check out Drowned In Sound’s Leeds Day features. There’s a couple of contributions from Mr. Whiskas, including his mix-tape which we feature on (we also have a track on Dave iLiKETRAiNS’ mix-tape “iLiKELiTERATURE” I believe). It’s great to hear some blasts from the now-considerable past on there, and there’s [...]
In season
Thought it good to make a note of our existence, still. I’m listening to this while writing so I’m sticking it here so you can listen whilst reading. The internet weaves its magic yet again – - Mark Hollis – The Colour Of Spring Mark Hollis – The Watershed Mark Hollis – Inside Looking Out [...]
Music for the people
Shame on me for not mentioning that I have recently been appearing as keys/backing vocals/guitars for Lone Wolf of Bella Union. Paul Marshall, for it is he, recently commissioned the lovely Broken Pixel (who made us a video for The Slow Build many moons ago) to make his new video for him. You can watch [...]
Ashes to ashes
Bonfire is, as we know, adapted from the French “Good fire”. It is believed to come from an exchange between Martin “Guy” Fawkes and Robert Catesby. When Catesby enquired as to whether levels of gunpowder lying beneath the House of Parliament would be sufficient to successfully deliver their plot, Fawkes is said to have replied [...]
There wont always be an England
with the baffling nonsense of Nick Griffin still ringing in the ears, no better time to listen to ‘There Won’t Always Be An England’ by Leeds heroes The Wind Up Birds; Paul’s writing some of the best lyrics I’ve heard. Duels reconvene for drinks and snacks soon to discuss getting down to it. Hopefully more [...]
Honour Before Glory
DUELS’ own Whiskas has been busy working on a project he, and now everyone else, calls “Honour Before Glory”. To hear the first crop of material, featuring help from various friends including Jon Foulger visit the HBG myspace. He talks about the project a bit on his blog, and there are words from the horses [...]
Heads We Dance
Today sees the official Fake DIY Records release of the Heads We Dance debut album “Love Technology” I’m personally delighted to finally see the fruition of many years of endeavour from the guys. In a previous life, early incarnations of our respective bands crossed paths/shared bills, as some of the dedicated may have witnessed, whilst [...]
Training / Camp
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping your eye on the expanding confirmed line up for Live at Leeds 2009, but it is looking particularly tasty, with more acts to be confirmed. I’m particularly looking forward to A Camp, fronted by The Cardigans’ Nina Persson (her of beautiful voice fame) and also including Niclas Frisk [...]
iLiKETRAiNS on Artrocker
Our buddies iLiKETRAiNS are guest editors of Artrocker this week. They’re reviewing singles and the like, they recommend you check out This Et Al (very much agreed) and there’s a great article written by Dave about the music industry which is well worth a read. Their debut album “Elegies to Lessons Learnt” (yes they went [...]
Sunday, sunday
Thanks to everyone who came down to The Crescent we weren’t expecting to see so many friendly faces, a really nice atmosphere we thought. Hope that our set was the start of a great night for many of you. Big thanks again to Glenna for the violin, fantastic. Remember to check out her band Tigers [...]
Crawling Forward through Camden to Russia with Talking Tigers
hello, i’ve not tried this thing yet probably to the consternation of others but here we go anyway… if all that Forward Russia chat made you hungry for more sticks of math rock check out this cos they’re ace and I’m in it helping them out on the acoustic axe..i’m concentrating, not sleeping by the [...]
Spring Is A Condition (that makes bands release great music)
Don’t let the April showers dampen your mood, those rains are replenishing the earth, from the earth grows some stuff, some of that stuff is later eaten by bands, who then record music using the energy given to them by the stuff (potatoes etc). Yes, Dear Reader, the first yield of the second crop is [...]
The Slow Build Artist’s New Feature
Our friend Ashley Dean, also known as Broken Pixel, has held a gala screening of his new film at Leeds’ East Street Arts’ Patrick Galleries. Ashley worked with us on the video for The Slow Build about 18 months ago, contributing the wonderful stop-animation sections. We met up a handful of times to discuss what [...]