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Leeds-based Chinchilla Festival announced - line up, tickets, stuff...
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver May 24th, 2005
The Chinchillafest returns for its third year in July.

The event, held across three days at two venues in Leeds, boasts an impressive line up of underground acts, each well worth investigation by the curious and open-minded. The following is the offical blurb:

The chinchilla collective are proud to present the third annual chinchillafest.

This year, the festival will be a benefit for the two venues we're using for the three days of fun. The Common Place is an autonomous space in the city centre - to find out more visit here - and the Brudenell Social Club is a vital space in the heart of LS6, under threat from closure due to sound complaints unless money is raised to sound proof the venue. To find out more visit here.

Here is the line up. No doubt a few things will change (they always do), but you should get a good idea of what's happening... some of these descriptions are a bit shit as I'm cramped for space, so give me a shout if you want to know more about anyone playing.

FRIDAY 8TH JULY
THE COMMON PLACE, WHARF STREET, LEEDS
START: 8pm

PRINTED CIRCUIT - electronic dance pop fun (Leeds)
POLTERGROOM - fun in the vein of Arab on Radar, US Maple (London)
TIGERS! - their last ever gig (Leeds)
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON - looping americana (Leeds)
THE MOCK HEROIC - fast, tight mohinder-esque emo (Norwich/Leeds)
COWTOWN - indie dance winners (Leeds)
SENSE OR THIS - electronic noise (Leeds)

SATURDAY 9TH JULY
THE BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, QUEENS ROAD, LEEDS
STARTS: 2pm

TRENCHER - loud casio-grind three-piece (London)
SOEZA - indie rock on Gringo Records (Bristol/London)
LORDS - super-loud blues rock (Nottingham/Derby)
BROWN OWL - the funk kings (Leeds/Newcastle)
EXECUTIVE DISTRACTION TASKS - technical assault (Leeds)
THE VAN IJK CREAMERS - big rock with people from Pfaff (Holland)
MONSTER KILLED BY LASER - stoner dirge (Leeds)
QUACK QUACK - new Krautrock from Leeds' finest sound engineers and the drums of Neil Turpin (Leeds)
THE REST - keyboard-based dance party (Newcastle)
LAND AHOY - jittery indie rock (Manchester)
PIFCO - bizarre indie duo (Leeds)

SUNDAY 10TH JULY
THE BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, QUEENS ROAD, LEEDS
START: 3pm

POLARIS - hell yeah! new record on Gringo Records soon! (Leeds)
LINE - Soeza folk play acoustic songs kinda like Pullman (Bristol)
TWINKIE - quirky indie with big drums (Derby)
THE DRAGON RAPIDE - uplifting intricate post rock (Leeds/Doncaster)
MCWATT - delicate folk charm duo (Leeds/Liverpool)
PRINTS - electronic world music and beats from Brown Owl/Bob Tilton man (Newcastle)
PINTER - art rock (Newcastle)
OUR BEAUTIFUL RIDICULOUS PLAN - semi-improv folk duo (Manchester)

WEEKEND TICKET = £12
or day tickets available:
FRIDAY 8TH JULY = £4
SATURDAY 9TH KULY = £7
SUNDAY 10TH JULY = £5

Three days of musical joy, plus a special comic and CD compilation for everyone that buys a weekend ticket. Also, you'll feel the awsome cosmic satisfaction that you're helping to raise money for the Common Place and the Brudenell Social Club.

MEMBERSHIP
As the Common Place and Brudenell Social Club are both member's clubs, you will need membership to enter the venues. Sorry to those of you that don't already have membership, as this means you'll need a few extra quid to get in, but please don't feel victimised - legally, both clubs require all visitors to be members, and membership fees are also a vital way to help keep the places open... so please remember to keep £2 for membership to the Common Place and £1.20 for the Brudenell if you're not already a member. Thanks.

For more information on this rather tasty event, check out the Chinchilla website here, or email the festival folk themselves on dangerchinchilla@hotmail.com.

Now, who wants to a) drive me to Leeds and b) let me stay on their sofa? Eh?

Picture of Lord Elvin of Lords and Twinkie stolen from the Lords website. Let us off cos we like you...



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