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SUMMARY:John Dorr
DESCRIPTION:Dorr is the solo project of British born French based producer/ singer/ film composer John Dorr.The intimate deep voice is woven with guitar\, often played using unusual items (sex toys/screwdrivers/ electric razors) going beyond noise into a deeply emotive and melodic world in the grand tradition of The Velvet Underground\, Sonic Youth and MBV.These central elements are embellished with electronic loops and glitchy\, fizzling beats. Fusing the bombastic with the delicate. 2024 saw his first feature film soundtrack Between The Lights (Dir. Mike Groom) earn bestsoundtrack at Richmond International film festival with the film itself winning several awards\, including best film at Dances With Film Festival and receiving positive reviews\, notably in The Guardian and Variety.After a UK cinema run is currently available on Amazon/ Apple and Google play in UK/USA/CAN and dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese for the Latin American market.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/john-dorr/
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SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-81/
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SUMMARY:Carnival Of Light
DESCRIPTION:The Carnival Of Light DJs take us into the weekend with some great sounds.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/carnival-of-light/
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SUMMARY:Hot Club Of Halifax
DESCRIPTION:Hot Club of Halifax play Jazz Manouche / Hot Jazz and Swing for dancers and listeners alike.The Hot Club of Halifax are a highly acclaimed and charismatic band made up of some of the best Jazz & Swing musicians in England.\n“Deep and danceable swing”\nFree entry\, contributions to events are always welcome…
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/hot-club-of-halifax-3/
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SUMMARY:Toby Hay + Holly Blackshaw
DESCRIPTION:Toby HayLauded landscape-inspired fingerstyle acoustic guitar from Wales “one of folk-rocks greatest modern names” — UNCUThttps://tobyhay.com/\nHolly BlackshawProgressive psych-folk singer songwriter from Hull via Wales ex-Crooked Weather. https://hollyblackshaw.bandcamp.com/\n\nToby Hay\nToby Hay is a guitar player and composer. Fascinated by the connection between landscape and music\, he is inspired by the landscapes of the Cambrian Mountains where he lives\, and is interested in the connection between improvisation and composition. Toby has toured all over the UK & Ireland performing solo\, or collaborating with other musicians. He is the founder of Cambrian Records.\n“One of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — KLOF\n“Magical work of vast melodic scope.” — RnR Magazine\n“These instrumentals are propelled by a restless breeziness that carries them beyond the familiar landscapes of folk…. A shimmering beauty.” — Uncut\n“…prolific mid-Wales musician Toby Hay with yet another gorgeous release by the skilful guitarist” — The Guardian\n“New Music For The 12 String Guitar is a humble title for this magical work of vast melodic scope.” — RnR Magazine\n“Humanity pours forth from every note on this rewarding collection. Images of dew-soaked countrysides emerge as the pastoral folk settings play\, the guitarist gifted with an ability to evoke the soul-nourishing rapture of outdoor landscapes not yet despoiled by human intervention. Here’s hoping Hay never loses his ability to translate authentic experience into music of equivalent character.” — Textura\n“Toby Hay is a master player and this album\, his fourth\, is a complete delight from his first raga like chord to its final notes of future promise.” — Fatea\n“Each time I listen to these twelve tracks though I hear a new phrase\, a different melody that suggests a different mood\, an alternate vision. It’s a sound-shifting record in a very positive way and completely captures the excitement and revelation of genuinely new music being made.” — Caught by the River �“I say it is full of human warmth\, but it is also tinged with wildness\, and this I think is the beauty of Toby Hay\, and of New Music For The 12 String Guitar in particular: he is able to convey multiple different emotions and represent multiple objects or landscapes\, often simultaneously\, and all with nothing more than a single instrument. This is the sign of a master musician at work\, and Hay certainly fits that description. It is only two years since his debut and he is already one of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — Folk Radio\nHolly Blackshaw\nNever being much of a city girl\, Holly was born and raised in and around Hull\, East Yorkshire\, but always found sanctuary in what wild she could in the warp lands. Holly grew in psych/rock/folk band Crooked Weather\, where world wide travelling and touring ensued\, before parting ways in 2020. During the pandemic Holly uprooted and moved to Radnorshire\, Mid-Wales where she honed her sound as a solo artist and now\, her first release is eagerly anticipated. Holly still holds all the places she’s set foot and settled close\, carried by her lilting vocals and guitar playing.\n“With a voice that comes around\, at best\, once in a generation\, Holly Blackshaw is a crucible of sounds of both folk and psychedelia. She manages to produce music that breaks and follows tradition”— Jeff Conklin\, WFMU\n“Gave me goosebumps all over my soul”— Adam Walton\, BBC Radio Wales
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/toby-hay-holly-blackshaw/
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SUMMARY:Dal:um (Korea - Glitterbeat Records) + ADRA
DESCRIPTION:Dal:um (Korea – Glitterbeat Records)Duo extracting intricate and experimental compositions from stringed folk instruments the Gayageum and Geomungo to create ‘the sound of 21st Century Seoul’: a contemporary approach to traditional instruments by way of minimalism\, experimental folk and jazz.https://dalummusic.com/\nADRA Andy Abbott’s ambient\, experimental/improv solo project exploring immersion through repetitionhttps://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/…/music-for-psychiatric…\n\n8pm – 10pm (prompt start – live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).\nFREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted\n— more info —\n\nDal:um – alongside peers Park Jiha\, Jambinai and Leenalchi – are at the forefront of a new Korean music. The duo of Ha Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung are virtuosos on two different types of traditional zithers\, the gayageum and geomungo\, and their music deftly navigates a plethora of contemporary influences: minimalism\, experimental folk and abstract jazz. The sound of 21st century Seoul\, where the boundaries of tradition are stretched and occasionally broken.\nCoexistence is released on tak:til\, Glitterbeat’s instrumental music imprint\, and home to artists such as Brìghde Chaimbeul\, Širom\, Jon Hassell and Park Jiha.\n:::::::::::::::::::::\nSomething magical is happening on the South Korean music scene\, and it isn’t K-Pop. Blow away the froth\, and it is soon apparent that in the concert halls and clubs of Seoul and beyond\, a febrile music scene is bubbling up. The Dal:um duo are at the forefront of new Korean music\, bringing a questing\, modernising energy to timeless traditions.\nHa Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung grew up learning formal Korean gugak music\, excelling on two different types of zithers: the gayageum and geomungo respectively. But these two young women soon became restless. Dal:um is the sound of 21st century Seoul\, where the boundaries of tradition are stretched (and occasionally broken) to create something unique.Dal:um translates as ‘to keep pursuing something’\, a name which couldn’t be more apposite. Suyean and Hyeyoung garnered wide acclaim and toured around the world with their debut album\, Similar and Different (Tak:til/Glitterbeat\, 2021)\, and with their second album\, Coexistence\, they are taking another leap forward.\nSimilar and Different was the sound of two musicians pushing and pulling one another. In Coexistence they have become one: one with one another\, one with the wider world around them\, one with life itself. It is music that is deeply personal\, but personal in the way that it absorbs the life that surrounds the pair\, finding peace\, fear\, drama and – ultimately – hope.Coexistence was forged at the tail end of the COVID pandemic. The duo\, who first met as members of the Seoul Metropolitan Youth Traditional Music Ensemble\, determined that this time round they would compose the whole album themselves. They took inspiration from the nature around them in Seoul\, as well as from their tours in Europe\, where long car journeys took them through natural landscapes that were strikingly different from home. “The pandemic made us realise how precious the things around us truly are\,” they explain. “As we wrote\, we contemplated the value of living alongside other living things. The question that arose was: how can we harmoniously coexist with the life surrounding us? We wanted to encapsulate these thoughts in our music.”\nRecording in Seoul’s A&Tive Studio\, Suyean and Hyeyoung resisted the temptation to add unnecessary bells and whistles to their music\, sticking resolutely to the dynamic between their two instruments. Both the gayageum and the geomungo are made of long\, rectangular blocks of Paulownia wood with strings strung across them. Each string is arched over a moveable wooden bridge at a different point along the length of the instrument. The 25-string gayageum is typically the more melodic and lyrical of the pair\, lending itself to repeated undulating melodies. The geomungo is its more boisterous cousin. The bamboo-stick plectrum struck against its six thick strings produces the thrilling thwack and twang that is so distinctive in Korean music. Hyeyoung also brings a novel approach to the instrument by sawing at the strings with a bow\, creating a scratchy wave of noise during the music’s most intense moments.\nWe can hear both instruments at their fullest on the opening number\, ‘DOT’. A manifesto of sorts\, it has the precision and urgency of morse code brought to life. In their words: “We were focussing on the ‘dot’ as a musical motif characteristic of string instruments. The expanding pattern of these dot motifs in both the gayageum and geomungo symbolises the continuous progress of Dal:um.”\nFurther into the album\, ‘Dodry’\, calls upon the duo’s musical education by incorporating elements of ‘Suyeonjangjigok’\, a piece from Korea’s Joseon era that was used to pray for the longevity of the king. The title comes from dodry\, the traditional Korean musical form that is similar to the repeat sign in Western music. In this piece Dal:um reflect on the daily routines which accumulate to shape who we are. With the strings ringing out in sustained notes\, it is radical in its starkness and has the elegance of a Chopin nocturne.\nThe inspiration for another number on Coexistence is the work of English visual artist Cornelia Parker\, whose fascination with opposites and transformations led to her mixing snake poison and its antidote with black and white inks. The interplay between the gayageum and geomungo on the track ‘Poison and Antidote’ finds the two musicians seemingly clawing at one another\, then coming together to represent the writhing serpent itself. Equally evocative is the closing track\, which was written in response to the television documentary My Octopus Teacher (Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed\, 2020)\, which followed a diver in South Africa. ‘In the Deep’\, reflects what the duo describe as a “beautiful yet fierce’ underwater ecosystem\, the enquiring strings questioning humanity’s place in nature.”\nLike the sea\, on the surface this album stretches to the horizon with rippling\, translucent patterns. The duo’s symbiotic connection and instrumental mastery is both awesome and strangely reassuring. Those who dive deeper will find that the album has a beautiful yet fierce ecosystem of its own. All life is to be found here. Near and far. Old and new. Fear. Hope. All… in coexistence.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2–j6gzKxmMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXzx96juvghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFR7q1RpWoo\n\n— ADRA —\nAndy Abbott is an artist\, musician and writer who lives in West Yorkshire\, UK. For a long time Andy was synonymous with pummelling noise; playing guitar in celebrated Leeds bands such as the ferocious duo That Fucking Tank or the double-drumming psych outfit Nope. However\, in recent years – under his solo moniker ADRA – he has been making minimalist abstract music\, alongside more acoustic and ambient-leaning explorations.\nIn 2024 Andy released ‘Music For Psychiatric Wards (And Fluid Structures)’; a compilation of recordings inspired by his experiences as a creative practitioner performing ambient music in psychiatric wards across Yorkshire in 2023\nPrevious releases include tapes and vinyl for Bloxham Tapes\, Reverb Worship and Folklore Tapes. He has collaborated with Alice Hubble\, Aby Vulliamy and Dean McPhee; and shared tours and bills with Maurizio Abate and Above the Tree\, Edgars Rubenis\, Ex-Easter Island Head and Norway’s Soft Noise Ensemble.\n“a beautifully structured hour of ambient music; reflective and calm with endlessly unravelling layers.” – Uncut\, 2024\n“…a genre-defying album that is as fluid as its title would suggest. From the patter of the steel pan to the whirr and drone of the organ\, what unfurls in between these two harbours is a deeply searching travelogue; at times water-like\, at others light-filled as if in some kind of morning glow.” – The Quietus\, 2024\n‘a remarkably affecting series of tracks that vary quite wildly in terms of mood and instrumentation … I could listen to it for weeks.’ – Norman Records\, 2024\n“the album is reminiscent of composers like La Monte Young\, Hans Otto or Arco Part\, where the approach is to pick out a nuanced emotion and explore it fully. That said\, there is also adventure in the album’s minimalism. It feels much like a meandering\, richly-adorned Greg Foat composition\, split out into its constituent parts\, each given the chance to live and breathe independently of one another.” – Dirty Sunbeams\, 2024\n“This is another solo project helmed by the Bradford based musician Andrew DR Abbott\, whose work cartwheels through genres the way fat old men wish they could move through cheese. It is the first documentation of ADRA\, and it’s quite a package … The music is improvised on a variety of instruments (from baritone guitar to ocarina)\, and the pieces are designed to inspire us to dream of a post-capitalist utopia. Since I do that all the time already\, this is just the sort of thing I should be listening to. As should you. A great offering of the minimal as maximal.” – Byron Coley for The Wire\, 2020 \nSee less
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/dalum-korea-glitterbeat-records-adra/
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SUMMARY:Chess Night
DESCRIPTION:All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/chess-night-83/
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SUMMARY:SUEP + Benthead
DESCRIPTION:Receiving acclaim across BBC 6 Music and the indie press for their ‘car boot sale’ pop music\, SUEP rummage through the jumble bin of music history\, selecting and reassembling its best parts into something playful\, strange and deeply artful. The band are affiliates of the Gob Nation collective – including The Tubs\, Sniffany & The Nits\, Ex-Void\, and others.With their unique modern indie songcraft SUEP dip into country\, synthpop\, garage rock\, post punk\, and pub rock\, but always retain their signature penchant for melodic hooks\, snappy structures and straight-to-the-heart lyrics.\n“fresh outsider guitar pop flying high on lighthearted theatrics and cohesively winsome tunes” – The Quietus\n“SUEP sounds like if post-punk group Delta 5 took a smoke break with ’60s yé-yé icon Francoise Hardy.” – Stereogum\nhttps://www.instagram.com/suepband\nhttps://www.facebook.com/suepmusic/\nhttps://memorialsofdistinction.bandcamp.com/album/shop-2\nLean into the alt rock psych sound of Hebden Bridge’s BENTHEAD with your good ear. Like a 5-legged packhorse dancing on gritstone\, flying high above the northern sky and wading doggedly through the thick\, bubbling swamps of the Vale of Calder.\n“Quirky\, bonkers and fun” – Happening Next\nhttps://benthead.co.uk/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/BENTHEADtheband/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@bentheadtheband\nhttps://www.instagram.com/benthead/
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/suep-benthead/
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SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-82/
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SUMMARY:Tiger Island + Beach Head
DESCRIPTION:Tiger Island are a ferociously loud\, punked-up garagey power-pop band from Leeds/Bradford\, fuelled by massive riffs\, pounding drums\, and tunes you can actually dance to. Think PJ Harvey Vs Hot Snakes via the B52s. But faster and catchier than measles.They’ve been sleazing their way around the basement venues of West Yorkshire since 2022 and their latest 5-track EP “Looka Looka Looka” is a right nice time.\n“Tiger Island have an explosive sound built around blistering guitars\, cool synth lines and an utterly riotous rhythm section. They create ragged garage-punk drenched in sweat and delivered straight from the heart” – Louder than war\n“it’s punk\, but at its core\, it’s rock’n’roll. Super tight and catchy as all hell” Maximum Rock and roll\nhttps://www.instagram.com/tigerislandband/\nhttps://tigerisland.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/tigerislandband/\nFormed in 2025\, Beach Head are a new rock band based in Leeds. Inspired by the best in punk\, grunge and stoner rock (Queens of the Stone Age\, Pixies\, Breeders) together they create an exciting and enervating sound full of passion and power but dripping with catchy melodies. They have a 6 track self titled EP out now to get your teeth into.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/beachheadrock/\nhttps://beachheadrock.bandcamp.com/album/beach-head-ep
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/tiger-ialand-beach-head/
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SUMMARY:Adelaide Taylor + Andy Greaves
DESCRIPTION:Adelaide Taylor is an up and coming artist and multi-instrumentalist based in West Yorkshire. Inspired by the likes of Billy Joel\, Bowie and Springsteen\, she’s dedicated to creating heartfelt music that focuses on narrative as much as composition; her performances are always raw and powerful.\nAt just 25\, Adelaide’s worked with fantastic players such as Neil Fairclough (Queen and Adam Lambert) plus Amy Wadge (Grammy winning writer of Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud). Most notably\, she recently had her track ‘Bad Place’ played on BBC Radio 2.\nShe’ll be releasing her debut album at the back end of this year\, but in the meantime it’s business as usual- scribbling her thoughts down on paper and putting music to them!\n\nAndy Greaves is a stalwart of the Calderdale music scene – a singer\, multi-instrumentalist\, songwriter\, poet\, and dynamic performer who began in West Yorkshire folk clubs before gaining attention in the 1980s with post-punk band Chinese Gangster Element\, recording two sessions for BBC Radio 1’s John Peel. Since then\, he has explored genres from punk to country while staying rooted in traditional British folk\, co-leading The Tragics\, fronting Edward Molby\, performing with Ghost School\, and continuing to appear as a solo artist and poet on the local scene.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/adelaide-taylor-support/
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UID:3501-1776715200-1776726000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Chess Night
DESCRIPTION:All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/chess-night-85/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T220000
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SUMMARY:The Silver Reserve + Admiral Drowsy & The Narwals
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Sturgess\, who performs as ‘The Silver Reserve’\, plays delicate\, sparse music on a classical guitar\, crafting intricate melodies around thoughtful and evocative lyrics. At times creating dense\, layered atmospherics\, this is music that doesn’t rush and takes its sweet\, sad time to unfurl and sneak under the skin.\n“I have fallen in love with The Silver Reserve. Songs of warmth and beauty that scratch at the inside of your heart. In a world that sits heavy on your chest\, this is music that reminds you how to breathe.’ Thea Gilmore (Cooking Vinyl)\n”Beautiful\, fragmentary songs which slowly dismantle you.” Seamus Fogarty (Domino Records/Fence Collective)\n“The Silver Reserve is beautiful as fuck and funny as fuck and beautiful as fuck.” Kathryn Joseph (Rock Action Records)\nhttps://thesilverreserve.bandcamp.com/\nAdmiral Drowsy is the song writing veneer of Luke Redfern Scott. After a lenthly time overseas\, Luke is currently back in West Yorkshire and has reconvened with a group of old friends forming a new band creating music with numerous guitars\, drums\, a few synthesisers and other potential oddities. His music has an unsettling dream-folk quality with expressive yet restrained vocials and an off kilter ambience all its own.\n“Like Syd Barrett if he’d survived\, straightened up and reverted back to literate and idiosyncratic folk-pop” – Elsewhere\n“Challenging\, adventurous and downright ominous mutant folk” – RNZ\nhttps://admiraldrowsy1.bandcamp.com/…/industrial…\nhttps://www.facebook.com/AdmiralDrowsy
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/the-silver-reserve-admiral-drowsy-the-narwals/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T183000
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SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-83/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T190000
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UID:3440-1777143600-1777158000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Bhajan Buoy + Piro + Dean McPhee + Bass Ritual DJ
DESCRIPTION:Bhajan Bhoy (Netherlands)Ever-evolving shoegaze guitar and psychedelic electronica from Ajay Saggar with new release on Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube Recordshttps://bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com/\nPiró (Spain)Solo progressive raw post-folk guitar and singing from Zaragoza inspired by Richard Dawson and Sir Richard Bishop.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP4NHQIR7CM\nDean McPheeBradford’s cosmic ambient electric guitar pioneerhttps://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/\nplus Bass Ritual DJ set (140 / Dub / Jungle) for afters\n\n7pm – late (live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).\nFREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted\n— more info —\nBhajan BhoyDrawing from a deep well of psychedelia\, Bhajan Bhoy further shifts the parameters of the genre with a beautiful and meditative set of tracks. Within this kaleidoscopic sonic universe\, you will find raga-esque excursions\, meditative Dream House drone\, Laurel Canyon-recalling folk\, electronic soundscapes and heavy guitar riffola (sometimes two chords are enough!). This is the sound of freedom! Imagine Pandit Pran Nath\, Spacemen 3\, Pauline Oliveros and Don Cherry drinking psilocybin tea and letting loose in a studio.\n“a unique soundworld broad enough to encompass wild psych-noise guitar\, dream-pop lullabies\, and futuristic drones with thrilling results” / Mojo Magazine\n“With BHAJAN BHOY\, Saggar synthesizes all of the stylistic approaches he’s explored over the years\, swirling them into an intoxicating musical blend\, with an earthy spirituality. Even the project’s name reflects the dual aspects of Saggar’s upbringing coming together in harmony. In Hindi\, a “bhajan” is a devotional song\, sung in the mandir\, or temple\, while “bhoy” is a Scottish and Irish derivation for a young man. There’s a searching quality to Bhajan Bhoy\, as if Saggar is still hunting for transcendence with each track\, whether through an expansive drone\, an orchestral facility on the piano\, or an electronics-augmented raga that threatens to dip into noise” (Erick Bradshaw / writer and WFMU DJ).\n—\nPiró is the project of Alex\, a musical individual from the fearsome city of extreme seasons and the cierzo wind\, affectionately nicknamed Zaragoza. A proud member of the city’s struggling DIY scene\, he finds his voice in an oasis called Arrebato. His melodies navigate folk music with diverse roots\, primarily driven by the guitar.\nHis songs narrate the disillusionment of politics\, the joy of humanity\, and the non-accidental nature of anxiety\, all infused with a deep love for the instrument.\n“A self-confessed lover of Richard Dawson and Richard Bishop… although really it’s only because they’re named Richard\, and basically\, he adores every Richard in the world.”\nhttps://md-us.bandcamp.com/…/es-mejor-prevenir-que-causar\n\nPIRÓ — Inter Sopena en ARREBATO – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8bizHCfD8…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXbzn4J9aI…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNcIQ2FbE6Y…\n—\nDean McPhee plays a Fender Telecaster through a valve amp and subwoofer with kick drum and effects\, and he is influenced by Dub\, Modal Jazz\, British Folk\, Underground Electronic Music and Psychedelic Rock. A self-taught musician with a fluid technique and an inventive approach to sound\, his music is melodic\, hypnotic and trance-inducing with a deep sense of space.\nDean has toured the UK and Europe and opened for artists such as Thurston Moore\, The Magic Band\, Acid Mothers Temple\, Michael Chapman\, Meg Baird\, Michael Hurley\, Josephine Foster\, Emeralds\, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe\, Charalambides and Wolf People. His music has received international radio play and has been acclaimed by the likes of MOJO Magazine\, The Wire Magazine\, Dusted\, Louder than War\, Uncut Magazine\, Brainwashed and The Quietus.\n“At any given time\, there are always a handful of visionary guitarists who carve out their own compelling and distinctive niche\, as well as many more who exhibit virtuosic technique or write consistently great songs. McPhee’s work checks off all three of those boxes\, but his greatest moments reach another plane altogether where it feels like he is channeling something much deeper\, more timeless\, and almost supernatural”(Anthony D’Amico\, Brainwashed)\n“Set within an electric ancestry that includes Michael Karoli’s solos in Can\, the hymnal rock of Popol Vuh’s Daniel Fichelscher and the sonic spaciousness of dub\, as well as the emotional punch of John Martyn’s dawn-lit Echoplex epic\, ‘Small Hours’.” (Frances Morgan\, The Quietus)\n“Definitely one of the leading contemporary guitar stylists in the UK\, and in the world”(Steve Barker\, BBC ‘On the Wire’)
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/bhajan-buoy-piro-dean-mcphee-bass-ritual-dj/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260427T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260319T125556Z
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UID:3503-1777320000-1777330800@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Chess Night
DESCRIPTION:All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/chess-night-86/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260319T131012Z
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UID:3517-1777579200-1777590000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Jazz Night with the Ben Crossland Quartet
DESCRIPTION:8.15pm start – Free admission\, Collection towards the band taken; Please be generous if you can…\nBEN CROSLAND QUARTET\n‘Wooltown Reflections‘ tour\nFeaturing special guest\, trumpeter Steve Waterman\nCelebrating 20 years since the band was formed\, the band is still made up of Rod Mason saxophones\, Dean Stockdale piano\, & Dave Tyas drums\, all leading figures on the northern jazz scene.The band will feature material by contemporary composers including Jaco Pastorius\, Bob Mintzer\, Mike Mainieri and Don Grolnick as well as originals penned by Crosland\, including several of his arrangements of the iconic songs of the legendary Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies featured on his album ‘The Ray Davies Songbook’.\n“…the album swings consistently…with this sharp\, cogent collection\, a dedicated follower of Ray Davies has made him a well-respected jazz composer too.’ The Times\n‘Excellent bassist/bandleader’ – The Guardian\n‘Fluid and inventive contemporary bassist’ The Independent\n‘His compositions are colourful\, beguiling and thoroughly musical’ Mark Gilbert\, Jazz Journal International\n‘An unaffectedly lyrical composer of direct and evocative melodies that draw in the uninitiated and jazz cognoscenti alike’ – John Fordham. London Jazz News\nTrains:If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds\, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.\nIf you’re travelling up the Calder Valley\, and onwards to Manchester\, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.22.\nPlease allow 15 minutes to walk from the pub to the station\, and please check\, on the day of travel\, that the times have not changed\, or that strike actions are being planned.\nBus:There’s a 579 bus to Halifax that leaves Station Road at 23.48\, just a few minutes’ walk from the Pub\, however\, give yourself plenty of time\, as it’s the last bus\, it can be pretty sharp in setting off.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/jazz-night-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T183000
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CREATED:20260319T125204Z
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UID:3495-1777656600-1777660200@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-84/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T220000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260319T131309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T124624Z
UID:3519-1777665600-1777672800@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Rosh + Rebecca Spooner
DESCRIPTION:ROSH is a Sheffield based jazz -folk group based around singer-songwriter Roshan Lal. With their intricate orchestration\, jazz-inflected rhythms and multi-layer harmonies they create a sound both fragile and beautiful yet full of energy and invention.\n‘Beautiful stuff… warm folk music’ – BBC Introducing\n“Intimate and warm not to mention fantastically talented” – Sydney and Matilda\nhttps://www.facebook.com/RoshLalMusic/\nhttps://roshlalmusic.bandcamp.com/\n\nRebecca Spooner’s ruminative\, contemporary folk songs lie somewhere between folk and pop – honest\, a bit scruffy\, and homemade\,they’re sometimes sad\, sometimes optimistic but always truthful. The quiet confidence of her storytelling and broad versatility of her acoustic guitar technique make her a local talent which is ready to soar.\n“folk-led sentiments expressed through a buoyant pop vernacular bringing to mind the haziest shades of Suzanna Vega or the melodious jangle of Fairground Attraction” – Dirty Sunbeams\n“Raw\, intimate\, and unafraid to sit with emotional discomfort\, Rebecca Spooner is often reminiscent to the talents of Joni Mitchell and Laura Marling” – Amazing Radio\nhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100071647688374\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@rebeccaspooner/videos\nhttps://rebeccaspooner.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/gabriel-minnikin-rosh/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T124820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T124820Z
UID:3563-1777755600-1777762800@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Bone Wars + Leo Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by millions of years of evolution: Bone Wars are a fearsome new psych rock quartet from Yorkshire.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/bone-wars-leo-brazil/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T125005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T125005Z
UID:3566-1777813200-1777824000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Acoustic Singaround Session
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Puzzle Hall Inn\, the 1st Sunday of each month for an acoustic afternoon informal singaround. All persons of all ages and skill levels welcome.\nHosting\, will be the incredible Dave CalvertIn his own words: “Everyone is welcome to come along and sing\, play\, join in or just listen\, the beer is great\, as is the atmosphere. Its a lovingly restored\, community owned pub which is continuing it’s long history of music events.”\nEntry is free\, hope to see you there.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/acoustic-singaround-session-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260319T125640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T125640Z
UID:3505-1777924800-1777935600@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Chess Night
DESCRIPTION:All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/chess-night-87/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T130019Z
UID:3586-1778184000-1778194800@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Folk Night with Nick Hart
DESCRIPTION:Details to follow.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/folk-night-with-nick-hart-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T183000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T125456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T125456Z
UID:3576-1778261400-1778265000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-85/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T130226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T130226Z
UID:3588-1778360400-1778367600@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Raintown Seers
DESCRIPTION:Originally formed in mid-2012\, 5 piece Raintown Seers have roots in the folk traditions of both sides of the Atlantic and play a mix of classic and original Americana. Each member brings with them their own rich and lengthy musical experience from playing in ceilidh bands\, folk bands\, Morris sides\, country\, blues and rock groups. With these considerable diverse influences and instrumental skills they create something together which is at times joyously rollicking at other times bruised and tender but always a pleasure to hear.\n“It’s not hard to see why they have become such a live favourite” – Americana UK\n“Whether you’re drawn to lyrical storytelling or acoustic craftsmanship Raintown Seers manage to cover a lot of musical ground without sounding derivative creating a cross-cultural dialogue that feels both timeless and timely” – Fatea Magazine\nhttps://www.facebook.com/RaintownSeersUK/\nhttps://raintownseers.bandcamp.com/music\nhttps://www.youtube.com/+@raintownseers
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/raintown-seers/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T125121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T125121Z
UID:3568-1778529600-1778540400@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Chess Night
DESCRIPTION:All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/chess-night-88/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T220000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T130434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T130434Z
UID:3591-1778616000-1778623200@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Sarram + Futures We Lost
DESCRIPTION:S A R R A M is the instrumental avant-garde solo project of the Sardinian based Valerio Marras. He creates crushing yet graceful compositions where electro-doom\,heavy ambient\, drone-jazz and minimal post-rock blend to invite the listener on an intense sound journey.\n“A sonic adventure filled with highs and lows that will challenge your very subconscious.” – The Sleeping Shaman\n“Sarram is not just engaging\, but intense\, emotionally vulnerable\, and beautiful\, such that it pulls the listener back\, to pay attention” – Angry Metal Guy\nwww.facebook.com/sarramproject\nhttps://sarram.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWomUqOyPA&t=1107s\nFUTURES WE LOST is the dark post-industrial\, cinematic techno soundscape of electronic artist and producer Doug Gordon. Rising from the ashes of 2020’s grief and inspired by the artist’s ancestral roots under the crumbling mills and industrial scars of the northern English landscape his music explores these post-industrial graveyards and dystopian future visions through the lens of our present day neo technological horrors. Sometimes a brutalist techno monolith to this mechanised slavery nightmare\, sometimes a dark ambient soundtrack to the distortion and living death of our dreams. A sonic memorial to all those futures we lost…\n“A blend of dark ambient\, hauntronica and witch house\, this hallucinatory\,warped and fractured sound is music for forgotten places and fading thoughts” – The Brutalist\nhttps://www.futureswelost.co.uk/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089817341744#\nhttps://futureswelost.bandcamp.com/album/futures-we-lost
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/sarram-futures-we-lost/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T132249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T132249Z
UID:3602-1778788800-1778796000@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anta + Nope.O
DESCRIPTION:ANTA (Bristol) Loud and heavy organ-led instrumental progressive post-rock FFO Magma\, Tarkus era ELP\, big riffs. Ears still ringing from their last gig here in 2024. https://anta.bandcamp.com/album/organesson NOPE.0 One-note-wonder double-drumming repeato-rock ‘supergroup’ revisit their early stuff feat. members of Lands & Body/That Fucking Tank\, Cowtown\, Mucky Sailor and Holodrum. Also very loud. https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/track/weird-staff-demo at Puzzle Hall Inn\, 21 Hollins Mill Lane\, Sowerby Bridge\, HX6 2RF 8pm – 10pm FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted. Done in time for trains back to Leeds / Manc. \n —- more info —-  \nANTA “We’re old and familiar friends. These compositions represent the thing that happens when we get together. They aren’t representative of one individual\, one moment in time\, or one chain of decisions. Some are ancient refrains\, beginning life as habits and warm-ups\, in-jokes; others are distilled jams; more still are refined from MIDI sketches and ideas whistled into voice notes. On whatever terms these elements become something we’re happy to stand in front of you and play\, to put on record\, so be it.” So ANTA describe the process behind 2024’s Organesson. Characteristic of the Bristolian Sci-Prog quartet\, the record weaves together mesmerising\, muscular riffs in insanely loud compositions that extend well into excess. Less typical is the polarisation at play\, where granular polymeters will yield in an instant to passages of one or two-note simplicity. The record strides from one raging refrain to the next\, lurching between devastation\, joy\, chaos\, and stirring the themes accumulated along the way in exposition. “It comes down to those precious sweaty hours” the group suggest\, “in which we get to vibrate these sounds into your face and chest\, and you can dance and laugh with us. This is the stuff we remember and plan for\, the moments we talk about the most when writing these songs.” ANTA’s live shows\, ceaseless onslaughts of deafening riffs\, have been notable for maintaining the same intense energy among festival crowds or to three people in a basement. Walls of amps going full-pelt. Pounding\, ornate drums and metals\, wherein drummer James King is relentless in discovering strange and mighty rhythms. Full-drawbar organs\, electric pianos\, piercing synths from keys-man Alex Bertram-Powell. Joe Garcia’s growling bass that strides rather than walks. Ben Harris’ all-encompassing\, dizzying guitars. Hypnotic\, communal\, compelling\, indefinite energy. Organesson is the latest effort to put this feeling on record.  \nNOPE.0 Formed in 2008 as a side project for members of Leeds 6 DIY scene regulars That Fucking Tank and Mucky Sailor\, NOPE was an umbrella for a rotating cast of friends and collaborators to play semi-improvised maximal-minimalist noise rock eventually settling into the quartet of Andy Abbott (guitar/synth)\, Steve Nuttall (drums)\, Jon Nash (Drums) and Patrick Dowson (vocals\, synth\, guitar). In this format they recorded two albums\, 2012’s ‘Revision’ and 2014’s ‘Walker’\, honing their own brand of long-form kraut and psych-inspired progressive repeato-rock. NOPE toured UK and Europe sharing stages with Richard Dawson\, Nissenenmondai\, Acid Mothers Temple\, Owls\, and a final gig with Boris in 2016. Ten years later they are returning in a stripped back form as NOPE.0 for a second revisit of their droning one-riff origins. http://www.yvonnecarmichael.com/nope2010/ https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/the-whitewood-sessions https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/revision https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnToHufMjY “One of the most thrilling and intense bands residing in our fair\, bustling city of Leeds. This ferocious four-piece mix in some of the meatiest\, furry rock riffs to the riot of sound. I’ve heard literally tons of psych bands in the last few years. None have quite that verve\, imagination\, heaviosity or spirit NOPE have.”
9/10 Norman Records “Nope are masters at finding one brilliantly brain-lodging guitar hook and pounding it into the ground\, extracting every last nuance and leaving it in a squalling mush.”
The Skinny
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/anta-nope-o/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260515T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260515T183000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T125547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T125547Z
UID:3578-1778866200-1778869800@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:French Fridays
DESCRIPTION:An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/french-fridays-86/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260516T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260516T230000
DTSTAMP:20260429T131335
CREATED:20260417T131447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T131447Z
UID:3600-1778965200-1778972400@www.puzzlehall.org.uk
SUMMARY:Crosscut Saw
DESCRIPTION:Crosscut Saw return to the Puzzle.\nSwamp blues power!\nFree entry\, donations towards events always welcome x
URL:https://www.puzzlehall.org.uk/events/crosscut-saw-3/
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