Puzzle Hall Inn

French Fridays
2026-03-27 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-20 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-06 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-27 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-20 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-13 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

Jazz Night with Ensemble Unknown
2026-03-26 20:00 - 23:00
8.15pm start – Free admission, Collection towards the band taken; Please be generous if you can…
Ensemble Unknown.
The band may be comprised of…
Pete Williams – sax / fluteGraham South – trumpetSteve Hanley – drumsRichard Jones – pianoPaul Baxter – bass
Ensemble Unknown is a jazz quintet inspired by the spiritual independence of Strata-East and the visionary artistry of Stanley Cowell, Woody Shaw, & Charles Tolliver. Their music explores themes of loss & melancholy, transforming introspection into striking, lyrical melodies.Singing horn lines float over rich harmonies while a tightly unified rhythm section delivers a deep, undeniable groove. The bass and drums lock in with warmth and drive, grounding the music in motion and soul. Ensemble Unknown balances beauty and strength, honouring adventurous jazz traditions while crafting a sound that feels intimate, searching, and alive.
Trains:If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.
If you’re travelling up the Calder Valley, and onwards to Manchester, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.22.
Please 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.
Bus: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.
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Chess Night
2026-03-23 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-16 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-09 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-02-23 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-02-16 20:00 - 23:00
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

Least We Got Shoes + Black Hill Band
2026-03-21 21:00 - 23:00
Bradford’s ‘Least We Got Shoes‘ are a rootsy rock and roll band crafting gritty yet heartfelt songs about the ordinary struggles of everyday life. Steeped in authenticity their music is a gritty fusion which blends rock, bluegrass, Americana, and dashes of metal and punk, creating a sound as true to their roots as the ground beneath their feet. ‘Boxcar rock’ – their chosen description of the sound they make combines the blue collar romanticism of Bruce Springsteen and winsome melancholy of The Smiths with the melodic chops and storytelling nous of Dire Straights.
“Least We Got Shoes captivate audiences with their authentic storytelling and genuine musicality. Their music is a call to the wild, a homage to the spirit of those who walk their own path, resonating with the heartbeat of working-class life” – Moosic Entertainment
“A gritty, melodic blend of classic energy and modern edge” – Radio Wigwam
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551784352468#
https://leastwegotshoes.bandcamp.com/

The Black Hill Band are a new group from the lonesome hills of Calderdale made up of seasoned local players making their own unique twist on classic blues, folk and country
https://blackhillband1.bandcamp.com/

A Freaky French Takeover - Chicaloyah + Barnabaie + Fun Fun Funeral
2026-03-19 19:30 - 22:00
Chicaloyoh (Beauregard)Alice Dourlen’s atmospheric and dreamlike minimalist post-folk with Sazhttps://chicaloyoh.bandcamp.com/
Barnabaie (Villefranche De Rouergue)Effect laden classical guitar backed with tape and vocal fragmentshttps://barnabaie.bandcamp.com/
Fun Fun Funeral (Occitanie) Freak folk lo-fi pop for drum machine, saturated synthesisers, and bird song.https://funfunfuneral.bandcamp.com/

FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted

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ChicaloyohChicaloyoh is the solo project of French musician Alice Dourlen.Through her career, Alice has had a fascinating trajectory, we dare to say one of the most fascinating of this decade; never staying too much in one territory she has explored ritualistic pyschedelicism, folk, experimental music, industrial, collaging, spoken word, minimal synth to the point that those tags have become meaningless. Never being generic always a true original, each phase sees her more and more in her own world. FFO: Grouper, Nico, Nurse With Wound, Catherine Ribeiro, Roberto di Simone.
Tracks of L’Inventaire des Disparitions have been recommended by The Quietus on their monthly Rockfort mix and by the Independent Music Podcast in UK.
“Chicoloyoh’s sound is incredibly unique, best described as darkly introspective. It’s a magical combination of minimalism (near-tribal drum beats, drones, and repetitive guitar lines) and chant-like vocals which are reminiscent of Nico.” (Soundrainreview)
“Her Nico(esque) dronals seemed to pierce the gloom beautifully, pinned to skuttering beats that reminded me of Danielle Dax in places, as those loose rhythmic folds hungrily ate into the ritualised delivery. […] Curling vocals seemed to haunt the battlements of each song like a screech-less Diamanda Galás. Fallen angels of French baptised in lush keyboards that wavered between pop, psych and something altogether more unquantifiable.” (Freq.org.uk)
“De Nico période The Marble Index à Catherine Ribeiro, Brigitte Fontaine ou Armande Altai, les étalons ne manquent pas pour situer la voix de la Normande Alice Dourlen dans le monde de la musique pop-et-plus-si-affinités. […] avec l’onirisme vicié des films de Kenneth Anger, l’érotisme terrorisant de Sade, l’esotérisme de carton pâte des maîtres mystificateurs Cagliostro, Aleister Crowley ou Helena Blavatsky” (Le Drone)
BarnabaieBarnabaie puts his classical guitar through effects, adds fragments of tape recordings and adds some vocals here and there. The promise of a stroll along the riverbank with images flashing before the eyes. The sounds coil around themselves. The guitar can be heard and then appears clearly once we have agreed to lose ourselves in the sound textures manipulated by Barnabaie. The landscape has wandered.
Fun Fun Funeral�fun fun funeral shares its sensitive and audacious pop-songs, bursting with vitality: playful drum machines, saturated synthesizer, high-pitched voice and playground ambiences invite us to a hallucinated pop ceremony. A blend of influences from across the Channel and the Atlantic, in the tradition of Micachu and Animal Collective.

Moose Knuckle + Euro Daddy
2026-03-14 21:00 - 23:00
Moose Knuckle have no delusions of grandeur. Just five mates smashing out raw, riff-heavy tunes with enough sweat and sarcasm to peel paint off the walls.Their sound is jagged, unapologetic, loud & in-your-face & danceable somewhere between a sucker punch to the face, and a night out you only half-remember. They’re not trying to change the world. They just want to make it shake a bit (a lot).
“Solid punk swagger” – Aural Aggravation
“If you’ve never seen Moose Knuckle then you’re missing a crucial cultural experience” – Vanyaland
https://www.instagram.com/mooseknucklehq/
https://www.youtube.com/@MooseKnuckleHQ
Eurodaddy is the pre-dystopian electro-pop solo project of local musician Tom Pullan. Going from big beats to cult movie moments and back with influences such as Tiga and John Grant It’s music for proactive ditherers which celebrates both the pop and the peculiar.
https://soundcloud.com/…/eurodaddy-and-shoez-plimsoul…
https://trampledtodefrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-man

Chris Manley
2026-03-13 21:00 - 23:00
Chris Manley is an excellent guitar player with a wide variety of styles under his belt. Expect to hear modern folk with influences of dub, funk and soul.

A Happy Salmon + Andrew Metheven
2026-03-08 16:00 - 19:00
The music of A Happy Salmon is the new project of Max Lille former leader of Leeds heavy shoegaze band Slow Team. Blending ethereal pop songwriting with a prog-leaning mentality A Happy Salmon creates immersive, slow-burning songs that swell, shimmer, and surprise. Expect atmosphere, emotional pull, and moments of quiet intensity that blossom into something huge.
https://www.instagram.com/ahappyhappysalmon/
“Taking inspiration from the likes of Massive Attack, Deftones and James Blake Max Lille creates an ominous, mysterious atmosphere as darkness bleeds out of the speakers” – Dead Good Music
“Haunting carefully crafted songs full of eerie atmosphere” – Bacchanalia Magazine
Andrew Metheven is a lofi/alt-folk songwriter. He released his first EP, A Quiet Life, in March 2022, and his first album – Sister Winter – in June 2024, and has since performed at grassroots venues and festivals across Yorkshire.Still living in his native Bradford, his songs are about births, hills, loss, birds, daydreams. His live performances – characterised by his melodic guitar finger-picking – are unapologetically raw and unfiltered.
https://andrewmetheven.co.uk/
https://andrewmetheven.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AndrewMetheven/
“His melodic voice and raw, unpolished recordings evoke a vivid, bittersweet story and capture a nostalgic longing” – Wigan Today

Wadcutter Blues
2026-03-07 21:00 - 23:00
Wadcutter Blues at the Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge
Dancing Blues from some of Huddersfield’s favourite musicians. Big sounds and joyful noise from Chicago and the Mississippi Delta.

Folk Night with Serious Sam Barrett
2026-03-05 20:00 - 23:00
Our second LORE of 2026 is a Puzzle Hall Inn return for guitar & banjo-slinging troubadour of the Dales and the West Riding, SERIOUS SAM BARRETT.
Our events also feature floor-spots for local folk singers and musicians (with priority for new contributors); so please join us, and perhaps join in!
Entry to this and most other Puzzle Hall Inn events is free; we also invite voluntary contributions from the audience across the evening to further support the artists that we are hosting.
SERIOUS SAM BARRETT
Serious Sam Barrett is a hard touring, folk and country singer/songwriter from Otley, West Yorkshire. Playing honest, heartfelt self penned and traditional songs on 12 string guitar and banjo.
Raised in the Dales village of Addingham, Sam began performing in and around Leeds in 2004, with word spreading further afield with the release of his 2009 debut album Close To Home. Performing at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2010, he has toured the US widely, usually in the company of friends and fellow skaters The Pine Hill Haints. Along the way, Sam has shared stages with the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Burland, Katherine Tickell, Lucero, The Young Un’s, Frank Fairfield, Deer Tick and Karine Polwart, and received airplay and praise plaudits from the BBC’s Bob Harris, Marc Riley and Mark Radcliffe as well as Mike Harding.
“The sustained brilliance of this playing is really something to behold.” – Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“There’s some real swagger to this” – Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
“Songs that rattle with the ghosts of Appalachian folk, and southern blues, yet sound emphatically English.” – Uncut Magazine
“Old before his years country-folk fellow who mixes intricate John Fahey finger-picking with confessional tales of dirty old Leeds” – The Guardian
“Excellent stripped back folk” – Maverick Magazine
“His well crafted original songs are accompanied by his own sparkling clawhammer banjo or dexterous 12 string guitar picking.” – Froots Magazine
“The continued health of the British folk tradition is safe in the hands of exponents such as Serious Sam Barrett.” – Folk Radio UK
“Barrett shows his deft touch in blending English literature, folk and American sound” – Americana UK

SA Malley + David Birchall + ADRA
2026-03-01 19:00 - 21:30
David Birchall & SA Malley
North West and North East sonic pioneers combine forces to explore new territories tooled up with electric guitars and short films. https://davidbirchall.bandcamp.com/…/live-at-the-peer-hathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNwsMCzToYhttps://samalley1.bandcamp.com/
ADRA Dynamic ambient sphere-of-sound built from guitars, handmade pedals and instruments looped through multiple amplifiers FFO Fahey / Fripp / Ashra.https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/live-under-spite-tower-rehearsal-room-recording��

FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted

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David Birchall and Steve Malley are an experimental guitar duo playing ambient, drone, and free improvisation.��David Birchall lives in Manchester. He has played improvised music across Europe and his work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music & SWR in Germany. He organises and co-curators the Curious Ear series for improvised music in Manchester.��Steve Malley is best known as the driving force of the power trio The Unit Ama. Malley’s solo work as The Horse Loom features beautiful, articulate guitar playing reminiscent of the 60’s folk revivalists such as Bert Jansch and Davey Graham but imbued with a legacy of New Wave and post-rock guitar bands. With his solo SA Malley project he explores the outer edges of the electric guitar via free improv techniques and collaborations.
ADRA
Andy 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.
In 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
Previous 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.

All Hail Hyena + Jesus Knievel
2026-02-28 21:00 - 23:00
Colne Valley chaos merchants, ALL HAIL HYENA have been described by John Robb as ‘a band who fit more into one song, than most bands fit into a whole set’. Their playful sound takes in everything from punk, metal and indie to pop, prog and blues. They don’t just push at musical bounderies but gleefully smash through them.They have supported Grandaddy and Ultrasound and racked up over 1 million streams on Spotify, thanks to a viral moment on social media reaching over 80 million views and counting. Their live shows are energetic, vigourous and always entertaining. Get ready for an unforgettable night of musical mayhem and joyful rebellion.
“Power and aggression all sewn together with a sprinkling of bonkers and whole lotta love” – Louder Than War
” An alt-punk band with chaotic energy, witty lyrics, and unpredictable antics” – Colne Life Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/allhailhyena/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ALLHAILHYENA
Encompassing everything from psychedelia, punk, pop, country and funk, Manchester’s JESUS KNIEVEL have created a joyous, genre smashing sonic legacy that defies easy categorisation.For over a decade the band have delighted in confounding audiences and critics alike, via their unpredictable and explosive live shows, and the release of four eclectic, exuberant studio albums.�In February 2024 the band released their long awaited fourth studio album ‘The Plural of Hiatus’ which continued the growth of their unique sound.
“Jesus Knievel are one of Manchester’s most dynamic and in demand live acts.” – Not Really Here
“One of Manchester’s most consistently exciting and inventive bands.” – Click Roll Boom
https://jesusknievel.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/JesusKnievelUK/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm-vlt0U73dUeEdLcuHrUAA

King Of Foxes + Neon Bears
2026-02-27 20:00 - 23:00
When you turn on a KING OF THE FOXES tune, it’s a safe bet that the skies will open, alien aircraft will appear, the ark of the covenant will descend before ye, and all of your childhood pets will arise from the dead. Also, you’ll hear an indie/alternative artist whose undeniably catchy tunes earned her a Rock Artist of the Year nomination at the Western Canadian Music Awards.King of Foxes is the project of Canadian singer-songwriter, Olivia Street. Her music has the melodic verve and winning hooks of classic power pop filtered through the gnarlylense of a post-grunge sensibility. Her last album found its way onto some prestigious “best of” lists including as #11 on CKUA’s Top 100 Albums of 2022, and among NPR radio’s George Graham’s Best of the Year list. Live she’ll give you the kind of high thrills sugar rush that’ll knock out your fillings.
“Think Weezer’s self-deprecating charm mixed with Fountains of Wayne’s storytelling verve… this is existential rebellion with a power chord backbone and mascara-streaked bravado.” – Uranium Waves
“Incredibly catchy and energetic indie rock” – Cup N Cakes Network
” King Of Foxes are a Sugar Pop Indie Disco Delight” – Yack Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/kingoffoxesband/
https://www.kingoffoxesband.com/press
https://kingoffoxes.bandcamp.com/album/hall-of-shame
Manchester’s Neon Bears! are an alternative rock band rooted in classic American rock of the grunge era such as Sonic Youth, and Nirvana. They’ve got the visceral chunky crunch of Queens of the Stone Age but the unashamedly melodic charms of Biffy Clyro and Foo Fighters. Dust off your patched denim and faded flannel shirt and party like it’s 1995!
https://soundcloud.com/neonbears

Jazz Night with Al's Django Party
2026-02-26 20:00 - 23:00
Al’s Django Party: a collision of seasoned jazz & troubadours, channelling Django’s transatlantic alchemy.European folk meets American swing, gypsy fire meets smoky sophistication.”The Party” brings a full-throttle celebration of Django Reinhardt’s revolutionary sound, delivered with raw energy & playful abandon.From breakneck hot club romps to ballads that stop time, ADP captures the spirit of a music that refused to be contained by borders, genres, or expectations.
The band are:
Eddie Armitage,ViolinMartin Chung, GuitarMark Mawby, GuitarJames Munroe, Double bass
Trains:If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.05.If you’re travelling up the Calder Valley, and onwards to Manchester, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.23.Please 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.Bus: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.

BREND featuring Misery Bacon/Pope Joan
2026-02-25 19:30 - 22:00
BREND* – a night of spontaneous self amusement and play with guests Misery Bacon (Norway) 9:30pm Soft Noise from Bergen’s Luke Drozd combining found sounds, amplified objects and electronics. Improvised, textural, playful experimentation in a Bohman Brothers vein and Pope Joan (Leeds) 8:45pm D. Millard of Hilary and the Hate Crimes, Failyer, Capo-Dastro melds Suicide and Lotte Lenya via organ drones, rudimentary modular synthesisers, angry sermonising and disappointed wailing.
Plus open mic / sharings hosted by Reet Maff’l. 7pm – 8:30pm – get in touch if you want to do something for ten minutes – anything goes (music, poetry, performance, presentation) as long as it’s new, work-in-progress or untried.
There will be a mic/jack and table. at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF 7pm – 10pm (prompt start – live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).
FREE ENTRY with donations for guest acts gratefully accepted.
*Fluxus artist Henry Flynt’s term for activity that is neither work nor leisure … ‘Consider all of your doings, what you already do. Exclude the gratifying of physiological needs, physically harmful activities, and competitive activities. Concentrate on spontaneous self-amusement or play. That, is concentrate on everything you do because you like it, because you just like it as you do it.’ (1968)

Edward Molby
2026-02-21 21:00 - 23:00
Brought together by a mutual love of fine vegetables and tasty pickles Edward Molby play music as bold and richly sensuous as the finest pie ever cooked. In pie terms the band are a thick deep, savoury and juicy punk with a light psychedelic crust. Molby have been described in The Fly as ‘an unholy hybrid of Pixies, Husker Du and 12th Century madrigals from the remote Yorkshire moors’.
The Puzzle is their spiritual home. Come see, taste and enjoy.

Foundling + Marlene Ribeiro
2026-02-15 16:00 - 19:00
ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn present…
Foundling (Canda / Berlin)Ambient psychedelic experimental-pop from sound artist, composer and harpist Erin Lang.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk4hR-LVdhs
Marlene Ribeiro Hypnotic psychedelic dream-pop made of looping acoustic instruments and electronics on Rocket Recordingshttps://marleneribeiro.bandcamp.com/album/toquei-no-sol
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF4pm – 6pm.
FREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted

Foundling
Foundling is the evolving musical project of Canadian-born, Berlin-based composer, vocalist , and harpist Erin Lang, whose work explores the space between composition, improvisation, and deep listening. Known for emotionally subtle songwriting and expansive sound design, Foundling’s music moves fluidly between experimental pop and ambient forms.
The Guardian UK: “-their album Equilibria is an intriguing mix of dream pop, junkyard minimalism and glittery ECM jazz, pitched somewhere between Julia Holter and David Sylvian. “Following the release of the band’s fourth studio albumEquilibria(2024), Foundling entered a more open and contemplative sonic terrain with Artemisia, an ambient, harp-and flute-led work released via Shadow World Records.
Artemisia is largely instrumental, incorporating spoken word and improvised passages that emerge from carefully structured harmonic frameworks. The music balances intention and openness, allowing each performance to unfold differently in response to space, resonance, and collective presence.
In concert, Foundling’s performances emphasize immersion and attentiveness. Harp, voice, flute, and subtle electronics move between composed motifs and free, intuitive exploration, creating soundscapes that feel both grounded and alive. These performances often feel closer to listening rituals than traditional concerts, inviting audiences into shared moments of stillness and intensity.
Lang has toured extensively across Europe and North America, including over 70 performances supporting Agnes Obel at venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Le GrandRex, and Le Trianon in Paris, and has opened for Timber Timbre internationally. She has collaborated with Roger O’Donnell (The Cure) Lasse Martin (Lykke Li, Jónsi) Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire) and Mario Thaller (The Notwist, Lali Puna).
Alongside album releases and touring, Lang’s practice occasionally extends into sound-focused presentations for festivals and community spaces, informing her concert work while remaining rooted in live performance. For Fans of Harold Budd, Alice Coltrane, Grouper, Midori Takada, and Laraaji
https://foundlingsounds.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXv54y0-iws
Marlene Ribeiro
A travelogue that unites physical and inner space, a series of trance states rendered in vivid colour, a delirious portal into the ether. Marlene Ribeiro’s debut for Rocket Recordings and first album under her own name is all of this and much more. Toquei No Sol is a fresh new chapter for this unique artist, by far the most melodic and transcendent outing yet for her hypnotic dreampop.
This is only the latest release in a long history of sonic experimentation for Marlene, which includes her previous work as Negra Branca across a series of releases on labels such as Tesla Tapes and Zamzam and a long period as a member of audial iconoclasts and Rocket mainstays GNOD, not to mention collaborations with the like of Valentina Magaletti and Thurston Moore.
Toquei No Sol is also a record with a very distinctive and potent sense of place, paradoxically despite having been woven together from recordings made in Ireland, Wales, Portugal, Madeira and Salford. It’s genesis came via a visit to Marlene’s maternal grandmother Emilia, whose influence as well as the sounds of her kitchen in Portugal can be heard on the album’s first track ‘Quatra Palavras’.
“Emilia ended up getting excited about me being able to record things there and then and – total news to me – told me she used to sing a lot when she was younger to the point of getting offered studio time but refusing it as she was fearful of what that could imply in those times” relates Marlene “From that point I planned to include her in this record as sort of the chance she never had of getting her voice out there.”
Elsewhere, a disarmingly catchy and irresistible grace is married to a utilitarian approach to sound and texture. The ritualistic “Sangue De Lua de Lobo” (first released on a Sofia records compilation Songs Of The Lunar Eclipse) contains random objects from Marlene’s then-garden in Ireland, whereas on the drifting, beatific ‘Forever’ the percussion tracks are constructed from the sounds of pots and pans in her own Salford kitchen.Yet at all times her fleet-footed approach to melody rings through even as the tracks conjure visions of heat-hazes, meditative spaces and late-night epiphanies. Although listeners may hear echoes of the loop-driven psychedelia of Panda Bear’s Person Pitch or the incantatory ululations of Pocahaunted in these beguiling soundscapes and magick-strewn mantras, the truth is that the aesthetic here is very much Marlene’s alone.“It’s all a big misty haze of nostalgia, playfulness, self-reflection and hopefulness” is what Marlene reckons herself. Yet Toquei No Sol is also a transporting vision from an artist both returning to her roots and looking out to new celestial horizons.

The Unit Ama + Lands & Body
2026-02-14 21:00 - 23:00
ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn present…
The Unit Ama (Newcastle – Tusk/Gringo Records)Adventurous free-running post-hardcore / post-punk / jazz trio from the North East pushing the guitar/bass/drums/vocals envelope for more than twenty years.https://theunitama.bandcamp.com/album/toward
Lands & BodyHalifax/Leeds baritone guitar and drums duo. Progressive, hypnotic, instrumental noise-folk from That Fucking Tank-ers.https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/charsi-karahi-ep
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF8pm (live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted

Forming + Small Gauge
2026-02-13 20:00 - 22:00
Leeds based FORMING have spent years perfecting their raw, direct and passionate indie rock taking byways and highways through the spellbinding psychedelia of their previous incarnation as Unstable Journey to end up with a sound that is fresh, raw and immediate. You’ll hear echoes of the melodic charms of REM, Teenage Fanclub or The Cure and equally a sense of toughened vulnerability all of their own. The band have recently been in the studio putting the finishing touches to their third album, which will be released later this year. Engaging and passionate performers their catchy and cathartic sound is very much a fixture on the Leeds DIY scene and now coming to The Puzzle for you to enjoy.
“An exhilarating, resolutely upbeat blast of indie-rock fuzz” – Louder Than War
“Riding waves of melancholy and melody Forming are an ambitious and rather beautiful band” _ Andy’s Music
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCercY5wEHh8jeH3H-KojTJw
https://forming1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/formingsound
Small Gauge are a new Leeds band formed from stalwart foot soldiers of the local DIY music scene. In this winning formation they craft a sound combining winsome early 80’s indie jangle, austere post punk and the more melodic end of Goth. This is a welcome return visit for them to The Puzzle having played here last year supporting Theresa Kelly.
“Awesome post punk with a garage rock sensibility” – The Flying Duck
https://smallgauge.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2023
https://www.instagram.com/small.gauge/
https://www.instagram.com/bean.weevil/
