THE JOURNAL
Christmas Issue 2
THE TURK'S HEAD
SAFE AS MILK
CHRISTMAS
As we enter the festive season, we find out what The Turk’s Head have planned for their Christmas menu and buffet options.
A brand new Holiday Camp style festival has been launched. Early Bird tickets flew out in 30 minutes but what makes it stand out?
Yes Christmas is here but what is going on? Christmas in Leeds is a huge project brought to you from LeedsBID and it looks stunning.
Read more. Page 2.
Christmas In Leeds
EDITOR'S NOTE Welcome to The Journal, an informed look at some interesting stories from our clients. Issue 2 focus is on Christmas, The Turk’s Head, Safe As Milk Festival, Split Design and we say hello to The Not So Late Show.
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ucked away just off of Briggate and next to Whitelock’s is arguably the most beautiful bar in Leeds, The Turk’s Head. A stunning intimate space filled with character, a spectacular marble bar, displays of vintage apothecary bottles (have fun spotting some of the names on the bottles next time Leeds hustle and bustle. you’re in) and one of the What’s more is that there’s finest selections of the the bonus of a shared best in craft beer. Add to kitchen with the 301 year that an un-pretentious, old Leeds institution, knowledgeable, friendly Whitelock’s, which means award winning pies and bar staff, and it's clear to comforting roasts with see why it was voted as epic Yorkshire puddings. the Best New Leeds Venue This festive season, as it’s by the public during Leeds their first, they’re looking Beer Week (and why it's an to do it in style and are I Like Press favourite.) offering a cracking menu with all the trimmings, a The beauty of its location traditional sit down meal is that you need to know for four up to thirty people or if you fancy something it’s there to go, it’s a secret a bit more informal, gem hidden from the there’s their buffet option
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for anything from 12 to 50 people. They’re also offering private dry hire of their bar for the ultimate Christmas party and a night to remember.
If you’re interested in any of the Christmas offers, get in touch with James on 0113 242 3368 or email james@ turksheadleeds.com
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MERCHT Mercht x AM Charity Christmas Jumpers 2016 Chrismtas isn't too far off, not sure you knew this? One of our favourite parts of this time of year, apart from all the food and drink is the jumpers! Our good friends Mercht have sorted this right out and all for a good cause.
The project consists of five individual Christmas sweater campaigns running simultaneously on the Mecht platform, the sweaters have been designed for Awesome Merchandise previously and they are ‘recycling’ them each to raise funds for a separate charity chosen by the artist. Lize Meddings and Drew Millward are working with Mind. Rob Flowers - Help Refugees. Kristyna Baczynski - Wakefield City of Sanctuary and Hungry Sandwich Club - CLIC Sargent.
Mercht is a ridiculously good and innovative way of designing T-shirts and mugs, having tried and tested the platform, we are more than happy to vouch for everything. They have launched a special Christmas sweater campaign which runs until 9th December, so be quick!
Campaign Links
Working alongside some of the UK’s leading artists & illustrators and with print partner Awesome Merchandise at the helm, they have handpicked some great causes to complement the wonderful initiative.
www.mercht.com/c/lizemeddingsmind www.mercht.com/crobflowershelprefugees www.mercht.com/c/kristynacityofsanctuary www.mercht.com/c/drewmilwardmind www.mercht.com/c/hscclicsargent
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INTRODUCIN THE NOT SO LATE SHOW one we highly recommend checking out.
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Leeds' comedy scene seems to be in a strong ascendancy, with nights like Group Therapy coming to Leeds, taking up residency at Headrow House (monthly) and Leeds Comedy Festival getting bigger each year. The Not So Late Show happens monthly in Leeds and every now and then elsewhere. Follow The Not So Late Show on the socials below and look out for their next appearance! facebook.com/TheNSLShow @TheNSLShow
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TRAVEL BLOG
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Top Left: On Roundhay Festival Credit: Andy Benge Bottom Left: Be Prog! My Friend Credit: Festival Staff Top Right: On Roundhay Credit: Andy Benge Bottom Right: Corinne Bailey Rae at Live at Leeds Credit: Giles Smith
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Christmas In Leeds
Christmas In Leeds
NEWS FUTURE TALES AND TRIBULATIONS
In tour news 65daysofstatic head out on tour across Europe & the UK plus they’ll be hitting the Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen in February 2017. Wembley Arena got a double dose of prog magic thanks to Anathema supporting Opeth on the 19th November. Looking for some punk rock thrills from back in the day with a few sing a long big hits? Terrorvision have been on tour again, dates across the UK.
Hip Hop Karaoke hits the Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen on Saturday 3rd December courtesy of the UK's Original Hip Hop Karaoke event fresh from it’s weekly residency at The Social in Soho and a slew of major festivals including Glastonbury, V, Bestival, Isle of Wight, Lovebox and Radio 1 Ibiza. With over 200 songs to choose ranging from WuTang Clan all the way to Drake, all performed with a live DJ.
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The I Like Press roster continues to grow and we’re thrilled to announce that Norwegian prog maestros Shaman Elephant, the enigmatic and multi-faceted Crippled Black Phoenix have joined us along with Young Legionnaire which features exmembers of Bloc Party and Yourcodenameis:milo. Never a dull moment & definitely no dull music in the I Like Press office.
The ever excellent Mi Mye will be launching their new Christmas single 'I'm Dreaming Of A...' at the Brudenell Social Club on Sunday 18th December. This show will take place in the afternoon, meaning no late night trains and trudging home in the cold December night, you can also get a Christmas pie, a Christmas beer and watch a Christmas film. Did someone say Christmas?
Friends Of Ham are bringing us a very special pop-up series called All The Trimmings over the Grand Arcade to celebrate their new concept, Ham & Friends opening in 2017. Expect all things ham & cheesy including a cheese and wine shop, hampers galore, wreath making classes, wine tasting and wait for it… a raclette bar for all your melted cheesy potato needs and cravings!
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You can’t really call Christmas news, but the feasting across Leeds that is lined up is definitely news for anyone who likes to eat & that’s kind of our thing. Ox Club, Bundobust and Northern Monk Refectory are doing special Christmas menus that had us all drooling over them. Belgrave Christmas Feast has possibly the best line-up we’ve ever seen. Headrow House is transforming itself into a wintery beer hall with pretzels, schnapps & more and when your belly is full you can feast your eyes on the amazing art installations along the Christmas In Leeds art trail.
SPLIT DESIG BRANDING THE LEAF LABEL'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX
released in 1995, on to the natural elem throughout their diverse back catalog 20 box set design centres around the u section taken from a 20-year-old tree.
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e asked local design agency Split to write a few small words about a project we helped release last year. The Leaf Label were celebrating 20 years in business and releasing incredible records and put together an incredible boxset in response to the birthday celebration.
Ten slices from the tree were specially and then inked up to print directly on x 200 limited edition outer sleeves. Th over the original cover artwork for each in the box, each tree print with 20 org rings, for 20 wonderfully off-kilter years
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MUSIC THIS SOME MUSIC RELEASES
Young Legionnaire - Zero Worship (Superstar Destroyer Records) - Out now
Crippled Black Phoenix - Bronze (Season of Mist) - Out now
Featuring former Yourcodenameis:milo frontman Paul Mullen and ex-Bloc Party bassist Gordon Moakes, 'Zero Worship' is a record fighting to be heard in a sea of noise, both literally and conceptually. Esben and The Witch - Older Terrors (Season of Mist) - Out now Something ancient and primordial stalks the four tracks on the fourth full-length of ESBEN AND THE WITCH. The haunting voice of Rachel Davies weaves arcane spells through hypnotic patterns. Interlaced in these invocations is the emotive string sorcery provided by guitarist Thomas Fisher while Daniel Copeman evokes a state of trance with his shamanic drumming and wide sonic landscapes painted by electronic synthesizer magic.
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Bronze consists primarily of copper but it is the inclusion of other metals and non-metals that gives this alloy its specific characteristics. Ever since mankind discovered the secret of its making thousands of years ago the golden and shining bronze has changed the course of history spawned destruction and war yet also been crafted into desired objects of extreme beauty. You will find each of these traits inherent in the sixth studio album of Crippled Black Phoenix.
MONTH T.O.M.B - Fury Nocturnus (Peaceville Records) - Out now
65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time (Monotreme Records) – Out Now The long-awaited re-issue of their critically acclaimed 2005 album ‘One Time For All Time’ on vinyl for the first time. Following the release of their widely acclaimed debut album ‘The Fall of Math’ in 2004 65daysofstatic spent several months touring the UK playing to packed venues and festival tents. They recorded three radio sessions for BBC Radio 1 - for the late John Peel, Zane Lowe and a live from Maida Vale Studios set for Huw Stephens. ‘One Time For All Time’ was written on and between those tours and captures the chaos of a scruffy band of noise apparatchiks thrust from obscure beginnings in bedrooms.
Through 18 years of existence, T.O.M.B. (Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy) has created a multitude of horrific, spell-binding sound structures across thirteen different releases including compilations, splits, EPs and LPs. During that time, the project has devoted itself to developing material with an essence directly derived from areas and elements associated with death, paranormal activity and occult practices.
Seven Impale - Contrapasso (Karisma Records) - Out now Visiting places where no band has been before with 'Contrapasso' Seven Impale pay no heed to genre boundaries by melding melody, experimentation, dramatics, atmosphere and contrasting rhythms together.
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OUR MONTHLY TUMMY BURSTING TIPS ON WHAT TO EAT
Christmas at The Turk’s Head
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Fresh from a shoot of their Christmas menu and we can confirm that they’re absolutely pulling out all the stops when it comes to flavour. Our favourites (though it’s hard to choose) included the grilled turbot with spinach, wild mushroom, champagne sauce & potato cake is super luxurious and the slow-cooked featherblade of Yorkshire beef, Yorkshire pudding, horseradish cream & red wine gravy is a hug on a plate.
Cheesy goodness… something we’re resist. The Raclette Brothers are at t Feast offering up their melted chees over potatoes and if you miss that th Of Ham pop up, All The Trimmings a Raclette Bar. If putting melted chees wrong, we don’t want to be right.
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Working upstairs from the flaky pastry delights is both a blessing & a curse. These go beyond being a mere sausage roll and the quality is unsurpassed. These tasty beasts come in traditional with pine nuts and nduja smokey spicy flavours and there’s a walnut and mushroom option if you’re after something a bit less meaty, but still packed with flavour. They may also be the best hangover cure we’ve found!
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Wild Beer Co. Schnoodlepip 5% ABV Three brewers from across the globe, this beer is a triumph of combined knowledge, mad ideas & years of experience resulting in an incredibly complex and unusual beer. Oaky undertones layered with a gentle sweet pink peppery spiciness topped off with tropical passion fruits and tangy Hibiscus all in one glorious glass. Northern Monk Epic Trilogy MMXVI Hops 9% ABV Crammed with Citra, Colombus and Mosaic hops, an imperial IPA, it’s a classic fresh, fruity juicy banger with all the flavours any hop head craves – pine, citrus, tangerine & grapefruit. Brewed to drink now for freshness as if we needed an excuse.
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Northern Monk Epic Trilogy MMXVI M 9% ABV An imperial stout brewed with masters malt, De Molen. This beautiful beast o darkness is brewed to showcase malts all their glory which is does and then s Chocolately, toffee & red wine flavours a sumptuous cinder toffee finish.
Dugges Omnipollo Anagram Blueberry Cheesecake Stout 12%ABV There’s no way we could resist this imp stout. Blueberry cheesecake in a glass from two of our favourite breweries? Unctuous, thick and rich velvety with a of blueberry sweetness. This is an indu pudding made to be savoured on a col night.
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Ilkley Brewery Mary Christmas 4.7% ABV Christmas cake in a glass (are you noticing a bit of a biased theme here?!) orange peel, molasses, spice and all things nice are the flavours here with the tartness of cranberries to finish. The brewery sold out of all 9,600 bottles in just over a day, so worth picking up if you see any out in the wild.
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CHRISTMAS Adventure: [Explore] the Christmas in Leeds trail of art, light and magic this Winter... LeedsBID have launched a very exciting trail around Leeds City Centre supporting their Welcome to Leeds portal, they have collaborated with artists and locations across the city to create an astounding array of light, bright installations to wow you this winter. As well as the majesty of the tree found in City Square and the beautiful Northern Ballet-sponsored tree you’ll come across in the train station, Trinity Leeds is this year hosting Europe’s largest “Kissing Tree”! Pucker up beneath this 60 foot-high beauty and watch the tree’s blush spread from its roots to its tip!
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Most of the fifteen displays centre around the majesty and festive feelings prompted by light. Whether it’s candles on the table, twinkly fairy lights on the tree or the brash and beautiful streetlights that cheer our streets at this time of year, lights really do have a big impact on festive spirit. But lights are not just the festive twinkle described above – light can be powerful, inspiring and altogether beautiful. From the ephemeral to the monolithic, delicate to gaudy, refined to childfriendly, Leeds’ Advent[ure] Trail promises to inspire, unite and cheer the people of Leeds right through to Christmas, and beyond. www.christmas.welcometoleeds.co.uk #ChristmasInLeeds
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FOR THE DIA A SHORT GUIDE TO SOME MUST SEE THINGS IFDA Call us biased but Leeds has one of the fastest growing & best indie food & drink scenes in the UK and there’s plenty of national recognition to back it up. What has been missing till earlier this year has been a strong support network. Here’s where the Leeds Independent Food & Drink Academy comes into it’s own thanks to Leeds City Council & Leeds Becketts University. Industry experts are now here to help our independents whether they’re street food vendors to small businesses, get the advice, training & all those bits in between. Throw in the IFDA inspiring events, the most recent being a small business speed dating advice mash up with our very own Simon Fogal dishing out Leeds Indie Food wisdom. Now, adding to their smorgasbord of skills is Thom Hetherington who brings his vast knowledge of the food & drink industry to the team as a consultant. The IFDA is quickly showing they mean business in their role as a vital service for anyone looking to take the food & drink self-employed plunge.
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ARY Be Prog My Friend 30th June & 1st July 2017 Barcelona
an understatement. Set on a stunning plaza with a pretty legendary line up already including Jethro Tull, Marillion, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Anathema, Ulver, Animals As Leaders and Caligula’s Horse.
A festival of all things prog & rock in the Spanish sunshine… What’s not to like? This year was our time at the festival and to say we had an amazing time would be
New Releases In the pipeline for new releases next year and we’re already excited to be working on Anathema’s 11th release to date and the hotly anticipated third studio albums from both Black Moth and Post War Glamour Girls.
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Ritual Festival 8th April 2017 Canal Mills Leeds Fast noise, extreme riffs, sludge with a touch of crust & doom for good measure, if all those words get your blood pumping then you’re going to need to be at Ritual Festival next year. They’ve already announced Ihsahn as headliner and a UK exclusive at that along with Misery Index, The Afternoon Gentlemen, Crepitation, Corrupt Moral Alter, Serpent Venom, Groak and more to still follow.
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Ox Club
prestatyn pontins, north wales, april 21-23, 2017
SHIRLEY COLLINS OMAR SOULEYMAN THE RESIDENTS THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT OOIOO HIEROGLYPHIC BEING GROUPER DOPPLEREFFEKT ISLAM CHIPSY & EEK NURSE WITH WOUND HORSE LORDS BRAINBOMBS Early Bird tickets - £169pp incl. 3 nights accomodation
tickets from: safeasmilkfestival.com socials: @SAFEasMILKfest
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