GREAT WEEKEND AT THE TRADES - PARTY ON

The Trades - where music lives, likes to encourage the development of young developing talent, especially from Rotherham and to this end we have grown our F@T Branded night.

Young Promoters bringing the very best from the South Yorkshire music scene.

This last Friday was slightly different in that our normal four Bands for these promotions were reduced to two, due to the loss of Dead White Doves because their main man (a roofer) had fallen off a roof.  Ouch!!  We wish him well in his recovery.

But the two Bands that performed demonstrated just why these evenings are so important.  

MKII are a young duo playing original tunes.  Their music is broadly electro based and featured drums and  Electric Guitar.   The original tunes and lyrics were attention grabbing and the last song they played was simply brilliant with a true 80s electro feel to it.

Despite being Huddersfield based I'm sure you'll forgive me for inviting them to play at Slamfest - make sure you check them out there.


Broadly Rotherham based Band Kid 85 took the headline spot.   How I've missed this Band in the past defeats me.  Three vocals and an acoustic guitar singing original songs most with a hint of boyish humour slipped in.   This was one of those enjoyable fun sets and while Mark (The Trades Sound Man) and I are not great Hip Hop or Rap fans
it had us raving about these guys. 

They return to The Trades in April to support These Smiths and who knows we might twist their arms to play Slamfest.



Saturday was Eighties Party time in the company of Psychic Llamas. 

But to warm the night up we featured another young talent from Barnsley Avishek Choudhury.  He wowed the audience with a mixture of his original material punctuated by the occasional brilliantly executed cover.   This lad is well worth seeking out, a lovely voice and plenty of skill with the guitar. I hope that we'll be able to get him back for Slamfest  

The Psychic Llamas provided two sets of classic eighties rock tunes everything from The Jam to Squeeze and Beautiful South.   Fantastic entertainment from the boys.  Anyone looking for a great sing-along eighties Band get them booked - but not over the Slamfest weekend where you'll get another chance to see them at The Trades.