mono is the underground Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

 music fanzine whose remit is alternative/independent Rock. mono was invented to celebrate / promote / coordinate the city's music scene. The fanzine is published on the 1st of every month, usually with a limited run of 1000 copies and is free. mono have also helped launch BD1 Live in Bradford, a monthly gig featuring 4 bands at St.Georges hall. Duels (band)

Duels (band)

Duels are an English indie band from Leeds formed in 2005. They have been described by The Guardian as "one of Britains most ambitious groups"...

 headlined the launch night on 25/5/7, with support from Analog Bombs, Monty Casino and Laura Groves. The second night on 28/6/07 is headlined by iLiKETRAiNS

ILiKETRAiNS

I Like Trains are an alternative/post-rock band from Leeds, England. The group play brooding songs featuring sparse piano and guitar, baritone vocals, uplifting choral passages and reverberant orchestral crescendos...

 with Falconetti, worriedaboutsatan and Laboratory Noise supporting.
Mono released an 18 track compilation CD, Escape from monotony, in conjunction with their December 2006 issue. The CD featured 18 different bands from around Bradford such as This Et Al

This Et Al

This Et Al were an English alternative rock band, from Leeds and Bradford, West Yorkshire. They were active between 2002 and 2008. Their sound was often compared to My Bloody Valentine, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Queens of the Stone Age and Interpol.-Band members:* Neil 'Wu'...

, Threads, Falconetti, Wilful Missing, James Dey and various others.

From May 2007 mono took the decision to publish bimonthly.

Staff

Editor-neesh

Coordination/Demos-Chris Wall

Design & Layout-Ben Holden

mono Guru-Nick Toczek

Nick Toczek

Nick Toczek is a British writer and performer working variously as poet, journalist, magician, vocalist, lyricist and radio broadcaster. He was raised in Bradford and then took a degree in Industrial Metallurgy at Birmingham University where he began reading and publishing his poetry...

Live Reviews-Adam Simons

New Releases-Albert Freeman

Photographers-Richard Halfpenny, Mark Bukumunhe

Covers

May 06-Harmacy

Jun 06-This Et Al

Jul 06-Somatics

Aug 06-Big Gig 06

Sep 06-Laura Groves

Oct 06-Ruby Tombs

Nov 06-Threads

Dec 06-CD Compilation

Feb 07-Sky Larkin

Mar 07-Random Hand

Apr 07-White Light Parade

May/Jun 07-The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...

Jul/Aug 07-Deerhoof

Deerhoof

Deerhoof is a musical group consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.-Origins:In 1992, Greg Saunier, having recently graduated with a degree in music composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, joined a short-lived San Francisco quartet called Nitre Pit, on...

Sep/Oct 07-British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...

Nov/Dec 07-¡Forward, Russia!

¡Forward, Russia!

¡Forward, Russia! were an English alternative band from Leeds, formed in early 2004, though are currently on hiatus. Until 2006, the band only named tracks with numbers, in the order that they were written...

Feb/Mar 08-Art Brut

Art Brut (band)

Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007...

/Young Knives (double feature issue)

May/June 08-Lightspeed Champion

Lightspeed Champion

Devonté Hynes , better known as Lightspeed Champion or Blood Orange, is a British composer, songwriter, producer and author, who has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers on their 2007 Grammy award winning album We Are The Night...

External links

• mono page on MySpace
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• interview with mono's editor on bbc.co.uk
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