Dirty Sunbeams
dirtysunbeams.bsky.social
Dirty Sunbeams
@dirtysunbeams.bsky.social
Shining a light on independent music in the Calder Valley, while helping young adults develop online media skills.
August 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Weekend Gigs: And it's a big one....

There's the Do-It-Together all-dayer at The Puzzle, all organised by a new Youth Music collective.

And The Incident play a sold out single launch show at The Trades.

And and and.....

DirtySunbeams.com/Live

go, go, go.
July 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
WEEKEND GIGS: Featuring Jim Ghedi, Mermaid Chunky, The Lovely Eggs, Owter Zeds, Holy Scum, Working Men’s Club and more.

LIVE LISTINGS: DirtySunbeams.com/live
June 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
WEEKEND GIGS: Featuring Lily Rae Grant, James Walsh (Starsailor), The Lounge Society, Fat Frances, EEVAH, Heavenphetamine, The Milltown Brothers, The Memphis Cruisers, Feathertrade, The Landlubbers, Vulgore, Dan's Girlfriend and more...

LIVE LISTINGS: DirtySunbeams.com/live
May 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
LIVE: It’s damn-near all about Dark Matter Promotions this weekend. Lou has lined up not one, not two, but THREE stunning nights of beautifully-weird-ambient-groovesome-psych-rock at The Lion.

Listings: DirtySunbeams.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
COMING SOON... Check out some of the great artists playing live in the Calder Valley next month. It's gonna be a busy one!

Our regular top 10 feature is currently baking in the oven and will be done shortly.

For full live listings: DirtySunbeams.com/live
April 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
WEEKEND GIGS: Bass legend Jah Wobble brings his dub-rock extravaganza to the glorious setting of Todmorden Unitarian Church. Another cracking Slomanmusic event - and our gig pick of the weekend.

LISTINGS: DirtySunbeams.com/live
April 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
WEEKEND GIGS: Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto, Miles Hunt, Boba Swing, The Blackheart Orchestra, DayRiders, Celladoor, Deep Sea Lemons, Casino Rockets, Last Of Eden, Fire Tower 4, The 309s...

LISTINGS: DirtySunbeams.com/live
April 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
WEEKEND GIGS: Highlights include the catchy-as-folk Tunng, noisy, local, math-rock prog-sters Wot Gorilla?, MORA, Georgian, Marie Franc and folk duo Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman.

Full Listings: DirtySunbeams.com/live
March 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Live: Your gig highlights this weekend in the Calder Valley.

Full listings at: DirtySunbeams.com/live
March 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
WEEKEND GIGS: Twisted psych-rap duo The Dirt will be tearing shreds out of The Grayston on Friday. Plus, Fake in support.

Elsewhere, Dark Matter have Parastatic + Warm Parts on Friday and The DSM IV + Fat Frances on Sunday. Believe.

For more: DirtySunbeams.com/live
February 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
LIVE: Electro breakbeat and indie-dance soundclash vibes dominate the start to THIS WEEKEND'S GIGS - we have DIRTY CIRCUS dishing out the former at The Golden Lion, HOME COUNTIES the latter in the bouncing basement of The Grayston Unity.

Listings: DirtySunbeams.com/Live
January 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
WIN! Two FREE Tickets To 'HOME COUNTIES' gig at The Grayston Unity this Friday 31st Jan.

To enter, just email DirtySunbeams@gmail.com

We'll email the tickets to the winner, picked at random, on Friday morning.
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Best of 2024 with FAT FRANCES... And finally, our countdown is complete. Rory Johnson of lo-fi indie-shakers Fat Frances is the last of our local-sonic-celebs to impart his wisdom and divulge his track and gig of the year.

Fat Frances plays The Golden Lion on Feb 23rd supporting The DSM IV.
December 31, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Best of 2024 with THE SHORT CAUSEWAY... The talented trio are the latest local luminaries to reveal their top tracks and gigs of the year.

The band released one of our fave songs of 2024 - 'On My Way Home'.

LISTEN: shorturl.at/GlKvN

READ: 'Short Causeway Spread Their Wings' - shorturl.at/HjJcI
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Best Of 2024 with LOU KARWOWSKI...
Lou is the main promoter of live bands at The Golden Lion. Here, she reveals her favourite track & gig of the year and a prediction for 2025.

Upcoming gigs:
*Jan 31st - Dirty Circus + Roller Boot Dogs
*Feb 13th - MAQUINA + FLEX
*Feb 21st - Parastatic + Warm Parts
December 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM