MOJO Bar - Music for the people

In my eyes (or ears) music is the most important aspect of creating a bar atmosphere. It can be the reason for a group going into a place or the reason for staying for that extra beer. It’s a conversation starter or memory transportation to another time and place; I don’t think enough emphasis can [...]

The under 25 rule… such a fantastic tool of guidance for those without common sense or eyes.  Supermarkets now are generally using this code to prevent underage drinking whilst turning a blind eye to the fact that their stupidly low prices on beer that’s been made in somebody’s bathtub is the attraction in the first [...]

I have this recurring dream.  A customer buys a drink and because I served him quickly and politely I’m rewarded with treasures beyond my wildest dreams; spending the rest of my days sipping daiquiris on some tropical island whilst being fanned by women in hula-skirts.
Alas, as always I awake to the despair of the empty [...]

In Leeds we have a large range of late bars throughout town which can be a blessing or a curse, generally depending which side of the bar you’re on and whether you’re a social vampire.
When is a late closing taking it too far, will it be Bloody Marys for breakfast at the bar you entered [...]

Releasing an album under his own name for the first time, Steve mason was formerly front man with 90’s groundbreakers The beta Band who garnered critical acclaim and a host of celebrity fans before disintegrating under first the weight of Masons depression and fellow member Gordon Andersons drug induced psychosis. Not by the sounds of [...]

As you may or may not be aware, the government has passed an order that concerns the legislation of the Licensing Act.
It includes a new ‘code’ which basically prevents any drink promotions that encourage acts of debauchery such as speed drinking, giving booze as rewards (perish the thought!) and pouring jager into customers mouths from [...]

Hello, I’m Lee, a bartender at MOJO Leeds. A ‘bartender’ is someone who makes a few drinks but more importantly has mopped up every kind of human liquid and I’ve certainly had that luxury.
This is the first of a series of articles and rants about life within my industry, starting from us all taking a [...]

The world’s greatest Bar Band (TM) were first brought to my attention with their  heavily lauded 3rd album Boys and Girls in America. A riotous, thumping trip through born to run era Springsteen hailed by Uncut magazine as an Album of the year and Garlanded with 5 star reviews.
2 years later, MOJO staff in Leeds [...]

I was pretty, no I have to say, very excited about this release when I read about it several months hence. Even though we’ve been underwhelmed by previous unheard material or bonus tracks added to classic albums, something felt different to me about this Hendrix package. A welter of unheard tracks fired out in a [...]

Field Music is the working title for the  Sunderland based Brewis (Peter & David) brothers who as part of a shiftingly interesting wearside music scene have both at one stage or another been involved with area luminaries, Maximo Park and The Futureheads.
After a three album clutch had generated  next big thing accolades an ‘Indie’ tag [...]