Have you heard of Heir? Well you should have. Heir is a five piece alt-pop band from Leeds, who have been playing music together for a few years, after meeting as students in Leeds. I […]
Student pop-up orchestra thrills Christmas shoppers
Saturday’s Christmas shoppers were treated to the powerful sounds of a Leeds College of Music pop-up orchestra. The students were raising awareness and funds on behalf of Canopy Housing, a Leeds based charity that works to provide […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The battle of the Christmas Jumpers
Christmas jumpers. Love them or hate them, it’s becoming impossible to ignore this annual trend. We’ve all had a slight obsession with Christmas jumpers since Mark Darcy’s appearance in Bridget Jones. However, since then they’ve […]
In The Middle with Bill Hunt of Wizzard
44 years ago whilst still a member of Wizzard, the band who brought us the Christmas classic ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’, Bill Hunt wrote ‘The Carlsberg Special Brew’ a harpsichord B-side. Now […]
Jellyskin @ Milo Bar, 2/12/16
Jellyskin took to the small stage at Milo Bar and played an intense set of dreamy shoegaze. The atmosphere they conjure up is in equal measures romantic and brooding, and the two are blended between […]
Lemon Twigs @ Brudenell Games Room, 1/12/16
No doubt many listeners may have been quick to label The Lemon Twigs as just another act surfing the wake of the resurgent hipster sensibility for 60s and 70s music. However, even the toughest of […]
Do What Thou Wilt by Ab-Soul
This past Friday was a monumental day for hip hop fiends, with a selection of artists releasing eagerly anticipated projects; J Cole’s follow-up LP to his no-feature platinum record Forest Hills Drive, Post Malone’s Stoney, […]
Review – Pretty Pretty Good w/ Byron the Aquarius at Wire
Mid-week events for electronic enthusiasts have not been hard to come by for the people of Leeds. With Wire seeing the likes of Hodge, Minor Science, Peggy Gou and DJ October throughout first semester. Al […]
Review: The Three Kings – a more cynical christmas
Part of me is cynical about Christmas, part of me wants to cut strings of paper snowflakes. “The Three Kings” hits somewhere between these contrasting mindsets, and this theatrical farce is something we need more […]
The City Sculptures Project 1972 @ Henry Moore
Upon entering the gallery, we are subjected to the intimidating gaze of the five-metre-tall King Kong sculpture that appears to almost guard the gallery. A gaze, stature and magnificence that creates a curious dialogue between […]
The Real Junk Food Project: “We rattle cages, we piss people off, but we do it because we believe it’s the right thing to do”
As part of last week’s Leeds Creatives event, The Gryphon editor Jessica Murray sat down with headline speaker Adam Smith, founder of The Real Junk Food Project, to discuss how far the organisation has come […]
Leeds gets £64m of infrastructure funding
An infrastructure scheme across the Leeds City Region goes ahead after a further £64m of local funding which was approved by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The funding is part of the largest package of […]